The-Leader_1975-08-07

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FREEPdRT'S
oFticini
NEWSPAPER
40th YEAR, No. 15 FREEPORT, NEW YOJRK, AUGUST 7,1975 PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
PBMIC Hwring Set Will Close Incineraiorr
OB WafertnjBt ZtaiBg^—Some Fuhding^vailahfle^
FREEPdtlT ^ puBKcTjOHng bf^^Eiliot D/ringer—
y/Ui be held on Monday, August j FREEPORT—Preliminaiy planning haa begun for the coostruc-f
a, at 8pm-in -Village-Hallr-to—.tion^. a waate-rdlspoBal -transfer-^taUon-intended-lo-«place-the
ire the w t i w ^ of tha tfiira-Annual Sharir
Jainmimr^^vgmi^^ lah^aturdcy,
EijjHW-lbrt»^*Srt»-cppBp«ttd: f^
laigasttAttk fabught bffi^l^'VJIato^l^^ in the alldtiHi iinw was
. the 412.pound Ttjer .Sharkjhoiiwi>al»»a « ^ enmjpr.ma
.."BaaiidiGombe'r;'' that iKuMt^iht^she fint priza'momy/CS^^^fteric
Kaufman ofVMasapeoua (imarins hat) and cnw mmnbiin: Fra*'
: porttrr &di0f^i^, .Bin Kott-and Witter Stamiac); mS Ron RIo'
.«ora'o^~Ozohi^Paiic;hodcJsBdLthB their prtei catch.
iFprfOTtfw jdetaOs o f ^ ^ S h i ^ TbununiiHfit; s*einMlkiufiunt
Section.!-.'"•*.-•'/ "'-"! vr"-;:--.-;'•'•—".' ••;•"--•-'•-- •- - .• '-.•''•'•-"- .; .;-'.
-J ; ^bnc^Hcr|i|in0 iyteii|do^ On
HINEOlA —'Ttie Nanaa Coonty Bou^dl 0^
Bchedokd a ptdtlic faearlog oa Aagmt U to i e t the. voters'
. ticDs to three .nevidass the; hive prapaped for the. dnrt man^
date^.CQui^y. leg^alattre fOfVCxnmeoL Corrcotly, a court appofated
comffiTmton haat^fcH^'-ot creating ro<±,a bodl^; sal:{>BCt to tbe^
-caurt?s'at)pr6yal, tiiat wodd be in kBeftog withQie Sq^rone Coorfa
. onMaan;'oi»«ote directive. -:: __' . • - _
"One- cf a » ffiree ;i»w jafebs jrear' terms for^l^Islatora,-^
proposed- by Ltbe Board_of- piace of the original Cbor-year
::Sgpgrvtsqrrr'tBT: g:rjaodified" terms ofnfficc^~=^^~^ --,•--•
. weighted-vote' board -of six.
memberi... although Nassau
Codnty voters rejected ajBtofl^_
pjCaa last year,., - ; .
A secmd plan Js for a 15-
. moz^mrl^gtslatare, the same as.
rej«ied:^b past June-in a
coatslder' the rezoning of three
.waterfront. areas.-, from
Manufacturing.andJndustrial. to .
Marine Industrial. - The three :
sites are: south of Atlantic
Avenue to Hampttm.Place and
totWe
Miller Avenue to.Wooddeft Bay;
:and South Mato Street, VQWt of
Ray^treet to Freeport Creek.
- ' Mayor William White has aaid
that the move is being con-tfemplated-^
as- an ''emergwicy,
-stopgap-meftsufti^ until such
time,as thenamaing Board has.
completed-Its omall review of
4xoQiQg;in.^the,Vi]Iaee, and the
jdtogy;?p|^the"waterironK"Mi»at;
ftfh3<Ht;^^^^P^^^y '-^'Ttfnlmffwity
QeireI6p)a£fettt: Aci^tUndBi' has
pravided^us' with an.~lndi^>th
analysis.'.':^ • \ - %- ..
.'i- (OontiinJHiooPa^wr
village, incinerator. Freeport, along with three-other local muni-dpalittes,
was ordered by the federal Environmental ProtecUoo
Agency to enter-into agreement with the Town of Hempstead for
use of .the town solid-waste
disposal plani scheduled for
~ci»eration lir'early 1978:
Public Works Ed Prefer, the
village plans to' "abandon our
incinerator and construct a'
"transfer station" which-may be
-completed ''within a year." The
vfflage is *a[Sp'ylng_~f6t._8taW
funding,-wiiich-can-cover one-^
'fourth oT'the ponatrucUon costs
throu^ the Environmental Bond
-Act ttf i m . Totai^coetshave iu)t
,yet t&e^'>4etehnthi^r ^BtAtied
12^.000 b |75O,'0t».' Js!m • • . r •
Since.t^ transfer.station will
be CCTTJpleted: before. the - town
facility, the village pItiB to hire a
private, firm Jo; rraaove- the;
compacted refuse In ibe hitcsrlm.
The Hempilead Town jplahtr
known as Blade <3ausa%:will be
built in the Roosevelt Field area,
east of MesdowiKoolc Parkway,'
and^ win eDable~'tbe.to«n' to
recover p<gtiona of the rrfase and
burn the rest for ehergy.
Although the EPA has ordered
the TPunJcipalities to improve.
tbSr iodoeraton for use untfl the
Cfauaein laxSikf^
t^eted, Prefer
"eoonomically
iodicatad. that
it woul^'t be
feasible," particularly because
there is no, state funding
ilableforaaeh-pfoJeciST-yf
cpmpleUbn of the transfer
station.'-waste disposal costs
"more than likely will be about
the same" AS current operating
costs, noted Prefer.
. At the Monday:night^puhUc_.
meeting©! the ViUage Board. Ira^
^childkraut. a village resident,
.questioned the v. effect ^_dt the.
' Uoa emiuoymentaituauoo.-
iMayorjyiUiant White ooted.that-fewer
empkorees will oe required'
for (^)eration of the transfer
station, but be pliaos to ;avoid
firiiig persomiel.'' Some rem-"
ployees vrill have .retited,: he
'stated,' white rotbiBn will Jje
transfewed to.: other'village"
departments. IThe mayOTt also
stated that the i W n of Hemp*,
stead is being cojtacted jirith the
h ( ^ that t i ^ . will hire some of
the. village employees, to fill
poddoQS at Black Clauson., ~
FirepfontNoiie
.Two residents of Xezingtod-
Avenue appearied before the
bom located at Hose Co. 4 oo
(Continued on Page S)
AN ^ IMPORTANT LETTER.
.kiseph-UoRticcialo, Oirsctorof.:
the New' York Area Offica of
the IKS. Departrnent of HouiihB
and Urten Dereioprnent 0>}, pt*-
leiittd Mayot-Waiiam. Whha..
witfi a letter frooi Pre^dent
. Gerald Ford exprenlnghb plesi-
-wa in fVeejaort's pvtidpstion'
In programi. under" the Com-
JOUnityLPflv^PphiBnt Act. Flryt
. .The third plan caUs Cor a 12-
member legislature, along
district lines tin^lar to Assemb^
Distrii^-IInes. again with two-year
terms for legislatars.
The plan of the Board -of
Sopervisorsistoplaceall three
qiedal referendum.. ... except, proposals ...OD. the faaHot . t l^
that djjs new plan caHs for two- - (Cootimied <m P s ^ 12)
- - FKiSEPOBT—The finatvial statement of the Freej^ort R«rcatiai
. Center obtainsi by THE LEADER tins week shows ahoost XSfxfXSi
more spent in expenses than reedved in income daring the period
betweenB£ardrland.July31,1975. ~. ^-v -
Wtele $85,15159 w ^ realized as reveaoes, $234,51139 were
-itemrrpd: i^ expm.'iBS_gt-the
.ye» projects, under the VHliga's
funcSng.of $1.3 militon, willr-begin
es soon as the emrtron-mental
aspects of each nave^
been assessed by the floral
"government. ' ~'
Hawaiian Revue
latter amount, |lB5,57a35 were- ^ ^ ^ ^ l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
paid fprsalaries;$2»:49 were for ^^«^» »»Is. $61,909X0. TT«
FREEPORT - Lda Kirk, a
native bom Hawaiian, will brings
bier "Escape to Paradise" Revue
to the Freeport Recreation
Cmtef on Wednesday,-August 13,
for a two-bour poolside per-forman&
e-begisning at 7:30 pm.
The admisslocC- which nadndes
equiiwnait; and $98,705.15 were
listed as other cxpejsea. - -
The major portion of the
pools: $61,909X0.
Village share of tlie omni-cards
came to $3.02430; $4,217.78 were.
(Continued co Page 3)
LIFE-SAVERS. On handTef{rttt-tS-yMrotd^tohn DoffyJr^rof'
Freeport, (r.J.oo hU return homo from Lydla € ; HalJ Hosprtaf Ian'
week were^ three of the four men credited with ming hts-iifa on
Apnl-12, when the youngrter's heart stopped beating from whet was
diagnosed «s a virus of the heart. Moments after Doffy tuffersdthe
attack in front of his home, Freeport Pottce Officer Martin Condon
0.) passed the scene wA, after radioing for the Freeport Fire Oepart-
^ ment emlmlence, he swted Cardiopulmonary resusdation. This.
^ o f the Hea3th-Wli^-(witfa4£8—rgtcog ooeratfon wfiteh axnbines mouth to momh resusdation with
pools and other facilities) any dosed chest heart massage. Is credited with saving Duffy's life,
time during .the day, is $J for Assistance was giten lay Fire Department Emergency Comparry
adults and $1 fw senior citizens -members Rosco Scheil (notJn^g«c5jr8),_Bruc« WiUits (second from
(Contimied on Page gW) Jeft} and Les Fieidsa (second from rigfit). ~