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41st YEAR No. 42 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 10,1977 PRICE 15< PER COPY
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Brotherhood Festival Citizens Party Drops Out;
This Sunday
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A SPECIAL DAY:iVlay6r William WhHe (oenter)Vhow«.Vtllaoe Human
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-Sunday at the Hujnan.Relations Day Suppei-.Ttie event.',toJ>f( .held, a t r
•the.PfWportRocreatlbrtCenterriialready'aoW.piih-TheBrbth^ood '
- iiluslcar.Festival,;wtUch'l>«^lns^.at^3:3d<pm at piir Holy Redeemer
-School, will p'reiceda it'and Is open'to all dtlzehs f ree'of charge/ It will >
lrfctudQ4^Iou9 musical groupst and aKXPvotcapttolr representing the '
Vliraott'4.ii}ft^ptiS'hpUs9» of worahtp. Dunklee,' tyho^will' direct'the
CbdiF; bielsWmpwdiCfltiihlcal.trtbute to the.late 'Asaistant Siiperin-tendent'of
BchMia^lPr;\it(^rG6rdoit|4o^^^ events on
Hiinum Relations. Oay^e^4i:forito'rad/t>y. the'Frd9port' Bicentennial
Commltiee;-^the * VIMag6'fl- Humah~ Relatione"iCommlsslo'n. ahd' the
women of the churches and tamplas of the Village: -, J."'.':...
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. FREEPQW" rThe Board of Educaticm's third open budget meeting,
last Ilimsday: night, drew a larger number "of ^taxpayers .than the
previous two and wasthe-most.v'ocal, with heated protests from bofli;
Board members and the audience. .. - •'.'.'" - - ,• ' •
Board President Harold liwine began the meeting by. calling it
"quite,an interesting experimaii, f^ ofBcer, stated that • nuoo^.
FRiSEPORT - In proclahning
this Sunday, February. 13, as
"Human RelaWns Day," Mayor
William White again thanked
the Village's Bicentennial. Com­mittee
for "many inonths of hard
work to make Freeport's celebra­tion-
joyful as well as meaning­ful."
Sunday's events, the Mayor
said, "also gives us an occasion
to reflect on the on-going en-de^
yorfs of many men and women
towards not only; the spiritual,
but community service aspira-
' tions of their p&rticular house of
worship. That.their differences,
in the forms by which eadi wor­ships^
is put aside in order that,
we'may all'share• the music of
our indiiFiiinal-religious heritages
: is most gitQQring -.to-witness."
,' . Thi^-..- observance r'-'>will
begin 3i30~ pin-at Our Holy Re­deemer'
School'^ auditorium with
a &ee Brotherhood Music Fcsd-
(Cont.onPage6)
in .government.:. Freeport is the. :
oiily district' on Long Island r
w^ere the'public is receiving bud--
get infiannationat the same time:
astheBoard." ' : .
Before, starting -the budget,
review, Lcvine - informed "the •
audience.t&at he's just gotten a.
phpiie can frbpi the.Rand Cor­poration,
wfaitii is'doing a survey
on school integration. Freeport's
name, was given to them, in
Levine's words;^ "as aif exainple
of a district that _ has .achieved
snccessfol integration.while con-curtentiy
maintaining, and • Im­proving^.
standards in. schooL"
-The Rind organization hopes to
" visit Freeport, study the schools
and make reports on 4he dis­trict's
progress to other dis-'
tricts. .
- QukkPcssase
Most of the financial items ~
were quidly passed through with
littfe comment or cpntioveisy.
First on the agenda were Board of
' Education expenses: S2,500 for
conferences and S350 for sup­plies.
'Next came the- District
Clerk's costs, indudisg $1,000
for personnel services and S1,000
for microfilming. John Sexton,
the Sdiod District's chief finan-filhung
was vital because the
district is legally required to pre­serve
its reoofds. Each .student's
cumulative marks; .for example,
must be held for 50 years and the
School Board's mmutes must be
kept in perpetuity. Microfilming
protects -the :records.; against,
fire, water and other damage. -
The IHstrict Meeting expendi­tures
comprise the cost of. one
public vote: covering the. rental
of .voting machines (51,300),
payment of persoimel (Sl,225)
and the printmg of advertising,
signs and ballots (51,750).
Next • year's - Finance Office
projections total $8,700,. an in­crease
over last year of 51,400.
Sexton attributed the jump to the
need of replacing and buying
ofQce^ equipment and to the rising
price of repair contracts.
Charges for Auditing Services
will al» be "boosted next year,
from $2,500 to $3,000. Levine re­commended
that bids be taken
from ether accounting firms so
that the present fee can be eval-naled.
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; (Conl. on Page 20)
FREEPORT - A shift in announced candidates for the Village elec­tion,
to be held, March IS, pu^ two more names on the ballot as
Mayoralty contenders. The Citizens Party of Freeport has withdrawn
its entire slate and released its candidates, and Armando Stettner who,
it had been originally announced, was to be one of their" candidates
for Trustee, has now stated that
VVhIte, Jordan
Trdde Charges
bii Insurance
. FREEPORT - Two candidatift
for. Mayor have traded diarges
dealing with the, village's han­dling
of its insurance. .
• - Following • Mayor . William
White's announcement at last
week's Bo:^ of Trustees meeting
of an-Insurance. Review Com-
• mittee. Trustee Wayne. Jordan
charged that the Mayor "has put
foxes in charge of the chldzen-house."
The proposal made by White,
a <»ndidate for reflection, wmild
'set\ up a committee of \dllage
brokers and agents whidi wmud
meet on a regular basis and share
in the .brokerage comndssioos
for the village's insurance.
Jordan . said, "the - proposal
sounds like it could be a good
beginning, but it is not." He
questioned how mucb^eadibroker
would recehre as his share of
the commissions^ earned
by the present broker who. han­dles
the Village's insurance, and
what would be the basis for such
compensations. "These are im-
- portant questions," he charged,
which should be answered be­fore
sudi a committ^ is fonnal-izedby
Board action..."
Calling tlK! qoestkins "ir­relevant
in ilys long ran,'r Jordan
stated that tfcis Mayor's insurance
committee hasLbeen in existence
for many years, sharicg broker's
commissions and "cxnftributing
to the outrageous rise in in-
(Cost. on Page 3)
he would try for top spot
Douglas Moran, who hadnbot
previously formally announced,
but whose campaign posters had
been seen around the village
during recent weeks, has also
KCOElirmed his intention to make
the fifth candidate in the Mayor­alty
race. • :'
. , . Stettner and Moran will join
jVillage Trustee Wayne • Joidaii .
''.(Deinocrmt-F^peport -Party) aod
'Jdmer Rand OFreeportffepayeifs '
' Party) against incuinbent -Mayor
' William .- White ' Republican-
Village Party)., •-
.QtlzaisPaztypat
This week, : John^^ebdesj
President of tiie Citizens Party,
announced- tliat' last .week's
withdrawal of George Oisds.as
one of -their , candidates for
Trustee left.them witii "a vdd"
in their slate;-which they *.'have'
been unable to fin." .
The Qtizeids Party had selected.
Uoyd Oii, to .run for Mayor,
Cassis 'and'Stettner to rim for
Trustee spots, and had endoritnl
Village . Justice Edwin' Freed-man
to run for reelection.' In
withdrawing from the campaign,
the Patty released its candldxUes
who became '.'free to run as in­dependents
should they so
desire," according to Mendes.
Uoyd Oir told THE LEADER
this week, that he ,had no in­tention
of running as an inde-'
pendent.
Acodcdinf to a statement from
Mendes; the Qtizens Party had
made "every effort" to find a
,qualifled candidate to fill the spot
left ojpen by Cassis' withdrawal.
"This proved tq ba an impos­sible
task." Mendes said, ."when
one realizes the tremendous
political raes^ures^ brought to'
bear onjEose we selected as
. possible candidates'." . ';
':;The'C3tizet!»VP«rty'*iso .de­clined
to endo'ne f(Sr trustet) a.,
-candidate on" one of the opposing
s l a t e i . ' : ' - - - ; •.•:••;••'•'.'•• •.".
.; - i$teitln«Amioance«\ .
In'annbuncb'g his independent
omdidacy, Annando' "Stettner,
a jesldent of- South Bayview
Avenue, stated that "after care-ful
consideration of the alter­natives"
of either supporting
some of the' feinaii^g' aspirants
or. running as an independent,
. he had dedded to place iiis name
on- the March 15- ballot for the
.position of Mayor. •/ ,.
- 'A .metdbct of the Citizens
Party, Stettner' critidzed the_
actions of both national parties —
Democratic and Republican —
for . choosing, Freeport- as a .
"battiefield." He calls Uie
March election "the test for the
survival of Home rule." Stettner
disagreed with.the use of other
•party names,'— Village Party,
Freeport Party — as a disguise.
"This (tiie use of the pseu­donyms)
is supposed to give their
conscience sfrkken objectOT to
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THE 810N WEHT UP. Cotmty Exteuthw Ralph Cnao 0.) and fiusMd
Hood, ooordlnator of the county'* Fraepon Services Canter, place the
sign at the agency's new location. The site at 404 North Main Street
opened Monday, February 7, and a second sat bi offices will open at
450 North Main Street, about April 1 to fulfill Caso'a pledge of return­ing
the service agencies to the community. The former centB^ on Sun­rise
Highway was shut down, several months t>ack. Back In business
are offices of the Nassau Probation Department, the NaAsau Economic
Opportunity Commission and Youth Outreach.