The-Leader_1977-02-24

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IliySSAU CTY HISTPAICAU.MUSEIJU
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EAST MEADOW, N Y .11554 . FREEPORrS
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NEWSPAPER
41st YEAR No. 44" FREEPORT, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 24.1977 I»BIC^i5t PER COPY
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Five File Fo^Mayoip^
Brief School Ccmd/dafes JfvdejCharges;
5^^^^9^1^bl;c Debo#e$ Pionne^ FREEPORT- At 8:15 last Wed-nesday
night, the Board of FREEPORT -As Tuesday drew to'a close at VBlage H«1I. petitions
EUuuUuu_upeiiu_d lU-tnoulMy—Ygtr^m; Mm.,, |5 elbtUuu had iu W filed. Tlic two i>ft«oa«l-i>«tk»s-
IT-^ - !!i " i l j S ^ f ^ "*""; I _bcf!5._admlnlstratipn_- personnel • ^o notraccbixling to the Election Uw.-fiave to file:-so the Whlte-Storm-and
the audience were filing/out
oftheXtkinspn School doors. •- , g ^ j candidates, how.
- During the short session'titt "«"• at^ u» voiiiuuaiM. mjw
-Bowdfoffldany accepted the-re>'^^-^<P-'^»^^^^^
slghatl6a'~^r:TTi6mas : McCain,
Assistant- Superintendent of. v., , ^,, •, • » cniuKc
.^Sdcheonoclse,t iiiacnhde r -Raict hatrhde HCaigrhl.-- -.PH«°^?^^*ly£?«d«*/h^e^ lta^r^glse s~t" ni»uSm^b«e^r «o^f- '' Wows
School, and approved retirements-' signatures. 1,442, to give Mayor.
of norence.Klein, thiai grade VWHani:^White and- Trustee
"teacher at Bayviewr Avenue,"and - Dorothy .Storm, a second lineiln
I Josept-Schnell«,*'sixth gradi^ their reelectiop attempt. Alfted
Service Academies,. Conarassman Nofmaa:F. Lenl extunJa wimia-^ A -nonce curoiarea at me .'. _ii....- . • a
Siriin'Franco ticket and the JordaU'Eertaccini-Wilder-Freedman-com
blnstion were each assured one line on the ballot.-.
the format was nof one of a "
Hn. T»;»viii.o-P«r«;;~iAi,.Wfii;-~ debate,.butseYeral times the five
formed a coalition with the Re- ^^^^^ ^^ exchanged verbal.
')lows. :
.-In his five minute presentation,
the first speaker, Wayne Jordn.
presentetj Ws platform. "I believe
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tulatlons to Q. 1o r.) John. Davis, nonili\atfld tathe Air. frorce'Academy;
Thopta^Murister,.nominated tot Kings Polnt^and Mickey Bucfianani
namlnatknd:VVest Potnl, AinhrwV''""0 •"^n'attlhdFree'port High
-S(Aootrrji:±::^£A^r5z:rJr~ '"'"" -"'••••"'"-•-^:^-=^:^^'^=^-- '••• •
nteieting announced that 16 stu-d'ents^
om'Gefmany will be arriv­ing
i^Freeport ^arth 2$ for" a
three-#eefc~'-»islfcv.fanHlIes> are
-TrewIed-t«njt>nitnJw>;stflaetit^
Fre^pdiifitf^
'.. ITlEEPpRT-'Cdnimiliiity-leadersM organizations are organiang
-to;6Sttle a'prbposi6d"$20.milliori shopping center'at'.Mitchell Field,
• tJhion^eVf'-v'^"•-V-T\ rV-'/---V-^' '^ '''•-. .
. County fitecutive Ralph .Casd.ahoonnced, this past weekend, that
he ^'iddng/Ae'Ccmnj^BcW leases oh
- 36 acn»'6f land on th'e.sbuih side .."':" • : '• • . , ' '.
of Hempstead: tumpie for ah -Center.(at.Mitchell Field) would
endbscd MaU of wJbich^Sears will destroyThevtabflity of the exist-
- be the ni«or tenant. Thieproposr-. ing downtown"shopping areas hi,
-°44?ff"^ '^ll ^'onp j h " "^"^'"l; Frt^eport and other snrround-
Freeport heeds a change in local
government," he SAid, pointing-
^ to "what he' charged were a
'v-t^'^4^h • shrinking tax base, a lack of ag-parties'dates
'•'"• - ' agression in,putsumg e^uomlc—
The Democtiitic:: candidates.", ^deyeldpment^ andjjon|dtaslon
evwmg:ir623-5034rprcferfiblyr^^s-^ti,--2igrri^ to " show hoiv
before February 25. Bertacdni and Mary Wilder ^^'^ *»'o:: ™J^ the viflage of
After riinnlng through the
Board's agenda.-Vic^. President
Sara Holly asked, if there were any
' questions or cmnments from the
..audience'. When hone weit; vol-
. unteered.; the ' meeting, was
adjo^rned..•
aalcndar.'this Monday; fifcuary^l^Jng areas,, ; .•,;.
r>R '~- --' - "' ' •- :^ • ^ V- Jordanij^lso^^fjd the Snpervt-
IIRR Eicolotor:
are candidates for Trustee and'
Edwin Freedman seeks rejection
: as^'VUlage-^nstice: on- that-Iinc.
jdPonglai Moran.T-rnnning as
an independent^ filed 274 signa­tures.
Armahdo; Stettner. .(run­ning
with Judge Freedman); filed!
171 names.'^
. - :- MeetfogofMAynati, ; r
• FreeiSbrt's. "Mayor-'J William '
yflatc said • that he has ,b«Jcij' in \
toncii with Hempstead-Village.
Miyor Dalton • Miller .ever since :
the .item'appeared :in the..3aily/
-pres^thisweekenij. ''^Ye.areget-.
ting together with ,tiie"-Mayors;:
of seveial viHagies." Wfiite said^^^
and. "with Chambers-of .Cbm-metces,--
businessj^assodaSons
and Boards-of Trades on. the
-Sooth Shore, ta prepare:a state­ment
against it." .Supervisor
Frisncis Purcell will also attend
-this-preliminarvjnceting._ White
SOTS that "at ih?-present tune
-Frceport is'attempting td revive
and^iipgrade Its shoppbg .area
witlT; fiinds.j provided - £rcmi the^"
Federal government-tltfoagh the'
Commuiuty. Developifieht Act.-
. The proposed "shoppmg center at
Mitchell .Field, in effect,: wiH^
burn these monies..We b^evie
there ait^ sufBdent .existing
The Freeport Taxpayers Party
petitions totalled 266 signatures.-
•Tttelf • candidates—are. '.Jomef-
Frecport." He; daimed that he
was -."well- aware 'of deceitful
?racnces,." having work^ in the
illage'sr.^utlding Department
for elg^t rhonths. He spoke }n -
favor of a special Taxpayers-
: Citizens Committee for budget
.mattets and to approve j>ersbnhet'~
^Mng; replacing - "boasism"
with ''public . pajrtidpation;"
the elimination^of frills, patron
FREEPORT-AU responsibility
for the ^caJatbr. at; the Village's
Eonj; bland Railroad'Station are.'
now being assumed by the LffiR, ;
according to an' -announosffient:
from Slayor William White* The
siim of S5,300 had already been
allocated in the 1977-78 munid-paf-^
judget-for^tfi? cscalatcwr's.
repair and"mujitenance. The:
.S& ftl.TAV/,UiriSi!.3-.l>lti|-4!:?f!H4i
shoOTngf&dliti«;.~in_ Nassau
Counrfr^T^he-'proposed" center
.wouJd_.hurtilhMe fa^ties-.ana^^jg^^j^ y^^^^ part of the
' ^ f S ^ ^ . ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^ '^•"°<.i^- contingency fund; Shice tiie
portent County land resource.', escalator's" installation in. 1%2,
Jordan s statement was jsup- th<; ViDage : has ^assumed
Rand, for Mayor;- and Kenhetlr
Combs and Frank idevelknd| for
Trustees. .• ':,. ,-., .
". One hundred legally Valid
; signatures are necessary for a
place .on the ballot for these non-natbiial
parties;' . „• •
. - ~ Fb»t-**D«J»te"
At the first face-tb-£ace public
meeting of the May9ralty candi­dates,
at 2S«i4S3iior Citizens
Meeting at thp wiepbrt Kecreai-tion
Center, it was explalniid that
age and special interest groupsT'
institnting*"wlde:Open - competi­tive
biddhig;'.',and the lowering
of taxes by -direct' application of
Federal Revenue Sharing funds,
rather than spending tbete grants
for "lavish frills atid costiy
patrbnafge." - •'••.'•'•
. Freepotl Taxpayers ' Party
candidate Jomer Rand' - irtated
several' times • tliat his party'i
.'Ithinks people nc^ politics*. .We
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frr-yrteffYby^mocratro-^atty-^n«ifrVrn<A^^^
Board of Supervisors Monday to--..Trustee's.candidates- Paul Ber- > .pj^jg transfer of the financial
.voicevhis 'objections:: ''Federal: 1 taixinianjiMiuy Wddcr.-^^^ _;^^^ • about."
/unds are being used to build the
: man here in Frecport," White
-explained, "and we do not- need.
conipetition from another form .of-
. government."' . ; / ' . . . -
,•- . Richard Pilatsky. of Rapopbrt
and.EUer's on South Main Street
and" a, co-chairman Df the. Retail
Dimion of the Chamber :of
—Ctjuuueiui,".teld. THE. LEADER-
.Calling" upon-^ Freepoftets
to join in the fight to stop Mitchell
Man, Jordan pointed' oiit "that
Jlsamt nf ' thr riOEllVlllage,
Party leaders in Frceport are em­ployed
in highly placed (wlitical
patronage positions in the County
and Toyn governments...and
might find themselves in a CQH-flict
of interest p^ition.'V
-.' - Local GnrapFIgfats Too > "
. Upon reading the item in the
daily.^press this past weekend,
- Hlen Extract,. President of the
Freepdrt "Association, and -Sara-~
Holly .'the'groupV Vice-President
, Monday morning that he would
be caning oh the entire Chamber
of Commerce-to join the mer-diants
in expressing .their o^>osi-tion
to the Uniondale mall.____
Jtmlau DenoQQCca MaQ
—--Village Trustee Wayne Jordan,- and Vicg:Prcstdcnt of the Frre-a
candidate for Mayol^on Uie port .School Board.' told THE
lVp,»^»,v ,r,A FHH.pnrt Party LEADER that they »ere pre-
- tickets,- also-expressed his dis- panng a icncr lo ine Ccunty
' approval of the concelft; Jordan Board ^of Supervisors, objedmg
-telegrammed-the Nassau County -"Strenuously to tiie proposals.
the Mayor; said, "through • my'
approadi. to " Stinator Norman'
Levy. BSth-be.and Senator John ^
- Caemmerer^- Chairman ~ of—the -^
Senate Committee on Trans-'
portation, were instrumental.: in;
-relieving Reeport taiqpayeris of
this portion of our finaindal
burden and I am djeply appre-riative
of the effoits.they took on: rJJ
HnarH' of 'Supervisors: - "This rrf.Trf.ofi Page Iffl
my behalf."
THE LEADER also .learned
this week that the LIRRhad inten-^;
_sified its patrol of-their South . f
Sijore stations.- from Rockville ~ _
Centre to Scaljjrd,;with "spcdal/ blSCUSSlNQ P0SSIBiLlTlE8 WITH tSS. Mayor WIHlani White
atlenliuu to—(he. Frceport sta-^^^-(nt and Ffeeport-<36mTTTOnlty Oevefopifrent^Drrector^Jaamea Dunne
tion.','Around the dock perusal of (1.) discuss Freepqrt'a upcoming shopping nuifl with Harold DIetz.
President of Times-Square Stores.. W/tft tna cnain Investfgatina the
This newspaper suggested jn---p(ailBllliy Of feauUJiishliig ipwlality sftopa In vftflou5-bM>o-4aland-cdmmunltles.
further contact will be made t)y. the Vflfage'a Community
Development staff as part of an-on-going economic develo'pment pro­gram."
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the stations began Ja month ago.
creased surveillance by the URR
several months ago foUowing a
vic^enraime at the«tation.
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