The-Leader_1977-03-17

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41stYEARNo.47 FREEPORT, NEW YORK; MAR/CH17,1977 .I'RICEl^t PER COPY
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FREEPORT - The VlUage Party/Republicah Party coalition candi­dates
von easily b Freeport this Tuesday night. With five candidates
for hisyoi, incumbent William White, in the late night unofBdal
.count, had 54.3% of the vote with 4,215 votes to Democratic TVusi^ee
'Waync Jordan's 2,660 voles.
The thrcte other .candidates
polled &r behind the two leading'
vote-getters. Jbmer Rand, at the •.
head ot the Freeport Taxpayers
Assodationr polled 385 votes, and
Armando Stettner in his _second.
try-for village office received
MT-^otes.-Douglas Moran, an
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independent newcomer, took only
205 votes.
The unofficial count showed
first-time dmdidate Alfred Sirlin
•»'thb i«p-'VOt»?liietter ••*1th
In :the last mayoralty election •
in Freeport, in 1973,8,264 people
voted while a total of 7,752 went
to the polls this year. . '
. In a statement to t ^ victorious
campaign workers Tuesday night,
•Mayor White called his rpelec-
-tion a "Hnltftd efTnrf on'the pjirtof
two political parties who settled
their differences and got together
on four good candidates, with the
as^stance s'*^.^;. Independents
anii- io^e'" Peinbcrata", bajtogsa -
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>LibraiyTo Construction
'By RlchJBJrd Sanders
JBSEEPbWr J^'somc-t ibnxy'bss'
been plagn^ by.« shoifag^ of space, the:Board of Trustees explained-,
this pW\geet. JWttli its shehts.fillediai:4pftd^,:tbe acquisitioa of
ne^ nuiier&d has grovm to becoide-tilserions ptobfem.'Thls subject of-
' space was brought up at the Board .of Trustee's meeting last Monday
night with, this'time, a posdble^,, • - . : : . " , ,.
ThiBird Might: Be
Aluminuni;Wiring
In itf Homes
solntiqn(^efred
'The' discusikm was initiated ~
by Board'president Vincent,PaI-,'.
-.ladino, who rtSerredto-an" artide
•published. Iqr 'the: New York U-."
bnoy Assodaddn. which stated •
that throwing out 30% trf aMi^^
braiy'i collection — prindpally
those books which have not dr-cnlated
for sevoi years -^ would
create more "spacel ' PaDadino
ksketl library 'director Wilfted.
Morin if ^ch.a stiep could-be
taken in Freeport. .
Weeding out bodis, Morin
respondoi, goes on all the time,
primarily wiUi scientific and tech-,
nolo^cal inaterial. which gets
_quickly outdatei£ Bui ai'30%-fe-doction,
Mmmlelt, wpuld have
lated,/"rests in the Village's
hands;" and be urged.the Bouti
to contact Village ofiidals as soon
as possible.' In tHe past.^ Morin
..addoi, .the Village has opposed
^additional constnicBon,_ibnt as.
these grants reptssent new pro-
•posals,. tlieir thinking might be
. changed. ' , ' ! • '"': •}. ;
~ "I can't think of a better place
to use ihe money," Palladino
condud^. "We'vfe got "a gckxl.
. librarjr and it's •getting verjr
_ crowded'— our backs are against
~ the v^alls. The other dky 1 visited
the ait and printing « om in the
basement, and I couldn't beUevc
. how cramped h was; If the women
"who wciifltlE&e get ten ponnjf"
heavier, they., won't be able to '
fitin." .
Soziday Opeolngi
Besides new construction,
another change is "being contem- '
plated.
After investigating other Long
Island libraries, Freeport \s men-ing
to opoj Its doors on Sun­day.
At Monday night^s meeting,
dffector Morin estimated that
S400 to S500 per Sunday would,
enable the building to open for
four hoars, staffed by three pro­fessional
librarians, two'or three'
pages and a csstodlan.
His figures were based on a re­cent
sarvey of other local Gbra-lies
that have added Sunday to
th«r schedules. "A Sunday
FREEPORT - Although a story,
released: 'sfcveral -= w<»ks-'- ago^
aiinoonce^. that the^Vlllage'.of
Freeport has an ofd&ance ban-,
ning alufflinum wiring, the .Vil­lage
Building. Department has.
now. confirmed ttter possibility
of homes ^(h this wiring having
,been built prior to or just after.
1967.
-^4:266-YOtes;'?SWfa!-:»nd-Trostw-^ple"iuiU»vm^ ind
IXirotly^Stam t a a . m . ^ t e a -elected » slate whoTwill accent
ticket. Stttfm,polledr4,255 vote^ the positive.?'- • - .;
iii the unofBdal. tally.-The twp.." . - - > v-
Democratic trustee contenders,
-who were also on the.-Freeport
-Earty Jinc.-poned,sUghtiy_ahead
of- "their maytaalty candidate.
Mary Wilder had 2,722 andPaul
Bertacdnl polled 2,963 votes.
Freeport Taxpayers -Party
candidate for Trustee . Frank
Oevaand pbHed 389 votes nrfille
.'his-Trustee running.mate Ken­neth
Combs gathctwl 424 votes,
to lead his ticket.
AHRC Hostel
Ruled Le^al
an adverse efiJect-"With the land
of library we "have," he stated,
"we must be careful of what.is
thrown out, because we have a
rare, extensive reference section.
There is a wide range oFpcople in
FreqxHt, and'we want to meet
the needs of an the people."-
Bot Morin did have another
snggestion for the space problem.
The federal government, he. in­formed
the Board, is now muting
Community Development block
gntnls available to libraries. This
new^maneyr-Bot inrindrd in.the
-Comnmn^ Devefapment fonds
already allocated to the ViHage,
would aOoir the library to'con-stnict
an tfi^i\innf\ wing on its
building. Possible plans indode
—rrrfWn^ ihr IThriry-tgla-'aa-H^—tycsina-wonld be-very-Tnnch dffji.
sh«>ed structure, or - building-'sired,' Morin remarked, and he
citensicHis towards Merrick recommended that "it ought to'
gojd^ "" go as a budget line for the u^
^-—"The ' dediion.^^ Itforia T^- ^Cuu. en Pj.g^ 16) '•
.The use of aluminum wiring in
a home.tn.HoIbrbok is.believed
to have caused a fatal fire. Those
suspecting or unsure of the possi­bility
of such wiring should .con­tact
an electrician and, if the pro­blem
dots exist, copper pig-tailing
could be installed. Alum­inum-
wires, THE LEADER was
informed,, should not come iiito
contact with the screws;.
-—According to the BaUdlag^:
partment, homes built between
1965 and 1968 whUn Uie Village
migift have.been constructed wMi.
aluminum wiring. Snpermtendent'
-of Buildings Lni Bello stressed.,
that this is not necessarily the
' case, but mentioned that some
'200 or more homes were btnll
in one year alone. Among those
that the department mentioQed
as liaving b^o constiucted prior
to the village ordinance were
Arista Homes, VHlanova Homes,
and those boiacs numbered 515
or higher on Nassau Avesae that
were built by Hassau Bay Estates.
In 1965, BeOo explained, the
construction ' indostty started
using aluminum wire and it was
made available in large quanti'
ties. The Freeport code' banning
—iU> u:>e tooLeffea Aoggst^rl967.
It is possible, an informed source
cxplamed to THE LEADER, that
: (Gmt nnPagrfi) :
V m ^ Jottlce Rac«.
Incumbent v:Village . Justice-
TBdwin Fre^dman narrowly lost
in his bid to retain his seat.
Freedman, a' Republican run­ning
'on the Democratic, Free-port
Party and Stettner lines,
•poll«l a total of 3,703 votes,
wUle an unofficial tiQy gave pre­sent
Trustee Ralph Franco 3,798
votes. .
FREEPORT- A court drtision
.lasi "week would prevent the
ViUagis of Freeport- from bar­ring
the Assbdaoon for the Hdp
of Retarded Children' from main­taining
a Vhoslel" at .2 Cedar ~
Street. State'' 5upreine Court
Justice David Gibbons ruled that
the Assodadon's proixnal was
oot "an institution, but-Hther b
' dinigned to replace Ihe'usual in­stitutional
setting" .with "tiie
creation of a family unit, living as
a single housekeeping unit."
The villsge had argued that the
hostel for eight mentally retard-
- . . (Oint. cm Pagea6)
HERE'S iZ)OKiHa-AT-MOO. Tbwe two cowa ara among, the farm
anlmaia wtw now call Fraeport "homa*,* at the new Gouz Farms
.fadllty on North Main Street. Tha animals have their own bam and
fenced-in barnyard ^ Ihe north end of tt» atnra whens they can b8~
safety viewed by young and old while shopping aX the new store which
offera (arm fresh milk, dairy prodocta, poultry, vegetable* and other
prodocts. ' • ' fl.f ADEB phtrto^