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43rd YEAR. No. 28 FREE E^QRT. NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 9, 1978 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
Carey Re^electeit) GOP Sweeps Freeport
Veterans Day ^g„,^ ^ ^ ^ „ „ j D'Amofo
Plans Announced
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FREEPORT - Veterans Day wUl
be conimemorated In the Village
of Freeport by a ceremony at
.Village Hall Saturday momisg,
November 11. The prograrii,'
• arranged by the WiUiaffl'aihtbn
Stoiy Post #342 of ;th«) Ainerican
Le^on, will begin at'-lthSO 'am
when the honor guard posts'tJiS'
colors. • - :" '-' ' '
Those in attendance • at the
ceremony, in Village Hall's main
conference room, will ' hear
greetings, by the program's
chairman^ Charles Jackson; The
pledge of aUeglanqe.wiU be led by
Post Commander Joseph Pel-
Uccia:
Are Returned To Office
FREEPORT - A jubilant Republican leader thanked his workers
election night in Freeport as results were tallied at^e local GOP
campaign headquarters on Merrick Road. Ray Malone told Republican
committeepersons and campaign workers who pressed into the store­front
quarters that "this is the happiest night I've had in 20 years...
I love you all."
DOUBLE CON*MENOAtlONS:Fpa#SUPEB^-40aJ«^erB lawarded tO:
twb'Fxwpcirl Police Qtfleers, Bryari.WhjttyOOanjl.William Qlaen (r.).
The two aire shbVmvJltfi'Freefiprt PBA president Arthur Burdette
f Dllpwing the presentation to them of the 1977-78 Nassau County Police
Cqn(erence'~Avifardi. the October presentation was followed this past
weekend by*imllarcommendatlo'ns to the two who were among those
given "Pollcemen-of-therYear" awards by the village PBA at their
annual dinner-dance. (See story this page) - ,
Freeport foiicemen win Commendations
• FREEPORT - Four members of the FreepOTt Police Department were
singled out by their peers for special commendations at the Freeport
- I\)llce Benevolent Association's 51st'Annual Diimer and Dance held
Friday night, November 3. in lindenhurst. Police Officers William
Olsen.^ryan'Whitty. Alfred Gros and Damel Cuppola were dted and-
. congratulated by PBA president
'Arthur Burdette.
Whitty and Olsen were, also
The reason for the jubilation
was Freeport's figures in the
Republican' column. Although
Governor Hugh Carey was pro­jected
as the winner in the state­wide
. election and, as THE
LEADER went to press before
midnight Tuesday, election night, .
;he was indeed winning .heavily;
over Perry Duryea, Freeporfvot-the
incumbent' Democrat. Un-ofBHal'figures
• Tdesday. hlght
named. Policemen of the Year by
the Nassau County Police Con­ference
in October.
;.OIsen's citation described the
five year Freeport police depart­ment
veteran's action oa May 7,
- 1978. when, as the first person at
the scene of a house 6re b the
village; he was informed Qiat a
man was trapped on the dwel­ling's
second floor. Burdette
described Olsen's bravery as,
unassisted. . the police officer
entered the blazing dwelling. .
searched the second floor and
amidst intense heat and flames
. located the victim and dragged
him oat of the room. '•-
~- Whitty. Gros and Coppola's
J iwrard-wiiming activrties - took
7 place June 22. 1978 when early
;that meaning they pursued a reck-
" lessly ^- speeding antomobile
< >tlaaBgb the vSlage streets. The
t i i t . wifcfa later-proved:to ;be
; stofca, skJeswiped other vehicles
.' as.it careened along the streets.
": and -crashing through . rwuJ
-- barriers. The officers appreheadt
• ed toe suspecti who had a gun in-
"his possession. Whitty Mmsetf,
for the second thne in 18 mimths.
was involved in a shoot-oat with
the suspect This time, the driver
of the car was only seven feet
from Whitty wten he fired at the
'_ i»Hccofficcr,> ' , . - / •"
Dhnkr Attended
. ByPdlce&GQeaU
The annual diimer. chaired by
Police Officerr Alan Annsheimer,
vice-president of the PBA, was
attended by police officers, ^eir.
guests, -and members ' of ."the
village's. offidal family. Present
were Mayor and Mrs. Williain
White: Deputy" Mayor Dorothy
Storm, a member of the Freeport
Board of Police. Commissioners,
and her husband Robert; Trust;'
ee Tom Lovetidge. another Police
Commissioner, and his wife
Agnes; and Trustee Wayne
Jordan.
Also in attendance was Chief
of the Freeport Vm Department
Walter Monestere. who made a
spedal-ptescntation to the PBA
noting ^e cooperation between
. the two departments; yVixgs
Justice and Mrs. Ralph Franco;
Associate Village Justice and
Mrs. Charles Mehrmaim; Father
Nicholas Retselas of St. Deme-trioos
Greek, Orthodox Chnrdi, a
police chaplain who delivered the
Invocation; Mr. and Mrs. Ira
KeUcr of THE LEADER; ViQage
•Attcnej Mkbad StAotam and
. ^ firife; Deputy Village Attomey
Joe. Edwanls and his vife;
presidenf of the Freeport Cham-
- ber of Commerce Norman Sch-meOng
and Mrs. Sdunelmg: and
the Chamber's vice-presideat Nat
MizzahiafldMrs.MaxahL ~
'"xiht.'firomP. 7)
le Budget
Sels^ionis Begin
FREEPORT - A schedule of
village budget sesisons has now
been announced. Meeting be­tween
the Board of Trustees and
various department heads, for iht'
purpose of preparing .a tentative'
1979-80 municipal budget, are
open to the public. . ,v>;ti^-- ' ; '
The, board will meet -With
individual.. heads Thursdays;'
November 9, 16 and • 30 and
December.7 and 14 at 7 pm;
Saturdays. November 11. 18 and
25 and December 2. 9 and 16 at
9 am. except November 18 when
the meeting will b e ^ at noon
due to the Holiday Parade; and
(Cont on Page 16)
showed that in Freeport's 25 elec­toral
districts-Duryea'had a-plu.
ralhyof 57 votes over Cariey, with
thc.tofals of 4,967 to 4,910.
Derobdatic , Freeport Zone
Leader Harold Levy also express­ed
pleasure at the resulis. Look-
,ing at.^e state-wide figures on
TCfeSay night. Levy told THE
LEADER that he thought Carey
, did as wen as he did because he
was the first one who was able to
cut taxes' "so significantly." The
Democrats, Levy promised, will
do thtf same in Nassau County
and in Freeport if they are given
the chaiice by the voters. Levy felt
the Republicans' strong showing
in the Congressional, Assembly
and State Senatorial rac^ in
• Freeport could not be equated
with the local village race coming
up in March 1979. "There will be
local issues"-for. the voter. Levy
noted.
Reports wafting in pom county
headquarters Tuesday night at
press time showed Congressmaa
T^orinan. Lent, State Seiutor
Norman. Levy arid Assemblyihan
Arinand .-D!Ama{o;'.'aII°:.Repabli-'~
I cans iind'all bicutnbeists.'ahead of
theb'D«ia6cir»dc chaQepgers and
'predicted, as wiimers. Ihe thrice
w&reeksy yktors in Freeport, Un­official
figures showed Lent lead­ing
his ticket with 6.207 votes, a
combhied total of two lines —
Republican and Conservatives.
Everett Rosenblum, on the Demo­cratic
ticket, polled 3.157 votes
and Liberal candidate Sdilein
received 155 votes.
State Senator Levy took his
Democratic opponent. Puroy
Margulies." 5.795 to 3,022; and
while Democratic diallenger Gary
Serota tried to use the "Propo'
sition 13" fever and his affiUa-tion
with TRAC to propel him to a
seat in the Assembly, incumbent
Armand D'Amato was returned
to Albany by the voters, accord­ing
to eariy Mineola returns. In
Freeport D'Amato poDed 5,664
votes to Serptas 3,754. Again
(Cont on P. 15)
Q0BUN3 AND QHOSTIES AND WITCHES and
costumed young Freeportera galora were present
at the recent Halloween festivities at the Freepbrf
Re^eation Center. The winners- of the Moct
Origlnat Costumes contest took time out from their
fun to pose for an "official" picture. The Rec­reation
Departmort also tield a Mystery Word
game thtf 9vni6ig;Vy1bK)ar« were Mic|Ml AiUns.
Keith Bonmer, Nathaif Ehrenfeld. Ratisbc* Fr^,
Vema Gilpin. Richard Ipoiiti. MichMe Lbzito.
Dennis Mah, Gordon Mctaod. Jeff Napoles. Philip'
aemlce, Pam Rubinstein, Victoria Schaub.Theresa
Thompson and Idttry Walsh.,