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44lhYEAR.No.$l- FRiEEPOlRT. NEW YORK. APRIL 17,1980 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
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FREEPORT - WHtei'Biidd
Schuiberg will speak at the Free-.
port Memorial ilbraty Sunday;
April 20, at 3 pm.
Considered- one of this coun­try's
most oatstan^ng writers^
Schuiberg as the author of "What
Makes Sammy Run,"' "The
Claim Their Ndtiprw
Experience Qiia
' IFS&EEOBT r While their seigfatNmi^ia Baidwia and Mmi^ can fiici ^
on a TV set and see today's spdts today ot.yesterday's Jlaovie -^.rather
than Fred Astaire dandng. wi& Ginger Sogers —- Fireeport residents
are stiU asldng "why 4iiot ua7 How come'we oon't have cable TV?"
Any resident ahowing op at last Mcmday idgfat'a 7:30 pm le^atWe
session of the Freeport village '- .' " ^ -"-'- "
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- -i Ktnderflart8n'dtaJ»e8':sh<dj^9f%ogSi _p„,.^^^,^^
L 'PtteK.f^nt^Adviso'ry Bddntd^tao^fnoney ra4ly»^F?tiep<srt-^
Benevolent Asloclallon-to purctiase Bulietproqf vesta for policemen.. ?'
'^iffSAt'^PfaldentArihurQuit^tte-'aocepiedAcheck for^the Vest ruo(L>'
( S w n Pte-K pupil Jeanie Burdstte oq behalf'of the f*re^K Parent'Ad- ^
^Js6fy,Board. Uttle Jeanie wasj>elpied inJier presentation by'Pr&^K-
5' birpcter M&ry Bondann:0.) Andrew Blscardi,>J<ad(m SImpson.'PrcKiC
i\Teadier'Afel8tai\t Althea.McCall ^taqding^^saobnd from r.) Mrs.-
*^ JaVnd' Biscardi (siandlnj) f.) ol"the^Pre-K PBrehf^AdvIsory Board,
f - Angelo Padej^ and Tonya .lackson ^ „ ^
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, ,Qoe$Woiii Abojaj^WcrterfrbiiV.;
Asked Ar Village Board :M^Inff
FREEPORT^ Qdesiions about the village's watetfiootareajMemed
_to dominate the^pabic meeting of the;Freepod''B6«d^of'Tnistee^
~ Monday evei^g,-.ton}14. While the Brst part of titS'tneeUng vnts a
public hearing,oa't£e-tUrd jour SmalLGttes Grant,'there were'few
specific comment. Erie HennAi]], the v^|age*s I&ector of Commm^
. Devdcttiment.-'again pointed out - '" "^ *' '''
. ,, that witbont express permissioa
. ^ fmat HUD.thetpgr^atlon'mnst
,'^-:^contain^ot^'ttaii9*approved in
ji theyfflage^s cni{^na) re}nes[t two
' ydnijigp.;/These are Housing
Improvement Area'^wl, ~Notrth
. . Main^ Street area;' and Hou^g
- Improvement Area #3. ^-' -
Board of Tmstees not only heard
a partial answer to why it's taUng
so long for the village to have
cable TV, bnt saw a presentation
by'what is, for Long Islanders, a
new name on the scrae.
~ Cox Cable Coi^unications>
Inc. —whldt has in recent weeks
made a similar presentation fo a
group of villages on-the Great
Neck Peninsula and will be doing
the '-same' in-^ROckville 'Centre,
Lynbrodk and Atlantic Beach -^
^'..vltjBuddSchuiberg- ".
Harder" they >an,V-"^'On: the
Waterfront," "A Face^ in the
Crowd" ^ and\ "The " Disen­chanted,"
His £j[atest 6oveI,
I'Evctytlung.That Moves'' ex­emplifies
r Schulberg's -. umqae
method, combimng conteinporsiy'
inaght with ~iaoraI indignation:
dramatic., suspense intertnined
sale of its closed incinerator plant ^41,^ ,4,^;.,--*-rf.r~™.-.j—_ -•
,for use asiji^^ge^^^nve^. " • m . ^ ^ . a ^ T T ^ e ^
^ Abo{)t' two years- ago, the
village dgned a franchise'agree-ment
i^Oh 'another ^company,
Cablevision, wUch also services
the' Town' of Hempstead areas,
but Mi^,WaHam H: White
explained Monday night that
problems .arising from^ the
stringing of cable Does bn^pbles
have not yet been sotvol. Vtam
_the discusdon Monday "evenhig,
Jt became apparent that^it is
a 'matter of restiin^ng drooping
lines which woQld.be too dose
together^ Trustee Al Sidifi'lold
the representativer of Cor that
the village maintains that it is the
- ca6le franchise bolder'^s responri-bility
to do the job'and as Mayor
WniiamH. Whites said, "we don't
have the village manpower to the
do the whole j6b atonoe.''
"Uvlng UpToTbeb PnolM*'*
While the name Cox might be
,a new one io Hassan County
residents, representatives of ti\e
company explained tiiat thay liave
'an^ 18-year, record of *'falfilllng.
'promises-V^The^aunpany^ is both
natfonair'andT-^waid-wlde^ i ^
800t000su!»aibehln 45 systems*'
---* 200^ffimtndties'din>iigb(wt
Udfc^^tatfir aSd;iie6iaHt".
San'Diego.'one of their systems,
is the largest cable sysiemin the
coantty and the oldest, in Ore-
. gon, is'also a Cot system'.
One's parent company, Bruce
. Sanderson their ^^ce-pruident of
Franchising Development said, is
Cor Broadcasting,Corp.. wldch
•owns AM'and FM radio stations,
TV-stations, and ii even iirrolved
"^in computer companies and
"throngh_ -a''snbsUUar/^ Bin§
^Qrosby ' ftodoctions, .•' motion
pictures. - •' ' '.'
v, .White.suggested that,repre-
.sentativKl cf^lCox meet with
"Freeport"' Elecbidty's Superin-
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^stem. A private^ •cmmed com­pany
would convert garbage-into
fuel ml at extrenieiy Iiigfa'tem-
^ratures. >^ *~ '-^ " -'*->-'
Fmntmgloat that the Hemp-
'Stead plant Is presentiy operating
~ Paul Eberst, a waterfront busi­nessman
and a resident of East
2nd Street^ was interested in
funds for.other areas and was
told by Mayor WHliam H. White
that he could ask those questions
.iritiie'piihlicniegfing-thatrwbuld ,
"Tollowt. ;:,^-.;.:'.ly\,.v:;~: \ - :-
The c^er coronumt dune from.
resident and itealtbt. Sid lieber-man^~
According to' him, the
southwest past of the village has
an , ever-increasing" number of
residential foredosorcs. He sug­gested
that future Comnmnlty
-development funds be directed.
thCTC.
with dioxin emissions, Greco said
there were na diemical emission
stand«ds. ' - ' * _
Xaverio Scamacca of East First
Street edioed Greco's views and ^
said that the two had met with'
residents of the area around the
JgiDpstead,.. gatiagf .rrmvwy,
plant. The fames, he said, "are
impossible there." Smmarra ;
: suggested tiie village hire inde­pendent
experts to see if the plant
would be operable. - -' V
Representing the Conndl of
Cvic Associatio&s.' Kay Benda
also "vehenwsirtly opposed" the
possible by the Dr. Mervin L.
Sdidoss Foundation.
Three Seek
f Election te
School Board
FREEPORT ~ At the 5pm dose
of the working day Monday, April'
14, the Fnaspcct Sdibol -Kstiict
Clerk had receiv^ petitions from*
tioee cani^dates for seats on tiie'
Freeport Board of Education and
no petitiom' for proposdtibns on
the Ma^ 14th school budget
.ballot: ' ____" ' ; - ;
There were no surprises. The
threp candidates bad already
ScotcfatagAfagapr-,
- Edna Bcitterreich of 246 Guy
Lombardo Avenue asked the
Mayor if the villaee's rnunidoal
electric department, was to be
sold. "Absolutely no.'"^ answered
Whiter-: •'
Garbage Coovendon
Vince Greco .of Bedell Street
- "objected strennoasly" to "being '
used >s. a guinea pig.^ referring
to the possibility of the village's
proposal. __
' ent^ :t>f'-tb<r-FreciJurl .'Norib'XQSgBwii AvenoeT will
Chamber of* Commerce Lumel be. tnwpposed in his bid for a
Sooolov stud the Cbamber was
opposed to the plan.. He sug­gested
that the land coold be nsed
differentiy and expressed concern
that, as with the sale of- land to
Two Gays, the final monies
realized by the village would be
much less than the asking price.
Socolov also -discussed, odor
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publkly declared tijctr mtentiOM SAFE RIOlNQr.The first of a series of Bicycle Safety Ctolcs was held
-Of_ronamg._JapgU-R8ic>U,-m- taatSoturdafatDeyvlewAvenueOtliool'wlUiiiia;iyOilldtanaMflfluIGr'
^^1. X— T>—1. t. ..M bringing In their equipment to be inspected and'reglstered with the
Freeport Police Department. As part of "Bicycle Safety Month."
children are also put throug'it^ road lest to Insure they know the rules
of the road. Shown {I. to r.) are representatives of the groups working
on the prbiect: PTA Council President Janene Suchan,' Freeport School -
District^AssIstant Superintendent, Doris'Selub, volunteer parents BUI
Walsh and Tom Norcott. Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm, student Joseph
Keating, volunteer Martha-Green-and Freeport Polfce Lieutenant
Joseph Boland. Upcoming clinics are 9^n-12 fwoh; this Saturday,
.April 19, at Giblyn.Scfraol; April 18, Columbtis Avenue Schoolrand
May 3, Atklnson.School. AH participants will receive a raffle chance at
a brand new bicycle dorsatad by the Enrico Fermi Lodge of Sons of
ItaiylnFreeport.:"'•'--••:.'/' '': -••:•-•,. \- '"i--^^;•?;-";•:.----';y-:-.---:-' '•
second, three year term; WiHiam
Cbminos and Erank Tucker wpl be
pitted against each other for the
seat prcKntiy occupied by Ed
Monrtpe who is not running for re­election.
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Cominps, a 39-ycar old Fiec-poit
bom father of three, is a
former Qnef of tiie i ^ e q ^ Fire
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