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Fir^, False Alarms. 8 PM Meeting Af Village
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- F.IREFIGHTERS. ••SCHOOL." F(tt?en_members of - the Freepdrt
'volunteer Fire Department were recent graduates of the department'^.
BSSIC f^lrefighjTing Course. \ t i e qisn pictured above, plus two others,
"attended 48 hours of instruction over 16 nlgYits during October and
- Nov6mt>er.-The''OradualBS are. (!.'to J.) kneeling: Michael Atiertjathy,
Truck"Co.".*JrKevltvMuldowoey, Engine Co^^#1; Chris'Washington,
Hose Co^#5; Victor Combs, Hose Co. 74;. standing in front row:"
. Instructor Leon-TucholskI, HoseCq. #3; Benny G(cata, Engine.Co. #1;
Biake McCauiey, Truck".Co. »1_?ey_Brandel, Emergency Co. #9;
Richard and 'Mtchael Van WicWenT+WS* Co..#5r Inatcuctpr Kevin
yoiimer.Hose Co. #2; back rfl/c John Chiimel, Engine Co. #1; Richard
- Elltsop, Hose Co. #1; Daniel Barr/, Hose^.TR; and Johnpisen, Hose
Co. #4. James OUn, Hose Co. #4, aTld Howard Auerbach, Emergency
Co. #9, were not preserit whgn the picture was taken. Undef-the:,
-...Xbe. Massa.u
County Fire Marshal's-office is
investigating a .suspected arson "
wjiich: occurred Monday night,
December. 29. Tbe blaze. at.bS-Grand-
Avenue," topped off a
series, of possible- arsons and-turned"-
in false alarms.^ that kept
from enjoying their lioliday.
season. . . •.. . -I • _ .
- The'Grand Avenue house fire
began.about 9:30 fm. -AcSyding,
to Freeporl "Fire Department - _ , .,-, -,- . . , • .. , .
sources, several people-were oH~ Copies will also,be- avaUable at
the topfloor of the two-story tte^public meetme,
wood framed house at the-time.
FREEPORT - A public hearine on the Village of FreetxJtt's pro-posedi
tentative 1981-82 budget will be held this Monday, January 5.
•Thq mee'tin'g will begin at 8 pm at Village Hall.'^o other subject will
be discussed th'at evening. Individuals wishing to talk on any budget
item must beeither residents or taxpayers of the Village. They-wilj be
asked to fill out a slip when ' - . • .
entering "the meeting room so cipated revenues and estimated
be called in turn. cash on hand. The proposed
. Copies- of the line-by-line ' "
$147323,703 budget have beeri
available, af the Villagp. Qerk's
office, in' Village Hall, since
several days, prior to Christmas.
direction of the Fjeaport Fire Department Board of Instructors, the 113^ West Sunnse Highway,,is
Jtfg^jjjjnMi-ffViiuMH-ilanght^ihe^atagfeteefariotogy^^ repnned f h hr. ahoutj5.Q0gy,LL^
The fire .apparently began in
the rear of ihf house Jn the first _
.fioorkitclreii. . - . '"
All- units _of.-the Freeport -
Volunteer Fire pepartment_were.
called" to the fire. Damage to the"
house, which is'owned by Harry
_and Charles Herman Real Estate,
113 West Sunrise Highway,
' budget has a total of 53,698,828
in . anticipated revenues, which
includes federil and state moh-ieis,
fines, fees', $300,000 anti­cipated
- profit from the sale of
the. Public Works Building .
.and 5870.000 cash on hand.
In presenting the, ^udget.
Mayor Willian H." White noted
TTtiat'several fectois.had allowed
the ta;t hike-to be "a minimar
one." He cited '•general prudent
management." the 20% per year
savings "since the village went to
difference between, the' .partial self-insurance in 1978"
the tentative budget carries an
increase .of 8t pet SltX) assessed
valuatipn fdr. a total- tax rate
of sn.29, reflecting the fact
that - $9,755,875 of . the _^actual
budget - needs. to be raised by
taxes. . . . . . '
~ The
amount to be raised and the total
bu'dgel, is the aihount of anti-and.
a decline fn (he village's
bonded indebtedness.'
• pertinent to tirfl DiHvenlian and-suppresslon". The course is mandatory . , • r -J I I I L Ml l l i l . * i f' H * l»- J -
tor all new members and is presently given once a year^BiilwHtvthe--^Two-other apparent-arsons _ t - e O e r a l JUriM'QQKS_flI_ 1111116 S flgeflCy HBCOrOS
consl^uclioit of t h ^ FFtXS-itew training center, it is planned that_.were reported.the; same night. ' ' —
courses will Betonducted on arron^oing basis
A Christmas Fqbie, 1980
» Ycars-from now; as'lhe little boy.gro>s older^ his parent w^ill rferell
jhU story andlH.' will, in turn, recount it to his children and they to.
theirs. ' " ; 7_": ."' .. - .: :^ •
• - "Yes. child.'-' it wiUbcgin. "there is indeed still a.Santa CUius."
The story began on (he nnjht before Christmaf wheii all through1hal~
particular house in the Village
j)f.FreeportT^nd most everywhere
else Christmj^ is celebrated,
adults were busy putting together •
• all si?es;~shapes and typ^s of
loyst ^ •
In thi» particular house, on the
kitchen, floor, two-.growi
. . »-ere trying, Zfor probably the
fiftieth time."t'o. set up a Special
~ Deluxe Bowling Game. Around.
ihc ^kitcheri table; another half-.
- dozen a.diilts afternated between
encouragement and despair. "
"Change the bulb arid recross
the wires," was an. idea tried
several different ways. "^ ."
"Forget if; bring the gift Ifack
Friday (the .day after Christ­mas)."
was suggested every ten
. minutes, " ^
Bur along with the parts" and
instructiofis that "had been re-mo\
cd from the enormous box
was a small rectangular-shaped
picc«M>f paper which encouraged
a hopeless, or'perhaps helpless,
adult to call a given 800-foll-free
telephone number if aid was
needed in the assembly of the
gadget. "•
Now this particular boy.
destined to r^|eive this particu­lar
gift. is. Assessed with no
The first, earlier in the evening
was a garage'^iife^«dl5 LenT
Avenue. The boarded-Up house '
and. property was recently pur­chased
by the village and slated ~
for demolition.
The other fije call came in as
"units .were sUll
Avpjine fire. Three Freeport unitsr
were sent to the. fire in. an elevator
ordinary-mother...no. not he. And -.:at".20 Randall Avenue Accord'mg
so. she-picked up this sheet of 1? ^'^^?^., 'V^ ^S^r f'
paper and,with the will possessed--•^^"'y ^^'^ J^" ^'T.'^t
only by someone, who could not «"?^""' ^?Pft'^'?*'^?^t^ *W '**
-bear to disappoint a youpg boy. on fire antf left itjn the eteyator.
dialed the "SOO-iiumber." __ _- '- ' -
.- "Merrj- Christmas." said Ma . During the Christmast week-
• ' — ' "—" —beveial~ullrei
RT—.—Following'.i_a—
report in .a Long Island daily
newspaper on Wednesday,
December 24, that records'-of his
insurance office Bad been sub-
•poenaed"by a federal grand jury.
,.- ^hll'Vrl^rt - -'"'"28= Mayor William H.White
at the Grand averted that he was certain was
4lie-^.nvestigatjon_ -would
Belle's voice^ "'The number you
have dialed has been changed. Do ,
you wish (o have" me try' the.new
•number?" - '
-., "Merry^ Christmas.". said the
not-so-ordinary Mother.and. ex­plaining
the entire problem to the-
Operator.; decided sure try the
long-distance number of the toy
manufacture rrlnrr "collect."
So at about 10 pm on Christ­mas
Eve. the telephone rang'in
the Pennsylv'ania office of this
national manufacturer". ~
"Merrj- Christmas." said Ma
Belle. "I have a collect call for
you from a mother, who needs
help putting together a Super
Deluxe Bowling Alley for her
child for tomorrow,-Christmas,
'morning."
"Sorry." said the voice of
Christmas Scrooges, "we cannot
accept collect calls because our
firm is bankrupt." ^^_^__
((SontrtarPSge 3)
end. there were
apgarfently" set^ fifes
4hat
'^iftcover' no sign of wrongdoing
either as mayor or "in my insur­ance
office." -
The investig-ation was reported
in the press after-White's at­torney.
>yilliam J.. Lewis, -im-successfully
attempted:to quash
the subpoena which demanded
as welC as
a rash_qf false afarnjs.
On Christmas-.Thursday, a
false alartii was .-reported op
Prince" Street. Five false 'alarms
were called in on Saturday.
December 27 at Atlantic and
Mjlbum., Nassau. Avenue-, King
: Street. South long Beach Avenue
and Broadway.. . -
all of theWilham H. White Insur­ance.
Ap.eiicYJS-,cancelled checks."
-coniraas.
-Republican-Party, Japgeared to
"precipitate several telephone
calls" ab<jut White- Silverman
added, howev^, that "the White
investigation is on .''completely
unrelated matters'.."
-Stlverihfth also said "that h's
office usually weighs such phone
-^catts—as—to—the—i^credibilitv;"
"of the evidence before instituting
a grand jury mvestigation.
However,' he refused to "specify
4he charges iriade^r the iiidivid-uals
who had made them. .
" ^Silverman • said his office
usually • releases no ' stories
unless the grand jury hands
down an inoictment. In i
hiwievrx. Silverman, explained.
'reports,,
and" all
written-agreemcfits, "White's attorney's motion to
corporate tax returns quash the subpoena had to be
items relating to the^ Seatd in open court.. It then
Richard A-,- Williams Agepcy for /became ah item \n the news-the-
period from January 1. 1976/ 'papers
to December 31, 1979. Thesi »
dites were-misijrinted- in tl»e
As • this edition was"
readied for the-printerjtwo other
•false alarms were" called in on
Tuesday. Dec"Sinber3D.
-Village "-iMre Marshal. John
f^venzano asks that ^nyone
with any information regardirig
any fires er false alarms can tall
him ^t FR 8-4000. eoension 24,1.
Provcnzajio indicated that lie
daily newspaper's coverage .of
• ine matter, which said the
^pfcriod in question began in 1976.
The probe of White's insurance
being bUu. sSi.n eAsst toirsn heyea dLeadr ryb yS iAlvsesrismtaannt,
who also conducted the recent •
investigation into the affairs of
Nassau Repubb'can Leader
Joseph Margiotta. ' .-^
Silverman told THfe LEADER
this week that the return of the
recent indictment. charging
Margiotta with recei%-ing in-would
be happy to answ;ej^i»y-~sura'nce commission kickbacks
fire-related questio:i lK-'^fl
residents and taxpayers.
from from Garden City broker Richard
A. Warums for use by the
White's agency's records
were" delivered to the U.S^'
Attorney's Office in Brooklyn
on Tuesday. December 23.
Silverman said th'at White's
name had turned up in the
Margiotta probe as the recipient
of .two $5,000 checks received as
commissions by White from the
Williams agency.-
White recently announced he
will run for h\i third term as
Mayor in the March. 1981 village
election. His OWTI decision lo^
seek re-election. White tolJ
"THE LEADER, was made prior
to any knowledge of the investi­gation
by Sflverman's office.
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