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FREEPORT.NEWVOSK. SEPTEMBER 1
48th YEAR. No. 19 •^EEPORT MEMORIAL. UBRARTl
PHICE2S*PERCOPY
Accidents Soar At Merrick & Mill
Baldwin Antiques &
Craft Fair Saturday
Former Village Mayor Annual Hisforical Soelefy
»*eeney Chainng AltOoy Event AfMuseum
a&ieknd School
New Traffic Signal Timing
Creofes Free-For-AH Turns
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' FHEEFOKT • Stale. toBBly and local otScials as wtO as traffic ct»-
xnltant* aod'eo|^iieen met eazij Wedaesday moRdog. Aagost 31,
at tlie Menidc «IK1 MiD Koad inteneoioo ia Fteepoct. The on-site
cotiftfetice w*s ananged by local State Senator Nonoaa J. Len. who
b also dialnnan of tbe State Senate's Oamntttee oo Ttanspottatlon.
Tiie fire<nDet tntenettioD had been tfie Rcoe of mote tiias a dozen
acddeots since the, pcicr Ttaes-
/I
TaskR>rce
FREEPORT - Fornix VWige
Mayor Robert Sweeney has been
named to chair a taik force thst b
meeting to discuss the future of
the Freeport Schoc^ District's
Ceveland Avenue building. •
The task force, which was set
up at the direction of the Fteeport
Board of Education is eotisposed
of parents and conuminily
members, InctatUng pe<»Ie WIK»
live or wcrt in the oeighbortwod
of the building. The groop held its
first meeting on August 23.
Members of the Tasi Force,
who were appointed by Free-port
School SapeiisteDdcsi Dr.,
John E. Bierwitth at the instruc­tion
rf the School Board, to-clude
— beside Sweeney and Dr.
Bierwirth, who wiO act as a re­source
person — Alma Smalls,
Chariene Beckett, Steve NicdiDo,
Mary Antj Ross, Mstjanne
Eodo, Walter Miranda, Joe
McAndrews, Oereland Meyers,
Sterling Keyes, Vtstess* Young,
Maria Zapalero and Bob Mayes.
The taensbers, whom Bieranstb
describes u diverse, were
appointed as tndhidoals rather
than as tepreseataOves of any
apecifie group ot o^aniaadon.
Beeaase' at dedinlng enroll-meot'aod
pTo)ected fittther de­creases
in the numbers of s c h ^ -
age cMIdrea, the BMrd of
Education decided to dose Cleire-bnd
Avtnoe School when it
adopted a (eorganizatkn plan,
which takes effect at the begin­ning
cf this school term.
Oereiaod was formet^ the site
of the dlstrkl's jpre-Kiadergatten
ptogram, whi* win now be
BAIOWM - The Seventh Annua! Antiques and Crafls Fair spon-soretT
by the Baldwin Ifistorjcal Sodety, win be held on Saturday,'
September24,10am-Spm.'. „_,.,_^„.J,. ,vJ,^i;"i . . ^ _" _^
- OverfiSeibibftorscf quality anb^uesaiu! crafts wiO participate in'
the event. . i
Also for sale wil be bose^iaked goods, cider, apices and cheeses. .
Youngsters win,be able to take
pooy cart rideifasn -12i30 to
3pnj.
. Proceeds of the fail will benefit
the Baldwin ICstotical Society's
local nttseom, its programs and
its growing collections.
The Fair will be held at the
Museum at 1980 Grand Avenue
(one mile north of Sunrise fCgh-way),
Baldwin.
In the ivent of rain, the Fair
win be held the foCiowing day,
Soaday, September 25.
Admission is free.
7 Freeport Teachers Dont Expect
Contract % Opening Day Of School
- • . By Bd Sllvtrmtn
still talking." ""
Wilsoo added that there Is fitile
tlwagb being i^en to any kind of
waikoot - ac3on and that the
teaders plan to "continue
batg^ning fat good ttiih." Scfaocd
years have gotten ttnderway in
ptevioos years without teacher
settlements, she noted.
"WeTl wcrt Jtnder the cJd
contract." .
Dr. Joba Bierwirth,' Soperia-tesdent
of Sdxxiis. decEned to
cotnnetit while oegotiatiiais are
taUn^pIace.
R)ur More Arrests Fbr Prostitution
FKEEPORT -. Negotiajioos
between Fntpon't te*d>as and
the school district tdministratSm
are not expected to yield •
teachers'^cootrsct by Septembet
13^ the apeODg day of sdiool,
according to an official cf-tbe
Freeport Teachers Assodatioti,
(FTA), wWdi Is representing the
teachers in the contract talks.
"I doubt if there win be a
settlement by the bei^nniag ef
the school year," said Janioe
WOsoo, FTA president, "Bat
we're itoi at an impassci we're
day, August 23, when the state
as tttrt rfits TOPICS piogfam -^
had altered the sequence of the
trafBc lights at the site.
Folkjwing the tWtd"-acddent
on Tuesday evei^g.'tbe night
before the meeOsig. « » Freeport
Police I>epartment erected bar­ricades
at the intersection,
totaSy prevetiting all westbound -
Merrick Road traffic 6om turning
left at MiD Row!.
According to poBee records,.
12 accidents at the intersection
had been repocted between
Tuesday, August 23 and Monday,
August 29. Then on Ttoesday,
two non-repottable (no injuries;
property'damage estimated at
less than S400) accidents were
foOowed by a mote' serioos one
in the evening. One of the itjured
was taken to the hospital with
serious lacerations on the bead'
and facia] area, promoting police
to attempt to put an end to the
series of acddents.
Statistical^, tfae.acddeat rate
an week caused much consterna­tion
to poScs, village cffidals and
local residents, many of whom
use the interse^iaa each day and
several of whom caned THE
LEASES.
On Tbesday, August 27, tbe
Erst reportable scddent at the
s t e was a two veUde cslfi^on at
3:31 pm, at Albany Avenue aad-
West MetrUc Road, lesuMng la
injury to aiz persons.
Tlua at 4:17 pm, a two-car acci­dent
at Meniti and MiD. report­edly
attifbutable to an unknown
substance on the road, resulted
in oo^ driver suffering neck pain.
The final aoddent of the day, at
ihe intersectioo, was at 11:30 pm
.and Inwjived three vehides,
ijidndisg a motorbike, with one
person iignred.
On Wednesday, a twt«arcol-tision
between a Dalsnn and a
Toyota, at 11:10 pm, sent two
to the hospital complaining of a
cxnnbination -of bnd and teg
injuries.
Thursday, August 25th's acd-
(Cont. on Page 16)
FHEHPORT •" FOOT mote
attests were made last ^ftek ia
what is apparently • cnetdown
on prostitntes soBci&ig tat bwi-ness
in the viSage's Ceptral
Buslneu District.
Tbe arrests, two on Tuesday
night, August .23, and two the
foUowiag evening, were made
by a Nassau Cconty Vice Unit
detecttre. AD attests were at the
shaiisg Cdnmbtts Avenue School Sunrise Mig^ay/Cburcfa Street
with the Undentarten dasses. • corner. ^^
The function of tbe. task force
is to reseahdi the opdoas avail-able
regarding the fiJtnft of the.
aevelaod Avenue building.
Bierwinh said he, didn't etpect
the task forte to resesrch specific
proposals as much as prtjviding
(Cent. 00 Pace 18) __
On August 23, at about 114$
pm. Detective Ralph Meyer of the
County, arrested Faye Bibwn. 17,'
of 125 Brooks Sattt, Rooserdt.
for prastitatioa. Brown was
released on an appearance ticket,
and ondeicd to .appear in First
District OIQII, Mtneoh. the
following tncndng.
Apprmlmatety 15 numites
later, Karen C^tito, 27, of 107
Temee Avenue, Reinpstead, was
also attested by Meyer. She was
' (Cant, on Pag* tOl
iDeodllnft Notice
Due to tbe Labor Day
hoOday next week, when tbe
offices of THE LEADER wis
be dosed on Monday, Sep­tember
S, dead&ne for news
asd pcess releases fbr tbe
issue of September 8, I9S3
has beea moved up.
For the next Issue ONLY,
an copy aim be in our
offices j)0 liter than 12 ii««i .
Fridsy.SepieinberJ.'' "', •
ONE REMEDY for a.dangarDu* bitaraecfiop • « * imp<«m«i(ad by
Prseporl Vill*c« PMIa this pest Tuwday •vtnbv, Augtot 30(h.
In response to an unusually larg* numbar of •ccldaoU at ttw Mill
RoadlMerridt fload Intaraactkn. polic* araetad barricadaa, affaetivtfgr
barring westbound traffic from turning Itft onto Mill Road-.Th* aoci-danta,
pollc* officials cUlm, rasultad from.a diang* In tlw traffic
signal pattern, part of ttw Na« York SUt« TOPICS program. The
'-horsas" iver* do* to ba rvmovad as ioon as the sMta IfflpiaoeRtacf wi
.aoraad.vponraniedy. (S«e story, this page.) . •:.•:'-