The-Helm_1966-04-14; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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SCOOTER PATROL: The Lynbrook Police Dept. has added a
Scooter Patrol to increase the efficiency of the force and to sup-plement
the foot patrol. It is l)elieved that this is the first such
patrol in the County. One scooter, as pictured above, equipped with
a walkie-talkie radio, is now in operation, with another due shortly.
Six men have had training in the use of this scooter. Pictured above
inspecting the scooter are (left to right): Mayor George Mangravite,
Lt. Frank Kehr, Ptl. Raymond Stewart on scooter. Village Trustee
George Xydias and Police Chief Walter Waring.
After The Tragedy
Your reporter was invited
into a well-kept, modest home
on one of Malverne's nicest str-eets.
Randy Catf)licki's father,
Henry, in talking of the tragedy
which occurred to his son of the
4th of April, maintained an out-ward
calm. The boy was a 15-
year old high school student who
died after sniffing cleaning fluid
in the rear of Valley Stream No-rth
High School.
I sat with the bereaved parents
in the kitchen of their home as we
discussed the personality of their
late son. There was a warm at-mosphere
in the home and an
apparent wholesome environ-ment.
Mrs. Caplicki told me that
she and her husband had always
been proud of Randy's grades
and his general behavior. Mr.
Caplicki told me that his son
had worked for him at his ser-vice
station at least three or
four hours a day. In trying to
arrive at a logical explanation
as to WHY a boy of this nature,
with a normal and happy home
life would reach for the "kick"
that led to his death, the feeling
of his parents seemed to be that
the surrounding outside of the
home needs scrutiny. Without
putting the blame on specifics
such as the school, the town,
his peers, etc., the C^licki's
remain in fear for what might
happen to the sons or daughters
of other members of the com-munity.
This tragic case points out
that it is not only the terrori-zing
elements we read about -
from smokers of marijuana to
hard-core users of narcotics -
that can trigger a teenage death
but other dangers of which our
By Richard Livingston
community must be made aware
...the sniffing of cleaning fluids,
inhalation of hairspray, the in-toxicating
effects of glue, etc.
This paper will endeavor to
disperse information to the local
community about the many seem-ingly
innocent household articles
that are being tried for"kicks"-
in the same way the late Randy
Caplicki tried cleaning fluid. We
will welcome the community's in-terest
and questions and print
any information that can help shed
light on the perplexing and ter-rorizing
problem.
In reference to the death of
Randy Caplicki, many "oldtim-ers"
and merchants in Malverne
had comments to make.
The proprietor of a shoe and
zipper repair store commented
that he felt the parents weren't
spending enough time with their
kids. Being a resident for some
35 years, he said one great mis-take
was in taking out the rec-reational
area and replacing it
with a parking lot. He felt the
lack of supervision of the park
had led to its destruction. His
reaction to the death of Caplicki
was, "Maybe some people will
open their eyes now that we
have witnessed this tragedy.
A local pharmacist stated that
his stores watch all the products
which teenagers start buying in
excess. He said that Carbonawas
purchased in excess last year and
a letter was written asking the
company if it had heard of any
"sniffing" incidents. The Car-bona
company replied in the neg-ative,
adding that "since changing
the chemical formula, the sniffing
of the product would produce ser-ious
if not fatal effects." The
pharmacist then went on to say
that he had been watching Rhin-algan
nose spray and NTZ nose
drops.
A young worker at the F & N
Prime Meats store, being a mem-ber
of the Malverne community
for ten years, attributed Cap-licki's
death to "supervision - or
lack of it." "It's a funny thing,
I have three boys myself and I
just can't watch them 24 hours a
day."
Recently a youth was convic-ted
of the possession of mari-juana
- he had worked for two
years as a packer in Malverne's
Associated Food Market. The
manager said the youth had al-ways
been honest and reliable.
The incident shocked him, he
said.
There are many types of peo-ple
in this world - those who will
fight for a just and worthy cause
and those who would rather "not
get involved." We can also find
those who are aware of a prob-lem
but justdon't care. Into which
category do you fit?
You, our readers, can decide
exactly what course of action you
would like to take or by what
method you would like to explore
this fast growing problem. If you
have any questions or suggestions
as to how you can help or would
like to comment on the problem,
your letters will be appreciated.
All names will be kept confi-dential
if requested.
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STATE SENATOR EDWARD J. SPENO, Nassau County Republican
Chairman, gets together with Joel Kaplan, President of the Nassau
County Young Republicans and Doris Griffin, the Young Republicans
Vice-president, Joel and Doris are the newly elected officers of the
Young Republicans and head up the largest such group in New York
State, with 30 chapters and over 2,000 members.
OPEN HOUSE: East Rockaway, Lynbrook and Malverne residents are cordially invited to attend the Open
House of the new three-story $2,500,000 South Pavilion of South Nassau Communities Hospital, Saturday,
April 16th, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Conducted tours will include inspection of the new emergency suite, the
new department of physical medicine and rehabilitation, central sterile supply and the new patient rooms.
The public is asked to use the rear or Washington Avenue entrance.