The-Helm_1967-10-26; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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LYNBROOK IVIALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY
VOL. 7 NO. 7 E n t e r e d as Second»Clas8 Matter,
P o s t O f f i c e , Lynbrook, N.Y. THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER, OCTOBER 26, 1967 10 CENTS
New Post Office
Lynbrook Post Office on and after October 30th
will operate from the ne>y Post Office building on
Broadway at Elder Street. Normal business will
be conducted through Saturday, October 28th at the
old Post Office building, 255 Broadway.
The new Post Office building will be formally
dedicated on Sunday, November 19th, ceremonies
to start at 2 P.M. Many federal, state, county
and local officials will participate. The public is
invited.
Citizens for Nassau Co. Charter
During a luncheon at the Brown Derby last week, Sol Wachtler, Republican Candidate (or
County Executive, seated on the left, looks oyer the latest copy of the H E L M - R E V I E W . Con-gressman
John Wydler of Garden City is seated on Wochtler's left. Looking over their shoulders
ore, left to right. Mayor of Malverne, William M. Sheeser; Managing Editor of the H E L M -
REVIEW, James Bove Jr.; and Kevin Cronin of 24 Roosevelt Avenue, Malverne.
OOP OPPOSES CONSTITUTION WACHTLER RAPS
Nassau County's powerful Re-publican
delegation to the New
York State Legislature will op-pose
the new State Constitution
and will work at the next ses-sion
to submit "its important
provisions as separate questions
to the voters."
The announcement of the GOP
position was made today by State
Senator Edward J , Speno, Chair-man
of the Senate Republican
Conference and Assemblyman
John E. Kingston, the Republican
whip in the Assembly, speaking
for the thirteen man Republican
delegation.
Sp^no and Kingston said the
Nassau legislators had decided
to oppose the Constitution be-cause:
(1) it was presented on
a take-it-or-leave-it basis; (2)
its cost will be astronomical;
(3) It is clearly a document in-tended
to assist New York City
at the expense of its suburbs;
(4) the new school aid formula
will result in a decrease in aid
to Nassau school districts; (5)
it deprives the people of the
right to approve bond issues;
(6) the State take-over of wel-f
a r e unfairly burdens Nassau
County taxpayers.
Speno and Kingston said the
Nassau Republican delegation
pledge their votes for legislation
at the next session for the separ-ate
submission of repeal of the
Blaine amendment, the local gov-ernment
article after its harsh
apportionment istandards are
withdrawn, the legislative and
Judicial articles, the suffrage
article, "and other good features
of the proposed document."
They said they deplored "the
deliberate insult to the intelli-gence
of the elictorate implicit
in the Democratic leadership's
constant reference to goodies.
It is a bald admission of a cyni-cal
judgement that the voters can
be bought; as such, it is
repugnant."
The two legislative leaders
called on Nassau's Democratic
legislators to make a similar
commitment to the Nassau elec-torate,
"and join with us in
sponsoring worthwhile Constitu-tional
amendments at the next
session,"
OEMS ELECTION
RETURNS
AT RACEWAY
The big tote board at Roosevelt
Raceway will flash a different
type of finish on Election
Night...the results of Nassau's
major election contests.
Nassau Democratic Chairman
John F. English announced today
that arrangements have been
made for County Executive
Eugene H. Nlckerson and his
running mates for county and
town offices, party officials,
campaign workers and Dem-ocratic
supporters to get the
Election Night returns in the
plush surrroundlngs of the
Westbury trotting track's Cloud
Casino.
Hie Cloud Casino has been the
annual locale of the Nassau Dem-ocratic
Committee's winter
reception, but this will be its
f i r s t tour of duty as an election
center,
"We've been at the Garden
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NICK
NASSAU COUNTY
CHARTER REVISION
WHAT WE HAVE NOW
Under the present County
Charter adopted in 1938 there
a r e six members of the Board
of Si«)ervisors, They are the
two supervisors elected by
Hempstead, the supervisors of
North Hempstead, of Oyster Bay,
of the City of Long Beach, and the
Mayor of Glen Cove, The 64
villages within the County a r e not
represented directly on the Board
although village residents do not
vote directly for the county board
members, except in the case of
Long Beach.
Each member of the Board is
entitled to cast one vote for each
10,000 residents in his constitu-ency.
According to population
figures the total number of votes
to be divided among the board
members would be 125 (1960
population in round figiu-es) as
follows:
Hempstead 730,000 . 72
(divided between 2 syper-visors)
North Hempstead 213,000 21
Oyster Bay 285,000 28
Glen Cove 23,000 2
Long Beach 25,000 2
125
However, the 1938 Charter
states that no Town or City
shall "be entitled to cast more
than 50% of the total vote" of the
board. According to population
the Hempstead siQ)ervisors could
cast 57% of the voting strength
of the Board, To avoid conflict
with the 50% Charter provision,
the two Hempstead supervisors
cast a total of only 62-1/2 votes,
half of the 125 total.
The board voting picture then
actually is this:
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Supervisor Sol Wachtler, the
Republican candidate for County
Executive today charged his
opponent "has completed his sell
out to the Democratic bosses of
this State." Wachtler's charge
followed published reports of a
swank Democratic fund raising
affair attended by 50 millionaires
in the New York City on Thursday
to bankroll the Nlckerson
campaign,
"Here in one room was
gathered the State's Democratic
R a n d a l power structure with
a cast headed by President
Johnson's former press sec-retary
and Sen, Kennedy's
b r o t h e r - ^ - l a w , " Wachtler said.
"They were there to supply
lavish financing for their man
in Nassau who supports the
Constitution which was designed
as a windfall for New York City.
It proves what we have already
charged about his reasons for
supporting this take-it-or-leave-it
document."
Wachtler said at several
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GRAND OPENING
The Trl Town Conservative
Club, its members and execu-tive
committee proudly announces
the grand opening of the Trl
Town Conservative Club's cam-paign
headquarters at 375 Sunrise
Highway - The Plaza Building -
Lynbrook.
Guest speaker was A. Werner
Pleus, Conservative Party candi-date
for the office of County Ex-ecutive.
SERIOUSLY INJURED
IN FIRE
Cornelius Cronin, 36, of 221
Rolling Street, Malverne, suf-fered
second and third degree
bums over 75% of his body Sat-urday
night, October 21st., in
a fire caused by an explosion
from the fumes of a paint thinner
the victim was working with at
the time.
The flames were quickly ex-tinguished
by the Malverne Fire
Department, responding under the
direction of Chief Warren Ras-weiler.
The injured man was
taken to Hempstead General Hos-pital
by ambulance and adminis-tered
oxygen en route by Mal-verne
Patrolman Richard La-velle,
Mr, Cronin was later moved
to the bum center of Meadow-brook
Hospital where he is listed
in poor condition. His wife and
children were out of the house
at the time of the f i r e .
Library Tea
The Malverne Junior-Senior
High Schools PTA will sponsor
a Library Tea on Monday, Oc-tober
30 at 3:30 in the library
of the Junior High. Mrs, Mildred
Castleman, Librarian, will i n t r o -
duce a collection of new books
to faculty membes. The follow-ing
ladies are serving on the
committee: Fran MacDonald,
Evelyn Motely, Edwina Morgan,
Shirley Litman, Edith Graham,
and Joan Prowler,
The s 10 r y of TEEN CHAL-LENGE,
INC., in Brooklyn, N,Y„
will be presented to the youth
of the Malverne community on
Sunday evening, October 29th,
beginning at 7:30 PJM„ in Grace
Lutheran Church, 400 Hempstead
Ave., Malverne,
TEEN CHALLENGE is a p r o -
gram designed to help narcotics
addicts. Their presentation on
Sunday evening will feature a
film entitled "Youth In A F i x ,"
In addition, one of the leaders
of TEEN CHALLENGE wUl be
present to answer questions, and
a former narcotics addia who
has been cured by the program
at TEEN CHALLENGE will be
on hand to tell his story.
Any persons interested in tills
topic are cordially invited to
attend.
PTA Card Party
On Monday evening, Novem-ber
6, at 8:15 the Malveme
Junior-Senior High Schools PTA
will hold its annual card party
in the Senior High gym, Leatrice
Isaacson and her committee have
planned a delightful evening with
beautiful prizes and delicious
refreshments. Tickets are priced
at $1,25 and may be purchased
from Phyllis Greenspan, Ly 3-
4947,
Also assisting Mrs, Isaac-son
are: Joan Aarseth,-Doris
Harvey, Beverly Lewis, DeslAr-genzio,
Celia Peppe, and Flo-rence
Veasy,