The-Helm_1967-08-31; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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East Rockaway Lynbrook Malverne
Vol. 6, No. 51 iSiiiered aa 8«con<l-01aM Alatur,
Post omc«, Lynbrook. N. T. Lynbrook, New York, Thursday, August 31, 1967 10 CENTS
Malverne
Soldier Honored
FT. MONROE,Va., (AHTNC)
-Army Major Richard J. Walsh,
son of Mr. and Mrs, Anthony
J. Walsh, 330 Hempstead Ave.,
Malverne, N.Y., received the
Bronze Star Medal for hero-ism
,ind his second award of
the Air Madal on July 28 at
Ft. Monroe, Va.
The medals were presented
by Major General Kelsie L.
Reaves, with Headquarters,
U.S. Continental Army Com-mand,
M1 jor Walsh earned the
Bronzed Star while still a cap-tain
commanding a 1st Caval-ry
Division com^mny in Viet-nam,
On June 15, 1966, he was
leading his company in an at-tempt
to join forces with
another unit when the lead ele-ment
met an enemy force.
After dispatching a platoon
to the front lines, the major
made his way to the front him-self
to estimate the situation.
He found several men wounded
and the platoon unable to move
against the overwhelming ene-my
force.
Exposing himself to the in-tense
fire, Major Walsh worked
with his m-^n to move the wound-ed
to a safe place; he then
called in air strikes, which
broke up the enemy force some-what.
He led an assault of two
platoons against the enemy, for-cing
them to flee.
The Air Medal recognizes
Major Walsh's meritorious per-formance
of duty during aerial
flight from February to De-cember,
1966. It represents at
least 25 combat missions flown.
Major Walsh is chief of the
College Program Branch at the
Instructional M:iterials Branch,
ROTC Directorate, U.S. Con-tinental
Army Command, at Ft.
Monroe. He entered the Armv
in July 1958.
The major graduated in 1954
from Chaminade High School,
Mineola, N.Y„ and received
his B.A. degree in 1958 from
Niagara University, Niagara
Falls, N.Y. H received his
commission through the Re-serve
Officers' Training Corps
program at the university.
White New
[ R Trustee
Mr, Arnold E, White was
nominated Trustee at Tuesday
night's important meeting in
East Rockaway Village Hall,
The new Trustee will fill the
vacancy on the Board due to
.the untimely death of Trustee
Minor e.
The designation of Mr, White
gives the East Rockaway Act-ion
Party a majority on the
Board.
Asks Grass-^Roots Backing
To Plug Tax Loopholes
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WINS HIGH HONOR-Army Major Richard J, Walsh (right) is
pictured here as he received the Bronze Star Medal for hero-ism
and his second award of the Air Medal at Ft, Monroe, Va.
(See story at left).
School Opons Sept. 6
Regular sessions for all Lyn-brook
Public Schools will begin
on Wednesday, September 6,
according to the following
schedule:
Elementary Schools:
Kindergarten, 8:45 a.m.
11:00 a.m.; 12:45 p.m. - 3:00
p.m.
Grades 1 - 3: 8:45 a.m. -
11:15 a,m,; 12:45 p,m, - 3:00
p.m.
Grades 4 - 6: 8:45 a.m. -
11:45 a.m.; 12:45 p.m. -3:00
p.m.
To help Kindergarten child-ren
to become oriented and to
make a smooth transition from
home to school, for the first
two days of school a stagger-ed
program will be observed.
Dismissals will be at 9:30a„
Wednesday, September 6, and
10:15 a.m., Thursday, Septem-ber
7th. Afternoon sessions will
be until 1:30 p.m. and 2:15
p.m. The normal sessions will
begin on Friday,September 8th,
for all Kindergarten children.
Secondary Schools:
North Junior High School:
8:25 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
South Junior High School:
—;25 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Senior High School: 8:25 a.m.
to 2:55 p,m.
The Lynbrook Senior High
School will be in session from
8:25 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. opening
day, September 6th. Commenc-ing
Thursday, September 7th,
the Senior High School will
be on a full day schedule, 8:25
a.m. through 2:55 p.m. There
will be two lunch periods, the
first at 10:56 a.m, to U:38
a,m„ the second at 11:42 a.m.
to 12:24 p.m. Students wish-ing
to use the school facili-
Congressman Herbert Ten-zer
asked residents of the Tri-
Town area this week to join
a mail campaign to support
his program of plugging tax
loopholes in preference to the
President's proposal for a flat
10 per cent sur-charge on pre-sent
income-tax payments. Let-ters
should go to the chairman
of the Ways and Means Commit-tee
of the House of Represent-atives
in Washington, D.C.
In testifying before the Ways
and Means Committee, Tenzer
pressed for his plan for a
10 per cent minimum Income
tax on individuals and corpo-rations
with over $10,000
"actual income" a year. He
said -this would compel those
who use loopholes and tax shel-ters
to avoid making any in-come
tax payments to finally
contribute their share toward
the heavy expenses of the Viet-nam
war and of domestic pro-grams.
He commented that mid-die-
income taxpayers now pay
a disproportionate share of
taxes.
"In 1964, there were 35 in-dividuals
with adjusted'gross
incomes in excess of $500,000
who paid no income tax," Ten-zer
pointed out. "This isn't
fair. My position is: Every-body
pays or nobody pays."
Tenzer said the major bene-ficiaries
of tax loopholes are
the big oil companies who util-ize
the so-called "depletion al-lowance"
to pay minimum or
no taxes. In 1965, he said, the
20 largest oil companies earned
close to $6 billion but paid
only 6.3 per cent in taxes.
Smaller corporations paid an
average 48 per cent in taxes.
Tenzer observed that the oil
lobby has tremendous influence
in Washington and is working
hard to bottle up the Tenzer
bill. "It is important that the
average taxpayer on Long Is-land
demonstrate his strong
support for tax reform," the
Congressman asserted.
He said the White House pro-posal
for a tax surcharge of
10 per cent will not affect those
who use loopholes to legally
escape taxes.
SAFETY PAINT TEST—State Senator Edward J. Speno, LIRR President Frank Aikman and Con-gressman
John R. Wydler, left to right, apply luminescent color paint to rail crossing gates in
Mineola. Speno and Wydler believe the highly visible, reflective paint can increase the safety factor
at grade crossings. If tests conducted with the cooperation of the LIRR prove them right, they plan
to take immediate legislative action to make the new paint mandatory at rail crossings through-out
the state and nation.