The-Helm_1971-12-02; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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LYNBROOK MALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY
Vol. 1 1 No. 28 Bnterad aa Sacond—Claaa Matter
Poat Offlca. Ljmbrook. N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, December 2,1971 10*
Mayor Appeals D'Amato
To Governor
Personalities
L3nibrook Mayor, Francis X. Becker, appealed
directly to Governor Rockefeller, State Senator
Norman Levy and State Assemblyman John Thorp
for more equitable distribution of state aid to local
villages, particularly in regard to restoring the
1971 reduction in State Aid. The text of this letter
is attached.
November 30,1971
The HonoraWe
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Governor of New York
State Capitol Building
Albany, New York
Sir:
It is indeed alarming to us in
local government to read
newr.paper reports of the
projected New York State deficit
and the probability that ap-propriation
for local assistance
may be cut in an effort to help
balance th'e present state budget.
you are well aware that the
major source of income for us at
the village level is through the
Real Estate Tax which accounts
for about 90% of our total
budgetary requirements. Any
reduction in State Aid would be
directly reflected in an increase
in our Real Estate Levy which is
already a burdensome and
onerous load on our local tax-payers.
In 1971 the amount of local
assistance in certain categories
was substantially reduced, while
in other categories, it was
eliminated altogether. All this in
spite of assurances given in 1970
not only that there would be no
reductions, but that local
assistance would be increased.
As the elected representative
and spokesman for the more than
23,000 residents of this Village, I
must not only protest vigorously
against any ad^tional reductions
in local assistance, but also
implore you to restore the 1971
reductions.
Finally, and most important of
all, it is imperative that the
formula for distribution of local
assistance be adjusted so that
Villages such as ours, which are
larger than 50% of the cities in
the State and provide similar
municipal services, should be
placed on a par with those So-called
cities. It is our opinion, and
it undoubtedly was the intent of
the original legislation, that local
assistance should not be deter-mined
merely on the basis of
terminology.
A copy of this letter is being
forwarded to the State Senators
and Assemblymen from this area
urging them to support the above
position with every means at
their disposal.
Respectfully yours,
Francis X. Becker
Mayor
cc: Senator Norman Levy
Assemblyman John Thorpe
LYNBROOK POLICE CHIEF Walter Waring with
one of his charming grand children (Tommy
Waring) talk to Mayor Francis X. Becker and
Santa.
Calls
Meeting
Hempstead Town Supervisor
Alfonse M. D'Amato has sum-moned
representatives of the
seven oil companies with storage
and terminal facilities in Inwood
to his office on Wednesday,
December 1. The supervisor
said he will demand that the
companies arrange for around-the-
clock security surveillance at
the storage areas.
"If 24-hour-a-day security is
not provided by the end of this
week," warned D'Amato, "I will
go into State Supreme Court to
seek an injunction to close down
the entire operation."
A similar tough stand taken by
D'Amato in September convinced
oil companies to provide a
security system at their Oil City
tank farm complex in Oceanside.
An accident there during Labor
Day weekend caused a 54,000
gallon oil spill.
Comprehensive oil tank farm
legislation being prepared by the
Supervisor will be ready for
action by the Nassau County
Board of Supervisors within six
weeks, revealed D'Amato.
"The law I will submit will
require stringent controls on all
phases of petroleum terminal
operation so we don't have to wait
for another incident to get
results," he said.
"As an interim measure we
must have the same type of
improved security at Inwood that
has prevented a recurrence of a
disaster in Oil City."
"It is unthinkable that a major
oil company which leases
facilities with some 2,000,000
gallons of volatile fuel can leave
it completely unguarded while in
operation. My investigation has
disclosed that there was ab-solutely
no one on duty at the tank
farm on Saturday night when the
explosion and fire occurred that
caused some 80 families to
evacuate their homes.
"This total lack of security
resulted in a two hour delay in
locating a shut off valve. Once
that valve was found firemen
were able to bring the blaze
under control in just 10 minutes.
"If it weren't for the bravery
and hard work of volunteer fire
fighters from Inwood, Hewlett,
"Lawrence, Cedarhurst and
Valley Stream we might have
had a real disaster on our
hands."
"I am totally fed up with the
lack of concern shown by these oil
companies who earn a good living
in Nassau County. We must see
some quick action to improve
safety for our residents or we will
iorce these people to take their oil
tanks elsewhere,"
Called to the 2 p.m. meeting on
Wednesday are representatives
of the Crown, Paramarine,
Citgox, Shell, American and
Mobil Oil Companies.
The new Officer-In-Charge at
the Lynbrook Post Office is H.
Ward Lyndall, an interesting and
well-trained executive who was
born in Dover, Ohio to the late
Mr. Henry Lyndall and Margaret
Lyndall, who is a resident of
Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Lyndall's
father was an executive of a steel
company for many years before
his death. Ward Lyndall has a
sister, Anne, who lives in Garden
City and teaches in the Cathedral
School there.
He is the new type of young
government executive with both
scholastic achievements and a
history of athletic activities as
well which gives one the im-pression
that he is both capable
and remarkably fit.
Ward Lyndall is 6 ft., 2 in. in
height, age 28 with brown eyes
which miss very little and a
warm smile and fine personality.
His family moved to East
-Cleveland, Ohio when he was
very young and he graduated
from public school there and was
quite outstanding in football and
track. He has a B.A. degree from
Alleghany College. His Master
was Philosophy and after he
obtained his B.A. in Philosophy
he went on to graduate with a
Master's degree in Political
Science,
He married the former
Marylee Phillips from Lake City,
Florida in 1970. The couple live in
Merrick, Long Island.
He went into Management
Intern Program with the
government in Washington, and
is as surprised as anyone that he
ended up in the new U.S. Postal
Service as an Officer-In-Charge
even though his training fits him
for the work extremely well. He
likes his work but does not know
just how long he will be here in
Lynbrook as the government
frequently shifts their new type
executive personnel around all
over the country.
He loves books on American
Revolutionary History and good
classical music of all kinds with
green as his favorite color. In this
he is quite unusual and basically
a born leader with excellent
control of his emotions and a
drive to succeed in life.
His lovely brunette bride of a
bit over a year was a fellow
student at the University of
Michigan where he was granted
his Master's degree in Political
Science. Her father is the
President of a Junior College in
Florida. He likes her skill with
casserole dishes and they have
many interests in common which
run from music to sports etc.
Ward Lyndall is a fine young
man who knows his work and
explained that the United States
Post Office has been running on a
deficit for many years and the
aim of the new program is to help
modernize and streamline the
postal service and make it more
up to date and efficient.
He is a welcome addition to our
local scene and would be the kind
of young executive who would fit
H. Ward Lynda I r
in most anywhere in this great
industrial 'society of ours. He is
quiet, gentlemanly, and .sure to
follow in his own father's foot-steps
as a leading figure in any
community he happens to be in.
The time flew by as we chatted
and it is interesting that he feels
that the American Field Service
student who lived in his home for
a year during his high school
years had quite an influence on
him as did his own family on the
student. His life-time friend from
those earlier years is Hiyoshi
Shibati from Kobe, Japan. His
friend Hiyoshi took the national
Japanese Examinations and
scored first place in English
when he returned to Japan. He is
now a rising young executive
with Yamata Steel and married
to the Vice-President's daughter.
Ward recalls that Hiyoshi was
always neat and extremely
courteous and impeccable in his
behavior at all times. This is the
way that most young Japanese of
good family behave as a matter
of course by tradition. One thing
is sure and that is that if Ward
ever goes to Japan he will get a
royal welcome, just as if he were
a favored son returning home to
his hearth and country.
T r a d i t i o n a l l y , well-born
Japanese never forget a kindness
or any genuine hospitality given
to them. It would be a great loss
of "face" for a young Japanese to
ever forget that he represents his
own beloved country abroad at
all times as well.
His high school days were rich
in the memory of great games
and competitions he took part in
for his school as an athlete, but
his college days at Alleghany are
unforgettable for many reasons.
He was the quiet, studious type on
campus, but was elected Student
Body President without any
effort to speak of. He regards this
as a very worthwhile experience
as he was representing all the
students and not just himself. It
was his first experience in public
office of any kind. Ward and his
sister were very close growing up
and she is not far from him now in
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