The-Helm_1972-10-04; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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Post Offlc*, Lynbreok, N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Wednesday, October 4,19T2 10^
Minerva Mailing
Draws Thorp Fire
A district-wide political mailing sent to residents of the 19th Assembly
District by DominickM. Minerva, the Republican Assembly candidate prompted
a quickrebuttal last weekfrom the incumbent. Assemblyman John S. Thorp,Jr.,
who called his opponent a liar and demanded a retraction.
THE WINNER: Nine year old Vincent De Scalo of 73 Wright Ave.,
Lynbrook shows he "has a friend at Chase Manhattan Bank" as he
accepts a $100 Bond from Assistant Manager John J. Roseto of the
Lynbrook office as winner in a drawing for Lynbrook Week
celebration.
To charges made by the
Republican candidate that Thorp
acted as chairman of the Nassau
Democratic Party Convention
which Minerva claims adopted a
platform supporting forced
busing of school children and
construction of high-rise low-income
housing, Thorp said, "My
opponent is a liar. In the spring of
1972 when the platform was
adopted, I was not the convention
chairman, Marvin Cristenfeld
was. If my opponent was in-
Mayor Becker's Drive to expand the Lynbrook Auxiliary Police Department got another boost as Mr.
Joseph Rodriguez of 94 Union Place is sworn in. Looking on is Lynbrook Police Chief Walter Waring as
the Mayor swears in Mr. Rodriguez.
ceres ted in the truth he could
easily have learned that.
"As to busing, arid the con-struction
of high-rise housing in
this county, my voting record in
opposition is absolutely clear and
is known to my opponent.
"I have consistently opposed
and voted against forced busing
of school children. As recently as
April 25,1972, I voted for an anti-busing
bill (A 11591, Van Cott)
which was passed by the
L e g i s l a t u r e . Governor
17th Annual
Conference
Historic Old Church of Lyn-brook
will be holding its seven-teenth
Annual Missionary
Conference from Tuesday, Oc-tober
tenth through Sunday,
October fifteenth.
In line with the theme "A
Whole Life for The Whole
World," there will be speakers
with wide overseas experience
addressing the different
meetings. The program is as
follows:
On Tuesday the tenth at 1:30
P.M. there will be a coffee hour
for women. The speaker will be
Mrs. Eugene Miller of the New
(('(MitiiUK^d on pa^c 12)
SEN. GEORGE MCGOVERN WITH EILEEN LAFFEY. WIFE OF ONE OF THE "FORT NORTH
FIVE" Eileen Laffey of 177 Campbell Avenue. Williston Park with Sen, George McGovern,
democratic presidential candidate, at a massive rally in Levittown marking his first appearance in
Nassau County. ^ . r. *
Mrs. Laffey is the wife of Thomas Laffey, one of five Irish-Americans who were imprisoned in Fort
Worth, Texas and held in 1100,000 bail for refusing to testify before a Federal Jury when accused of
aiding the catholic minority in Northern Ireland. After spending 3 months in jail. Laffey was Just
xel^astfd in $5,000 bail. (Story on page 12)
Rockefeller vetoed the bill.
Apparently my opponent
overlooked the Governor when he
wrote 'the entire Republican
party are opposed to busing'. "I
also voted against the Urban
Development Corporation Act
which gives the UDC the right to
override local zoning bodies to
build high-rise apartments.. That
bill was put forward by the
Republican governor as a pet
project, and I, together with
Assemblymen Margiotta and
Farrell were the only Nassau
County Assemblymen (out of 12)
who voted against it. I challenge
my opponent to explain that
strange fact.
"He is so desperate for issues
in this campaign that he has
resorted to the worst kind of
gutter politics ~ using the mails
to arouse the worst fears and
passions of our residents in a
manner that does not become a
candidate for this office.
"I know the residents of the
19th district will not be decieved
by this man. He is working with
unlimited campaign funds in a
• district that was tailor-made to
defeat me; but he has no af-firmative
issues. So he lies.
"His letter is accurate on one
point only - there are real dif-
(Contiiiiird on 12 j
Lynbrook
Board Meeting
Annette Ling
The Board of Trustees of the
Inc. Village of Lynbrook held a
regular meeting at 8:00 p.m.,
Monday evening, Sept. 25th, 1972
at the Village Hall.
The Board approved the
Minutes of August 7, 1972 and
heard and approved the usual
excellent and detailed report of
Police Chief Walter Waring for
the August activities of the
police. Upon the suggestion from
Police Chief Waring, Mayor
Becker presented Certificates of
Commendation to three young
people from Lynbrook for their
aid to the police. Colleen Pelella,
age 16, Charles Burkhard, age 12,
and Robert Carroll, age 15, were
all given their awards and
congratulated warmly by Mayor
Becker.
Reports were read from the
Building Department by Mr.
Jerry Sanetti, from the D.P.W.
by Supt. Reggie Pilling, and the
Recreation Report from Mr. Ed
Larson, Recreation Com-missioner
and the Library Report
by Mr. Joseph Vitelli, Village
Clerk. The Board approved and
accepted them all.
The Library Board was given
permission to send two of it's
members to attend a Seminar
conference at Village expense
and Chief Walter Waring was
given permission to attend an
important Seminar and workshop
at a national level at Salt Lake
City, Utah ; at village expense.
The Lynbrook Chapter of
Hadassah was given permission
and Village approval to have
Ross Plaza re-named Hadassah
Plaza on their special Lynbrook
hadassah or "H-Day" in October
on the 11th and congratulated on
their celebration in Oct. of
Hadassah month on a national
level.