Bombing' Spurs Legislation
To Hold Parents Responsible
School Board Objects
To Zone Change
Disturbed over the Halloween
Eve incendiary bombing of the
Plainview Jewish Center, both
Senator Henry M. Curran and
Assemblyman Martin Ginsberg
announced they will co- sponsor
and pre- flle legislation holding
parents responsible for up to
$ 1,000 in damages for malicious
mischief done by their children
to public and religious buildings
and institutions.
« * On the night of October 31,
•• Ginsberg said," vandals threw
an incendiary bomb through the
window of Rabbi Julius Goldberg's
study in the Plainview
Jewish Center at 95 Floral
Drive. The resulting fire
destroyed the study as well as
many religious books, personal
papers and synagogue records."
Senator Curran noted that
« *> nly quick action by the Plain-view
Fire Department prevented
the fire from spreading through
the sanctuary and the Holy Ark.
The volunteer firemen did a
marvelous job and deserve high
praise. An intensive investigation
by the Nassau County
Fire Marshal's office indicates
teenagers were responsible for
this tragic incident. I am told
that arrests of the culprits are
expected soon."
Ginsberg, a member of the
Plainview Jewish Center, noted
that he and. Senator Curran introduced
companion bills in the
Legislature last year, mandating
fines of up to $ 1,000 for families
of teenagers involved in
malicious mischief of this type.
The Curran- Ginsberg Bill was
killed in committee due to the
last minute rush by the Legislature
to adjourn.
The Oyster Bay Town Board
held a public hearing on Tuesday
on the petition of Dr. Robert
Bruce Bergmann for a change of
/ one from Residence * D' to Business
' F' on the east corner of
Hicksville Road between Hamilton
and Toronto., Massapequa
to erect a two- story professional
building on the site.
Plainedge School Board Trustee,
Robert W. Mackreth spoke
in behalf of the Board of Education
of District # 18 and objected
on the grounds that a change
of zone would result in a traffic
hazard for children attending
the Picken School.
A petition with 1230 signatures
objecting to the application was
presented to the Board.
The Town Board reserved
decision.
Pre- Filed Bill Would Require
One Year Before Welfare Aid
7- 11 Store Reports
Armed Robbery
An armed robbery at the 7- 11
store at 711 Broadway Massapequa,
was reported to Seventh
Precinct police at 11 p. m. on
Tuesday by Eugene Baer, who
was held up by an unknown
armed male.
$ 150 in currency was taken
Seventh Precinct detectives are
working on the case.
Two legislators this week pre-filed
a bill which would require
persons seeking: welfare aid in
New York State to have lived in
the state for at least a year.
Assemblyman William L.
Burns of Amityville and State
Senator Bernard C. Smith of
Northport pre- filed the legislation.
Similar bills were offered
during the 1965and 1966 sessions
by Suffolk legislators, only to be
bottled up in Committee by the
Assembly's Democratic majority.
Burns said: " This is one of the
steps which should be taken to
bring New York State's welfare
costs under control. This bill
would allow aid to be given on a
brief emergency basis to newcomers
to our state but would
require that persons entering the
state have prospects of employment
or have made arrangements
with residents who are willing to
undertake their support. The people
of my district and of my county
are already strained to the breaking
point under rising school
costs and the taxes levied by all
levels of government. They want
some sort of relief from this constantly
increasing load of welfare."
Assemblyman Burns noted also
that the Assembly's Democratic
majority had barred any public
discussion of the proposal. " I
would hope that the majority party
will do us the courtesy of allowing
this bill to come to the floor,"
he said, " so that we can have a
full discussion of its merits. No
purpose can be served by ignoring
the will of the people and I think
that their desires are quite clear
in this case."
Watch Poultry Dealers
For Weight Shortages
GOP Legislators Pre- File Bill
To Increase School Aid
County Executive Eugene H.
Nickerson has issued a warning
to would- be unscrupulous poultry
dealers that " the County's
official bird watchers are watching
you."
The bird watchers, who are
not members of the Audubon
Society, but inspectors on the
staff of the Commissioner of
Consumer Affairs, John Occhio-.
grosso, have been assigned to
special duty to protect the consumer
who buys a turkey for
Thanksgiving. They will look for
weight shortages.
Commissioner Occhiogrosso
said, " We will have our weights
and measures inspectors on the
alert and ready to swoop down and
instantly suppress any untoward
feathering of the nest by those
so inclined.
Thirteen Nassau County Republican
legislators are profiling
a bill for the 1968 session
which will increase the operating
aid ceiling in local school districts
from $ 660 per pupil to $ 760.
Additionally, the bill will raise
the flat grant aid for minimum
amount allotted on the basis of
equalization of tax structure from
$ 126 per pupil to $ 274. According
to spokesman Senator Edward
J. Speno speaking on behalf of
the 13- member Nassau Republican
delegation, the increase
is " responsible, realistic and
necessary legislation which
we believe can be accomplished
without any increase in taxation."
The necessity for the hike is
due to increased salaries and
allied costs and is enunciated
in the proposed cost of $ 175
million which the raise would
necessitate. This amount would
be made up in the projection of
that figure provided by the normal
growth in the state's gross
production in the year 1968. Additionally,
moneys derived from
the re- adjustment of finances
of the recently passed transportation
bond issue would also be
available for this purpose. Such
added state support to local
school districts will reduce the
necessity for raising local real
estate taxes to support local
school systems.
The increase in the flat grant
aid means raising the lowest
amount of dollar aid available
to a school district irrespective
of its equalization rate. A school
district gets a percentage of
the operating aid figure and is
based upon tax structure and
equalization. If this multi- sponsored
aid increase bill is passed,
it would become effective for
the 1968- 69 school year.
One of the major points in the
need for the increase is the
fact that average salaries of
classroom teachers in public
elementary and secondary
schools has risen from $ 4,508
in 1952 to $ 8,100 in 1967.
The figure of $ 760 is one
decided upon and in keeping with
the increased costs of books,
salaries, services and products
which supplement the education
of each public school child in
the state.
A figure of $ 800 was weighed
but because a cost of $ 230 million
would be involved necessitating
a new tax structure, the
more realistic figure of $ 760
was finalized in this bill.
Sponsors of the bill are Senators
Edward J. Speno, John
D. Caemmerer, Henry M.
Curran, Norman F. Lent, John
R. Dunne and Assemblymen John
E. Kingston, Joseph M. Mar-giotta,
Francis P. McCloskey,
Joseph M. Reilly, Martin Ginsberg,
Milton Jonas, Vincent R.
Balletta, Jr., George J. Farrell,
Jr.
BBB Issues Alert Of Holiday
Perfume Sales Methods
Plainedge Board Recognizes
Federation Of Teachers Over CTA
The Plainedge Federation of
Teachers won recognition on
Monday as the sole bargaining
agent for the District 18 teachers
in the first faculty election
in Nassau County since New York
State's Taylor Act went into effect,
requiring collective bargaining
relations between teachers
and school boards.
The vote was 203 for the Plain-edge
Federation of Teachers and
158 for the, Plainedge Classroom
Teachers Association,
which had originally been granted
recognition by the Board of Education
on September 19 without
a vote of the teachers.
According to Anthony Palumbo,
President of the Plainedge Federation
of Teachers and an English
teacher at Southedge, " We
hope this is the beginning of more
democratic representation for
tochers on Long Island and look
forward to excellence in the
school system in Plainedge".
In reply to a quoted remark of
School Board President, Lawrence
I. Hammer who said that
teachers professional status was
now a thing of the past, Palumbo
disagreed and said that it was
the beginning of professional
status.
James Morris, Plainedge
Classroom Teachers Association
President, " The teachers made
their decision. However, the
PCTA will continue to work in
teachers behalf. We're not going
to fold up although we support
the election."
Marines Begin Annual
Toy Drive
The Nassau County Marine
Corps Reserve annual " Toys for
Tots" drive which began Thanksgiving
Day will continue through
December 20th. Toys collected
will be distributed to orphans and
u n d e r p r i v i l e g e d children
throughout the county.
Items being sought are bicycles,
tricycles, wagons, games,
model kits, craft kits, dolls,
doll carriages, and books. Particularly
wanted a re new or readily
useable toys. The girls and boys
range in age from 3 to 16.
Help is needed in repairing,
rehabilitating, or cleaning those
slightly damaged toys already
donated to " Toys for Tots."
Service organizations, craftsman,
or local organizations such
as Volunteer Firemen who are
interested in assisting may contact
the Marines at Pioneer 1-
8000 Ext. 219.
Families or groups having new
or useable toys to donate are requested
to bring them to the
Marine Corps Reserve Training
Center at 605 Stewart Avenue in
Garden City or one of the participating
local agencies for Avis
Rent A Car System, the Bruns- »
wick Bowling Corporation, the
Howling Proprietor's Association
of America, or McDonalds
( The Hamburger Chain).
Deceptive practices in the sale
of perfumes, toilet waters and
colognes are usually stepped up
during the holiday season, according
to a special bulletin r e leased
this week by the Long Island
Better Business Bureau, m
a warning to the general public,
John P. Sullivan, Executive Director
of the Bureau, pointed
out that even though most of these
practices have been cut back,
some cases still occur during the
year. " However," he continued,
" the traditional large- volume
gift sales of perfumes, toilet
waters and colognes during the
Christmas season is a signal
for the shady operator to move in
on this lucrative market with a
wide variety of practices designed
to mislead the consuming
public. We urge everyone to report
to us any promotion offerings
involving these methods."
As the first of five practices
listed as deceptive, the Bureau
reported that perfume fragrances
in a solid form are being promoted
with codes that read as
follows: " WS- 29 is the fragrance
of White Shoulders, A- 37 is the
fragrance of Arpege, C- 90 is the
fragrance of Chanel, S- 64 is the
fragrance of Shalimar." Bureau
investigation discloses that these
fragrances are not the product
of the well known perfumers
whose names are implied by the
initials being used.
Another common practice involves
the identifying of spray
containers with initials such as
" A", " M. S.", " C", " S"," WS",
and " T". These initials are used
to mislead the public into believing
that the sprays contain " Arpege,"
" My Sin", *< Chanel No.
5", " Shalimar", " White Shoulders"
and " Tabu"* Although this
merchandise is frequently
referred to as perfume, the Bureau
stresses that these products
are not even the cologne or toilet
water of the brand names implied
by these initials.
There are rebottlers who put^
toilet water or cologne in small*
bottled or purse- size containers
of a size commonly used for real
perfume and emphasize nationally
advertised brand names on
labels along with a disclosure that
the merchandise is " rebottled."
Because of the similarity of the,
sizes of the purse- size containers
to those customarily used
to sell small quantities of perfume,
the public is given the general
impression that it is being
offered expensive perfume at a
very low price. " Actually," the
Bureau pointed out, ' the retail
selling price of the rebottled
toilet water or cologne is grossly
exorbitant even when compared
to the retail price of the toilet
water or cologne packaged by the
manufacturer himself."
Phoney pre- ticketing is a favored
device of some promoters
who pre- tickettheir merchandise
with prices far in excess of the
prices at which the merchandise
is sold in principal retail outlets.
In the past the Bureau has
purchased for two or three dollars
a number of bottles of perfume
and toilet water that were
pre- ticketed at $ 12.50, $ 16.50,
$ 18.50 and as high as $ 50. This
practice has caused many actions
by the Federal Trade Commission.
Other promoters have falsely
represented or implied that their
perfumes have been imported
from France by the use of labels
or stickers bearing the tri- color
of France or toe word " Paris,"
and by using deceptive French-sounding
brand names. This
practice has also prompted FTC
action.
The Bureau has already alerted
retailers to these practices.
Guild Sponsors
Annual Arts Show
The sixth annual Gold Ribbon
Arts Show, sponsored by the
Massapequa Symphony Guild for
the benefit of the Symphony Orchestra,
will be presented at the
Birch Lane School on Saturday,
December 2, from 2 to 8 p. m.,
and on Sunday, December 3, from
2 to 6 p. m.
Over 200 works of art by professional
artists in the local and
Long Island areas will be shown
and offered for sale. Judges will
award gold ribbons to the top
three participants.
A boutique offering handmade
gifts for all occasions and background
music to be played by high
school music students will be
among the attractions. Tickets
are $ 1.00 and can be obtained at
the door. Artist Mrs. Robert
Michenfelder, of 134 Dartmouth
Road, Massapequa, is founder'
and co- chairman of the evenu
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