Board Issues Statement Bureau Warns of
On Short Change School Aid Springtime Rackets
School District 22 Board member
A. Terry Weathers introduced
a resolution and Wednesday's
Board meeting approved by
all Board members, which read:
' While we support wholeheartedly
the additional school aid furnished
to New York City to meet
the desperate needs of their 1,-
100,000 public school enrollment,
this in now way excuses die Governor
and die 1967 Legislature
for short- changing the rest of die
school districts in die state, and
for making die financing of our
local schools dependent upon
horse racing lotteries. When die
citizens of New York State voted
in favor of a lottery with die
proceeds to be used for die aid
of education, they did not vote to
make die financing of our schools
dependent upon mis sole source
of revenue.'
' It is vitally important that all
citizens interested in the adequate
and equitable financing of
education in New York State rise
in protest against die irresponsible
manner in which die Governor
and Legislature failed to
make adequate, equitable and
sound provision for state support
of our schools in die year
ahead.'
Expect 25,000 At
College Open House
Exhibits and displays centering
on technical education, what it
is, what it means, and its relationship
to the community, will
be the keystone of the 48th Annual
Open House to be held at
State University's Agricultural
and Technical College in Farm-ingdale
on Friday, April 14 and
Saturday, April 15.
Open to the general public
from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. on Friday
the 14th and from 10 a. m.
to 8 pjn. on Saturday the 15th,
each of the college's 29 major
departments, spanning the fields
of advertising art to secretarial
science, will have students and
faculty on hand to answer queries
about admissions, course
content, and employment prospects.
The two- day event is expected
to attract a record attendance
of 25,000. Last year's Open
House was visited by 23,773persons.
This year during Open House
the college will host the Second
Annual Long Island Science Congress.
Sponsored by the Science
Teacher's Associations of North
and South Nassau County and
Suffolk County, the Congress will
have ,300 students from 60 different
high schools demonstrating
their science projects
in the Allard Field House.
To be seen among the Open
House displays will be a special
exhibit on transportation in the
mechanical power technology department
showing a model of
the planned 100 mile per hour
Long Island Railroad car, the
Republic Safety car, and a model
of the proposed Park and Ride
system prepared by the Suffolk
County League of Women Voters.
Digital computers, a numerically
controlled drilling and boring
machine, color photographic processing,
and the only college
police science crime laboratory
in the East will also be shown.
The college's department of business
will have an exhibit relating
space programs to its specialties.
The effects of air, water, and
soil pollutants on plant life and
man will be demonstrated by
the department of biology. At
1 p. m. on Friday, a public cattle
show will be held at the college's
animal complex.
Visitors to the campus will also
see the current stage of an $ 18
million expansion program now
in progress.
Nearly 3,000 students now attend
full time classes at the
college and over 4,000 are expected
by 1970. An additional
5,000 students attend part- time
classes through the Evening College
division.
Ample parking space will be
available at the college which is
located at the intersection of
Route 110 and Melville Road in
Farmingdale.
JAVITS REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON
Delegates from all parts of New York State now convene in
Albany to consider revision and modernization of our State's
Constitution. One of toe most controversial proposals they will
face would lower the minimum voting age for New Yorkers from
21 to 18.
This question is not new. It has been debated — and rejected —
ever since the first State Constitution was adopted in 1777. But
with each passing year, a greater proportion of citizens between
18 and 21 are qualified by education and exposure to political
affairs to intelligently exercise the privilege of voting. With each
passing year, these same citizens are being personally affected
to a greater degree by policies adopted by legislators they have no
say in selecting. The current examples are obvious: Vietnam,
revision of draft laws, civil rights, educational standards.
This is why, along with Senator Dirksen and others, I have co-sponsored
a Federal Constitutional Amendment to reduce the voting
age in national elections to 18. It is why I wUl continue to urge
the adoption of a similar clause in die State Constitution.
There are now about 900,000 New Yorkers between the ages
of 18 and 21, and the percentage of them who have completed high
school is higher than at any time in history, in fact, the most
conservative estimates indicate that at least 50 per cent more
young people graduate from high school now than even 10 years
ago. In New York State, all high school graduates must have
passed at least three full- year courses in American history,
which include the study of national, state and local government.
Unfortunately public attention recently has been focused on
widely scattered incidents of student irresponsibility. This
should not cloud the fact that the overwhelming majority of today's
college students, who have become aware of the need for intelligent
involvement in the issues facing the country, have acted with great
maturity and responsibility and have been effective. Witness the
civil rights movement, and the vast number of young people in
the Peace Corps, VISTA and anti- poverly organizations. The
clincher, of course, is the hundreds of thousands of young men
in this age group who are members of our armed forces, many
of them fighting in Vietnam and acquitting themselves with honor
and distinction.
After meeting with students on campuses throughout the country
— and literally scores of campuses in all parts of our own state —
I am convinced also that Americans between 18 and 20 cannot be
categorized as a voting bloc. By and large these students, with far
more education and far more interest in public affairs on the
average than their parents, have very independent and varied
attitudes toward state and national problems. There is every
reason to believe that they will exercise the voting privilege with
maturity and judgment.
I hope the delegates to the New York State Constitutional
Convention will agree.
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The Long Island Better Business
Bureau this week urged
homeowners to deal with established
home improvement firms,
nurseries andrepair shops. " The
reputable companies are in the
majority but suffer every Spring
because of the fly - by - night
schemes of the seasonal promoters,"
a spokesman for the
Bureau said.
He went on to say that in the
last few years springtime has
been heralded in by the appearance
of the itinerant door- to-door
salesmen, the home improvement
promoters, the wandering
tree surgeons and the
lawn- care specialists. Boor- to-door
promotion of their wares and
services will most certainly
come with the warm weather.
Consumers are advised to beware
of the instant lawn care
preparation, the on- the- spot roof
repair, the specially - priced
sealer for the driveway, and
the *^ » it" advertising tactics
prevalent at this time of year.
The tree surgeon who comes
with the Spring may leave your
trees in such a condition that
it will take years to reshape them
properly. Last year a Long Island
resident was quoted a price of
$ 5 per tree by an itinerant tree
sprayer. When asked to spray the
tops of the trees as well as the
trunk, he cited this as the reason
for a $ 128 bill for 5 trees
sprayed. The price was bad
enough, but the surgeon had used
a black substance on the trees
and when tested it proved to be
a liquid asphalt composition.
The repairman who offers to
take lawn mowers and garden
tools to his shop for sharpening
and repair should be asked for
identification. Check his credentials
and telephone his firm
or you may never see the tools
again. The new vacuum which
you are asked to try on approval
may be yours permanently.
High - pressure salesmen
ask the housewife to sign an on
approval receipt which, he explains,
is to let his firm know
where the vacuum has been left.
Little knowing, the housewife
signs the receipt which turns out
to be a contract.
Home improvement deals are
rarely completed by toe itinerant
salesmen. Avoid the ' low- cost"
job of tarring the driveway -
you 11 find the tar sticking to
your shoes on the first warm
day. Beware of the bargain -
priced aluminum siding for your
home. If this work was contracted
for at the prices featured,
the seller would either have to
sell at a substantial loss or supply
materials for services not
suitable or desirable to most
homeowners.
Null Karp Petition At Hearing
( Continued from Page 1)
Chairman George F. Titterton by Niles, Titterton
heatedly retorted ' this Zoning Board is not here
to be cross examined'. ' Unless you state your
case and reason for coming here, we will get
nowhere.' After Niles made several attempts to
do so, Village Attorney Joseph Stern, then resorted
to a similar legal case, wherein the Zoning
Board was asked to rule on an official governmental
action, and the courts decided against the
petitioner.
It was then ruled that the petitioner did not
have the authority to ask an appointed body to
rule on an official village action by elected village
officials, Stern also pointed out that, according
to the law, the petition should have been made
within 30 days after legal action had commenced,
which, he claims, was not done. It was also
pointed out the case will be determined by the
courts'.
The hearing was then adjourned.
Your Health
Thru Chiropractic
SINUSITIS
Sinusitis is literally an inflammation of the mucous
membranes of the accessory nasal sinuses.
The function of the sinsues is to apply the moistening
agent; a watery mucous solution in very minute amounts
and is constantly fed to the nostrils from each sinus
under normal conditions, and is under the control of the
nervous system. The sinuses also serve as resonators
to the voice tones.
When the mucous membranes of the nasal cavity become
congested and swollen, the tiny openings into the sinuses
become obstructed due to the swelling, and thus the sinuses
can no longer drain. With the increased production of
mucous, they'are soon filled and infection ensues.
In addition to colds, sinusitis may arise from other
causes; among them are water forced into the sinus by
diving, an unusual accumulation of dust particles, or sometimes
from an infected upper tooth. In any case, irritation,
congestion, and inflammation result, which in
turn close the openings into the nasal cavity; pressure
builds up, and Urns the condition known as sinusitis is
established.
In such cases, consult your Doctor of Chiropractic
promptly - - delay only adds to the pain, makes the
condition more difficult and costly to combat, and results
in more serious disorders.
Published in the Public Interest by the MASSAPEQUA -
FARMINGDALE CHIROPRACTIC COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC
EDUCATION.
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