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              O'Donnell Suggests Plan To
Stabilize Teacher
Get Go Ahead for 270- Slip Boat Basin
" It makes no economic or
Labor Relations sense to have
each School District negotiating
separate contracts with their in­dividual
Union Locals through­out
Nassau County," according to
William G. O'Donnell, Demo­cratic
Candidate for the New
York State Assembly in the 9th
A. D.
" To have separate salary
scales from District to District
will c r e a t e chaos for both
Teachers and School Boards. In
addition by operating from one
collective bargaining unit School
Boards and Teachers Locals can
bring to the bargaining table
s k i l l e d professional help and
eliminate distinctive competition
for quality teachers between
school districts in the same
area", O'Donnell continued.
" Legislating may permit each
School Board to elect to partici­pate
in such a County- Wide Agen­cy;
similar to provisions found
in Federal Legislation", the can­didate
explained.
O'Donnell compared the prin­ciple
to one that authorizes Trade
Associations, who negotiate Mas­ter
Contracts for small plant in­dustries
such as printing and gar­ments.
In addition, School Boards
will realize tax savings in elim­inating
negotiators for each Dis­trict
and can employ at the county
agency the best and most skilled
negotiators while spreading the
cost throughout the entire County..
Schechter Calls For
12 Month Session
A proposal for a full- time,
twelve- months a year legisla­ture
to help " avert the kind of
crisis recently encountered by
Txmg Tsland Commuters" was
made this week by Senior Deputy
County Attorney David Schechter,'
who is the Democratic candidate
for State Senator in the Fourth
Senatorial District, including
Plainedge, North Massapequa,
West Massapequa, Bethpage and
Sea ford. He opposes incumbent
State Senator Fdward J. Speno.
Schechter, said: " All too fresh
in our memories are the calls
for a special session of the leg­islature
to deal with the most
recent trouble on the LrRR. We
can remember similar hues and
cries in the past for special
sessions on vital matters which
the legislature should have taken
up when it was in session, such
as, aid to hard pressed school
isiricls.
" These repeated calls forspo-al
sessions after the Ix? Kislature
had adjourned for the year, high­light
the need for a full- time
year round legislature " Schecht­er
said.
" State Senators and Assembly-mm
are paid $ 15,000 per year
plus expenses. The 1908 Session
of the Legislature began in Jan­uary
and ended in May. During
this five month period, the leg­islature
was in session an aver­age
of two and a half days per
week for 20 weeks. legislators,
in effect, were paid at the rate
of $ 300 per day," he said.
" While it is true that the leg­islator
has committee assign­ments
and meetings, these usually
take place on days the legislature
sits, and are conducted before
or after the session for the day."
" Over 11,000 bills were intro­duced
in the legislature this year.
Many worthwhile proposals were
not acted upon in the rush to ad­journ,
but undesireable legisla­tion
was able to sneak through.
A classic example is legislation
permitting MTA chairman Ronan
to raise his salary to $ 70,000 a
year. The legislature previously
controlled his salary, but buried
in the midst of a voluminous bill
( 510 pages) having nothing at all
to do with the MTA was a 9 line
provision which gave up the leg­islature's
control. Obviously, this
provision escaped the attention
of many legislators who would
have opposed i t ."
' There is no reason why the
legislature should not sit on a
year- round basis just as the U. S.
Congress does. Our legislature
enacts laws which have an im­mediate
and direct effect on al­most
every aspect of the daily
lives of over 13 million people,
i. e. our business banking, educa­tion,
crim'nal, divorce, health,
labor and inheritance laws. Its
work and the problems which
face us are far too important
to be handled on a part- time
basis," Schechter said.
" A full time legislature would
require the total commitment to
public service on the part of all
legislators. It is something any
aspirant to public office shouldbe
willing to do," Schechter.
Looney Points Up Changes
In Vehicle And Traffic Law
Nassau County Police Com­missioner
Francis B. Looney
today alerted the driving public
to changes in the Vehicle and
Traffic Law which have been in
effect since September 1.
Section 1227 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law now makes it a vio­lation
for any operator or passen­ger
of a motor vehicle to drink
any alcoholic beverage while
driving or being driven on the
public highway. Section 1233 is
further clarified by making it a
violation for any operator of a
motor vehicle to knowingly per­mit
any person to attach him­self
to a motor vehicle while
it is being operated on the pub­lic
highway. It also prohibits the
towing or attaching of a bicycle,
roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle
to a vehicle. Thepersonattaching
himself or being towed is subject
to a summons under this section.
Commissioner Looney also r e ­minded
the driving public, that,
beginning October 1, it will be
a violation for passengers to
ride in house trailers.
The Town of Oyster Bay has
announced the go- ahead for con­struction
of a 270- slip, $ 2,080,
665 boat basin on Hempstead
Harbor at Tappen Beach in Glen-wood
Landing. Construction is
scheduled to begin in about two
months and the project will take
approximately one year to com­plete.
Town Board Majority Leader
Ralph J. Marino said, " This new
boat basin will be one of the
largest municipal marinas on
Long Island. With thousands of
boaters in our township, there
has been a great demand for
modern, adequate berthing facil­ities
and now we will be able to
meet that demand." Only Town
of Oyster Bay residents will be
allowed to use the facility.
The boat basin will be con­structed
along an unused stretch
of town beach. It will be 850
feet long and will extend over 330
feet into the harbor. To protect
boats from strong northerly
winds, a 22- foot wide steel sheet
fishing pier, which will act as a
breakwater, will be extended 350
feet into the harbor.
The basin will accommodate
boats from 15 feet to 40 feet in
length. Rental of berthing space
is expected to yield in excess of
$ 50,000 annually in revenue. Ex­isting
parking facilities at the
town beach will be adequate for
the boat basin. In addition, the
two existing launching ramps at
Tappen Beach will serve the own­ers
of small boats using the
facility. Other existing facilities
at Tappen Beach are: a pavilion,
swimming pool, lockers, bath
house, comfort stations and pic­nic
areas.
The contract to construct the
boat basin has been awarded to
Peter Kiewitt Sons Co. of Ten-afly,
New Jersey, the low bidder.
Their bid was $ 129,000 below
the low bid previously received
and rejected by the town board
in November, 1967. The project
will be financed by a bond issue.
Oyster Bay Councilman Frank
J. Hynes announced that the bi­tuminous
surfacing of Crestwood
Boulevard, between Grant Street
and Main Street in South Farm-ingdale
is going ahead and is
scheduled for completion by Oc­tober
3rd.
The contract was awarded to
Amfar Construction Co. for the
low bid price of $ 27,600.
Plainedge To Vote On Board Vacancies
The Plainedge Board of Educa­tion
decided Thursday night to put
the decision of trusteesto fill va­cancies
up to the votes, rather
than appointing school trustees,,
The vote date was set at October
17 and the election will beheldto
fill the vacancies caused by the
resignations of Lawrence I. Ham­mer
and Mrs. Gerri Palancia.
Hammer resigned July 18, aft­er
having been elected President,
since he wished to be eligible for
a paying position in the Plainedge
school system. His term would
Slate Tests For
Policewomen
Filing for the coming Nassau
County Policewoman and Police
Cadette Tests is now open, it
was announced by the county
police and Civil Service Com­mission.
Young women between 21 and
34 years old, who reside in
Nassau County or an adjacent
county, and who have at least
64 credits from an accredited
college or university are eligible
to take the civil service test for
Policewoman which will be held
on October 19th. Young women,
18, 19 or 20 years of age, with
the same residence and educa­tional
qualifications may take
the Police Cadette examination
on October 19th, also.
Successful Policewoman appli­cants
will be appointed to the de­partment
at a beginning salary
of $ 7,735. plus $ 298. holiday
compensation. Top salary of
$ 9,916., which includes holiday
compensation, is attained in the
fifth year.
Young ladies who pass the po­lice
cadette test, and who are
appointed, will receive a salary
of $ 4,721., including holiday com­pensation.
Police Cadettes per­forming
satisfactory service and
meeting the medical and other
requirements, may be appointed
to the rank of Policewoman upon
reaching their 21st b i r t h d a y,
without being required to take
another Civil Service Test.
Filing for the Policewoman and
Police Cadette tests will be clos­ed
on September 26. Applications
may be obtained from any county
police precinct stationhouse or
the Civil Service Commission
Office, 140 Old Country Road,
Mineola.
Baby Photography Exhibit Slated
An exhibition of the photo­graphy
of Eve Harrison entitled
" Mothers and Their Children"
will start off the fall season
of the Farm'ngdale Public Lib­rary
Arts program at the South
Farnvngdale, Branch Library,
with a tea to be held Sunday,
September 15 from 2 to 4 p. m.
Miss Harrison is noted for
her photography of babies.
She is said to have photo­graphed
more than 10,000babies.
Many of these have been pub­lished
in national magazines.
Miss Harrison has also author­ed
a column entitled ** Camera
Fun with Baby".
She has appeared on numerous
TV and radio programs. She
often shows photographs of babies
who resemble movie stars such
as Jackie Gleason, Steve Allen,
Marilyn Monroe, Charles Laugh-ton
etc.
She will show how many of her
babies resemble babies in paint­ings
and sculpture of such ar­tists
as Botticelli, Renoir, Mary
Cassat, Pablo Picasso and
others.
She finds her subjects on the
streets, on buses, parks, and
supermarkets.
The exhibition may be seen
during normal library hours for
several weeks.
CP To Hold Smorgasbord
Plainedge Auxiliary of United „ . . 0 . , .. .. ~ .
Cerebral Palsy Association will ?* h . ** hool> m Magnolia Drive
hold an Annual Smorgasbord and
General Meeting at Southedge Jr »
in Massapequa on Monday, Sep­tember
9th at 8: 30 P. M.
have expired on June 30, 1971.
Mrs. Palancia resigned due to
illness and her term was due to
expire June 30, 1969.
Next May there will also be an
election for two seats, one'the
seat of Board President James
Ackley and the Palancia post,
Petitions for candidacy for the
October 17 vote, may be obtained
from the District Clerk, Esther
Rose at the administrative build­ing
on HicksvilleRoad, Bethpage.
Petitions must be filed no later
than October 3. Registration was
set for the vote on October 10.
The Board accepted the resig­nation
of Henry Montagni, former
assistant principal of Picken
School. He will be principal of a
school in Franklin Square.
Mrs. Marie Yerry, Assistant
Superintendent, recommended
three in service training pro­grams
for teachers in the fields
of math, social studies and sex
education. Plans for the curri­culum
guide on Negro history are
being developed.
L E SINAI
Rabbi Leonard Stern, left, the new religious
leader of Temple Sinai in Breezy Point, Massa­pequa,
is welcomed to the community by Oyster
Bay Town Board Majority Leader Ralph J. Marino,
right, as Arthur L. Tanner, president of the congre­gation,
looks on. Rabbi Stern is the first Rabbi to
be appointed to the Theology Department at St.
John's University, where he is a graduate level
instructor.
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