Bethpage-Tribune_1974-04-04

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VOL. 8 NO. 20
Thursday, April 4.1974
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departments battled a stubborn
blaze on Revere Avenue
Tuesday, April 2. After nearly
two hours, they brought the
flames under control, but not
until the fire had gutted one of the
three buildings which make up
the Serv- Well Charcoal firm.
Stocks of charcoal bricketts
and lighter fluid created an oven-effect
which kept the blaze going
strong from just before 4 P.M.,
the estimated time it began, until
6 P.M. While they kept chemical
foam in reserve, 80 Bethpage
vamps and 35 from Hicksville,
Plainview, South Farmingdale,
Levittown and Jericho doused the
fire with water and kept it from
engulfing two adjacent
buildings,also stocked with
combustible charcoal and fluid.
Directing the firefighters were
FIREMEN KEEP THEIR DISTANCE while fighting
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(center) of
Sportsmanlike
Charles Millner, Commissioner of
plaque, also pari of the award.
the face and another
ankle.
Firemen arrived oh the scene
at 4:12 P.M., some 15 minutes
after it is estimated that the blaze
began. Their efforts saved all but
the smallest Serv-Well building,
and the isolated location of the
three structures prevented the
flames from threatening other
buildings outside the Serv-Well
complex.
The Nassau County Fire
Marshall is investigating the
origin of the fire. Greco had no
comment on the cuase of the
blaze, or on estimated property
damage. TC
Mosca wants Bethpage power lines to go underground
NEW DIRECTIONS: Oyster Bay Town Receiver of Taxes Solomon
Newborn listens to guitarist Vicki Moni of Syosset, one of the per­formers
at the Mid-Island Girl Scout Council Luncheon, which was
held at Old Country Manor, Scout Lisa Stemmer of Old Bethpage and
Mrs. Betty Franklin of Jericho offer some vocal accompaniment.
GREAT KITE GIVE • AWAY: Free kites are available to all children
who visit Nassau County's Old Bethpage village restoration facility
during weekdays of the upcoming school Easter recess period, April
8 to April 12. Provided by the non - profit Friends of the Nassau
County Museum at its Gift Shop located within the village Reception
Center, the high - flyers will be available to all youths following their
tour of the village.
Citing Long Island Lighting
Company plans to run tran­smission
lines from Holbrook t
the Newbridge Road substation
in Hempstead Town- affecting
areas of Bethpage- Oyster Bay
Councilman Salvatore R. Mosca-has
called upon the Public Ser­vice
Commission to mandate the
undergrounding of the lines in all
affected areas of Oyster Bay
Town.
"Economics, public safety,
logic and esthetics dictate that
the transmission lines be
buried," said Mosca.
The PSC staff has already
recommended that the lines be
put underground in a major
portion of the Village of Far­mingdale;
LILCO's estimate for
the additional cost of burying the
lines in this area is $1,650,000.
Mosca is calling for the un­dergrounding
of the lines in the
adjacent Bethpage area as well;
the additional cost is estimated at
$815,000.
"The undergrounding in both
these areas would add ap­proximately
28 cents per home to
the cost of the entire project,"
stated the Councilman.
"Although LILCO is seeking to
make a case for overhead lines
from an economic standpoint, 28
cents seems hardly too great a
price to pay for the preservation
of the residential lands in
question.
"Arguing that construction of
90 foot towers and transmission
lines would not be objectionable
because of existing towers
running through the unin­corporated
area is illogical,"
continued Mosca.
The Councilman cited the
closeness of the existing towers to
residences and the increased
potential hazard of the proposed
transmission lines as well as the
nuisance value of the existing
towers and their adverse affect
on community esthetics.
"The evidence is clear,"
concluded Councilman Mosca.
"As I have advised the Public
Service Commission, the balance
of benefits, both long and short
range, favors undergrounding
the transmission lines throughout
the Town of Oyster Bay."
In order to eliminate a season anticipated summer
blood shortage, the Greater New York Blood Program
urges Bethpage residents to make a springtime
donation at the Hartigan Hall of St. Martin of Tours.
Church at 519 Central Avenue in Bethpage Monday,
April a from 4 to 9 PM.
Those Bethpage residents who donate blood will
receive a credit which is good for themselves and
immediate family members for one year in case of
sickness or injury.
The Greater New York Blood Program is an affiliate
of the Community Blood Council of Greater New York
and the American Red Cross. GNYBP serves all
Nassau-Suffolk residents through Inter-County Blood
Services.