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VOL. 9 NO. 27 Thursday, May 29,1975 10 cents per copy
Off the Press.
A "Health Services Emergency
Task Force" was established
today by Nassau County
Executive Ralph G. Caso to plan
for the impending crisis in
medical services caused by the
malpractice insurance con­troversy.
Caso charged the task force
with developing a plan to make
maximum health care services
available in the event physicians
within the county slow or halt
medical care.
"I have asked the task force to
prepare a contingency plan
within usable resources in the
event of a medical care cutback
by physicians," Caso said, "and
to establish a central coor­dinating
point for information for
both the providers and the
public."
The 21-member committee is
headed by Dr. John J. Dowling,
Nassau health commissioner.
* The first formal meeting of the
task force will be at 8:30 AM on
Tuesday, in the Board of Health
Meeting Room at 240 Old Country
Road, Mineola.
"Although the Legislature
passed a malpractive bill which
was signed into law yesterday by
Governor Carey, "Our best in­formation
is that private
physicians in Nassau are
dissatisfied with its provisions,"
Caso said. "We are advised that
doctors and some hospitals are
planning cutbacks in medical
services.
"We will utilize the services of
physicians employed by the
county at the Nassau Medical
Center and in the Departments of
Health and Mental Health. In
their official capacities, these
doctors are protected by the
county's self-insurance
program."
Caso said he expects county
facilities such as the Medical
Center and clinics of the Health
and Mental Health Departments
would be pivotal in delivery of
medical treatment.
"We will be working in close
cooperation with the Nassau
Medical Society, with voluntary
and proprietary hospitals, other
p r o f e s s i o n a l medical
organizations and county and
state agencies," Caso said.
Members of the "Health
Services Emergency Task
Force" include:
Deputy County Executives
Joseph Driscoll and James
Shuart: Hempstead Supervisor
Alfonse D'Amato, Dr. Robert H.
Niebling of the Nassau Health
Department; Donald Eisenberg,
Nassau Medical Center
superintendent; Jack Dillman,
executive director of the Nassau-
Suffolk Hospital Council; Charles
Hackett of Hempstead General
Hospital; Nassau Police Com­missioner
Louis J. Frank;
Burtell Cutler of the Mayfair
Nursing Home in Hempstead;
Nassau Civil Preparedness
Director Otho C. Van Exel;
Nassau General Services Com­missioner
Francis E. O'Connor;
Ernest Carroll, chairman of
Nassau County Fire Com­missioners;
Nassau Social
Services Commissioner Joseph
A. D'Elia; Dr. Samuel Cytryn,
president of the Nassau Medical
Society; Dr. Henry Brill, L.I.
Regional Director of the State
Department of Mental Hygiene;
Nassau County Attroney John F.
O ' S h a u g h n e s s y ; Irving
Flaumenbaum, president of the
Nassau Civil Service Employees
Association; Dr. Myron Cohen,
president of the Nassau
Osteopathic Society; Nassau
Mental* Health Commissioner
Isidore Shapiro, and County
Executive Press Secretary Gene
Turner.
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The irresistable Bouzouki
music of modern Greece will
dominate the scene at the for­thcoming
Grecian Festival &
Bazaar being sponsored by St.
Paul's Greek Orthodox Church at
110 Cathedral Avenue, in Hemp­stead
the weekend of Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, June 6th,
7th and 8th.
The Festival is a bigger, richer
version of the success of last
year, and bids to become an
annual event for the pleasure of
Long Islanders. A rich program
of activities will include colorful
folk dancers in native costumes,
Greek Fashion show and display,
and the exciting "Sailor Dance"
(Syrtaki), popularized by the
Greek nite-clubs in New York
City. The Taverna nite-club will
feature the Bouzouki music of the
internationally popular recording
orchestra The Atticans, with
Bouzouki star Anthony Kakis and
singer John Bozis. Imported
Greek wines and food will be
served at popular prices in an
environment reproducing the
Taverna life of the Polka district
under the Acropolis in Athens.
There will be a "sidewalk
Cafe" featuring home-baked
Greek pastries and cookies
together with Greek Coffee; open
charcoal pits broiling Souvlaki,
and Greek sausages; and
Loukoumades, the Greek
honeyballs served piping hot with
a dash of cinnamon.
Dozens of fun-games to please
all ages; and dancing "the Greek
Way" for those who want to
learn. There will be chic Greek
Boutiques featuring the newest in
imported jewelry, crafts and
novelties; a Flea Market for the
astute buyer; a creative Garden
Shoppe; an Art Gallery for all
tastes; and original handicrafts
made during the year by the
women of the community for the
Bazaar.
The Festival opens officially at
6 p.m. Friday, June 6th. Hours
for Saturday, June 7th are 11 a.m.
to 11 p.m., and Sunday, June 8th
from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Admission to the Festival
grounds is free. All activities are
"go" rain or shine under huge
tents and in the Community
Center buildings of the Church.
Dr. Jack W. 200 Demonstrate
Against Bethpage
Airport
McElwain
Elected
Dr. Jack W. McElwain, newly
elected president of the Nassau
County Medical Society.
Dr. Jack W. McElwain, a Beth-page
surgeon, was elected
president last night (May 20) of
the 2400-member Nassau County
Medical Society. He succeeds Dr.
Samuel Cytryn of Levittown.
Other officers elected at the
annual membership meeting held
at the Society's headquarters in
Garden City were: Dr. A. Burton
White, Great Neck, president­elect;
Dr. Joseph Bennett,
Hicksville, first vice-president;
Dr. Ray S. Crampton, Syosset,
second vice-president; Dr.
Lawrence Ravich, Bethpage,
secretary; and Dr. Sears Ed­wards,
Garden City, treasurer.
Dr. McElwain, a specialist in
colon and rectal surgery, is at­tending
physician in charge of the
section on colon and rectal
surgery at the Nassau County
Medical Center and is attending
surgeon and director of colon and
rectal .surgery at Mid-Island
Hospital. He is attending surgeon
at Brunswick Hospital Center,
Syosset Hospital, and Central
General Hospital, associate
attending surgeon at Mercy
Hospital, and Central General
Hospital, associate attending
surgeon at Mercy Hospital, and a
consultant in colon and rectal
surgery at Good Samaritan and
Nassau Hospitals.
He is also vice-chairman of the
Nassau County Board of Health
and is an associate professor in
clinical surgery at the State
University of New York at Stony
Brook.«
Dr. McElwain is past president
of both the New York Society of
Colon and Rectal Surgeons and
the Pennsylvania Society of
Colon and Rectal Surgery. A
fellow of the American College of
Surgeons and of the American
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Bethpage mothers with
youngsters tugging at
their side pushing baby
carriages and showing
concern for their homes
and children demon­strated
at the entrance to
Grumman Corporation on
Stewart Avenue, Beth­page.
They were united
in a peaceful demon­stration
to make the
Grumman Corporation
aware of their plight. Over
200 appeared carrying
homemade signs with
messages such as "No
Crashes on Schools",
Grummans' Airport Plans
Hurts Our Children",
"Grumman Doesn't Care
About Our Lives and
Property,"
Frank Burgess slated
that the Bethpage Civic
Association organized the
March to make the Town
of Oyster Bay board aware
of their objections to any
zoning change Grumman
would require to continue
with their plans to expand
their airfield for general
aviaton.
Grumman plans to open
the airport the 250 private
planes this September and
certain buildings would be
required to house some of
the aircraft and main­tenance
appraratus. The
Town Board has
jurisdication over zoning.
Salvatore Mosca who
resides in the Bethpage
Hamlet has vigorously
opposed the airport ex­pansion.
Generations Generate- - - Greet!!!
CAROL Davidson, of Bethpage
Jr. High School, receives some
helpful pointers from club
president, Mrs. Bumhardt, on the
proper construction of a hand
worked pillow.
During May, several women
from the 'Golden Age' home in
Bethpage visited Mrs. James' 8th
grade 3rd and 4th period classes
at J. F. Kennedy Jr. High. They
brought with them different
crafts, such as crochet,
terrariums, pillows, paper
flowers, and animals made of
soap. They taught the girls how to
make these, and other crafts.
To show our appreciation, we
gave these thoughtful women a
small party held during our class
tir \ Several girls baked and
others set up tables, favors, etc.
They thanked us for having
them, but we would like to thank
them for coming to teach and
help us with our projects. We
certainly do hope they'll come
back again to share their talents
with us.
It was a wonderful day.
by Karen Hurely