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Vol. 3 No. 36 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, April 28, 1966
MAYOR ORDERS HALT ON
ILLEGAL PLANT OPERATION Mayor Joseph Zureck of the Incorporated Vil­lage
of Farmingdale, took action on Monday night
to curtail, what he called " the illegal operation of
a fertilizer manufacturing plant that has been oper­ating
for many years in open defiance of Village
officials and with utter and flagrant disregard of
a local ordinance prohibiting same".
Mayor Zureck announced that he had authorized
the Village Building Inspector to maintain sur­veillance
over the Morris Karp plant at 81 Seca-togue
Avenue and make necessary inspections. He
also directed the Building Inspector to issue a sum­mons
on each and every occasion that this local
ordinance is being ' abused and violated'.
In making the announcement, Zureck stated that
his immediate obligation and responsibility is not
only to the residents living in that area, whose
health, peace of mind and repose is being seri­ously
aggravated, but to assure also that local
ordinances are enforced and upheld. The mayor
noted that upon being elected to his office of r e -
sponsbility, " I took the Oath of Office with the in­tent
and purpose of making an all out effort of
improving the image of our community, by under­taking
programs of improvements; namely, Capital
Projects, improved and increased services for our
residents, and to secure peace and tranquility
for all residents, by maintaining high standards of
zoning, strict adherence and compliance of the
State Building Code, and to minimize or eliminate
all opportunities for complaints".
Prior to the Mayor's statement
on Monday evening 15 taxpayers
from the Sullivan Koad area spoke
before the Mayor and the Board
of Trustees in protest of the con­ditions
emanating from the Mor­ris
Karp and Son fertilizer manu­facturing
plant.
An investigation by the Board
was ordered at the previous
meeting based on a letter of com­plaint
from John Raffaele of 26
Sullivan Road, charging that the
factory " was in violation of the
village ordinance prohibiting the
manufacture of fertilizer; was in
violation of the use of a Certi­ficate
of Occupancy which had
been issued for a warehouse only;
that the factory was a safety ha­zard
due to the use of a rail­road
tank car as above ground
storage for nitrogen and other
inflammable- explosive material
used in the manufacture of fer­tilizer;
that the factory created
a pollution problem and health ha­zard
due to fumes and dust pro­ducing
smog in the surrounding
area and that great clouds of ni­trogen-
lime and sand caused a
contaminating dust; and that it
caused an illegal down- zoning of
the area".
Raffaele is an Associate Pro­fessor
of Electronic Technology
at the State University Agricul­tural
and Technical College at
Farmingdale.
The Board of Trustees called
upon the Building Inspector for
a report of the activities he had
witnessed this past week. Here-ported
that on Tuesday, April 19
at 10: 30 a. m. the mixer was not
in operation, but at 2; 30 p. m. of
the same day, a truck delivery
of fertilizer mix was received at
the plant. He said that it took ap­proximately
one hour to unload.
Being a very windy day, dust was
evident in the area. The fol­lowing
day, delivery was again
received but the day was wet and
damp. At 9: 15 p. m. of the same
day, everything was quiet and
there was no operation visible.
There was no delivery on the 21st
of April, with only bagging taking
place at the rear of the plant. He
reported that on April 22 there
was unloading onto the conveyor
belt, but there was no extreme
dust conditions. He said that on
Monday, April 25 ttttttx » « * « no
unusual action.
The residents pointed out that
sometimes there is an odor,
sometimes dust; other times
there is not.
Mrs. T. Gonzales of 34 Sul­livan
Road, reported that the
trucks operating in the rear area
of Karp's contingent to the rear
of her property, were constantly
throwing up a dust screen in dry
weather, making it difficult to
keep her windows open and to dry
clothes outdoors.
A Mr. Van Orden of 25 Sul­livan
Road stated that the odor
of nitrogen was evident and re­sulted
in a sensation of burning.
Mrs. Mary Kavanagh of 30 Sul­livan
Road remarked that all the
evergreens in her rear yard have
been destroyed.
Mayor Zureck then noted that
he had contacted several County
and State agencies to examine
the area and to file reports with
him as to violations which might
pertain to County and State Laws
with respect to air pollution and
health hazards and promised also
that he would make such reports
a part of the evidence upon which
the Board of Trustees could pur­sue
a course of restraining ac­tion.
. . J n . o t h e r a^ JPn Mondav night,
ti 2 £ oarcT6i Trus tees oi'dorec Uie
Village Clerk to issue a Notice
of Violation to the Typhoon Fence
Co. of 146 Sunrise Highway, Lin-denhurst,
as a result of con­tinuing
the installation of a fence
at 11 Holly Avenue in direct op­position
to an order by the Build­ing
Inspector. An order was is­sued
to halt the installation un­til
a variance had been granted
by the Board of Zoning Appeals,
with the further stipulation that
continued disregard in obtaining
fence permits, prior to any in­stallation,
would result in pro­secution
under a village ordi­nance.
Depositors Must Withdraw
Postal Savings Certificates
NEW $ 1 MILLION Preston R. Bassett Research Laboratory, made possible
by a $ 632,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
will be dedicated this Saturday, April 30, at Polytechnic's Farmingdale campus,
Route 110. Keynote speaker at the event will be James E. Webb, Administrator
of NASA. The 35- foot vacuum sphere ( at right), part of a sophisticated " exhaust
system," helps simulate spacecraft reentry conditions. The sphere connects
with wind tunnels in the laboratory.
Postmaster Leo J. Morgan
urged depositors with postal sa­vings
certificates to withdraw
their accounts from Post Offices
as soon as the anniversary dates
on their certificates are reached.
The Postal Savings System was
abolished March 27,1966, with the
signing of Public Law 89- 377 by
President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Postmaster Morgan pointed out
that as of April 28, 1966, no
deposits can be accepted and no
new accounts can be opened. He
said that interest will end on the
anniversary date of each certi­ficate.
The Postmaster said that for
convenience all certificates held
by a depositor may be cashed at
the same time and interest will
be paid for each full month they
have been outstanding beyond
three months from the interest
date.
The Postal Savings System was'
established January 1, 1911, to
get money out of hiding and to at­tract
savings of a large number
of immigrants who were accus­tomed
to saving at Post Offices
in their own country; also, it
served as a safe depository for
people who had lost confidence
in private banks. Today, how­ever,
with the growth of banking
facilities paying much higher in­terest
rates than the 2 percent
interest per annum paid on Postal
Savings, the System has out- lived
its usefulness for the American
people.
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' DOC ALLEN NAMED CANCER HEAD
Ellsworth * Doc' Allen has been
named to head business and in­dustry
gifts division of the Nas­sau
County Cancer Crusade in
the Farmingdale area.
Area assistant chairmen are
Farmingdale Postmaster Leo J.
Morgan and Frank Sixth of the
First National City Bank in Farm­ingdale.
School, Library Budgets, Candidates Vote Wednesday
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