1974-07-04

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in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, July 4, 1974 Copyright 1974 by
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Voters Defeat Budgets Again
THE SMASHED BICYCLE was being ridden to Ellsworth W. Allen
Park last Saturday night by thirteen year old Mitchell Sheinblum of
Viceroy. The youngster met a speeding car at the entrance to the park
on Motor Avenue and was killed. In background, eighth precinct police
pack up their emergency rescue kit after the youth was transported to
Mid- Island Hospital. The driver of the car Was arrested for driving
while intoxicated.
I Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Youth Killed On Bicycle
A thirteen year old Viceroy boy
was killed Saturday night as he
attempted to cross Motor Avenue
on his bicycle. He was struck by a
speeding car at the entrance to
Ellsworth W. Allen Park.
Eighth precinct police listed
the victim as Mitchell Sheinblum
of 112 North Drive, North
Massapequa. The youngster was
crossing Motor Avenue from
Kent Street* heading for the
entrance to the park, when he
was struck by a car driven by
Emitio Iozze of Commack.
Iozze was arrested at the scene
and charged with driving while
intoxicated. He will be held for
grand jury action.
Police and eye witnesses at the
park indicated the car was
traveling at a high rate of speed
when it struck the youth.
Rescue squads from the South
Farmingdale Fire Dept. and
Nassau County Police attempted
to revive the youth with their
cardiac telemetry system. He
was pronounced dead at Mid-
Island Hospital.
Young Sheinblum and a
companion were on their way to
the park at 8: 40 p. m. to play
tennis on the lighted courts, when
the accident occurred.
' Area residents indicated at the
accident scene Saturday night
that they would begin a petition Bay to install a traffic light at the
drive to urge the Town of Oyster park entrance.
Military Funeral
For Crash Victim
A military funeral was held
June 25 for Navy E/ 3 John
William Arreola, 19, of 245
Cherry St., who was. killed the
previous Saturday when he was
struck by a car while repairing
his 1970 Volkswagen on a
shoulder of the Long Island
Expressway, near the Deer Park
Road exit ramp.
Arreola had served in the Navy
for 21 months and had returned to
the U. S. May 31 after serving an
eight month tour with the
Mediterranean Fleet.
Police identified the driver of
the other car as George Heester,
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Third Vote
Possibility
A Question
Of Farmingdale's 8,332
registered voters, only
3,557 snowed up at the
polls Saturday to ad­minister
a sound thrashing
to the school district and
library budgets for the
second time this year. The
new proposal for
emergency repairs to
school buildings was also
defeated.
The school budget of
$ 27,694,058, a reduction of
$ 314,905 from the first budget
submitted, was defeated 2084 to
1435. The proposition for $ 115,000
to provide for major main­tenance
repairs to roofing,
ceiling tile, asphalt, heating and
ventilating was defeated by a
vote of 2072 to 1447.
The library budget of $ 540,300,
reduced $ 8,000 from the initial
budget defeat in May, was
defeated again by a 2116 to 1424
vote.
The Farmingdale Board of
Education will discuss the future
prospect of the district and the
possibility of a third buget
presentation at their
reorganization meeting Tuesday
night. ( The Post is being
published on Monday this week
because of the Independence Day
holiday weekend.)
Board President > Robert
Campbell and Vice President
Robert Weiss indicated Saturday
night, after the results were
known, that they were not in­clined
to offer a third vote unless
they were petitioned to do so.
The school district is now of­ficially
on austerity, as of July 1.
This means that students in
Kindergarten through grade
eight will walk to school if they
live under two miles from their
school. Students in grades nine
through 12 will walk up to three
miles to their school. There will
also be no school lunch program,
so all students must carry their
lunch from home.
Parents will be billed for the
supplies used by their children in
school assignments, an average
of $ 25 per year per pupil
depending upon grade level.
The use of school buildings and
grounds will not be available to
the public, other than Youth
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