1977-10-20

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Vol. 58 No. 52 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, October 20,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
FARMINGDALE FIREMEN battle three blazing can on the rear
parking lot of their fire headquarters during a Fire Prevention Week
demonstration Sunday afternoon. The program scheduled for Friday
- night was postponed until Sunday because of rain. The local " smoke
eaters" doused the simulated crash scene with gasoline, then ex­tinguished
the blaze in less time than it took to light it. [ Post photo
by Bob Starrett]
Colby Urges Congressmen
To Join Suburban Caucus
Citing a pending bill in
congress that would give regional
bureaucrats complete control
over all federal funds to local
municipalities, Town Supervisor
Joseph Colby urged all Long
Island Congressmen to join and
work to strengthen a newly
formed Suburban Caucus.
Labeling the Ashley -
Magnusen bill " the printed
version of HUD ( U. S. Dept. of
Housing and Urban Develop­ment)
plans to force suburbs to
accept whatever HUD deter­mines
is best," Colby explained.
' This bill not only gives regional
bodies premier authority \ for
planning and development within
given regions but forces local
governments to, accept the
policies of regional councils or
face a cutoff of federal funding in
such critical areas as: tran­sportation,
land use, housing,
economic development, health
and health systems, social ser­vices,
law enforcement, air and
water quality, open . space and
recreational facilities and other
public facilities and services."
Colby wrote to New York's U. S.
Senators and Congressmen
representing Nassau County
early this week to urge that they
battle against the Ashley-
Magnusen bill and HUD's plan to
use the bill to force local
governments to accede to federal
urban policies.
According to Colby the
legislation is aimed at legalizing
what'he has maintained is the
illegal attempt by HUD to tie all
federal funds to HUD demands
for construction of thousands of
units of low income housing in die
suburbs under HUD's stated
strategy of dispersing the poor in
the cities by moving them into the
suburbs.- " In addition to this
attempt by federal bureaucrats
to override the home rule
authority and responsibility of
local government, this strategy
itself is faulty in that it doesn't
offer the slightest bit of help to
the people."
Colby noted that the bill, HR.
4406, currently in the In­ter
government Relations and
Human Resources Subcommittee
of the House Committee on
Sovernment Operations, is most
angerous because " its title
would be so innocuous as to not
even arouse the suspicions of
many Congressmen who would
normally oppose such
legislation." The bill is
prospectively known as the In­tergovernmental
Coordination
Act of 1977. " It almost sounds like
an effort to improve efficiency in
administration," Colby com­mented.
" But that is exactly why the
newly formed Suburban Caucus
is so important," according to
Colby. " If all suburban
congressmen from all parties are
united or at least are in com­munication
with each other,
legislation such as this would
never have a chance of passing
while instead it now poses a real
threat to suburbs across the
country."
[ Continued on page 7]
Walkathon Starts
In Farmingdale
Long Island Birthright pay will
be observed in Nassau and
Suffolk Counties on Sunday,
October 30. To focus attention on
the many services provided for
pregnant women, and to raise the
needed funds to continue ser­vices,
a Walk and Rally will be
held, beginning at 2 p. m. on
Conklin St., opposite St. Kilian's
Church, ending at Camp
Marydale, Melville, ap­proximately
three miles.
- Featured speakers will be Dr.
Martin Abend, WNEW- TV and
Dr. Ada Ryan of Doctors and
Nurses Against Abortion. If you
would like to join, call the Bir­thright
office, 208 Main St.,
Farmingdale, 293- 5999, or R.
Broyles, CH 9- 5547, for sponsor
sheets or call to sponsor a walker
if you cannot walk.
Lindbergh Tour Ends
A replica of Charles A. Lind­bergh's
famous aircraft, the
" Spirit of St. Louis", will visit
Cosmopolitan Sky Center in
Farmingdale on Sunday, October
30. The aircraft is on a nationwide
tour to focus public attention on
the 50th anniversary of Charles
A. Lindbergh's historic Atlantic
crossing in the " Spirit of St.
Louis". Lindbergh's feat cap­tured
the world's imagination
and led to America's leadership
in aviation, an advantage we still
enjoy today.
After the epical trans- Atlantic
flight, Lindbergh returned to the
United States and visited every
state in the union with his famous
aircraft. He was accorded a
hero's welcome not since
duplicated by the people of this
[ Continued on page 7 J
Air Service
To Boston
Launched
Regional political and business
leaders gathered Monday af­ternoon
at Republic Airport to
mark the inauguration of
Cosmopolitan Aviation's
regularly scheduled commuter
air service between Far-mingdale's
Republic Airport and
Logan International Airport,
Boston. It is the only such service
available from the mid- Island
area.
Among those present at
Cosmopolitan's new $ 1 million
Republic Airport terminal
facility were John V. N. Klein,
County Executive, Suffolk
County; Harold Fisher, chair­man,
MT A; commissioner
Joseph Driscoll, Nassau County
Department of Commerce and
Industry; Dr. Martin Feldman,
Suffolk County Legislature;
Brian Vincent, Flight Standards
Division Chief, Eastern Region
( FAA); Frank Asselta, Long
Island Association; and Mrs.
Ralph Caso, wife of the Nassau
County Executive.
Cosmopolitan, the only Long
Island- based air commuter
service, began regularly
scheduled flights between
Republic and Logan on Monday,
October 3. Leaving Republic at
7: 30 and 10: 30 a. m. and 2 and 5
p. m. daily, Cosmopolitan's
Cessna Titans, eight passenger,
twin- engine turboprop aircraft,
make the 187 mile flight in one
hour.
Initial response to the service
has been growing, according to
George Garrambone,
Cosmopolitan president. " Our
early and late flights to and from
Boston are running full,"
Garrambone said. " But this
comes as no surprise. Look at a
map and you'll see that Republic
is almost exactly midway bet­ween
Islip- MacArthur and La
Guardia. We're right in the
center of the commercial hub of
the Island," Garrambone con­tinued.
" Republic is about a 15-
minute drive from most areas of
eastern Nassau and western
Suffolk counties, the parking's
free, and those are definite ad­vantages."
Cosmopolitan is currently
considering the use of larger
aircraft to handle increased
passenger loads. And, within the
year, the company hopes to add
scheduled air service between
Republic and Albany,
Washington, and Atlantic City.
Cosmopolitan has run a charter
service, flight school and fixed
base operation at Republic for
several years.