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VOL. 10 NO. 16 Thursday, March 11, 1976 10 cents per copy
Tops In Cheerleading
CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE": Taking top honors in the in­termediate
division at the finals of the 1»7« Cheerleading Com­petition
of the Catholic Youth Organization was this squad from St.
Martin of Tours, Bethpage. The contest was sponsored by the CYO, a
division of Rockville Centre Diocesan Catholic Charities, Sunday,
February 21) in the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale.
St. Martin's.also sold a record breaking 300 tickets for the CYO
event. ,
Caso Plays A Sporting Game
Looks For Gambling Revenues
Nassau County Executive
Kalph G. Caso, long a staunch
advocate of legalized gambling,
asked the New York State County
Executive Association in Albany
on Wednesday, March 10, to
support legislation to permit
betting on professional sporting
events.
Citing the overwhelming
success of OTB operations across
the state and the mounting need
for increased municipal
revenues, Caso pointed out that
all the fears that once delayed
gambling legislation have proven
unfounded.
The county executive noted
that an OTB-eommissioned poll
last year of 1,200 homes in
Nassau showed that 07.8 per cent
favored the legalization of most
forms of betting. In answer to
another question about the
morality of beating. 60.3 per cent
thought it was a relatively harm­less,
pleasant pastime, while
only 13.3 per cent reported any
moral objections.
Not only does Caso strongly
recommend betting on
professional sports at OTB
locations, he is convinced that
government-controlled casinos
would be of significant public
benefit. He repeated his
previously-stated belief that
casinos would provide jobs and
tax revenues of large proportions
through "billions in annual
handle."
"Several resort areas of the
state are ideally suited to this
activity," he said. "And. imagine
the fringe benefits in spending for
travel, rooms, food, en­tertainment,
construction of
additional facilities and many
related commercial sources."
While he cautioned that in­creased
gambling should not be
exaggerated into "the answer to
all financial problems," Caso
stressed that it will produce large
sums of new income -- "an
element that is crucial to fiscal
stability at the local level of
government." He urged that the
county executives indicate firm
support of a measure, now before
•the legislature, as well as a
pledge to personally contact the
senators and assemblymen of
their constituencies to push the
matter,
Caso and the lf> other county
executives in the state
association are meeting in
Albany to discuss welfare reform
proposals and other legislative
matters affecting county
governments.
Regulations Set
On Price Marking
James E. Picken, Consumer
Affairs Commission of Nassau
County, announced the adoption
of a regulation to require that the
selling price be "conspicuously,
plainly and clearly" marked on
commodities sold in super­markets.
The regulation, promulgated
under Nassau's Unfair Trade
Practices Law, will prevent the
threatened elimination of price
marking when the Universal
Product Code (UPC) checkout
system is installed by some food
chains.
Supermarkets \ that gross $1
million a year or more Have 30
days to comply with the rule,
which becomes effective April 4.
Picken said the measure,
which has been continuously
urged by Hempstead Supervisor
Alfonse D'Amaty and other of­ficials,
brought the greatest
outpouring of consumer support
in the history of the Consumer
Affairs offiee.
Angered at the food industry's
proposal, more than 300 people
attended two public hearings in
September and January.
Petitions listing 2,257 names and
(Continued on Page 81
A Country Pub
With An Irish Squire
Yes, that's the new Central
Park Inn on Broadway in Beth-page.
Gene Skelly, the latest
addition to the village's business
community truly brings a breath
of fresh green mint to our town.
Even with the presence of quite a
few other taverns^ the Central
Park Inn ^ because of its
management and atmosphere,
became an instant success.
Karely will you walk in to the Pub
without seeing a goodly number
of people The answer is probably
best said by owner Gene's
statement, "the finest customers
in the world are right here
What we have done is to get
people of all ages and influence
and retain the village's historical
atmosphere, using The Inn as a
sort of headquarters or meeting
place. This BISTRO caters to all -
the young, the edlerly, ladies are
welcome and of courser a large
family following," he said.
Besides their Bloody Mary's
which are the "biggest and best
in town", the restaurant is now
open and features a very fine and
complete lunch menu. There are
succulent shell steaks, and a nice
hot or cold sandwich selection
,such as roast beef, corned beef
and turkey on a bun and usually a
very ample shrimp salad plate.
A bit of the ole sod on Broad­way.
Needless to say, there will
be a fine St. Patrick's day party
featuring music played by the
Irish Blazers. We of Bethpage
say good luck, welcome and
"ERINGOBRAGH".
Oyster Bay Town Board Opts For Savings
Set New Refuse Collection Schedule
Town Supervisor John W.
Burke reported on Tuesday,
March 9, that the Town Board has
adopted the necessary changes to
permit the Town to save about a
half a million dollars a year by
changing the garbage collection
schedule.
"We will be able to initiate the
new schedule during the week of
April 5th," Burke said, "and I
have been assured that our
sanitation men will assist in
providing the information
necessary to make the transition-,,
as smooth as possible for
residents,-';
Under the revised schedule,
residents who how have Town
collection on Monday, Wed­nesday
and Friday will be
scheduled for Tuesday and
Friday collections. Those
currently on the Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday schedule
will have collections on Monday
and Thursday.
"'With the start of the new
schedule, the Town will im­mediately
begin saving in its
collection districts," Burke noted.
"The collection personnel will be
decreased by 35 to 40 men almost
immediately."
He noted that throughout the
study and preparation of the
proposal for the new collection
schedule, "I was very satisfied to
see that not only had department?
and division heads recognized
that economies in government
had to be developed, but the
leadership of the Civil Service
Employees Association
demonstrated a true responsible
attitude and worked closely with
the Town in helping to develop
this tax-saving program."
Burke noted that the
achievement of agreement on
this program demonstrated a
realization by both sides that
productivity improvement is an
absolute essential ingredient in
cutting back on government
spending.
"Both sides had to make
concessions to bring.about this
schedule and the taxpayer will
benefit from this cooperation,"
Burke said. "While there might
be some confusion at the outset,
once the homeowner adjusts to
the change in his routine, it is
doubtful that the new schedule
will present any serious dif­ficulties.
And, as a result of the
pew schedule, we can talk
seriously about there being no
increase in the Town Collection
District tax rates for 1977."
Pasquale D'Alessio, president
of the Town GSEA, said that
while his men will actually be
doing 20 percent more work each
week, "we realize that the Town
must find ways of reducing its
spending. We were willing t6 go
along with the extra workload
because it seemed this way of
cutting costs would be least
painful to all concerned. In ad­dition,
I know how strongly our
sanitation unit felt about
establishing a system that could
assure them of having weekends
off."
Under the current system the
sanitation collection personnel
work rotating shifts and
frequently have their days off fall
in the middle of the week.
Other changes adopted by the
Town Board include: increasing
the fee to dump at the Town in­cinerator
and or landfill from $8
per ton to $9 per ton, effective
June 1; increasing the permit fee
from $25 to $100 per truck per
year, effective January 1, 1977;
changing truck identification
from a metal plate to a wind­shield
decal, effective January 1,
1977, and eliminating Town
collection for certain schools
where it is currently permitted,
effective January 1,1977.
Conference on Federal Assistance
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE CONFERENCE: Deputy County
Executive Joseph Driscoll (1) and Cliff Daley of Bethpage, acting
Commissioner of Planning and Development for the Town of Oyster
Bay discussed the day's program with Congressman Norman F.
Lent <r) at Lent's Federal Assistance Conference for local officials.
More than 150 local officials turned out for the daylong conference to
learn more about federal aid programs.