Bethpage-Tribune_1976-01-22

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OLDBETHB«GE
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PLAINVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL.10 NO. 9 Thursday, January 22, 1976 10 cents per copy
Planning Olympic Team's Seiidoff From L.I.: Leaders of the Long
Island Committee for the U.S. Olympic Team, are planning an
propriate sendoff for the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team, on the
eve of its departure for the '76 Winter Olympic Games, in Innsbruck
Austria. Displayed is one of the posters which will decorate Cantiague
Park Skating Rink in Hicksville, where the 15-member U.S. Team
will give a special "Bon Voyage" Performance on Friday evening,
Jan. 23rd. The trio are, 1. to r.: Keith Berry, Co-Chairman; James C.
Dinkelacker, president of the Long Island National Bank which will
fulfill ticket allocations for the Committee; and Gus Masel, Co-
Chairman with Berry for the LI Olympic Committee. The team's
performance, arranged and hosted by the Recreation Department of
Nassau County Parks, will be for all contributors of $5 or $10 to the
Olympic Fund. Tickets may be obtained by sending a contribution of
$5 or $10 for each seat desired, to Olympics, Valley Steam, N.Y.
11582. The U.S. Team's men and women, will be making their first
and only appearance together in this country at the Lon& Island rink.
They represent the best amateur figure skaters in the U.S. who have
the potential to establish themselves as the best in the world at the
Olympic Games, starting Feb. 4th.
New Officers Sworn In: The Honorable Alfonse D'Amato,Hemp­stead
Town Supervisor, swears in newly elected officers of the
Levittown-South North-Wantagh Republican Club as Executive
Leader, the Honorable Burton S. Joseph looks on in approval.
Right to left: Joseph Agovino, President, John Kemp, 2nd Vice
President, John Shorter, Sgt. at Arms, Virginia Giuliano, Treasurer,
Jack Gardiner, Corresponding Secretary, Supervisor D'Amato and
Leader Joseph.
Back row right to left: Kristine Simmons, Recording Secretary,
Greta Chambers, Financial Secretary, and Ruth Silverfine, 1st Vice
President.
GPCA Meetings On "Hippo" Disco
Civic leaders fighting the
proposed "Hippo" Discotheque in
the Plainview Shopping Center on
South Oyster Bay Road have
announced that a public meeting
in opposition to the Discotheque
will be held on Wednesday
evening, February 4. The
meeting will take place at the
Baylis School on Woodbury Road
in Syosset, starting promptly at
8:00 pm. All members of the
public are urged to attend.
The list of organizations op­posing
the Discotheque continued
to grow last week. The Clearview
Village Civic Association had
already announced its opposition
late in December, and has now
been formally joined by the
Greater Plainview Community
Association, the South Woodbury
Taxpayers Association, the
Birchwood Park Civic
Association, the West Birchwood
Ciyic Association, the Syosse|
Village Civic Association, and the
North Woodbury Civic
Association. The Plainview-Old
T0B Seeks
Citizenry's Input
The Town of Oyster Bay has
scheduled two evening hearings
to receive suggestions from
residents regarding a proposed
application for federal money
under the discretionary funding
portion of the Housing and
Community Development Act of
1974.
The hearings, to be conducted
by the Town's Planning and
Development Department, will
begin at 8 PM on both Tuesday,
January 27th and Wednesday,
January 28th, in the Hearing
Room of Town Hall East in
Oyster Bay hamlet. The Town is
an eligible competitor to receive
a maximum of $300,000 for the
federal fiscal year, July 1, 1976 -
June 30, 1977.
The U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
considers applications seeking
funds for projects and programs
that reflect concerns of a national
scope. Examples include
rehabilitation of substandard
structures, land beautification,
public worksprojects, and
acquisition of land for the
preservation of historic sites.
Among activities that are
ineligible for consideration are
new housing construction, the
general expenses of government
(exclusive of planning, ad­ministration
and implementatiqn
of programs applied for under the
Act) and construction and
acquisition of government
facilities such as administrative
offices, stadiums and sports
areans.
An application for the current
funding year has been submitted
by the Town and is presently
under consideration. Included in
this pending application is a
request for funds to be utilized as
loans and grants for the
rehabilitation of residential and
commercial buidlings.
Bethpage PTA Council has also
made known its intention to fight
the Discotheque, and other
school-related groups in Plain-view
and Syosset are expected to
follow suit.
Speaking for all the involved
civic groups, GPCA President
Paul Eisenstein urged all
residents of Plainview, Syosset-
Woodbury and Hicksville to make
their views on the Discotheque
known to the Town Board. "We
hope for a large turnout at Baylis
on February 4, and for an even
larger turnout at the Town Board
Hearing on February 10,"
Eisenstein stated. "If we are to
stop this unwarranted down-zoning
of our community, it's up
to all of us to get the message to
Town Hall."
The Town Board will hold its,
formal hearing on the "Hippo"
Discotheque application on
Tuesday evening, February 10, at
8 PM at the Town Hall annex on
Audrey Avenue in Oyster Bay.
Anyone interested in gaining
these civic groups opposing the
"Hippo" may call GPCA
President Paul Eisenstein at 822-
4686 or Clearview Village Civic
Association President Roy Entin
at 822-2930.
Taxpayers Union Of LI To Hold Rally
The Taxpayers Union of Long
Island, a recently chartered
organization of taxpayers, will
hold its second rally on Tuesday,
January 27, 1976 at 8.30 PM at the
Galileo Lodge of the sons of Italy,
on Levittbwn Parkway, Levit-town.
John Scarpa and Mario V.
Colleluori, Co - Chairmen of the
union said that similar rallies will
be held throughout Nassau
County during the next several
months.
The purpose of the rallies,
according to Scarpa, is to bring
the overburdened taxpayers
together to form a strong
pressure group whose goal will be
to bring about realistic eco-
'nomies in public spending on
all levels of government.
Our first rally, held in Seaford
on December 18, 1975, was a
tremendous success, Colleluori
said. The more than 250 people
who attended demonstrated that
they are fed up with spiraling
taxes and are demanding a tax
freeze. Since that meeting,
Collelouri continued, we have had
hundreds of inquiries concerning
our movement from taxpayers
throughout Nassau and Suffolk
Counties and more than 150
people have already become
members.
Our goal Scarpa said, is to
impress upon public officials,
from school districts on up, that
increasing taxes can no longer be
the panacea for every problem in
the public sector. Spending must
be brought in line with the level of
the economy and greater con­sideration
must be given to what
the taxpers can afford.
By attending our rallies in
large numbers, Colleluori said,
the taxpayers will demonstrate to
public officials that they are
upset about their tax burden
which today is oppressive,
demoralizing and confiscatory.
By giving us this type of support,
Colleluori continued, the tax­payers
union "will have an ex­cellent
chance to succeed in its
drive to stabilize taxes;
We are, and will remain,
strictly non-partisan, Scarpa
said, but we are ready to utilize
the full force of our organization
against those public officials who
continue to ignore the plight of
the hardpressed taxpayers.
The taxpayers have little
choice, Scarpa concluded, either
they band together in a common
defense of their financial
solvency or face possible
bankruptcy induced by runaway
taxes.
Groups Sought For
Bicentennial Barge
Musicians, dancers, high
school and community choral and
orchestra groups and other
performing organizations in the
Town of Oyster Bay are being
sought to perform in conjunction
with the arrival of the New York
State American Revolution
Eicentennial Commission's
traveling Bicentennial Barge.
Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Howard T. Hogan, Jr. announced
that the Barge wil be docked at
Theodore Roosevelt norial
Park from May 19 to May ; 3. The
Barge will be traveling New York
State's waterways from April to
September, 1976 making 32 stops
along its 1,400 mile route. At each
stop, major festivals are being
planned to commemorate both
the Barge visit and the heritage
of the region.
Each of the three Towns in
Nassau County - Oyster Bay,
Hempstead and North Hemp­stead
- will sponsor a day of
programs at the Barge site.
Oyster Bay is seeking groups that
will be available for the opening
day May 19, from 10 A.M. until 9
P.M. Performing groups should
have a program with a bicen­tennial
or historical theme that
runs approximately 45 minutes.
Performances will be given from
the Town's Snowmobile.
All individuals and groups
interested in performing at the
Barge site should contact Lois
Manning, Bicentennial Barge
Program Coordinator, at 922-
5800, ext. 245 before February 6.