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VOL. 10 NO. 10 Thursday, January 29, 1976 10 cents per copy
By popular demand, the Bethpage Bicentennial Committee's
production of .the award winning musical play 1776 will be presented
lor two additional:., performances this Friday January :J0, and
Saturday January 31, at 8:15 PM in the Bethpage High School
Auditorium, Cherry & Stewart Aves., Bethpage.
These performances have been scheduled for members of the
community who may have missed our opening performances on Jan
2:$rd and 24th because of inclement weather.
Come see a glorious moment in American History re-enacted by a
cast comprising members of our community, alumni of Bethpage
High School, faculty members and students. Admission is $2.00
Do yourself and children a
favor, relieve our marvelous
This timely musical will be
presented again this Friday and
Saturday evening, January 30th
& 31st. Curtain time 8:30 sharp.
Music & lyrics by Sherman
Edwards; Produced by Beverly
Burton; Staged and directed by
Tony Georgan.
"1776" is a community theatre
project - the cast consists of
students - school faculty - alumni
and members of the community.
American heritage. If you
haven't been caught up into the
enthusiasm of the Bicentennial
year, "1776" will "tune you in"
and "turn you on." "1776" was
awarded Best Musical by the
New York Drama Critics Circle
Award 1968-69 and by a Tony
Award 1968-69. .
Mary McCeutcheon
Lent Announces: Tobay
To Receive Hud Grant
Civic Group Arms Against Hippo
CIVIC LEADERS MAKE PLANS; Clearview Village Civic
Association President Roy Entin (L) and Greater Plain view Com­munity
Association President Paul Eisenstein go over plans to fight
the proposed "Hippo" Discotheque and associated downzoning of the
Plainview Shopping Center on South Oyster Bay Road. The Town
Board Hearing on the matter will be held at Town Hall east on
February 10, and a public meeting sponsored by area civic groups
will be held at the Baylis School on February 4. Call 822-4686 for in­formation.
The Town of Oyster Bay will
receive a $160 thousand grant
from the Department of Housing
and Urban Development,
Congressman Normal F. Lent
(R-E. Rockaway) announced
today. The money is being
awarded under the Metropolitan
Discretionary Grant program of
the Community Development
Act.
Lent notified Supervisor John
W. Burke of the grant award on
Tuesday. "We are gratified,"
Burke said, "that our program of
aggressively seeking federal and
state assistance has resulted in
this grant." The money will be
used for loans and grants to
rehabilitate owner-occupied
housing and commercial
structures; also for curbs,
sidewalks, and street fur­nishings.
Lent praised Supervisor Burke
and othci town " cSfoiais for ac­tively
persuing this federal
money but said, "This type of
grantsmanship would be un­necessary
if Congress would
make towns with populations
OTB Celebrates
1st Birthday-
Nassau Downs-OTB is
celebrating its first anniversary
at the end of this month with the
offer of a free bet at two of its
locations-its newest branch,
Plainview, and its largest
branch, Sunrise Mall,
Massapequa.
"It is our way of saying thank
you to the hundreds of thousands
of residents who have played a
role in our success," said Easa
Easa, President of Nassau
Downs.
The county's off-track betting
corporation opened its doors for
business last January 31st. And,
on Saturday, January 31st of this
year, the corporation will offer a
free Pick Four or Free Triple
wager to customers purchasing
10 Pick Four tickets at the
Plainview or Sunrise Mall
(Massapequa) branches only.
Similar bets, which will be on
the Roosevelt Raceway card,
have returned as high as
$16,899.60 (Pick Four on
December 15th) and $8,616.90
(Triple on December 20th) this
season.
Easa said the free bet offer was
promotional as well as a way of
saying thanks. He said the results
will be scrutinized to determine if
similar offers could be made on a
profitable basis in the future.
In 1975, for 11 months of
operation, the Nassau County
Off-Track Betting Corporation
exceeded its projections by
handling $28,575,103 in bets,
reimbursed Nassau County the
$1.5 million in start-up funds it
had been advanced and earned
more than $800,000 in surtax
revenue as well as $500,000 in
profits.
over 50 thousand eligible to
receive direct entitlement aid."
Lent and Rep. Jerome A.
Ambro (D-E. Northport) are co-sponsors
of H.R. 6513, a bipar­tisan
bill which would entitle
large suburban towns like Oyster
Bay and Hempstead to direct and
automatic community
development aid which currently
goes only to cities and counties.
"Oyster Bay," Lent said, "has a
larger population than many
good sized cities and Hempstead
is bigger than 11 states. It's only
fair that the taxpayers of Long
Island be eligible for the same
kind of community development
money which now goes to much
smaller municipalities."
Hearings on H.R. 6513 were
held before the Banking,
Currency, and Housing Com­mittee
of the House but no action
has been taken to date.
Johnson Fights Crime Upswing
Prompted by the FBI's annual
Crime Report of last fall, State
Senator Owen Johnson (R-West
Babylon) is pushing for a
package of anit-crime bills in the
State Legislature. Senator
Johnson commented: "The 18
percent increase reported in the
U.S. Crime rate is frightening to
say the least. While covering my
district in the mobile office, one
of the concerns most Often voiced
by constituents is the criminal
element in today's society."
Jonnson's efforts are in the
form of individually sponsored
and co-sponsored bills. They are
briefly:
S 4114 B -- Provides a
November 1976 ballot referen­dum
on the extension of the death
penalty for all murders. The
voter would have the final say on
this important question.
S 7061 ~ Extends subpeona
power to the superintendent of
State Police. Currently other
public officers have this right and
certainly our State Police head
should have this power.
S 7240 - Abolishes the distin­ction
between 1st degree murder
and second degree murder.
S 7127 -Speeds up the reporting
of a felony committed with a
deadly weapon or using deadly
physical force. Currently up to 5
hours elapse between the
reporting of a felony and eventual
dispatch over pblice com­munications
systems. This bill
mandates that when the felony
suspect is not apprehended
within one hour that the report be
immediately transmitted by
radio.
S 3620 ~ Provides that the in­nocent
victims of a crime be
notified within 48 hours of ther
rights under the crime victims'
compensation board.
In outlining these bills, the
West Babylon Senator expreesed
the hope that "through this kind
of corrective legislation, NYS can
lead the way in helping to reduce
the crime statistics for future
years."
Dedication Of Memorial Windows
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,
130 Jerusalem Avenue,
Hicksville, will be host to the
Right Reverend Jonathan.
Goodhue Sherman, Bishop of
Long Island, on Sunday,
February 1. Bishop Sherman will
dedicate two new memorial
windows. One window to the rights
of the Sanctuary, is dedicated to
the late Dr. Joseph Wycoff. This
window suggests The Church In
The World with rich colors of red
and blue. The other window, to
the right of the Baptismal Font, is
in memory of Frances and
August Adesjsio, Matilda Birn-still,
Mary Flynn, Mary
Reynolds, Mabel Grassel,
Gertrude and Carroll Rogers.
This window suggests Christ The
New Creation and is presented in
rich colors of orange and red.
On the last Sunday in October,
1975, Bishop Robert C. Witcher,
Bishop Co-adjutor of the Diocese
of Long Island, dedicated the first
window installation, Christ In
Scripture, a memorial to Phyllis
Clements, Alfred Hall and
Virginia Martin. The Rector of
Holy Trinity Church, The Rev.
Domenic K. Ciannella, an­ticipates
that a fourth window
will be installed around Easter
time, which will be The Creation
Window, and by the end of the
year it is anticipated that all six
windows will be completed.
Members of the community are
invited to attend this dedication
service at 10:00 a.m. and to share
in the coffee hour reception in the
auditorium following the service.
A Change Of Signals
The traffic signals at the South
Oyster Bay Road-Stewart
Avenue intersection will be made
fully traffic responsive, Nassau
Public Works Commissioner H.
John Plock, Jr. has announced.
"At present, the signals favor
Stewart Avenue traffic
irrespective of the traffic flow at
any given time", Plock said. "By
installing magnetic detectors on
South Oyster Bay Road," he con­tinued,"
which transmit data on
vehicle flow to the signal, an
automatic adjustment in signal
timing can be made to favor
whichever road has the heavier
volume at any given moment. By
giving longer green intervals to
the road carrying more traffic,
traffic flow should be improved."