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VOL. 10 NO. 45 Thursday, September 30,1976 10 cents per copy
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Fred Ippolitio was elected
Executive Leader of the Theo­dore
Roosevelt Republican Club
this summer and has been an
active member of the club for
some time. He is respected and
well-liked by fellow Republicans
and members of the Bethpage
community. His family lived in
Bethpage when it was still known
as Central Park and Fred
Ippolito's love for the area runs
deep, as does his concern for its
continuing existence as a close
community of suburban char­acter.
The Theodore .Roosevelt Re-
Clean Slate
For Grumman
Jack Bierwirth,
Grumman Corp.
chairman, and Vice
President John Carr
testified on Sept. 15
before the Senate Sub­committee
on Multi­national
Corporations.
They stated that Grum­man
had not been
solicited to contribute to
the fund to re-elect
President Nixon in 1972
and that the company
had never made illegal
political contributions.
At the end of that part of
the hearing, Sen. Frank
Church of Idaho,
chairman of the sub­committee,
said:
"I think it should be
stressed that no one has
said that Grumman
submitted to pressures,
whatever they may be,
and there is no evidence
in the record that
Grumman made an
illegal corporate con­tribution,
so I think that
should be clear. We've
had enough problems
with corporate corrup­tion
and I don't want
anyone to think that this
particular inquiry even
raises the question that
Grumman did, in tact,
make any sort of con­tribution.
publican Club is supporting
Stuart R. Levine, the Club's
President, for election to the New
York State Assembly in the 10th
District. As Mr. Ippolito termed
it, "Stu Levine has always been a
favorite son in Bethpage and we
are supporting him whole­heartedly."
Mr. Levine has
already served one term as
assemblyman prior to the
election of the current assembly­man,
Lewis J. Yevoli (D.-Old
Bethpage). Mr. Ippolito said that
Levine's campaign will stress
"the track records of both
candidates."
This is a unique contest, since
both men have served as
assemblyman in this district in
recent years. The Republicans
feel that a careful examination of
the achievements of both men
during their tenure in office will
yield a preference for Stuart
Levine. "There have been two
successive increases in school
district taxes in Bethpage during
our opponent's tenure in office
due to cuts in state aid," noted
Mr. Ippolito.
/'The most active issue in
Bethpage is the proposed Senior
Citizen/Low-Income Housing,"
said Mr. Ippolito. He feels that
people are opposed to subsidies
by the federal government and
that the Republican party has
always fought for maintaining
home rule. "Senior citizen hous­ing
is a must," said Mr. Ippolito,
"but it must be maintained or
controlled by the Town of Oyster
Bay, not by the federal govern­ment
or a private builder."
Fred Ippolito feels that "people
are making the landfill an issue
without-giving qualified people
time to explain." He noted that
the Town Board has authorized
further studies and feels that
premature decisions have been
made by residents who feel that
the Town will pollute its own
water supply. "I do not feel that
the Town Board would do
anything to adversely affect the
community," claimed Mr.
Ippolito.
As far as the race for
Assemblyman, Mr. Ippolito said
that he and Democratic leader
Jim Weir had agreed that the
area residents deserved a "clean,
class campaign." He feels that
national politics or scandals have
no place in local politics and that
the people in this district deserve
a first-class campaign on the part
of both parties. "Both candidates
are local residents," noted Mr.
Ippolito, "and I feel that the
people will make their decisions
on Election Day based on the
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Town Supervisor John W.
Burke has notified State
Environmental Conservation
Commissioner Peter A. A. Berle
that the Town's special studies on
leachate can be ready in ap­proximately
seven weeks.
In a letter mailed Friday, Sept.
24, Burke referred to recent
newspaper stories that indicated
Commissioner Berle was con­sidering
setting a date in the
spring of 1977 for conducting a
hearing on the landfill planned in
Plainview. "I have now informed
the Commissioner of the
probability of the Town's facts
being available before the end of
this year so that he will be aware
of the time we will be ready fo? a
public Rearing," Burke said.
"He, of course, has many other
factors to consider in setting the
hearing date but I believed this
information would be useful to
him in reaching his deter­mination."
Burke noted that he was hoping
that the hearing could be con­ducted
by the end of this year.
In the letter Burke also in­dicated
to Commissioner Berle
that under a 1975 contract the
Town is continuing excavation of
the site. "Although the State had
granted that permit, and while
our engineers have *assured us
that the excavation did represent
an environmental risk and his
department directed us to halt
it," Burke explained.
In presenting this to Com­missioner
Berle, Burke assured
the Commissioner that, despite
what opponents to the landfill
may have said, the Town of
Oyster Bay "does not now, and
will not, hereafter, seek to
establish the DEC'S approval be
granted, continued or extended
merely because the site has been
excavated."
Burke was referring to claims
by critics that the Town is con­tinuing
the excavation so that the
completed work can be used to
compel the State to permit use of
the Plainview site as a sanitary
landfill. "I felt I should assure the
Commissioner of this because
that criticism has been repeated
publicly despite the fact that the
Town has guaranteed that it
would not use the Plainview site
unless and until it is demon­strated
to be environmentally
safe."
Burke also repeated his
suggestion that the Com­missioner
issue a statement in
the interim that clearly shows the
detailed work conducted by the
State from the site selection
process to the current stage of
planning.. He told the Com­missioner
that he felt such a
statement "will answer many of
the questions that disturb those
who are unwilling to await the
results of a hearing."
School Board Report
By Eve Gldsser
The lack of a drama depart­ment
and the lack of enough
school grounds security were the
thrust of complaints on Tuesday
evening, September 28th when
the Bethpage Board of Education
held their montly public meeting
in Bethpage High School.
. Following monthly reco­mmendations
from the school
district superintendent Dr. Roper
Larsen, the public wishing to
address the board of education
were called to speak. The first
speaker was Mrs. Betty Regan,
who told the Board she had come
to the meeting to ask about the
district's drama classes. Mrs.
Regan presented the board with a
petition containing the names of
26 students who were desirious of
having drama class and a drama
department reinstated in the
district. Apparently, comments
from Dr. Larsen, the drama
department and subsequently the
drama classes were dropped
from the district's curriculum
during the fall semester because
there was a lack of interest on the
part of the students. "We didn't
drop the drama department
arbitrarily," he said adding, "If I
remember correctly we only had
five students in one class and six
in another section. We cannot
. hold classes with so few students
enrolled." Students who were
exceptionally interested in
drama had come down to the
board meeting with Mrs. Regan
to make their feelings known. One
student addressed the board and
particularly Dr. Larsen saying,
"When we went to the guidance
counselors at the beginning of the
year we were told that because
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Bethpage Woman Dies In Auto Crash
Denise Mirro, 18, of 256
Hay path Rd., Bethpage was
killed on Saturday evening in a
two-car collision which occurred
at the intersection of Manetto Hill <
Road and Woodbury Road, in
Woodbury at about 11:50 p.m.
Neil Fairchild, 18, of
Massapequa was the driver of the
car in which Ms. Mirro was a
passenger. According to the 2nd
Precinct Police, he was at­tempting
to make a lefthand turn
from Woodbury Rd. onto Manetto
Hill Rd., when the collision oc­curred.
Miguel Irizarry, 18, of
Syosset, was heading eastbound
on Manetto Hill Rd., when, ac­cording
to the police, his car hit
the passenger side of Mr. Fair-child's
car.
Ms. Mirro was taken to Central
General Hospital in Plainview
where she was pronounced dead
at 12:15 a.m. Mr. Fairchild, who
is listed in satisfactory condition,
was admitted to Central General
with internal injuries and cuts of
the face and arms. Mr. Irizarry
and his passenger, James
Photo By Robert Berkowit%
Hanfhng, 18, of Syosset were also
admitted to Central General and
released, police said.