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VOL. 10 NO. 48 Thursday, October 21,1976 10 cents per copy
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CANDIDATE CO.TTEN at the controversial landfill site on Round
Swamp Road.
Donald Gotten is the
Democratic candidate for State
Senator in the 5th Senatorial
District. He is currently an
Associate Professor of Physics at
Queensborough Community
College, where he has taught
since 1968. Dr. Gotten resides in
Bayville and has been an active
leader in various community
organizations. He has degrees in
both Engineering and Physics.
Donald Gotten became in­volved
in politics through his
concern for better mass tran­sportation
and a healthy en­vironment.
He edited and was a
contributing author of the
Counter Impact Statement to the
Rye-Oyster Bay Bridge, which
was the first counter impact
statement used under the
National Environmental Policy
Act. This 120-page document
formed the basis for opposition to
the project by several state and
federal legislators. He par­ticipated
in numerous debates on
this hotly contested project.
Dr. Gotten is a member of the
Executive Council of the New
York State Transportation
Council. He is on the Steering
Committee of the Anti-Bond
Coalition of New York State,
which defeated the 1973 Tran­sportation
Bond. "Bonding is the
wrong way to fund things,"
stated Dr. Gotten. "It is one of the
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Police Report
Eighth Precinct Report
The police reported one
burglary arrest and two
burglaries which occurred within
the last week.
On October 12, Patrolmen
H/irseh of the Second Precinct,
arrested a 26 year old out of state
resident, William Johnson, Sea
Dunes Motel, Malbourne,
Florida, for criminal mischief.
He was apprehended in an office
building at 313 Old Country Road,
Hicksville. According to the
police, Johnson allegedly broke
into the building and damaged
property.
On October 14, a burglary
Qccured at 14 Bamboo Lane,
Hicksville, between 8:30a.m. and
5:10 p.m. The police said the
burglar entered the rear door. A
stereo and an AM-FM radio were
reported missing.
The second burglary oecured
Board And Teachers Come To Agreement
The hamlet of Bethpage gave a
sigh of relief as a teachers strike
was avoided at the "eleventh
hour." The Board of Education,
headed by president Anthony
LoFaso, met with the Superin­tendent
of Schools, Roper F.
Larsen, Attorneys for the Board,
and the Bethpage Congress of
Teachers, at an all night session,
Sunday, October 17. At that
session they reached a tentative
agreement which narrowly
averted a strike which was
scheduled for Monday, October
18,1976. the tentative agreement
is likely to become the final
settlement within the next few
weeks.
According to Superintendent
Larsen, the "new money"
amounts to a 12 per cent increase
covering the period of September
1,1976 to June 30, 1979. Although
the first increase of 2 percent will
not be included in the teachers
paycheck until February 1, 1977,
it will be added to the salary
schedule, but in reality, it
amounts to a 1 per cent increase
By Meg Cullem
covering the school year period of
September 1, 1976 to June 30,
1977. according to school Board
President, Anthony LoFaso, the
negotiation was not for a new
contract but was in affect a
rewrite of a contract for the next
three years.
Provisions of the agreement
also include:
1. an insurance benefit, which
provides that if a staff member is
completely unable to teach over
an extended period of time,
hey she will be covered under the
provisions of the disability in­surance.
This insurance is paid
for by the District;
2. a sabbatical clause which
was amended to give the Board
sole discretion regarding sab­batical
leave;
3. modifications in the new
contract which allow for ad­ditional
help to be given by staff
members to a needy student,
after regular classes are finished
for the day;
4. utilization of teachers for
curriculum development after
school. This modification will be
worked out between the Ad­ministration
and the Teachers;
5. change in the use of "per­sonal
leave;"
6. the elimination of the
''coverage clause'';
7. the additional payment to the
teacher who is assigned to
monitor the lunch program at the
secondary schools level;
8. an "early retirement in­centive
program," to be worked
out by the Board, Administration,
and the Teachers, during the
second year of the contract.
Superintent Larsen stated, "I
feel the contract provides ad­vantages
to the district in terms
of giving additional help to the
students and more effective use
of staff in development of
curriculum. I feel the ad­ministration
and the staff can
work well within the provisions of
the new contract." Jack Murphy,
head of the Bethpage Congress of
Teachers could not be reached
for comment.
Woman's Club Begins
Beautification Campaign
between October 17 and 18 at the
G&G Gulf Service Station, 584
South Broadway, Hicksville. The
theft was reportedly discovered
after 12 a.m. The police said
someone entered through the
front window and took 12 tires.
The police also reported the
arrest of a 25 year old textile
worker on October 18 for Sodomy
in the 2nd degree, Sexual Abuse
in the 1st degree and criminal
possession of a controled sub­stance.
Theodore Mentzer, 330 Red
Maple Drive, Wantagh, was
arrested on charges that he
victimized five children, ranging
in age from 9 to 14 years, at
Engineer Drive, Hicksville.
Detective Goodman of the
Eighth Squad made the arrest at
Com-Tex Company, 50 Hub
Drive, Melville.
The Community Improvement
Committee of the Bethpage
Women's Club has this year as its
theme, Beautification and Safety.
According to the committee's co-chairwomen,
Rose Smith and
Eileen Horan, the Woman's Club
hopes to work with and en­courage
the merchants of Beth­page
to improve the outward
appearance of their stores. The
club will award service cer­tificates
to those merchants who
participate in the program.
As a first step in the
beautification program, the club
has sent out about 110 letters to
the merchants in the area, ex­plaining
what the club is trying to
achieve and what the merchants
can do to improve the com­munities
appearance. "We
hope," explained Mrs. Smith,
"that we will get a favorable
reply from the merchants who
receive these letters and that
they will make an effort to
beautify Bethpage."
The Woman's Club also plans to
have a display window set up
after Election Day in the Buddy
Mazzara office on Stewart Ave.
This window will include, to date,
all the recipients of awards.
According to Mrs. Horan, Ed
Steiger owner of the S & S Sunoco
Station on Stewart Ave, was the
first recipient of tr club's award
for the plante* *** seasonal
flowers he pb.fcd lu front of his
station last July. "Mr. Steiger
used his own money to install the
planter," commented Mrs.
Horan, "and we hope that his
example and concern for the
appearance of Bethpage will
encourage other merchants to
improve, as well." She also said
two other merchants will be
receiving awards within the next
week for improvements on their
stores. The names of these award
winners will be publicized after
the awards have been issued, she
said.
In keeping with this year's
beautification theme, the
Woman's Club will also be par­ticipating
in a "general clean-up
day" which is sponsored by the
Bethpage Bicentennial Com­mittee.
"The letter campaign and
display are what we have
planned so far," stated Mrs.
Smith. "We hope to have details
on a follow-up program shortly,"
she continued, "and we will keep
the Bethpage residents informed
on our progress."
The five other members of the
Woman's Club participating in
the Beautification and Safety
program are: Clare Jackman,
Pat Eannel, Grace Marshall,
Laurette Beattie, Murial
Hackebeil and Maia Gaiti.
By Cathy Cullem
Community Clean-Up Day Nov. 5
Ail residents of Bethpage are
urged to join a united effort on
Election Day, November 2, for a
Comnfunity Cleanup Project
sponsored by the Bethpage
Bicentennial Committee. This big
cleanup, which is long overdue,
will begin at the P.B.C. parking
field, Stewart Ave., at 9 a.m. The
cleanup will start at 10 a.m. and
end at Noon.
Women's Club members,
parents, Boy Scouts and Cubs,
Girl Scouts and Brownies, 4H
members and students from the
public schools and St. Martin of
Tours will all be participating in
this Salute to America on
November 2.
According to the Bicentennial
Committee, Broadway and the
Shopping Center, will be cleaned
up, Powell Ave., the Library
grounds, the football field, Oyster
Bay entrances and exits, school
yards, Park Ave., and streets and
neighborhoods, will all be part of
the clean up campaign.
Those who want to participate
in the project are asked to bring
bags, brooms, cartons, rakes and
shovels. All the debris that is
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