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VOL. 10 NO. 46 Thursday, October 7, 1976 10 cents per copy
Press Association To Hold
Annual Installation Dinner
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This year, Congressman
Jerome A. Ambro (D-3rdC.D.) is
seeking reelection to a second
term in the House of
Representatives. During the two
years he has served the 3rd
District Constituency, Mr. Ambro
has drafted or co-sponsored
legislation providing for
Congressional constraints on
offshore oil leases, strengthening
conflict of interest statutes, and
enabling the utilization of high­way
trust fund monies for mass
transportation systems. He was
elected Chairman of the 81-
member Freshman Caucus and
invited various high-level of­ficials
of Congress, the
Administration and the private
sector to brief the new members
of "Congress on a wide range of
issues. The House Majority Whip
praised the new members as
"...the most numerous, active
and involved - first-term
legislators that I have known in
two decades in Congress. They
have been doers and achievers
right from the start."
Mr. Ambro's experience in
government began at the grass­roots
level. He served as Hun­tington
Town Supervisor from
1968-1975 and gained valuable
insight into the concerns of local
residents while serving as the
chief executive, chief fiscal and
chief administrative officer of
this municipality of 215,000
people. During Mr. Ambro's
tenure as Supervisor, Huntington
became the first municipality in
the nation to ban DDT and other
chlorinated hycrocarbons, the
first on Long Island to initiate an
urban renewal project, and the
first in New York State to require
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Friday evening, October 15, the
Nassau County Press Association
will hold their annual Installation
and Awards Dinner - Dance at the
Salisbury Restaurant in
Eisenhower Park, East Meadow.
Forence Cullem will be in­stalled
for her second term as
President of this newspaper
association made up of
publishers of weekly community
papers in Nassau County. Other
• officers include: Lou Sanders as
1st vice-president; William
Alston as 2nd VP, Charles
Warner as Treasurer; Emily
Giblin as recording secretary and
Rosemary McCarthy as
corresponding secretary. The
Board of Directors also being
installed are Jim Perri, Ira Cahn,
Irene Harris, Fred Simon and
Wilma Pokress.
This year, the Nassau County
Press will be paying homage to
five outstanding women in
various fields. These women will
be receiving the John Peter
Zenger Award for Achievement.
In public life and the judiciary,
Supreme Court Judge Beatrice
Burnstein will be the recipient;
for success in business, Grace
Fippinger, Vice-President on the
Board of the New York Telephone
Company will be honored; Sister
Joan Kister, FMM, Executive
Director of St. Francis Hospital
in Roslyn has been chosen for her
contributions to the field of
medicine; Bernice Gera, 1st
woman umpire and past
president of the New York Mets
Wives Club has been cited for her
work in sports and her con­tributions
to aiding the han­dicapped.
The fifth recipient in
the arts is local artist Sirena who
has received numerous awards
here and abroad for her original
Joe Sambito: A Home Grown Hero
Bethpage has someone to be
proud of, a kind of hero to whom
all the baseball players of Beth-page,
and Long Island, can look
up to. His name is Joseph
Sambito and he is now a starting
•pitcher for the Houston Astros.
Joe is no stranger to success.
His career at Bethpage High
School is remembered as one of
the school's best. A 1970
graduate, Joe was a 1st team All-
County selection in his senior
year. According to his high school
coach Harry Settino, Joe was a
major factor in his team's suc­cess
that year, losing only one
game while leading Bethpage
High School to the North Shore II
Championship. Coach Settino
knew from the start that Joe
By Bruce McKenna
would some day be a major
leaguer.
Joe was scouted by many
major league teams during high
school, but he chose to attend
college in order to further his
education. He received an
athletic scholarship to Adelphi
University and pursued a major
in physical therapy. His college
career was interrupted in 1973
when he signed with the Houston
Astros. Of course Joe plans on
completing his education as soon
as the opportunity presents itself.
He is well aware that an athletic
career can not last forever and
that preparation must be made
for the years following his
retirement from baseball.
Joes assent to the major
Joe Sambito
leagues was a fast one. His ex­cellent
minor league records
earned him the right to try out
with the Astros in spring training.
Failing to make the team, he
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paintings. She also has donated
much time and many valuable
paintings to charity.
In addition to the five
recipients of the John Peter
Zenger Awards, each member
newspaper will honor an out­standing
resident of their home
community at the dinner-dance.
"The role of a free community
press in a free society has never
been more important than it is
today", said Mrs. Cullem,
President of the Association. She
urged all community-minded
individuals to share in the
evenings events.
Dancing will be to the music of
the Bob Logan orchestra. Tickets
for the dinner and dance are $25
per person. Checks should be
made out to the Nassau County
Press Association and send to the
dinner chairperson, Wilma
Pokress, Observer Newspapers,
2262 Centre Avenue, Bellmore,
N.Y. 11758. Ticket requests must
be received by October 11, 1976.
Tickets cannot be purchased at
the door.
Fred Neist To Receive
N IKVI Press Award
"If anyone deserves to be
recognized for the work he has
done for the Youth of the Com­munity,
Fred Neist is the first on
the list." That comment was
expressed by an employee of the
Island Trees school where Fred is
head of the Custodial staff.
The Nassau Press Association,
made up of publishers of weekly
community newspapers honors
the "volunteer citizen" from
various communities each year
at the Installation and Awards
Dinner Dance. Member
newspaper publishers chose
someone in their circulation area
that has a proven record of
community service and benefit.
Fred Neist is such an individual
and he will receive the John
Peter Zenger Award for
leadership at the Nassau County
Press Association Dinner on
Friday evening, October 15, 1976
at the Salisbury Restaurant-
In 1951 Fred Neist was one of
three men who started the
Levittown Midget Football
League. He coached for 10 years
and became the commissioner, a
job he held for 8 years. During
this time, he devoted time to the
Little League and also helped
establish the Pony, Colt and
Connie Mack League.
He was in at the beginning
when the "Youth Direction Coun­cil"
was started. He established
•the Apache Band 14 years ago
and still runs it. He has been with
Long Island Midget Football for
24 years. His activities with
Veterans' Organizations is
equally astoundir^;;,;;
He joined they ..nerican Legion
in 1964 and was commander from
1968-69. He has been active in the
Veteran's Council of Levittown
and Island Trees for 10 years. He
held the chairmanship of the
Americanism Committee (Nas-fnnnm
Fred Neist
sau County) of the American
Legion for 2 years. In 1973 he
started the Island Trees
American Legion Post and is in
his 3rd year as Commander.
Fred was one of six men who
started the "Quarterback Club,"
supporting Division Ave. H.S.
teams in 1969. He has been on the
front line for activities for local
kids and has fought to get lights
in the Levittown parks in order to
have them open in the summer
for the boys and girls in the
community. The Girl Scouts
made him an "Honorary Girl
Scout" for his aid to a troop.
As head of the Island Trees
Custodial staff he is not only a
good boss to his men but he runs a
good ship. Step into the Island
Trees Schools and you will see a
well-kept district (on a limited
budget). Many times Fred's
maintenance budget was trim­med
because the money was
needed elsewhere - but he and
his staff never trimmed their
effort. Island Trees can be proud
of a man like Fred Neist - a man
who works with his hands and
lives by his heart.
Anyone wishing to attend the
dinner may call the Bethpage
Tribune at WE 8-0626 or PY 6-3238
for information. Deadline for
tickets is October 12.