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VOL. 19 NO. 47 Week of Feb. 28 - March 6,1985 20 cents per copy
(irumman Awards Important
Contract To local Firm
Super Student
Gull inc. pfSmithtown, has been awarded a significant
contract by Griiniman Aerospace Corporation to design,
develop and produce precision gas seAsors^nd a microcom­puter/
controller for a novel, fuel tank fire suppression sys­tem'that
will be installed initially in the U.S. Navy's A-6
all-Weather attack aircraft.
The system will eventually be adaptable not only to the
Navy's A-6 fleet, but also to the A"6E Upgrade (called
A^6E(U)) now ih development, and to many other classes of
military aircraft a[S well.
The system will protect the aircraft and crew by greatly
reducing the possibility of fuel vapor ignition and conse­quent
iBxplpsion within the fuel tanks. This protection -
particularly critical during combat, when the tanks may be
pierced by ammunition or combat debris r will be achieved
through the exact, microprocessor-directed metering of an
inerting chemical, Halon, into the tanks. The inerting gas
will be injected in precise quantities to conserve the supply
carried while providing safer conditions throughout the air­craft's
mission.
Industry observers believe that the state-of-the-art Halon-based
system will ultimately replace older, less efficient
inerting equipment on all military craft.
Gull Inc. is a leader ih the design and manufacture of high
techology instrumentation systems, fluid management sys­tems,
special purposecomputersystems, and specialized test
equipment for military, commercial and general aviation
aircraft. Furthermore, Gull is diversified into ground-based
energy product management and delivery systems and,
through its Resource Management Systems subsidiary,
markets turnkey minicomputer systems for manufacturing
applications.
Nassau Senator On JudiGial
Screening Center
U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato^has announced the
appointment of New York State Senator John Dunne (R-Nassau)
to serve on the Senator's independent Judicial
Screening Committee.
Dunne, who chairs the State Senate J udiciary Committee,
will join a distinguished group who search and screen candi­dates
for federal judgeships.
Senator Dunne's 20 year career in the state legislature
includes a host of committee chairmanships and assign­ments
involving criminal justice. He has served as chairman
of the Committee on Crime and Correction; vice chairman
of the Select Committee oh Correctional Institutions and
Programs; chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
on the Family Court System; member of the Temporary
State Commission to Evaluate the Drug Laws.
Senator D'Amato said that Dunne's selection to the pres­tigious
panel attests to his "committment to excellence in the
judicial system. He has consistently demonstrated his con­cern
for our criminal justice system and 1 have long valued
his intellectual honesty.
'i'am extremely pleased to have Senator Dunne join this
panel," D'Amato said. "The Senator exemplifies the stand­ards
of excellence which are reflected in the committee's
selections for federal judicial positions."
Other members of the panel include: former U.S. Secre­tary
of State William Rogers; Paul Windels, former U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Michael
Armstrong, former Queens District Attorney; John
O'Mara, former Chemung County District Attorney and
State Court of Claims judge; Thomas Bolan, former Deputy
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York; and
Serphin Maltese, fprmer Deputy Chief of the Homicide
Bureau for Queens County.
Summer Intern Program
College students inter­ested
in working in state
government this summer
should apply now to the
1985 Assembly Summer-
Intern Program, Assem­blyman
Fred Parola (R-C,
Wantagh) announced
today.
Students may be pursuing
any major but must be New
York State residents and
matriculated in a college
degree program as seniors or
as graduate students by next
Septeraber. The application
deadline is April I. <
"The- AslsejtnblY S
Intern Prpgram* is an
extrenjieily valuable learning
experience, for those college
students who want to
become involved with the
legislative process and state
government," Parola said.'
"Students will complete full-time
professional assign­ments
with the Assembly
research staffs; have the
chance to participate in a
variety of legislative activi­ties,
and gain first hand
knowledge on how state
governmem works,"
Parola explained that
applicants for the Summer
Intern Program must dem­onstrate
an interest in state
government, legislative
research and policy analysis.
This year's program runs
from June 17 to Aug. 23.
Students must submit all
supporting documents
along with their applications
directly to the Assembly
Intern Program.
"Those internships will be
awarded to a maximum of
20 students who have a
strong academic back-
. ground and who have exhi­bited
ah interest in working
with state government,".
Parola added. "They will
serve as full-time Assembly
interns and will receive a
$2,000 stipend to help cover
expenses."
Parola further noted that
applications can beobtained
either from the student's col­lege
or university or from
the Intern Progranni Office in
Albany.
Completed a{)plications
should be submitted to the
Assembly Intern Program,
Legislative Office Building
829-A, Albany, NY 12248.
Further information may
also be obtained by calling
(518)455-4704.
Photography
Contest
The Syosset Public
Library is holding a national
PHOTOGRAPHY CON­TEST,
sponsored by the
Syosset Lions Club, during
the months of February and
March. The contest in open
to amateur photographers
of all ages. The theme is "A
Nation of Readers", show­ing
the significance of read­ing
in American life.
Winners will be announped
during National 'Library
week in April. The library
will then submit the winning
pictures to the National
Contest. Deadline for pho­tograph
submission is
March 29, 1985. Entry
forms available at the
library. For further infor­mation,
call 921 -7161.
Debbie was more than surprised when she was
told by Mrs. Zelda Sarfaty, Guidance Counselor
at BHS, that she was chosen as student of the
Month in the category of Community service.
Deborah Stein, a senior at Bethpage High School, has
been named Student of the Month inthe area of community
service by the Bethpage Rotary ClUb and was honored at a
luncheon on Thursday, February I4th together with stu­dents
from Island Trees, Plainedge and Plainview. Ranked
in the top twenty percent of her class, Debbie has been a
consistently achieving student throughout her school year.
She has written short stories and poetry of exceptionally
high calibre and has sent several of them to the colleges as
part of her applications. Her art work in the school news­paper
and the yearbook has also contributed greatly to their
attractiveness.
Debbie has been interested in art and has taken every art
course in school, as well as a scholarship class in C. W. Post
College on Saturdays. One of her paintings was exhibited at
the 1983 Student Art Exhibit sponsored by the BOCES
Cultural Arts Center. This year she was also voted class
artist of her senior year.
Her outstanding area of community service, however, has
been her activity with the Suffolk State School for the
Mentally Handicapped. She has been a volunteer in the
program forsevepal years and Mr. Murphy, co-ordinator of
that project, has referred to her as his "right hand man". She
has helped to organize parties, various entertainment and
/ trips for the patients to activities outside the school. This
year she organized a fund raising campaign for Ethiopia
settingup fund raising tables in the main lobby and writmg
an article in the school newspaper.
Debbie's plans are to pursue a career in art or special
education working with retarded children. She has applied
to the State University at Purchase and Alfred and she will
be an asset to either program to which she is accepted.