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VOL. 21 NO. 33 Week of November 27 - December 3,1986 20 cents per copy
Postage Stamps To Be
Sold In Supermarkets
Nassau County Police
Do Not Solicit Funds
Customers purchase postage stamps at East Meadow Food-town
supermarket, which introduces this new service to the
public.
The U.S. Postal Service
and Community Marketing
Concepts Ltd. of Hicksville
have entered into an agree­ment
to sell postage stamps
at additional Long Island
locations.
Community Marketing
Concepts Ltd. President
Manny Zuckerman is pur­chasing
the stamps from the
Hicksville Post Office. The
stamps are repackaged with
advertising and local,
regional and national mer­chant
coupons into a
pocket-sized package called
the Stamp Pack. It will be
sold at local supermarkets.
He plans to introduce the
Stamp Pack to 66 additional
food stores in the next year,
Roger Nienaber, Hicks­ville
General Manager/-
Postmaster said, "Custo­mers
will benefit by saving a
trip to the post office to pur­chase
stamps. The Postal
Service benefits by reducing
lobby overcrowding."
The Postal Service began
expanding its stamp sales
outlets in October 1985.
Long Island is the first loca­tion
in the Northeast Region
to begin offering stamps
through the program which
has already generated over
$30 million in sales
throughout the nation since
its inception.
"We sold over 100 Stamp
Packs in the first two
hours," said Steven Weitz.
Vice President of Food-town.
"It's the best thing
since sliced bread and it
saves me a trip to the post
office," were some of the
customers comments on this
new innovation.
Beginning this month, the
Stamp Pack will be sold at
the following stores:
Foodtown, Clearmeadow
Mall, East Meadow.
Foodtown, TSS Mall,
Levittown
Foodtown, Hempstead
Tpke. and Rt. 107, Bethpage
Next month the Stamp Pack
will be available at the fol­lowing
stores in Massapequa:
Foodtown, Bar^, Harbor
Mall, Me^rrick Avetn*e- -'"'•
Dan's Supreme, Park
Blvd.
Waldbaums, Rt. 107 and
Jerusalem Avenue
Shortly after that, the
Stamp Pack will be availa­ble
in Supermarkets
throughout Long Island.
Fatal Housefire
On the afternoon of November 18, 1986, Bethpage Fire
dept. Dispatcher John Speelman received a report of a
house fire at #16 Miller Road, Bethpage.
First arriving Asst. Chief John Fitzwilliam advised
attending firefighters that there was a report of a woman
trapped, probably on the second lloor. Chief Fitzwilliam
began a search of the second floor, disregarding personal
risk. After a time, Firefighter James Giovanniello reported
that he could not see or hear Ch. Fitzwilliam and that he was
going ahead to search for him. The Chief and Giovanniello
soon located each other through the smoke and together
they searched the second floor bedroom while fellow fire­fighters
kept flames away from the stairway, saving they an
escape-way. Both men had to return to the street to change
air bottles. The exhausted Chief stayed there while Captain
Mancini joined Giovanniello to continue the search.
Meantime, Asst. Chief Durr, Ex-Chief DeBobes and fire­fighter
Patsos raised a ladder to the room from the outside of
the house. Both teams almost simultaneously located 80
year old Pearl Pellintz. With a group effort, the men brought
the victim outside and worked to resuscitate the woman. She
was admitted to Mid-Island Hospital in critical condition,
and later suecombed.
Nassau Country Police
Commissioner Samuel J.
Ro/zi made an emphatic
point today...his Depart­ment
does not solicit funds
from the public.
"We have had a wave of
complaints from the people
of the county lately. Tele­phone
calls tell lis that solici­tors
for police groups are
pressuring businesses and
private citizens to make
contributions.
"This Police Department
and its units do not ask resi­dents
for money."
A number of police organ­izations
ask for contribu-
Bazaar
Bethpage Jewish Com­munity
Center, 600 Broad­way,
Bethpage, New York.
Saturday, December 6, 1986
7 p.m. to 1! p.m. Sunday,
December 7, 1986 10:30a.m.
to 5 p.m. Free Admission-
More information call
938-7909.
Historical Society
Installation
tions, Rozzj pointed out.
"Some give misleading
pitches, seemingly indicat­ing
that donations benefit
Nassau Policy," Rozzi said.
"Some offer ID cards, win­dow
stickers or metal shields
for cars. The implication is
that these will provide the
donor with some special
status.
"Such implications are
false."
Many who complain indi­cate
solicitators apply heavy
pressure, sometimes making
call after call to business
numbers, according to
Rozzi.
"This is a reprehensive
tactic, disrupting the busi­ness
person's day,'' Rozzi
said. "We have been told
that contributions is some­times
made to get rid of the
pestering calls."
Police groups making
solicitation in Nassau are
required to register through
the Department's Records
Bureau. This no-fee registra­tion
must be done annually
with an indication OH
whether solicitatins will be
done by professional fund
raisers.
The Patrolmen's Benevo­lent
Associations of several
police jurisdictions in the
.county are registered to
solicit. In majority, they are
not represented by profes-
Dr. Frank A. Cipriani (left) president of State University
of New York at Farmingdale, was the installing officer and
speaker at the recent installation Dinner ol the
Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society. Shown chatting
with Dr. Cipriani after h is address are Richard J. Riethei-mer
(center) president of the historical society, and Willis B.
Carman, Jr., mayor of the Village of Farmingdale.
sional solicitors and cam­paign
only within their own
boundaries of protection.
The Nassau County PBA
and other unions do not
make any public solicita­tions.
There are three larger
groups which seem to have
on-going campaigns for
funds. They are the Nassau
Police Conference, a group
which includes many
smaller departments; the
New York Federation of
Police, which primarily
represents Westchester New
York Federation of Police,
and the Metropolitan Police
Conference, made up of
groups on a wider scale.
Investigation of com­plaints
is done by the Nassau
Police Special Investiga­tions
Squad to determine if
improper tactics have been
used.
"In most cases, people
contacting us learn solicitors
do not represent this
Department and they turn
them off," Rozzi said. "If we
find the solicitors are not
registered, they are required
to cease operation until they
are issued permits and their
aproach is reviewed.
Anyone with a question
or complaint about such
solicitation can contact the
Special Investigations
Squad at 535-7819.
Honored Gentlemen
HONORED: Oyster Bay Town Councilman Angelo A.
Delligatti (center) chats with County Court Judge Marvin
Goodman (right) and Ronald Jay Bekoff, president of the
Former Assistant District Attorney Association of Nassau
County, at a recent dinner held by the organization. Delli­gatti
presented citations to both Goodman, who was the
honoree of the occasion, and to Bekoff, who is outgoing
president of the organization, in recognition of their
achievements. Judge Goodman hails for Bethpage; Bekoff is
a resident of Woodbury.