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Vol. 4. No. 51 Thursday, October 15, 1970 10c par copy
Photos-in-the-News Students Organize
Drug Education Day
Tuesday, October 6, was
Drug Education Day at
Bethpage High School.
According to a school
spokesman, it was
probably the largest event
of its kind on Long Island.
Credited for setting up
the program were students
Vinny Benevente, Mike
Ciminera, Sharon Gelfand,
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A TRIBUTE: The Bethpage Republican Club paid it's
highest honor this month in awarding it's coveted
"Outstanding Citizen" plaque to Bertha Kunzig at the
Holiday Manor. Pictured above are Assemblyman
Martin Ginsberg, who made the presentation, Beth­page
Republican Leader, Cliff Daley, Bertha Kunzig
and Dexter Reed.
and faculty advisor Gene
Murphy, have been
planning and working
toward this day since
June, when they decided to
do something about the
Drug problem.
They did their home
work well and learned all
they could about drug
abuse by visiting drug
rehabilitation centers and
i n t e r v i e w i n g and
recruiting session leaders,
and speakers.
This group scheduled
twenty-eight speakers who
were specialists in one or
more areas, of the drug
problem. Their sessions
dealt with narcotics,
amphetamines, bar­biturates,
marijuana,
heroin, and alcohol. ^
These speakers were-1
doctors; scientists, ex-addicts,
alcoholics,
Narcotics Commission
officials, police officers
and prominent educators.
Their affiliations read
like "Who's Who" in the
.light against drug abuse.
Some of, thein, represented
such #<ell known drug
rehabilitation centers as-
Horizon House, Odyssey
House, Day Top House,
Samaritan Half -Way
Society, and the Morris
Bernstein Center.
Others were from the
Elmont Narcotics Council,
Nassau County Drug
Abuse and Addiction
Commission, Nassau
"County Medical Center,
The Narcotics Bureau,
Long Island Council for
Alcoholism and the New
York Mental Health and
Retardation Association.
'These are dedicated
people who contributed
their time and traveled at
their own expense", noted
a school spokesman.
On the morning of the
6th, high school students
reported to their home
rooms as usual. The day
was divided into four
periods. Each student was
free to go to attend the
session he wanted.
Each speaker appeared
three times during the day
and was available the last
period forjj "wrap up"
sessions. ' .«,
In the "wrap up" session
the student could return to
the room of a particularly
interesting speaker to ask
a question, get some new
answers or discuss
anything that was per­tinent
to the day's ac­tivities.
The committee plans on
a follow-up session some
time in the future. Just
when will depend on the
feed-back they get from
their fellow students.
Their plans are not
definite, but the follow-up
will reportedly be after
school or in the evening.
GETTING AROUND - Mayor-Supervisor Andy
DiPaola, Democratic candidate for County Executive,
and assertedly a strong advocate of consumer
protection, talks "market basket issues" with the
voters as he tours shopping centers. DiPaola finds
inflation, high cost of living, and unemployment chief
areas of concern. At DiPaola's request, Nassau County
has set up Employment Task Force to find jobs for
newly unemployed and provide one-stop job referral,
counseling and interviewing. •%,
Marino Sees
Nixon Plan
As Local
Money-Saver
"Adoption of the Nixon Federal
Revenue Sharing Plan will result
in a substantial cut in local
property taxes," State Senator
Ralph J Marino (R-East Nor­wich)
claimed this week.
Marino further contended that
•the "Democratic controlled"
Congress is crushing the
proposal.
In the first analysis of the
impact of the Federal Revenue
Sharing Plan which would return
IS billion a year to the state and
localities, the Senator revealed
that the Town of Oyster Bay
would be able to chop its taxes by
$0.99 per thousand assessed
evaluation and in addition
Nassau County would be able to
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State Senator Edward J. Speno (R-East Meadow)
(left) receives a special safety award of the Exchange
Club of Levittown. Doing the presenting is club
President Elmer B. King at the North Village Green
Bowling Lanes. James McGann, district manager of
the New York Telephone Company looks on.