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Vol. 5 No* 51
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Old Bethpage
Thursday, October 28, 1971 10c par copy
Caso Asks That Drug Treatment
Be Made Federal Priority
CONCERNED CITIZENS: Oyster Bay Town Coun­cilman
Sal Mosca, left, meets with Plainedge residents
Bob Gander, center, and Tony Filippone at foot of
Whalley Avenue. Residents are concerned that alleged
construction of a supermarket on property visible in
background will result in the opening of the dead end
s t r e e t for additional access to the parking lot and
c r e a t e hazardous traffic conditions. Mosca h a s asked
the Town Hglrway D e p a r t m e n t to conduct a s u r v e y and
prepare a report on the situation.
Nassau County Executive
Ralph G. Caso last week called on
the federal government to make
drug prevention and treatment a
national priority ranking with
cancer research, environmental
protection and defense spending.
"The federal government has
jurisdiction over interstate crime
. and drug addiction-is the biggest
interstate crime we' have
today," Caso stated. "The
federal government has to come
to the forefront in this battle
because state and local govern­ments
cannot handle it alone."
The county executive said
members of his Veterans Service
Task Force will go to
Washington, D.C., Tuesday to
confer with federal drug agency
officials on funding local drag
programs. •
"I believe me have a strong
case to present to the federal
drug agency both for financial
aid, particularly in developing
ways to treat Vietnam veterans,
and for changes in the law to
enable the county to serve them
more extensively than is now
possible," Caso said.
He pointed out that there is no
federal facility in Nassau to treat
drug-dependent veterans.
"We are willing to undertake
the task of rehabilitating our
returning veterans, but we need
funds," Caso declared.
Clyde R. Collins, executive
director of the Nassau Drug
Abuse and Addiction Com­mission,
Edward Cabot, coor-
TOB Recycling Program Includes Part of Bethpage
Town Supervisor John W.
Burke announced yesterday that
the Town is planning to expand
its recycling efforts to include a
pilot newspaper collection
program in ten collection districts
serving 7,000 homes within the
unincorporated areas of the
Town.
Burke said that he hoped this
program would not only aid in the
preservation of natural
resources, but would also extend
the life span of the existing
landfill operation and decrease
the quantity of refuse requiring
burning at the Town's two in­cinerators.
The Town has already
established three collection
centers for the recycling of glass
and aluminum cans.
"We are shooting for full
cooperation from our residents
Burke siad. "If we get it, we
anticipate that monies collected
from the sale of the recycled
newspapers and the savings
incurred in the treatment and
disposal by incineration and
landfilling would cover the
operational costs for the
newspaper collection program."
The Supervisor said the Town
hoped to get is program un­derway
in late November
utilizing existing sanitation
district service routes in the
participating communities. He
emphasized that only those
residents individually notified by
the Town and asked to par­ticipate
in the program should
place their newspapers at curb-side
on the collection days
scheduled for their respective
areas.
The pilot programs include
1.418 homes in Old Bethpage,
1.419 in Bethpage, 1,352 in
Syosset, 1,304 in West Amityville-
Massapequa and 1,326 in •
Hicksville-Levittown.
Gerard Trotta, Commissioner
of Public Works, said the
newspapers will be picked up by
a special collection team for the
Division of Sanitation. Only
newspapers will be accepted;
magazines, telephone books and
other paper products will be
excluded in the pilot program.
Gala Reception Set For Tobay Democrats
Bob Gutheil, Democratic
candidate for Supervisor of
Oyster Bay, and his team of
candidates for Town office, will
have a gala breakfast reception
for Oyster Bay and Glen Cove
committeemen on Sunday, Oc­tober
31, at 10 a.m. at the Plaza
Restaurant in Hicksville,
Newbridge and Old Country
Roads.
All Oyster Bay and Glen Cove
Democratic candidates will be
there, as well as the Democratic
candidates for State, County and
Judicial offices.
Guest speakers will include
Congressman Lester Wolff,
assembly 'Minority leader
Stanley Stiengot, former County
Executive Eugene Nickerson,
Glen Cove Mayor Andy Di Paola
and Levittown Assemblyman
Stanley Harwood.
Halloween.... Trick or Tragedy?
Halloween is a time for fun
and games for some, but for
others it has been a tragedy.
The warning came today from
the Nassau County Medical
Center's Poison Control Unit
which has issued the following
list of Halloween suggestions
lor parents and children.
As Dr. Howard C. Mofenson,
director, points out:
(1). Until boys and girls are
at least four years of age, they
are not able to chew well
enough to deal with foods like
nuts and popcorn. There is
danger in their inhaling such
things.
(2). Treats collected by
children must be carefully
examined. In recent years,
harmful pills, laxatives, moth '
balls, poison, razor blades and
stivers of glass have been
found in the goodies.
(3). Hand-held flashlights
and reflective tape sewn onto
the children's costumes will
increase their visibility while
children are making
Halloween rounds after dark.
<4). All young children
should be supervised by
adults, and children of all ages
should be taught not to enter
strangers' homes.
(5). The costumes should be
lire-resistant and the children
should not carry any candles
or other open flames.
If a poisoning occurs - phone
your doctor - if he is not
available call the Poison
Control Center - 542 - 2323.
dinator of the Nassau Office of
Federal and State Aid, and Dr.
Leon R. Lezer, director of
community medicine at South
Nassau Communities Hospital,
Oceanside, will be going to
Washington. They are members
of a task force Caso established
last August to deal with the
problem of helping returning
veterans in need of drug treat­ment
and rehabilitation.
Collins noted that more young
men and women - many of them
veterans - are coming to the drug
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Art Contest Highlights
Plainedge Arts Festival
" Continuing what has now
become a community tradition,
the Plainedge library will hold its
third Festival of the Arts Week
from November 15 to November
20. Highlight of the week will be
the annual juried art contest and
exhibit open to all residents of
Plainedge, sixteen years of age
and over.
Robert Cariola, a graduate of
Pratt Institute and the recipient
of two Tiffany Grants, and
Rudolph Schaefer, an alumnus of
Germany's Academy of Fine
Arts, will be this year's judges.
Both judges have had exhibits
at well-known galleries and
Cariola's work can be found in
the collection of Mrs. Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis. Schaefer is
also a professor of art at Adelphi
university.
Entries will be accepted on
Friday, Nov. 5, between 12 Noon
and 2 p.m. and on Saturday Nov.
6, from Noon to 4 p.m. at the
library. Winners and entries
selected for display will be
exhibited throughout the week of
Nov. 15. -
Application blanks and rules
are available now at the library.
Programs to be presented
during the week are as follows:
Monday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m. - An
evening of folk singing with Pat &
Jean Willis.
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 4 p.m. -
Story Hour special with Carolyn
Butler.
Wednesday, November 17, 8:30
p.m. - Film version of "Romeo
and Juliet" starring Margot
Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.
Thursday, November 18, 8:00
p.m. - Plainedge High School
Stage Band
Friday, November 19,8:30 p.m..
"Major Barbara" starring Tex
Harrison
Free tickets are available for
all programs at the library.
OUTSTANDING CITIZEN AWARD, presented by the -
Island T r e e s Taxpayer's Association, went this year to
TRIBUNE publisher Mrs. Florence Cullem.
Congratulating her at the recent awards presentation
at Levittown Hall are (1. to r.) Anthony Lancellotti,
Anthony Imbarrato, Councilman for the Town of
Hempstead, and Gordon Webb, president of the
Association. Photo by Ray Shelton