Bethpage-Tribune_1972-11-30

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OLD BETHIfcGE
VOL. 7 NO. 3
also serving I S b \ N D T R E ES
PLAHMVIEW PUINEDGE SEAFORD
Thursday, November 30, 1972
Woman Engineer Finds
LILCO Is No Egypt
10 cents per copy
Shadia Ismail
According to Shadia
Ismail, a diminutive, dark-eyed
brunette who is the
latest addition to the Long
Island Lighting Com­p
a n y ' s E l e c t r i c al
Engineering staff, electric
power plants in Egypt are
every bit as modern as
their counterparts in this
country. But, she con­tinues,
in one respect the
Egyptian utilities are a
step ahead - they have
large humBers' of lady
engineers on their staffs.
Ms Ismai^ who was born
in Cairo in 1947 and lived
there until a year ago, says
she always took it for
granted that she would
have a career in a
profession, just as her
mother had (she's a high
school principal), just as
her younger sister will
(she's studying for a
degree in business ad­ministration),
and just as
most of her female
acquaintances are doing.
She explains that the
Egyptian Government
encourages women to have
careers by making college
available at low cost to all
comers and employing
graduates without regard
to sex. (In fact, working
for the government is often
mandatory for a period.)
An electrica1 engineering
graduate of the University
of Cairo, Ms Ismail «
became interested in
m a t h e m a t i c s and
technical subjects as a
teenager through her
father, an aeronautical
engineer. At the same time
she also became interested
in a young man - now a
civil engineer - whom she
married in 1971.
Shortly after the Ismails
married - and after both
had worked for the
Government - they moved
to the United States. They
involuntarily saw most of
Texas when Mr. Ismail
was drafted in the Army
and assigned to an U.S.
Army, base there. Now that
he is a U.S. citizen - and
Ms IsmalFwiirBecoIuelSfie
shortly - they have
decided to remain here
indefinitely and have
settled in Bethpage.
Ms Ismail, who is
fluent in Pnjglish, French
and Arab applied for a job
at LILCO last February.
The utility had an opening
for an experienced elec­trical
engineer and was
delighted to add another
woman to their
professional staff. Her
husband had to go farther
afield to continue his
career - he works for a
utility in Newark, New
Jersey.
Ms Ismail does not in­tend
to sit idle while she;
waits for her husband to
arrive home some two
hours after her. Instead,
-slJo.vpl^nsJApPMirsugjsome
of the sports she excels in
such as swimming - she
„ used to compete in 100
meter freestyle events -
tennis and table tennis.
Sports seem to be the only
.area where the couple's
interests diverge - he is a
former college champion
weight lifter and she
doesn't think she'll join
him in this activity.
AXING FOR THE CONTRACT: Nassau County
Executive Ralph G. Caso, right, and Suffolk County
Executive John V. N. Klein get together at Fairchild
industries Republic Division in Farmingdale for a
*wefH^«n4he^mpany*s entry m the Air^Foree's~AX~
aircraft competition. Fairchild is competing with a
California firm for the $1 billion contract which would
mean 4,500 new jobs on Long Island and thousands
more throughout the state. Both County Executives
jS^fSSiiconcerted eKort to help Fairchild
CONSUMER INFORMATION ON WHEELS: The
Nassau County Corisumermobile paid a visit to the
Plainedge Senior Citizen Housing project recently and
was the subject of a CBS;TV news feature. The Con­sumermobile
travels throughout Nassau County
distributing information on consumer laws and
protection. Mrs. Margaret Con way > a Consumer Af
fairs Investigator, is shown here telling a Plainedge
senior about her righto as a consumer.
VV^-. ,•'.:.:.,„,...".;
P-0B Board Promises Careful Help For Drug Users
The Board of Education of the
Plainview-Old Bethpage Central
School District No. 4 recognizes
its "responsibility to provide
assistance to students with drug
related problems....but it will not
"condone the illegal use of
drugs.'"
This was Jhe gist of a Drug
Abuse Policy recommended by
Acting,, Superintendent Louis F.
Ferrara and adopted by the
Board, at,, a meeting, Monday
eveniR$vnAtovember 20, at the
Jamaica Avenue School in
Plain view. The policy also
provides flexibility to the district
staff responsible for ad­ministering
an educational and
therapeutic program, on
notifying parents.
Parents of the students will be
involved in the process of
assisting the student within a
reasonable time, after he has
volunteered information about
himself. But in every case, this
will be prior to the prescription of
any therapeutic action by
agencwfft ^utside the school
district . .
In other actions, the board
...Approved formation of a
Redesign Citizens Advisory
Committee to develop objectives
for the District's Redesign
Project.
...Recommended that all items
and expenditures for a proposed
Bond Referendum for Building
and Security needs, be ready for
the Board's December 4 meeting.
...Set date of January 23, 1973,
- for special election of a Board
member to replace Dennis M.
Kennelly who resigned to take a
(Continued on Pan* 12)
THANKS, FOR A JOB WELL DONE - Stuart Levine,
Assemblyman Elect from the 10th A.D., presents Cliff
Daly with a Plaque at the last Republican Club
Meeting in Bethpage. Stu is showing his appreciation
for the work Cliff did in managing the campaign which
sent Stu to Albany.
Photo by Jerry Augusta
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