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Vol. 7 No. 7
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Thursday, December 28, 1972
Farewell Harry
Horary VS.
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GOP ACTS IN
Harry S. Truman was
buried today in the
hometown he loved so
well. Independence^
Missouri a folksy little
town in the midwest bears
the name that so call
describes this salty human
being who was proud of
being an American.iJHfiL
was our 33rd, President
and he came to the White
House without fanfare,
great wealth or famous
family ties. He was truly
ordinary people like you
and I.
But here is where his
great strength was. He had
no pretense — he was
independent — he was
honest --- he was "grass
foots. He was a patriot!
Harry Truman is one of
the great heros of our
country. We need to be
reminded of his kind of
integrity and honesty that
was his daily rule in life.
He will be missed — but
he will be remembered.
God grant he rest in Pease.
Florence Mi CuUem
Publisher
Park For Nassau
Nassau County Executive
Ralph G. Caso today announced
plans for an equestrian center on
the 423-acre Muttontown Park
and Preserve, the county's
second lirgest pjurk area.
Caso said the more than five
miles of riding paths that exist on
the property make it an ideal
location for equestrian activities
for the young and old.
"Horseback riding is a sport
that is growing in popularity,
although the practitioners are
finding it harder and harder to
locate suitable riding areaB," he
stated.
Caso said the' county i8
retaining Frederick S. Pincus, 36,
of Old Westbury to plan the
development of the equestrian
center. Pincus, an experienced
rider, trainer and exhibitor of
show and competitive horses, has
ridden for Neil Shapiro of the U.
S. Equestrian Team. In his full-time
post, Pincus also will plan
the equestrian programs at the
center, as well as at other county
facilities.
The Muttontown Park and
Preserve- is- -a—eombination. ..of_
woodland and open fields, most of
which the county acquired in
1968-69 from the estate of Lan-sdell
Christie, former com­missioner
of the L. I. State Park
Commission. The Christie estate
is adjacent to 99 acres south of
North Hempstead Turnpike being
given to the county by Mrs.
Alexander McKay as a nature
preserve.
"A complete program review
and research of recreational
needs by the Department of
Recreation and Parks and its
museum division, which ad-ministors
the county's preserve
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Fearful that the
prolonged strike of the
Long Island Railroad
could have a devastating
effect on the future of the
Long Island Railroad and
mass transportation in
general, the influential 13-
man Nassau Republican
State Legislative
delegation today an­nounced
their support of
binding arbitration to
settle the 22-day old Long
Island Railroad strike.
The Republican
legislators said that they
were throwing the weight
of the delegation behind
binding arbitration
because they believed that
the positions of both both
sides in the dispute have
become too hardened to be
settled without binding
arbitration. .
"We are greatly
disturbed by the lack of
progress in the
negotiations now going on
between the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
and the 12 nonoperating
unions," said State
Senator John D. Caem-merer,
spokesman for the
delegation.
In addition to Senator
C a e m m e r e r , the
Republican Legislators
supporting this position
are, Sen. Ralph J. Marino,
Sen. John R. Dunne, Sen.
Norman J. Levy,
Assemblyman-elect Stuart
R. Levine, Assemblyman
Philip B. Healey,
Assemblyman-elect
George A. Murphy,
Assemblyman Milton
Jonas, Assemblyman
Joseph M. Reilly,
Assemblyman John E.
Kingston, Assemblyman
Joseph M. Margiotta,
Assemblyman-elect Ar-mand
P. D'Amato, and
Assemblyman George J.
Farrell.
Caemmerer, who is
Chairman of the Joint
Legislative Committee on
Transportation, said:
"The Nassau Republican
Legislative delegation
over the past years has
RR STRIKE
CALLS FOR BINDING ARBITRATION: Fearful that
the prolonged Long Island Railroad strike could have a
devastating effect on the future of the railroad and
niass transportation in general, the 13-mao Nassau
Republican State Legislative delegation has called for
binding arbitration to settle the dispute. Announcing
the delegation's decision are, left to right. State Sen
John O. Caemmerer (R-East Willis ton), Assemblyman
Joseph M. Margiotta (R-Uniondale) and 'Assembly
Majority Leader John E. Kingston (R. Westbury).
worked too hard to obtain
funding Lorthe Lonj*
Island Railroad from the
State Legislature to see all
of our legislative efforts go
down the drain because of
this strike."
. .ifWe are demanding a
quick settlement that will
be fair to the MTA, the
nonoperating unions and
the commuters. My
colleagues and I cannot
helped improve equipment
and service on the Long
Island Railroad and the
railroad is now beginning
to turn the corner in
providing quality tran­sportation
services," he
said. _;
"The State's coffers are
not bottomless and many
upstate legislators are
opposed to spending State
money to continually bail
s U ^ J ^ a n j L ^
dveosltlmaresn t of itnh e Statteh'es Railroad. Also, the fare
rehabilitation of this
commuter service
jeopardized," said the
lawmaker.
"Under the Tran­sportation
Bond Issue of
1967, millions of dollars of
State funds were ap­propriated
to allow the
State-to. take-overihe^
operation of the Long
Island Railroad and to
rebuild it into the finest
railroad in the country,
further, the 1972
legislature approved the
diversion of more money
for the use of commuter
railroads resulting from
the increased tolls on
bridges and tunnels.
"The infusion of this
money plus past increases
in commuter fares has
structure has gone as far
as it can go in support of
costs of running the
railroad," said Caem­merer.
"Historically, service
interruptions of this type
leads only to a decline in
passenger use and we
must not let this happen or
it-could -he. the endjrf the
line for the LongTsIand
Railroad.
"The future of com­muter
transportation
service in the metropolitan
area is hanging in the
balance. We now demand
that the unions along with
the MTA accept binding
arbitration and go back to
work as soon as possible.
This solution we believe
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