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35th YEAR, No. 27 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22. 1970 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Lent for Congress
Senator Norman F. Lent
The Leader Endorses Senator Lent for Congress. See
Editorial Page Four.
State Senator Norman F. Lent,
Republican candidate for Con­gress,
has characterized his op­ponent's
major campaign thrust,
"lOOO Republicans and Independ­ents
for Lowenstein**, as a de­ceptive
tactic, perpetrated tt>
create the impression that there
Is a mass swing of Republicans
to Democratic Representative
Allard K, Lowenstein's side.
The East Rockaway challenger
said that since the list was first
publish^ many Lent supporters
who objected to their names being
on the list complained to mem­bers
of Lent's campaign staff.
leased on these complaints,
Lent's staff conducted a spot
check of names which revealed
that as many as 25f<. were mis­represented.
"The fact is,"said Lent, "That
on the list are many registered
Democrats, many not registered
to vote nor old enough to vote,
and a portion who are supporting
me in this election. "Manyothers
did not know about the use of
their names, nor would they con­sent
to it if ask^.
*1 do not believe that a can­didate
for public office should be
permitted to take license with
voters' rights of privacy,nor use
them falsely for the purpose of
manipulating p u b l i c opinion,"
said Lent.
Lent observed that while Mr.
Lowenstein has "claimed for
himself the martyrdom of a cam­paign
directed against him, he
has not been ba^fiil about viUigy-ing
me with a series of names.
insinuations and untruths.
"Mr. Lowenstein has made a
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STOLEN BIKE RING BROKEN
Police check stolen bikes
Acting on a " t i p " police retrieved bike from Milbum canal.
Freeport police have broken
a stolen bike ring that has oper­ated
in the Village for many
months. Detective Bob Gordon
told the "Leader" that two ju­venile
arrests will be m&ii^ m the
near fubire and investigation is
still going on.
At this writing about 26 bikes
have been recovered having a
value of $2000. The ring, which
operated in the Skiurth Freeport
area, specialized in stealing ex­pensive
bikes and altering and
repainting most of them. Police
records show that 280 bikes have
been reported stolen in Freeport
since die beginning of the year,
it is hoped that some of the re­covered
bikes will be returned to
their rightful owners t h r o u^
serial numbers and other iden­tification.
Police Chief Elar pointed
out how important it is for
youngsters to take advantage
of the Freeport PoUce De­partment's
program for reg­istering
bicycles.
Hemps^ad Town Tax Receiver Alfonse D'Amato congratulates M
Blank (l>, president of Futuronics. In center is Carlos A. Villamil,
regional director of SBA {Small Business Administration), »rho
presented the contract. Futuronics is one of 29 firms who have
located in the town's Industrial Park, Freeport, with the help of. the
town's Local Industrial Development Corp, and was the lowest ol
seven bidders, including Magnavox and Admiral.
IBM Contract A warded
to Freeport Plant
A f r e e p o r i communications
firm that moved into the Indust­rial
Park 9 months ago has been
awarded an 18 million dollar
fovernmeni contract lo supply
.300 radio-receiver irans-mitters
for the U.S. Artny Llec-trcMilcs
Command. The contract
will eventually bring 1,000 new
jobs, some for muioriiy group
workers,lo Long Island.
Futuronics Inc., recipients of
the award, will sponsor a 50
percent minority managed and
owned plaiu called Syncor In­dustries
whidi will employ 200 to
300 workers, mostly from Tilnor-ity
groups. Futuronics will divest
lis^f of Syncor after 5 years,
at which time the latter firm
will become entirely owned and
operated by minority group per­sons.
Mr, I'hilip fHishkiii,directoroi
marketing for i uturonics, said
the firm will beef up its present
70 man staff by about 200 work­ers
and farm out about 70^ of
the contract to otlier small bus­iness
firms on Long Island.
Roy Cacciaiore, consultant to
the Town of Hempstead on com­mercial
industrial development,
said yesterday that when he en­couraged
the firm to move Irom
Port Washington last May to its
I- reeport location, he anticfpated
tJie awarding of the cootraci.
"I reepon is a central hub lor
over 250,000 people in Nassau,
and I expect most of those hired
will come from the 6 or 7 com­munities
surrounding Fre^xiri,"
Cacclatore said.
James Buckley, Conservative and Independent Alliance candidate
for US. Senate, is picttired above with, I. to r. Chsries Buddley,
State Senator Norman Lent and Michael Kemp. President of the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce.
The occasion was Buckley's appearance at the C of C luncheon
Thunday at the Sea Breeze Restaurant. More than 200 peopjiii,
many of ihero Republicans. Jammed Otto Kuntz' iandmark lestaurant
and acooided the candidate an enthusiastic reception which was only
part of his tumultuous 3 day visit to Long Island. Later that day
nearly 1000 people cheered wildly as Buckley appeared at a Con­servative
Dinner at the Huntington Town House.