The-Leader_1971-02-25

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35th YEAR, No. 44 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1971 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
HEATS UP
Village Party campaign workers line up for official opening of their headquarters last Saturday.
Among them are Mayor Robert J. Sweeney and other Village Board members, including the Village
Party candidates for reelection. George Fairlierg and Tom Lovelidge.
Village Election Voting Information
Polling places have been
established for the Village
Election to be held on Tuesday,
March 16, 1971 Polls will be open
from 7 (K) AM to 9:00 PM,
Registration day, for voters
who have nol voted within the
past two years or are not
currently registered for any
other reason, will be Saturday,
February 27, 1971, from 12:00
noon to 9:00 PM. Registration
will be at the Village Hall only.
The election will be for two
positions on the Village Board of
Trustees, the five-man governing
lx)dy of the Village. The in­cumbent
trustee are George H.
Fairberg and Thomas J.
U)velidge.
The polling places for the
election day are as follows:
District No. 19 - Atkinson School -
W Seaman Ave. & Wallace St.
District No. 20 - Atkinson School -
W Seaman Ave. & Wallace St.
District No. 21 - Exempt Fire Hall
• N. Long Beach Ave. near
L l.R.R. Tracks
District No. 22 - Atkinson School -
W. Seaman Ave. & Wallace St.
District No. 23 - Atkinson School -
W. Seaman Ave. & Wallace ST.
District No. 24 - Municipal
Building 46 N. Ocean Ave.
District No. 25 - Municipal
Building 46 N. Ocean Ave.
District No. 26 - Freeport Hose
Co #5 Leonard Ave. & Star PL
District No. 27 - Columbus Ave.
School - Columbus Ave. & E.
Dean St.
District No 28 Hose Co. #2 15
Broadway
District No 29 (Columbus Ave
School-Columbus Ave & E Dean
St.
District No 30 Hose Co #4 W
Sunrise Hwy East of Power
Plant
District No. 31 Freeport
Memorial Library-N/ W cor S
and Merrick Road.
District No. 32 - Hook and (..adder
Co. #1 76 Church St.
Dislrict No. 33 - Bay view Ave
School - Bayview Ave. & Merrick
Rd.
District No 34 Freeport
Memorial Library-N/ W cor. S.
Ocean Ave. and Merrick Road.
District No. 35 - Bayview
Pharmacy (Drug Store ) - 3W
Atlantic Ave. comer of Bayview
District No. 36 - Bayview Hose
Co. KiS. Bayview Ave. & Atlantic
Ave.
District No. 37 - Archer St. School
- Archer St. & S. Long Beach Ave.
District No. 38 - Leo F. Giblyn
School-S. Ocean Ave. & Cedar Si-
District No. 39 - Leo F. Giblyn
School - S. Ocean Ave. & Cellar
St.
District No. 40 - Leo F. Giblyn
Scbmri - S. Ocean Ave. 4 Cediar
St.
District No. 41 - Freeport Hose
Co. fl - 22 Southside Ave.
District No. 60 - Bayview Hose
Co. «3 - S. Bayview & Atlantic
Aves.
District No. 61 - Freeport Hose
Co. 11-22 SouUiade Ave.
Hoy Drowns
Eight year old Chris Jones of 14
Gill Avenue, Freeport drowned in
the reservoir at Sunrise Highway
and Meadowbrook Parkway
Friday at noon despite rescue
trfforts of local police, firemen
and passersby.
Two of his brothers, Louis, 13
and William, 7, were rescued;
Louis by Peleris Miemis, 23. a
letter carrier who was delivering
mail nearby and was summoned
by playmates when the three
Smith boys fell through the thin
ice into the cold waters of the
reservoir. Miemis dropped his
mail sack and plunged into the
water to Louis who was thrashing
around crying "My brother's
under here! My brother's under
here!" The postman pulled the
boy back to shore as Freeport
Patrolman Alan Armsheimer
and John Honkanen arrived. The
men searched for Vtxt missing
twy but found only his floating
hat. His liody was located at 12:20
P.M. by the Freeport Rescue -
squad using a boat and grappling
hooks.
Louis and William were treated
at DoctiHrs Hospital and listed in
good condition. The two
policemen were treated for ex­posure.
Miemis reused medical
aid and r^taimed to his mail
route.
Ouistt^ftfier is survived by four
brothers, two sisters and his
mothers, filrs. Annie Smith.
Fairberg and Lovelidgc Campaign in Markets GitV
Candidates See Lower Taxes Schiff and Jackson En­dorsed
by New Group.
Village Party candidates for
Trustee (Jeorge Fairberg and
Tom Lxjvelidge spent the
weekend campaigning in the
shopping centers. Visiting local
supermarkets, the incumbent
trustees introduced themselves
to shoppers and passers by.
answered questions, and spoke
with Freeporf voters of the
Village Party platform and
issues in the coming election
Both Fairberg and I.oveIidge will
speak before the North West
Civic Association on March 1st
Predicting that taxes for next
year can be sharply reduced in
the Village of Freeport by the
elimination of every duplication
and overlapping of services,
along with coordination of Village
services, the (wo candidates of
the Good Government Party of
Freeport for Trustees in the
community's March Ifi election
today promised, if elecled, to
substitute Ix'tter and more ef
f i c i e n t a d m i n i s t r a t i ve
procedures
In a joint .statement issued by
Mark Hronich. a civil engineer,
and George Maislen. an attorney,
they declared that if the real
estate tax spiral continues to n.se.
"it won't Ix" long b<*fore no one
will be able to afford to own his
own home in Freeport
They noted that the tax rale,
under the present ad
ministration, has increased from
$2.20 to $5.ft4 "For the average
home assessed at $6,000," they
said, "means that the Village tax
has increased from $132 in 1962 to
$350.40 for the year beginning
March 1, 1971
"Since the tax rate has already
been established for the 1971 1972
taxable year and the budget has
already been adopted, it is ob­viously
impossible to reduce the
taxes for the coming year.
'However, by observing every
fTOiwmy |X)Hsible during (he
cours*' of (he year jind by
••liminaling every duplnatian
and overlapping of .services,
along with coordination of ser
virt^, il is very likely that taxes
for next year can be reduced "
The (."ilizens Itnited. a new
group active in achcxil and village
affairs, today announced that il
wa.s endorsing Nat .lackson and
Phil Schiff for the oflice of
Village Trustee r
Mr Jack.son and Mr Schiff.
who are running on Iwith the
Black Convention '71 and In
dependents for Freeport lines.
are the first candidates for public
office to be endorsed by the
Citizens United
Arnold Tauber. Chairman of
the Citizens United, .slated thai
the evaluation and endor.semeni
of candidates for public office
wah one of the main reason.s for
the founding of the group "We
r«H*l quite strongly Ihal our view.s
on village and school affairs can
IM'SI be concretized by our
Ix'commg directly involved in the
electoral prtxe.ss
"In Mr Jackson and Mr Schiff
we find men of intelligence and
capability who. in our judgment,
represent our best chance for
bringing significant, immediate
change to Village Government
We are particularly pleased with
their stand.s on stronger code
enforcement, the development of
some kind of overall plan to meet
our housing needs, and, of course,
with their insistence thai there
must be full cooperation between
the Village and School Boards."
Mr Tauber slated that we are
urging our members nol only to
vole for Jackson and Schiff on
March 16th but to become ac­tively
involved with their cam­paign
right now.
17 Year Old Arrested
f triking Guard
or SI Terry Schubert, 17, of Martlia
Street, Freeport was arrested
Tuesday morning at Freeport
High Scl}pol for string security
guard Raymond Wenger.
Schubert, who is a student at the
school, left the building to find
Wenger ticketing his car for a
parking violation. An ai^iunent
ensued and Schubert struck the
guard.
With the assistance of a
teacher's aide, the student was
taken to tte prindpal's offi(% and
Village Police were summoned.
Hie youth was taken to Nassau
County Police Headquarters for
arraignmcsit.
•••
A IS year old girl student at
Freeport High School was con­victed
Tusday in County Family
Court on 2nd degree assault
charges stemming from the
disorders at the high school in
May 1969.
She has been released in the
custody of her parents pending a
probationary report.
JBecause ol her age,her name
is vidthheld by the Leader.
Electric Uafe Homrtng
A tentative date has been set
fisr the hearing on the new
proposed electric rates of the,
Village. The hearing will be held
Monday, AprU 5th at 10:30 A.M.
in Freeport Village Hall. J.