The-Leader_1971-04-08

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The LEADER "NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
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35th YEAR, No. 50 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1971 PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY
Welfare Residency
Law Imminent
Local Arrests Result In
'270G Drug Haul
A large haul of pure, top grade marijuana known as "AcapuIcoGold"
played the starring role In a local melodrama early Tuesday morning
at a Freeport motel. Federal Narcotics agents and Special investi­gators
as well as Freeporl and Nassau County Police arrested 2 Calif-ornia
men when they attempted
fo sell 123 Kilos of "top grade
stuff" brought cross country in
the trunk of a rented
A spokesman for District At­torney
Cahn's office said that
informalion and preliminary
investigation had alerted them to
the fad that Miliege (Howard)
.Jones, age 29. an engineer and
graduate of Indiana School of
Technology, and George I^ewis.
2r\. unemployed and a graduate of
Orange Coa-sl College had rented
a car in San Pedro. California,
and were on their way lO Long
Island to sell almost 25lbs. of
innrjjuana. worth $27().6(M) when
proce.ssed for sale. A third
confederale. 2<i year old Peter
(Iray of Las Vegas. Nevada, flew
If) .New York and regi.slered a( the
Kreeport M(ttor inn and Hoa(<*l at
Main and SertHid Sireets,
Frcepirl wliere he was contacted
bs an iindcn'over man who
arranged for a "buy"
.loiH's and Lewis slopped at
Cincinalli luid Newark on (heir
way KasI and then proceeded to
Hie (latf'way Motel in Merrick
where !hey wailed to hear from
{ira\ and hi.s "buyer
When I be undercover man
showed (iray $17.(KK) m ca.sh. he
was given 7 Kilos for inspection.
I he fleal wa.s mad<», and (rray
called .lones and Lewis t(s bring
the rest of the "stuff" to the
Kreeport Motel
A strange twist of fate that
could have ruined the entire,
well-planned operation prompted
a motel resident, curious about
the coming and going activity, to
call County and Village Police
who arrived just as Jones and
I^wis pulled into the parking lot
of the motel. This move
necessitated the Federal agents
and District Attorney's men, who
had the area under close sur
veiJlance, to (*ome forward and
make the arrests of the three
men
116 Kilos of marijuana were
found in Iha trunk of the rented
Ford Jones and Lewis were
arrested and charged with
possession and sale of dangerous
drugs. Gray was charged with
sale of dangerous drugs. All three
men have records of previous
arrests and were to be arraigned
before Judge Benoit Gray had
$35.00 cash in his possession
when arrested, and Jones and
I./ewis gave their addressee as
Huntington Beach, California.
Police say that this is the largest
haul ever made in Nassau County
of pure, unadulterated, first class
marijuana which is made from
only the blossoms and leaves of
choice Mexican plants
Three wer© nadbed in parking field of Freeport Motor Inn.
Main Street Improvements
i'ounly K.xeculive Ralph (J
Caso has approved plans for the
improvement of South Majn
Street in Freeport from Atlantic
Avenue to the Cow Meadow
County Preserve The project
calls for construction of a new 44
foot wide asphalt pavement al an
elevation that wi3! prevent tidal
flooding on all but the most ex
Ireme occasions, installation of
new drainage facilities and
continuous sidewalks.
Under an agreement with the
county, all necessary right-of-way
easements and waivers have
been negotiated by the Village of
Freeport Construction will be
paid for by the county, including
extensive restoration work on
abutting driveways, walks and
lawns South Main Street became
a county road m I96fl
P'stimaled cost of the project is
$«in.O(K) Approval by the County
Board of Supervisors is required
before advertising for bids
PSC Schedules
Electric Rate
Hearing for
May 7th
The Public Service Com­mission
announced that Its public
hearing to consider the proposal
of the Village of Freeport to
revise rales to customers of its
municipal electric system will
begin at 10:30 AM. Friday, May 7
al the Freeport Municipal
Building instead of on April 5 as
originally planned. Examiner
Fdward L Block will preside
The Village provides electric
energy to about 13,700 customers
within its corporate limits. The
rale change it had proposed
would have resulted in an in­crease
of about $12,800 annually
to residential customers and
reductions of $24,600 a year to
those taking service for com­mercial
establishments and
industrial power, with a further
$6,900 annual cut in charges to the
Village departments.
The proposed new tariff would
also make various other changes
in rules relating to deposits,
delinquent accounts, billing
periods, charges for service
restoration and other matters.
A bill, introduced in the state legislature by Senator
Richard Schermerhorn of Orange and Rockland Counties
would impose a requirement of one year continuous resi­dence
within the state pending application for public
assistance. Informed scjurces close to the Nassau County
Republican Legislative Delegation indicated that enact­ment
of this type of bw was part of an agreement by
the Governor and State Republican Legisbtors who
assured passage of the budget.
In the past, there have been two similar laws enacted
by the legi^ture and signed into law by the Governor.
Both were declared unconstitutional in the Suinreme Court
because there was no provision in those laws to deal witb
emergency situations. The new bill includes provisions
to cover such emergencies, and approval by Rockefeller
is expected.
State Senator Norman Levy is studying the residency
bill from the constitutionality standpoint, to see if simi­lar
legislation can be drafted to impose a county residence
as a pre-requisite, to halt the influx of welfare recipients
to Nassau County.
In round figures, welfare costs are funded by 4H%
federal. 26% State and 26% County monies. Stricter
county requisites, says Levy, would keep the cost of
overflow from the City fl-om becoming a charge to Nassau
County. State welfare for the current year, including
Medicaid will amount to 4 billion dollars, funded as
mentioned above. /
As the Leader went to press, the State Legisbture
was also moving in the direction of enacting legisbtion
to require able bodied male and female welfare recipients
to perform public services thai would not repbce presently
existing public employees such as sanitation or park
workers. These work programs would be set up on a
county and state level.
In the Spiing a young man's fancy'
and don't forgM trout fiiiiin^ili
April Itt saw Freeport reservoir getting hi sliara of fuharami
looking for the elusive brown, brook or rainbow. Latest leporti
have been encourayi^ and we taw S tikut taken Sunday moniing
and even one good sized out of season bass wrtilch was pranmly
returned.