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FREEPORT BALDWIN MERRICK ROOSEVELT
37th YEAR, No^48 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, MARCH 29, 1973 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
THE Wil^iyERS. Above, Mayor Robert Sweeney, at right, looks a bit
reflective as the Village Party's winning team of <L-R) Ralph Franco,
Judge Edwin Freedman, William White and Berkeley Swezey receive
ovation from some 15(i supporters who jammed the Party's head-quarterf
on the jilght of the Village Elections. Below, the retiring
Mayor seems to have caught the happy mood of his ^Arife, Martha, at
his side, as they idin the candidates'wives, (U-RlVirgirila Swezey,
Lorraine Franco and Miidred White, (Photos by OscarJ
Fr^eporter Charged With
Brian C. Pdpko, 32, of 87 Front
Street, a former assistant'
president of Hofstra University.
was indicted on~twoclfiarges of
second-degree grand laMony-
Mondayand rdeased^on-li.OOO
* bail after—appearing -before
Nassau Countj' Court Judge ^ h e complex. In order-to work out
Annual Organisation
Meeting
The annual organization
' meeting of the Frefiport Village,
Board will be held-on-mon(jiay,—
lAp^il 2, beginning at 8 p.m.
This is the meeting when ap­pointments
are made to Village
Departments, Boards,. Com—
missidns,_and Committeejs, to fill
"expiring terms _ and open
positions.. . . .
^1^ Although Village Board
"meetings generally being at 9
p.m. this organi7.alion.meeting is
•held at 8 p.m. in accordance with
Uie State- law. It is not a
discussion meeting, nor a public
• hearingf"
. Pot Suppliers Seized
Following several months of
rinvestigation by "the District
Attorney's office and County
narcotics agents, authorities
Ijelleve they have two men who
have been major suppliers of
.^marijuana In .the Freeport-
: Baldwiri area.
Mark"Fauser, 25, of' 315
Southside Avenue, and Michael
V Callahan, 21, .of 24l9 Parkview
L Place, Baldwin, were arrested at
,5 pm Monday aftei* police armed
with a isearch warrant obtained
through Nassau County Court,
found seven pounds, 9.75 ounces-hidden
In the attic of'Callahan
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Faliser, reported to be a
mailman, and Callahan, a stock
clerk, were arraigned Tuesday in
Mineola District Court^ on nar­cotics
charges; -
Couple Nabbed With
mt" Antiques
Harold and Elizabeth
Schrieber of 350 Pennsylvania
Avenue were arrested last
Friday night at their home after
Nassau. County Police arnred
with search warrants found some
$15,000 worth of antiques there
whicl^ were reportedly stolen
from homes in Westchester and
Manhattan. An additional $2,000
Worth of stolM merchandise was ;
estate manlliat-the deaUwduliT. found irt the Schriebers' shop,
not go through unless he reteivedT-Merrlck Galleries litd., 826
$20,000 in a lump sum, tax free, as . Merrick Road, Baldwin:
a - commission, and payments ^ Detectives were led to the
totalling $20,000 from Seiden- Schriebers when a ^tase-^itolen
wurm's-lgO.flOO annual f^e'Hof- from a Hartsdale—home in
slra-would pay him*to manage^. February; turned-i^up -in—a
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Bernard Tomson. Popko, who.
had voluntarily" surrendered to
the Nassau District Attoi^iey's
office, pleaded Innocent to
charges of extorting |40,000 from
a real estate broker, Frank
Seidenwurm of 451 Fulton
Avenue, Hempstead.
In his Hofstra position Popko
was assigned in 1971 to the task of
buying an apartrpent complex to
be iised as. living quarters for
students and faculty and as a
training center for the Internal,
Revenue Service. Copntry
Estates, a 360-apartrnent com­plex
in Hempstead, was selected
with Popko negotiating with
Seidenwurm lor a sal6 price of
.$g.5 mUUon. It was, sold to the
University last June but it is now
charged that Popko told MK» real
these payments Popko had the
real estate man hire a University
student part-tim^ for $330, after
taxes, a week'^of which the girl
kept 430, turning the balance
back to Seidenwurm for Popko,
or herself sending it to a home
improvement firm owned by
Popko,' ':
District Attorney Cahn's office
became aware of the alleged
scheme when, the girl, having
received a $400 Income tax refund
froni her salary, refused.to turiiv
the check ovei' to Popko, and
went to the authorities. Neither
the girl, who is not identified, nor
Seidenwurm are charged In. the
case as they ar« considered
victims. '
, Po|dro, who is ntarried and has
Manhattan, art gallery which was
traced back to the Freeport
couple.
The Schriebers were convicted
on charges of possession of stolen
property in 1070, They were
arraigned Jn/jphe new case Jin
Mineola Di'stVict Court and
released on $500 bail each pen­ding
furtiier hearing.
one child, ri^ignM his $22,000
Hofstra pest last October when
an :^udit^ of :hlB ;o{fice was matlN.
|He joined theiiniveraity in ^
ajssistani dean of studjentii rising
to assistant to the presid«it in
1969. and finally to assistant
'presidait.---. y • -•;;-":^.V
Thecharges carry a maximum
of 14 year iinprisonment.
Vote April 26 On
Dodd Phase II
Freeport voters will go to the
polls again. On Thursday, April
26, residents will be asked lo
approve Phase II of the John W.
Dodd Jupior.High School
Building Program. TheFreeport
Boafd of Educationlurianimously
voted to support the plan at, a
public meeting March 21, Under
the proposal, a new classroom
wing will be-biiiit for-the cost of
$4,834,000. It is estimated that to
renovate the present building
would cost $3,707,820 but the State
would pay onlji'^24% of-lhe costs
while It will pay some 35% for the
completely new wing. The Board
a|so pointed out that the new
- buildiiig.'will cost Village tax­payers
34.8< per $100 assessed,
valuation while reconstruction
would cost 35.2t." .,
If-apprdved. the new wing
would be built west of the
structure now bing constructed
under Phase I of the program
. .which, when completed . in
1
February, 1974, will coninln a
gymnasium, cafeteria, library and
music rooms. The Phase II i
building would be completed in
rebrary,.l97fi, ahtf, in addition to .
59 classrooms, would houiJc the
seho.oTs admJnislrallon,.
glildance department and health '
facilities! Sfimo'l,300seventh and
eiglllh grade students are ser­viced
by, the Dodd_.ScJ|ool.
F*hase II will be the sufjjfecl of
an-open hearing, Wednesday,
April 11, at 0:15 pnr at the
Atkinson School. Ilegistration for
the vote will be on April 12 from I
pm to 9 pm at all elementary
-schools, If you have voted in a
School election since July, 1070, it
Is not necessary to register.
Eligible voters are those that
have resided within the District
for at least 30 days, are 18 years
old or older, and citiiens of the
United States. _
The polls will be open April 26
from 1 pm to 9 pm.
BrotHeriiood Award to Dr. Notey
Anton Notey, M.D. of Freeport
wjll be honored by jthe National
Coiiferencc of Christians and
Jews, Nassau-Suffolk region, at
"thl"'~"d1'pi'niS^a'llin'iS""~annui'
Brotherhood- Award Dinner
Dance, May 9f at the Holiday Inn,
Hempstead. Dr. Notey, Security
National •Bank Board Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
Patrick J. Clifford, and Suffolk
County Executive John V,N.
Klein, ha_ve been proclaimed
"Men of BrbUierhood .1973."
. Dr. Notey is a native of
Hungary who after obtaining his
medicar^ degrees at the
University df Bologna in'Italy
arid the Ecolc de Medicine in
Paris, France, emigrated lo the
United States In 1932. He served
for four years in the U,s;^ Army
and after his discharge with the
rank of caplaih moved to Nassau
County where he bei^ame known
as a •'builder of hospitals." Jn
,1953, he organized and developed
Doctors _^ Hospital In. Freeport,
Shortly.'thereafter, upon the
request of the TownBoard of
?SttVlll^6WC'RejAmg'inItFumFn
in the buildmg of Smithtown
General ', Hospital and
simultaneously Central General
Hofjpital In Plainvicw. Both
\opencd in 1961. In 1959, he^
•^ organized and supervised the.
construction of South Shore
Nursing Home for long-term care
patients which operates In
^conjunction with Doctors
Hospital. In the same manner, he
biiilt nursing homes for
Smithtown and Plainvlcw. He is
theJoundcr and vice-president.of
both the Accredited Private
Hospital Association of Nassaii-
Suffolk and the Federation of
American Hospitals'; and hews
founder and president Wine New
York State Association of Private
Hospitals. :—
SAFi DRIViRS. Drivsii of tofNfica|>fMd.i[^iMrm em tilt
Tomfof'Jay Dee But Corp. of 43 Devw^ota Avsnue^ RooiiwdtrpoM
•fuir: fraduatins froRi a 20 hour iSafety{Wy«r Propw tnttltutwl
through the State idu(»tlon l^eiMftrnetrt^th J IM alil of ti»s N«i«u
Ciwiity IMiceand the 1 ^ ^ iuraaii^>T9mfoi^ J M ^ Dirac^
tor, FndBrede,dIrwt«] the CIMS. (LEADER Photo)
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