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FREiPORT BALDWIN
37th-YEAR, No.,38 FREEPORT^JSJEW YORK, JANUARY 11, 1973
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Apparently iHe general public,
fcivic organizalions and polJUcal
groups of FreeporjLiflund little
fault with the proposed tf7W4
Village budget of $8,514,883
passed unanimously by the Board
of Trustees at: the end ol a public
poinleii ijul thattliiS proWem WOH
lhctrinift|oxit,vi.rihHbiid»^i!i which
utMUiillWrcqiilrCT tHcWperlise of
an.atrcQuntanl, - • ' • • •
One complication would be
cleared up In next ycar,'» budget,
Sweeney jnid*. speaking for IHe - .\
hearing^lield Monday night. • Board of which he will no longer
Although called an hour earlier f>e a member a« of March; When,
than the usual 9 pmhearinis, Ira Schildkraut.a resident and
IJcesiimahlyrinrantlcipation-rof^ti-T^^cultyinember of Freeporl High
heavy turnout in this, an election School, questioned why every
year, attendance was Bp&rse with
the noticeable , absence of '4he
usual proponents who have fallh-futly
turned out on Monday nights
when lesser items were on the
figure under the heading .bf
. •' [)cpariment's, Itequest" waa
Identical to that listed under the
final '•Treasurer's Request".
iJweeney replied that it_was a bit
agenda. The meeting ended short Of budget "language" that would
HONORING "MR. NtVV YEAR'S.";A iammed-p«cked audience was on hand when the Frteport Repub­lican
Club led other Freeporters in honoring their fellow/esidenl Guy Lombardo (see story below). At
left. Mayor Robert iSweeney greets the honored guest as Freeport Republican Club VP Audrey Hend-rickson
and Republic Leader Julie'Mfntz join in the applause. At right, ClubPresidentFred Hager (left)
joinsthe^roup In presenting citation to Lom|w^^ ^'^^^^ , - J \^
Freeport Honors^k "Great Guy ff : ' - •. . -A
of an hour with less audience
participation than was prompted
during the recent hearltig'on the
new animal ordinance.
• .Questions raisedjrom the floor •
alniosl invariably ardse from a
misunderstanding of some point *
in the voltflnlnous. biidgct
material available in the meet|ng
rodin, Jif (iqJ^Be^^^^^^^
• Sy-««>rn,-•speaiilrig for himself
and the AUflntIc Muih Civic
.Association, stated he believed
the--public should be allowed
more lime to study the material
and suggested a 3ti-day delay in
ajiproyal. Mayor IJobcrt Sweeney
fioinled out that the .Village wa.s
bound by law. to a January opt
provaf while stating the material..
had been available at the Village -
Hall and in the Freeport
Memorial Library-since the-previous
Tuesday, and a "lack of
time for review'' had been the
complaint even when in previous
V^a rs. the material had bcen_
available in fcarly December,. Ho
be changed henceforth since In
actuality the "Department's
Hequesl" was not what It secmwl*
to imply but rather was the .
amount arrived at • after
discussions on the original figure
submllled by the department.
In dlscustlonuUhe large ex­penditures
slated lor Ih© Police
neparliTrenv : and - the new.
f KecreatJon Center, Sweemy mid .
';(hc Board ftas Med to me thefr
ties! judgment. T1»c money will
fljlow U.S. Ip increase the Police
force to lio men .but even then we*
may fall, short.of the need.^And-this
will be our first cKpitripnce
wnirTfie^Rccreupon .Center but
we are hoping for a 'pay arf you,,
go' facility," • -r- -.:
TI>4^May«},r also pointed out that
Ihe ifkpt'ctcd ipri.WW in redcral: ~
revenue monies, would hoi() in .
fahing . Ihe" burderj on .Village
laxpoycr.'j but the fight must .still
Ix'. wugedlo equaliite. Villagvs to •
Cities within Ihe .State' revenue
sharing formula..^-:;:
One .of the first orders of
-biisinessrin-Kreeport-for-the^iewr^
year .wfs the honoring -of the
Village's most famious resldentj
"Mr. New Year's Eve," Guy
Lombardo... ^ . -
Oyer adOwpersons, including
Henipstead Town Presiding
Supervisor Francis Purcell and
nation's attention on the Village's
waterfrontpand-hir-highly-siic^
cessful musical productions at
Jones BeacffMarine Theatre had-atU^
acted many' millions of
.visitors to the South Shore. Itw^as
also noted tha| Lombardo has.
been ah invaluable aid to many
charity^ groups thFough_lthe-
Freieport Mayor Robert Sweeney, .-benefit performances of the.
attended the J33Uy Lombardo' Royal Canadians.:
Nite" sponsored by the Freeport-—-It was obvious that Lombardo,
R|p.bljcan Club at ''The
D u ^ r i o f the American Legion!
' last .Thursday.' -T^-^--'^--; ;-:-.-, : :;•
fhe woWdrreknown leader of
thfe-RoyafCanadians has been a ^
resident of" South Grove Street''
since 1934 and was for. many
years the proprietor of the East
Point House located kt the end of
Grove until it was destroyed- by
•fire in:i970. • :
'Both Supervisor Purcell and
Mayor Sweeney < presented
citations ta jLonibardo i^n
recognition; of his efforts on
behalf of llie community. They
polrited out J h a i his nautical.
achievemehts whicb-won him the
title;bfW6rld Champion Gold Cup.
Speedboat Pibt' tocused the
the receiver of many acedlados
"IfiFoughout. his career, enjoyed
the tribute of, his hometownr
-Enjoyed it ^0 much heinissed his
scheduled flight to .Florida;'- As'
Guy^ left the Dugout,; 300
Freeporters sinjultanedusly
.brQke4nlO''lhe>8lrains of..MAulii^
_Lang-%nei* and a-vcr-ygracious,
famous Preeporter waited for the
very last note before taking\his
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Lentm:Testifytat BfiSg0 Himnng
Fourth District. Congressman
Norman F. Lent, along with a
host, of -envirflnmentalists,
property owners, sportsmen,
labor leaders, businessmen apl ^
legislators, will offer testiraony
when the Metropolitan Tran­sportation
Authority 'conducts
"corridor hearings" on the'
proposed Oyster Bay-Eye Bridge
next Mondayin Broc&ville,
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At the hearinjgsj scjieduledjh-two
sessions belinnin^ at 10:00:
A.M/and again nt,7:00^P;M* iiJ
the main auditbriuni at C. WrPost
mn
,)f'.'--.v.',
affr^atpiace
todobasmi
amm/m/!i
College, Lent will reiterate his
opposition to the bridge proposal,
with emphasis on the span's
environmental, economic and
recreational drawbacks, par­ticularly
as they would relate to
. its construcUon as only one part •
of; a huge circumferential high­way
complex, with potenttally-
• disasterous effects on Long..
'Island's south as well as north
^ongKssnianJL«nt has urged
J South Siiore a i well as North •
Shore residents iofW». District,
which runs from East Rockaway
to jVfiittonfown and portions of
Sydsset, to attend either or both
of lh& scheduled sessions toCyoice
<.their opposition, Pro-bridge,
"forces have indicated they plan to'
"pack" the Post auditoriuni for
.Hiie sessions, and an early arrival-is
recommended. •::'•:
SWEARING IN - State Senator Norman J. Levy, at Wt/1» sworn in
by L t Governor Wilson in ceremonies held at the State Capitol on
the opening day of the 1973 Lji^iilature. Senator Levy vylH represent
Ithe people of-tK'e 8th Senate District comprised of part of Nassau
County. ' 1
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