The-Leader_1973-05-31

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38th YEAR, No. 5 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, MAY.31, 1973 PRICE: TEN CEN.TS PER COPY
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MEMORIAL DAY DESTRUCTION. Freeporf t Mernorial Day Parade wat cancelled by rain and high
windf that caused heavy damage in many parti of the Villagel.Pictured li the car owned by Judy Jiminski
of 20 Weitiide Avenue whidi suffered heavy damage when a tree collapsed on it. Another car was
crushed at 21 Lexington Avenue. A live wire doswiPorterfleld Place to ttafflc after giant limbs icr^M
the roof at 28 Porterfield bringing it down. The garage and a car at 99 Shonnard were alip damaged.
(Photo by Alan GreenbergK / r : '
Accidents
Preeport was the scene oFits
usual variety of accidents last
week. .
On Saturday at 3:30 pm Car-moloDeJesus,
35, of 137 Grand
Avenue allegedly failed to obey a
stop sign on Brooklyn Avenue and
North Grove Street and hit a car
driven • by Leola Carter, 47, of
Roosevelt. CarmeloDeJesusJr
12, Nelson DeJesus, 25, Anibel
Mindia and Miss Carter air ^^^^ .^ ^.^^
required medical treatment. hudeet reflectin
At 6 am Sunday, Joseph Bosco, """B*^'^ . .
43, of East Meadow, driving a
Nassau County Police car, was
"stopped at a traffic light at Henry
Strecit and Merrick Eoad when
Nicholas Mauri'eHo, ?3, of Rock-ville
Centre-ran Into the rear of
Freeporters will vole June 12
on whether or not they are willing
Id pay an increase of 15 1/ 2( per
$100_per_ assessed valuation lo
support the 1973-74 budgets of the
Freeport School District and the
Freeport Memorial Library.
When entering the voting booth
they will also decide whether
incumbent S,.L, (Larry) Yanover
or Gloria Nevard will be a School
Board member for the heXjt three
years and whether or not the
School District shall be allowed to
increase the mileage in which it
will transport private and
parochial students from 10 to 15
mites. The transportation. cost'
will be $25.CMW with 90% .of the .
funds to be returned as State aid
the following school year. The .
latter will be a separate
proposition on the ballot.
The total proposed School
Budget, Is 114.105.859 with
$9,463,859 to be raised by taxation^
- an Increase of lOf per flOO
assessed valuation from. 1972-73-
11.473 last year r^compared to
•11.573 this year. .
The proposed budget, 95,15% of
which is mandated by state law,
lists salaries, at f7,^0,K», a
$75,500 jump from last year, and
"costs based on or connected
with salaries," at $2,081,«», an
increase of $285,800, as the
largest proportion of the total
package, 56.3% and 14.8%
respectively. Th^e figures are
subject to change after the voting
however as they reflect only
agreed - upon Increases with hon -
faculty employees. Faculty and
• Administration employees .are
;otiation with the
get retiecting the 1972-73
salaries of those groups. The tax
rate will be revised upon set­tlement'.
The proposed Freeport
Memorial Libra'ry budget is up
$44,533 from its 1972-73 level of
$^27,253 for a lolal of $471,786. or
an Incrensc of 5 l/2( p(jr$100
assessed vnluatlon. The
Library's. Board of Trustees
anticipates no cuts tnoutlay but u
$10,000 decrease in monies
coming in as fees and fines. As
with*-the School District, the
biggest hike is in salaries and
fringe benefits, up $54,533 from
1972-73's $452,253 for a total of
$506,7B6, "Books, Periodicals; •
Bindings" are up $3,000 fsolely
for books) for a total of $85,750;^
"Maintenance of the Library
_Ope.rating Expenses'' up fl,800
for a total of $30,750; "Eciulp-ment,
Repairs and :^ Supplies"
increased by $t;900 for a total of
$34,450 and •'Bookmobile"
remaining unchanged at $4,000.
iti^thc Annual JRepoirt of * tbe
On the "down side'' of the total
budget, which has been Increased
Ubrary, the Board points out that
every'effort was made to pare
down costs in order lo raise
employees sailaries. The report
stales; "We are also faced with
competitive factors as to per­sonnel,
in that library staff must
be recruited from the same civil
service * lists as are all other
personnel working for municipal
agencies. Our salaries are very
low! Staff is feeling the crunch of
the increased cost of living to an
alarming degree.:Even-withthe—
Increments provided for this
year, we'will not be anywhere
near the level of personnel in
these other agencies."
Registration for eligible voters
will be held today-tThursday,
• May 31) from 1 pm to 9 pm at all
_elementary .schools. Vpting will
take place Tuesday, June 12,
from I pm to 10 pm at the same
schoolsr—Proposition HI will be
the School Budget, m th% Library
Suiirlw^iiwrof ^ i t i ^ homei^ Wilding
watwiniiletelyiMi^
tfie B^npliyon Piiic wea; was flatod fof demolition to npke way
for uffian rehewtl. T»w Plf« MarrtiiH'i offIw It im(wt}«^<»f the
"luspldoii*" WW*. Uter that nlflht • home i t ©31 UHtan Avenue
suitiWed 1 1 5 , 0M vvorth of 4«in^i. The F r ^ Fin Oeptttroent
lli^ the cwii i i i»mbu^ In tfit ctltar. (PlKrto by Aiw
• • ' d f « t m i i t i i K ' ' v r-'•••••'*•'"
.... decrease nf $4.l,l00)7"Operatlon
Hls^car. Maurlello.<wh9^steted.he ahTMawIenance^of. Equipment
had fallen asleep,^ was charged ^ guppllesr"
with driving after his license had """^^ns • • nn
been revoked. Bosco, suffering
iromneck-and back injuries, was
taken to South^-Nassau—Gom-
.kunities Hospital, by -the
Freeport Fire Department,
-Ten- year-old Kevin Rachar^l,
of 17 Buffalo Avenue, ran out onto
Merrick Road at 1 pm on Sunday
and was hit by an auto driven by
Judith Robinson, 37, of Merrick.
The boy, suffering from internal
injuries, was taken to Doctors
Hospital by Freeport Fire
Department Emergency Co. #9.
-He has since been released. No
i^ charges were placed,
Peter Casses,' 38, of 100 South
Ocean Avenue, was riding his
Honda in Fireman's Field at 5:32
pm Sunday, slipped and fell
landing on his knee, breaking It.
He was taken to Doctors Hospital
by the FIrf Department. •
On Monday at 11:15 pm,
Elizabeth OrtegaV 30, 35 North
Long Beach Avenue, was taken to
Nassau County .Medical Center
for treatnieiif* of Injuries
sustained In a two car accident.
Miu Ortega wat riding wttti UM
been increased the School Budget, m thfc Library
by $75,500. are "Insurance" (a Budget and «3 the TrjnrfEOfMFon^
Budget.
ScHoot=Bwai«l=^Candidate8
(decrease_oL_Nighls scheduled thus far-are
$37,750), "BOCES" (down Monday, June, 4, Brlf^m..
$IO,070)-and "General Ad-^Freeport High, School Little
ministratioh-^sts (a drop of Thealre. and Tu^daj-J""«,!'_«
i^gcQ) pm, Bayvjfisv Avenue School,
Biggest GOP Installation fet
County • Chairman Joe
MargioUa, County Executive
Ralph Caso and Presiding
Supervisor Frank Purcell plus all
other candidates,, in the up­coming
November election
comprise the list of guests set to
attend the 6th Annual Freeport
Republican Club Installation
Dinner Dance on Saturday, June
Tremino, 44; of 133 Church Street
and was proceeding westboimd to
the center lane of Sunrise High­way
when they were In colllsioh
with a car driven by Julius
, Hau8ch/88. of Boosevelt who was
attemiirting to raakfe a left hand
turn from (he east bound lane to
Plaza West.
9 at the Malibu in Lido.
General Chairman Fred
Scalmandre Ibis week announced
that no ticket order would be
accepted after May 29 whether
accompanied by a check or not
and that positively no tickets
;would be sold at the door-
Executive Leader Julie Mintz
along with the Pref Went Elect ex­pressed
•gratitude: to all the
committee members who have
obviously made this affair the
biggest in recent years. Cocktails
will be served at 6:30 with dinner
to follow at 7:30. h\m thari 30"
mlnute program wlir be
highlighted by mwarib to Mintz,
Past President Fred Hager,
Incoming President Frank Smith,
Marglotta,^ Purcell and their
wives. '• '""••• ^i'.' ^"^v;"..
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