The-Leader_1973-08-02

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
JSthYEAI^No. 14 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, AUGUST 2, 197.V. PRICE. I Of PER COPY
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Streefs^ln Village
U nijiy he, jusi MAY IK-, ihat one day not loo far uwuy, tin. Vil!iijJ!«'".s
central lHi.sine.s.s district and tnuritit'tireus will he reached hy^two-lane,
one-way si reels..This i.s ju.sl one proposal under eorwideriitlori hy
the New York .Slate I'Jeparlnu'otof Triins|Mirtnli«n and its ecin.Mulllng
firm., Storch Enf'ineers. Traffic
THE WEAKER SEX? Mrs. Thelma Sullivan of Freepdrt is presented with a Civilian Award by First Dep­uty
Commissioner James Ketcham of the Nassau County Police Department. Mrs. Sullivan, who is mar>
ried to preeport Police Patrolrpan Brian SulHvan, was cited for rescilihgUoii Romeo of Bedell Street ffom
a boat fire off WoodcWt Canal on June.4. Unable to swirh becaMse of a spinal operation, the ISQpound
TRwiBO was pulled by the 104'pound housewife into the boat she, a novrce boater, had drawn close to
tho burning craft;-. ' ;.,;.\^ ,, ••,.••''—, i-"-^.-.^ . '•
pfems Greet Candidates
The^outh Shore Yacht Club was a filling location for the Preeporl
Democratic Club's Annual Dinner last Thursday night. The guests and
dignitaries were treated to a bright, still sunny canal view frojji the
Club's windows, and to an equally
bright view of their Parly's
political future. The theme of all
the speeches' was the
same..optimism!'....the cry of
the minority parties throughout
Jimfija5_eleciiojis_dcaioi_eac.-
Unusual-
Accidents
The Democratic candidate for
'County .Executive, William J.
Deeley, Jr. of Merrick, who years
ago started his professional life in
Freeport. expressed .all the
speakers' vicwsas he said thatr
"...Now America is finally get-tine
back on the tfackrT.: The
introduced. The main speaker of
the evening was former Nassau
County Congressman Allard
Lowenslein^
A high spot of the evening was
the presentation of two special
awards. Belle Sylvester received
the Presidential flowers for all
the time she had given the
organization, and Phil Murray
was presented with the Freeport
Dentocralic—Club's—1973—JFK
Memorial Award as-"a man who
has always come to our aid when
l i i i a r J K e Bririgs us w a n d he
brings us music."
Lent on The Air
greatness of this country Is that
we finally turn arpilnd before it is
too late ... Politics Is the business
"of"therpeople, and the. people, have
hot been paying- attention arid
now:theyi nfiiist-V..^We.must'make-^----^'-:'"'-"'---'---'—-—•--:;--^7-^2: "I''"::'!' -u-,,-
a change, we shall maike a_ Congressman Norman F. Lent
"cKangeT^e! will win IpNovem- will bea featured guest of WCBST
'be^.•^^_,v;,_d:•|'-.-£:•v^; .,:^:-> TV's'"Public,Heiirlng"^program^
Joining Deeley at the Dais were^thls Sunday :(August Sth) from
othercandidates: Samenga,. runnin gH onfo. rA lfCreodu nFty. 12:30 to 1:()0' P.Mr Joining him
Court; Wiiliam LaM^rca, for
County Comptroller, Horace Z.
Kramer, for Chairman, Board of
Assessors and Marilyn R.
Friedenberg, for Family Court.
Democratic candidates for Town
of Hempstead offices were also
will be Representative Ogden
' Reld of Westchester;
This will be the first weekend of
the Congressional recess,
'scheduled to b ^ i n this Friday
evening, and4^p!cs to be covered
will include the accomplishments
of the 93rd Congress thus far.
The "unusual" among, the
"usual" Freeport aulb accidents
last week included aman injured
after falling or jumping in front
of a car. an.accused intoxicated
teenager who' tore up lawns with
bis vehicle and.a-Woman who was
struck down while exiting from
her car.
Robert Wardlow, 29, of 3
Bennington Plafce, was taken lo
Doctors Hospitalby; the Freepbrl-
Fire Department last Sunday
afternoon after coming ipto
collision with the car driven by
William Matthews of RoCkville
Centre who was driving, in the
extreme-Jeft-lhand lane west-,.
bound. Witnesses repdrled; to
Freeport PoHce that |Vardlow
wasstandine-on the center ntjall
when he either fell orjumped crnto^
-the-left-sideof the^auto-striking-his
head on the front windshield.
He received internal iriiuries.
Matthews.' passenger^ Rosemarie
Matthews, received a laceration
on her left thigh in the incident.
On Wednesday afternoon, July
2S; 17-year-old John Piria of 91
Martha/ Street, drove onto the
front lawns of 14 and 18 Hansome
Place and came to r ^ t on. the
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flow in Freeport is currently
being studied under a .state and
federally funded TOPICS
(Traffic Operations I'rograni lo
Increase Capacity and Safety >'.
Representatives from the .stale
and theStorch firm attended last
thunsduy's Chamber 'of ConV
merce luncheon lo acquainl'local
businessmen with several
proposals under considcraiion,
The Freeport Village B<mrd of
Trustees previously had a similar
briefing.
The study of the Village .is part
of an iwerall $:W},(MW project also,
involving sections of Kockvillc
Centre, Baldwin and Merrick. No
final proposal will Ijc ready
before the end of this year, with
implementation taking perhaps
another two years.
Under'one plan, South Main
Street would be northbound from
Smith Street lo Brookfyri Avenue
and Church Street • snuthb<iund
within the^ame-portianrTo^asc""
traffic to the waterfront. Grove
Street would he made northbound
-from Atlantic Avenue to
Brooklyn Avenue and South
Ocean Avenue southbound for the
same distance. Freeport Plazji
West (."a terrible .spot" ac­cording
to the invcstigalorsi
would be one way easlbound from
Grove to Main Street. Another '
"terrible spot," Little Fine Street
which approaches Sunri.sc High­way
with only a flashing red light
as contrd), would be closed off to
traffic. Left hand turns would IK;
• forbidden a I several intersections
on Sunrise Highway and Merrick
Road (a recent study injhe„aiiea
shows that left-hand and U-Iurns
cause morecaraccidents than any
Jilher traffic movemcnl in Ihc
Villagfrr*"*""^' ____; '
The fraiisporlalioii experts
jKiinled out that their reeenl
survey (if traffic patterns in the
downtown shopping cenler.scems
lo substantiate the loss^ of
euslomcrs Iherc; as shirppers
heeome disenchanted by the
Irafftc.Kriarls. On a .scale from A
to K, with A being the optiiim.
they rated delay time on Merrick
Itoad as 1) and Sunrise Highway
worse.
Kegardihg^ parking for shop­pers,
the engineers slated Ihey
might recommend east side curb
parking only, if Main Street were
changed 10 one-way. "Main .
Street is only :Kl feel wide.
Parking on both sides creates a
hazard. But any Main Street
parking that is removed will IM!
replaced hy other parking slot6 in
the area," Also, under «me plan
the "loop" bus. which travels
front the,.^railroad station lo
southwest Fceepitrt, would he
rcmuivfi lo bring it closer tit tin;
shopping dLstrlcl,
The. majority of merclianLs In
the audience did nol .scciii—to^
ohjcfl lo the rihe-way .street
.system. What . Ihey_ did- voice
f>bjeclion to was the present
kilualion on Sunri.se Highway,
Plxamples of the "mess" there
included Ihe traffic Jighl at
Church Street which I urns green
just in time lo haye; the signal at
South Main Street turn red
causing a backup on both Sunri.sc
and Main .Street, and the problem
of polling off Mpadowbrnok
Parkway onto the wcsltwund
lawesnyf^Slhffise^HighM^^CiThe-
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THE LEADER has always urged Its renders to
'sto|r-lir~Tr'eeport. - A~tinaneiallyTi^lthy. vTlnlV
viable Freeport is your concern, and an e(;;on-omically
sound Freeport iB your: invblveffientTlffl"
year * round we extoH the many vi rtues of Free-pm:;
tJtow, for Dollar Bavings'-Days you have the
opportunity to sl^ow your friendly neighl>orhood'
shopkeepers tKtt^ you support him ... and save
yourself money at the same time. If you've been
shopping elsewhere, August 2nd, 3rd and 4th is
a good time to get acquainted with the merchants,
the "quality merchandise and the convenience of
shopping in Freeport. Give it -a try! We're con­vinced
"you'll like it,"
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