The-Leader_1979-02-29

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MASSAU CTY HISTORICAL UllSEUU
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FRIEEPORT
BAiDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK m LEADER FREEPORT'S
OFFICini
NEWSPAPER
43rd YEAR. No. 44 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MARCH 1.1979 PRICE 20* PER COPY
Seven Vie For Two Trustee Seats
Atlantic Avenue Village Regisfraflon To Be
Reroning oked HeW Safurdav. March 3
OPENING? NO.-CLOSING! "nw-day-betore- tt» Teportwi opening.
the new yarn and craita store at 62 Frseport Mall was empile<tti<l by
Sufrolk Cbunty Police.-Ttie^thoritlas allege that the store's owner,
Julian Leotaud, stocked his new enterprise with $35,000 worth of mer-
—chandise and-fixtures-taken from his employer Leeward; Creative
1 _'Center in~Easl Nortjigjn. inegooas were rem<!ve^at}aveT~from-tne—dlvtdlng-l5l«Jil7~The~'worit," the
store Friday morning. — . , (A LEADER photo) state authorities say. will be
"New" Stoi^ HaTEaflyXlMfng"^'''^"''"""'^^^
FREEPORT - The Village
Board voted Monday night,
February' 26. to rezone a parcel
of^Iand on the south side of At •
Tanirc"'Avehuerijfiween "^ffcScTl ••
and South Main Streets, to allow
for its development as a small
shopping center. The developers
had petitioned the board for a
second time the week before for
a zoning change from Residence
"A" to Busings "A."
Neighborhood residents hi|d
attended previous public hearings
expressing concern over an in­crease
in traffic in the area,
which they claimed was already
dangerous for children. Ma)'or
Wtlliam VVhite noted.that he had
received a letter from the'de-
-vel0{ict!c .Attorney,'. Gerald
' Halpem. outlining bis investi­gation
of proposals by TOPICS to
widen and reconstruct the inter-
- section and construct a trafTic*
FREEPORT - Seven village residents have now-declared for. or
filed petitions for, two scats on the Frecport Village Board of Trustees,
While national parties do not have to file petitions for their candidates.
nnonffnatM^aycpff\innfSiftfiot5faf=iv?<fe|^ individiiaU
must, according to the State Election Law.
Appearing first on the ballot
FREEPORT - One day before its planned opening, a new store on the
Frecport Mall was dosed — by Suffolk County.Police. The crafts and
yam store, at.62 Freeport MaJl, was the scene of much activity Fri­day.
February'23. as police officers and detectiveds loaded merchan­dise
and store fixtures into trucks. The front of the store was roped off
with signs proclaiming it a "crime'
scene- ... ..
According to Det. Lt. Richard
Dormer of Suffolk's Second
Squiad. the store was to have been'
opened by Julian Leotaud. a
39-year old Baldwin resident.
Leotaud had been employed by
Leewards Creative Crafts Center
in East Northport for five years
until the day before when a
Leewards representative said
"^he had quit.
According to Suffolk County
police. Leotand apparently
S35.000 worth of goods allegedly
taken from Leewards.
.Dormer.; calling Frteporl's
police assistance "excellent/*
told THE LEADER that local
police o^tcers and detectives had
given his department "a .^ tre­mendous
assist.'--' Frecport police
had put a guard around the store,
while Suffolk procured the ncces'
sary search warrant. Leotaud
was apprehended and taken into
in the summer of 19S0.
With Trustee AI Sirlin making
the motion to grant the rezoning.
and Trustee Jordan seconding it.
the board voted 3-1 in its favor.
Trustee Tom Lovelidge was ab­sent
from the meeting and
Trustee Dorothy Storm voted
"no," because she felt she could
not be certain about the construe-
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custody at the store by Freeport
T , _^. . ... - ^ • _L "Dsiecuve kiciiard Muldowney on
:=; tnoeoekd yleapmo, instti-t-cIhteermy sk-i^ts f raonmd o —th 'e"rS =^.Jn^,^„J^JJ,-^^_y- ^^^^: ,oH)r.iing .to
employee, over a long period of
time, thus- escaping detection.
But last .week. -poKce' soorces
d^m,. Leotaud allegediy .took
.some S3.000 f worth' Tof metal
shelves from Leewards, apparent­ly
to get lus own enteiptise lieady
for opening day.'^ _"._
' Sofibik detectives and Freeport.
! raided the unopened store-
Lebtaud has been duurged with -
one account of ~sec6cui«degree
grand larceny, and drimina) poi-sesslon
of stolen property first
degree. The second charge,
police sources tay, is a "D"
fck»y and conviction could mean
up. to seven years, in prison^
leotaud- pleaded .guilty in Saf<
-folk's First District (ior^ was
^iaor^g'iad'i'oatid' wfaat'^~Rleased iir ins-own .costody and
'was toter^ettimated toibe about, b tdreton April ID for a beuing;
Local Eirrti t o E k p d t i d ' ;':
Tucholsiu Announces
- f b r Third Asst. Chief
: FREEPORT .. A veteraiJ of
more than IS years in volunteer
fire departments has announce.d
his candidacy for Third Assistant
Chief of the Free^rt Fire Depart­ment,
Ex-Captam Leon "ixe".
"TuchoIskLOf IJjyvJew Hose Cdro-pany
No. 3, will be seeking elec­tion'in
the department's anauai.
voting on April 5. - - —
Tucholski. who has-lived, in
the village for nine yeari. served
by virtue of their party's total
statewide vote in the last gu­bernatorial
election, will -he the
candidates of the Frecport Demo­cratic
Part>', incumbent Trustee
Wayne Jordan seeking his second
term, and Albert "Jerry"
Gerstman,
-*Thc Republican Party candi­dates,
second on the ballot, will
be Timothy Pctemana and Jim
aark. ,
Petitions >vere .'.filed by the
Freeport Independent Party for
.Ellen Extract and Roger Marks.
They had 687 signatures on their
petitions.
- The seventh candidate.-Doug­las
Moran^; submitted 2&5 signa­tures.
One hundred valid names
are needed to attain a place on
the ballot.
The Democratic and Repub­lican
candidates will each have a
second line on the ballot in the
March 20 election. The Village
Party, whose candidates are Clark
and Pctemana. filed petitions
with 797 names; while the Free-port
Party, whose standard
bearers will be Gerstman and
Jordan, had 247 names omheir
petitions.
Reglatratlon Saturday
Presently, thcre-are-approxi-mately
19.000 registered voters
in the village. Registration day
is Saturday. March 3. noon to
9 pm. at VUiage Hall, 46 North
Ocean Avenue. Residents tnust
te-register if the)^ have either
moved, even within the village.
or if they have not voted in a
general election for two years,
Schixil district votes arc not con­sidered
general election!.. To
register, residents must have re­sided
in the village tor 30 flays
prior to Elccthsn Day. New voters
should bring proof of residenc)'.
Dems Sue Over
Abaentee Ballots
On February 23, Jordan Wed
a lawsuit against .Village Oerk
Thomas OeVlnccitro,'• alleging—
DeViiicenzo -^'subverted ^.^J^
Election Law by refusing to honor
absentee ballot applications not
personally delivcreo to the appli­cant-
by the Village Clerk's
office."
In an Order signed by Justice
Andrew J. DiPaola, which is
scheduled to have been heard
Wednesday. February "28 (after
this week's issue of THE LEA­DER
has gone to press), De-
Vincenro is required to show
cause why he should not give
application forms to Jordan cam­paign
workers who slated they
wanted to mail them to ajjproxl-mately
400 out-of-town college
students.
DeVincenzo showed a letter he
had received from Donald J.
McCartfiyTJr.. of the State Board
of Elections, which governs
village elections. Dated Febru­ary
13. 1979. the letter states'
t. hat application for absentee-ballot
for village elections shall'
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Ited Denis yffirFFii5!;i«IIpfr
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NEW YORK CITY - A
"poit nrnj, -^Sconr Be^onlcl
.Corp.. win receiye S59.17D' from'i
the New York Jcb Devtiopmexit
Aotfanrity (IDA) to help finance
"^H/.i^W Industrial rdocation
asdezp^ion-prcject :. ,•
Ittsoom win utiQze tbe JDA
loan to relocate firom rented quar­ters
on the second floor of a two-story
.buik&ng on West Sunrise
Highway to a 6,160 sq. ft. boild-
. iflg Wi rf I3,650«i. ft plot at 27-
Free- 29 Haase'Aveane in tbe Free
purt IndusUialftrfcrllielafld
bnik&ng win be acipired bjr KJ>^
Industries.-a rea% ;catpantk»
havina tfie sain^QinietsIm^ ais
Insoooxi-lt win raiova•t e;ii'n s f f
then rent it to the company.
- Incorporated in 1969; inscom.,
inSBufiKtores special electronic
devices.'' indnding controls,
measuring instruments and other
^ectranic equipment. In addidoD.
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fonvLaeifTuctKriafcl
'u'Ca^itiitt of Sayvicntrliose Cfaa-pany
Nd; 3 is J976i77. P r n ^ -
ly. he b as^^t'c&ef InstiitC'
tor jfor the department.' ••':: ^
Baytjew^^ Hose. Coatfutf bis
-nruniriwnsly ^jfod6nfSi._its ex-.
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FREEPORT -• A big 59-53"
victory ~ against * neidiboring
Baldwin has launched Freeport
Uigh.Sdiool's Red Devil basket-,
ball team.on the toad to another
Class--AAA • Nassau.:^ CbiintyJ;
Cham{rienship. Tbe .4 pin contest
>t_&sgpprt'a gym-on Toesday,
f ebmary 7i. extended tbe team's
rreoord to'154) In leagoe conpe-dtion
this season.
; ; ft was* tight first peiiodras'
the Devils ezcbanged poiat'fot-poiiit
with Baldwin, gai^g only
rt-i&U lead- However, they toofc-contRJii-
in- fbe t6a>od period,
ootscoring Bal^briff. 174 for a^
cotntorfaMe -- 32-22 .' balftlme
' Baldwin came out for the
^leeoad Balf playing the Devib
closer, as Freeport could only
gain an 11-8 tirMauge for the^
third quarter. Tbe last period
saw Baldwin swamp-iheDevfls.'
as they-pttt-23 -points oa* tbe
scoreboard to-Freepdrt's 16.;- -
"•High scorer of the game was
Freeport'^ P«e Arias, with 23-
poinu. Baldwin's top scorer ,
was Dicfcsoo with.. 13 pdnu.
Freepcyt's Dave__ Hood «dded
. 14 pioints.^wHle Leroy Whack
pnlled; down : 12-rebounds and
: Arias another II. •
•- The fate «r the game probably,
was. settled by-tfe ootstanding
defeasireiPliy ofil>arryl.Hoper^
He ha4 the'Ineiwiable assign­ment
.of cbntaifiiiig Baldwia's
leading jcorrr. That' be bdd -
Lewis to jnst two points forthe
entire first half was oneipected.
"and a viul factor in Freeport's
mie^ed DeviH win {rfay their
next game.N in tbe-Chaaipionship
playofik. on Satsrday.-March 3.
at I JO pm at Freeport High
School's' gymnasitun. Their op­ponent
-will-be SVosset High
School..-