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VOL. 7 NO. 17 En t e r e d a s S e c o n d -Cl a s s Ma t t e r , U C E ^ S
P o s t O f f i c e , Lynbrook, N.Y. THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1968
Assemblyman Joseph M. tAargiotta of Uniondale, left, has been
named to succeed State Senator Edward J. Speno of East
Meacbw, right, as Chairman of the Nassau County Republican
Committee. Margiotta's election is expected at a meeting of
the 2,000-man Copimittee on Jan. 4 in Garden City.
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Succeed Speno
Assemblyman Joseph M, Mar-giotta
of U n i o n d a l e , r a t ed
throughout the state as a "master
political technician", will suc-ceed
State Sen. Edward J , Speno
as Chairman ofthe Nassau County
Republican Party,
Margiotta, who has been chair-man
of the powerful Hempstead
Town GOP organization and a
close associate of Speno, re-ceived
the unanimous endorse-ment
of the party's 100-man Ex-ecutive
Committee at a meet-ing
Dec. 27, 1967, at Republi-can
headquarters in Garden City,
Margiotta, 40, was unopposed
for the county's top GOP post.
His name was p l a c e d in nom-ination
by State Sen. John D.
Caemmerer, Chairman of the
North Hempstead Town Repub-lican
Committee and won quick
support from all three town units.
The full 2,000-man County GOP
Committee is expected to ratify
the succession at a m e e t i ng
Thursday (1-4-68) at 8:30 PJkl,
in the Garden City Hotel,
Unlike his i m m e d i a t e p r e d -
ecessors as county leader, Mar-giotta
has been open and candid
regarding his intention to make
the chairman's'job a "career"
In accepting the unqualified siq)-
port of the Executive Committee,
he declared:
"I consider it a high honor
and a r a r e opportunity for serv-ice
to my Party, The Nassau
Republican organization is one of
the largest and most powerful
political units in the nation, and
I intend to do everything I can
to keep it this way."
Close associates and political
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Volunteers
Needed
South Nassau C o m m u n i t i es
Hospital is in need of volunteers
to help out any of several eve-nings
a week.
According to Mrs. Madeline
Read, Director of V o l u n t e er
Services, "TTie services per-formed
by the volunteers are so
integral a part of hospital op-erations
that their shortage is
f e l t . " Specifically, adult volun-teers
are needed for Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday evenings
from 6:30 to 9 pm for work
in the Coffee Shop and other
areas.
Anyone interested in helping
out at the hospital as a volun-teer
at any of these times is
urged to call Mrs. Marie Clark,
Supervisor of Evening Volun-teers.
She may be reached at
764-2600 extension 218 after 6
pm any weekday.
Car Thief
At 7:20 P.M. Tuesday Decem-ber
26, Ptl. James Coan of the
Lynbrook Police Department
while assigned to traffic duty at
Merrick Road and Atlantic Ave-nue
observed a 1962 Corvalr
Sedan being operated northboimd
on Broadway a one-way south-bound
street. Ptl Coan's
suspicions regarding the vehicle
were aroused when he observed
the youthful appearance of the
operator. He attempted to stop
the vehicle at Merrick Road and
Broadway when the operator
made a "U" turn on Broadway
and proceeded south. Ptl. Coan
commandeered a vehicle being
operated by Walter Mysuk of
Park Place, Lynbrook and
apprehended the vehicle and
operator at Sunrise Highway and
Broadway.
Upon questioning the operator,
identified as James Pierce age
16 years of 1840 Stevens Ave-nue,
No. Merrick. He admitted
to having stolen the vehicle from
a parking field in Merrick. The
youtii was arrested for un-authorized
use of a motor vehicle.
The vehicle was later released
to the owner who until notified
by the Police Department had not
known his vehicle had been stolen.
Adult School Opens
The school of Continuing Edu-cation
for Adults is pleased to
announce the opening of its Spring
Program at East Rockaway High
School starting January 15-16-
17, 1968. All adults are invited
and reminded that education is
a never ending process. For
this reason we encourage all
adults to take advantage of this
great opportunity to advance and
enlighten themselves as well as
filling their l e i s u r e h o u r s.
Courses will be offered that have
proven to be of interest in the
past, along with many new cours-es
offered in cooperation with
N.Y.U. and the s u r r o u n d i ng
school districts. Consult your
adult booklets for a full listing
of the courses offered. If you
have not received a booklet call
599-7589.
Graduated
Lynbrcok Plants Trees
As part of Mayor Becker's "Beautification of Lynbrook" pro-gram,
the Village of Lynbrook planted 150 Douglas Fir Trees,
down the Mall of Sunrise Highway. The Village was able to make
a special purchase at a reasonable price because of off season
planting. We might lose a few trees but it will be well worth it
to make our Village beautiful. The State claimed they were un-able
to do it but Lynbrook did.
Increase Rates
Miss Louise Mahoney, daugh-ter
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J.
Mahoney, 12 Croyden Street,
Malverne, was graduated from
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
on December 16, 1967.
Miss Mahoney received a
bachelor of science degree in
education and plans to teach
h i ^ school English. Miss
Mahoney is also a graduate of
Cazenovia College, Cazenovia,
N.Y.
Increased rates for all classes
of mail except parcel post and
international mail will go into ef-fect
on Monday, January 7, Post-master
A1 Hart reminded postal
patrons today.
"Even with the new rates of
six cents for first-class mail
and ten cents for air-mail, postal
service is still a real bargain,"
Postmaster Hart declared. "For
six cents you can send a letter
to any of the 50 States, to any
United States territory or pos-session,
to Canada or Mexico,
or to an American serviceman
stationed anywhere in the world."
Postmaster Hart pointed out
that the new rate for post cards
will be five cents and for air-mail
post cards it will be eight
cents.
He said the added cent in the
letter rate is a 20 percent in-crease
compared to a 24 per-cent
boost in the rates for mail-ing
newspapers and magazines
and a 34 percent hike for ad-vertising
circulars, "occupant"
mail, and other material in the
third-class category.
The new rate of six cents per
ounce for f i r s t - c l a s s mail applies
up to 13 ounces, and the new rate
of 10 cents per ounce for air
mail applies up to 7 ounces. Un-der
the new rate structure all
first-class mail over 13 ounces
and all air-mail over 7 ounces
will be merged into a single
category.
These heavier pieces of f i r s t -
class and air-mail subject to the
single rate schedule will be de-livered
by the fastest available
means of transportation.
A flat rate of 80 cents will be
charged for all mail in this cate-gory
up to one pound. For all
mail weighing more than one
pound, the present air parcel
post rates will continue to apply,
except that the postage on matter
weighing between one and five
pounds will change at half-pound
intervals rather than one-pound
intervals.
Postmaster Hart said that the
new rate structure will mean a
reduction of postage on some par-cels.
Another rate change that will
affect the general public is the
increase from four to six cents
for the first two ounces of in-dividual
pieces of third-class
mail. Unsealed greeting cards
may be sent at this rate, the
Postmaster said.
He emphasized that the new
rate on unsealed greeting cards
wUl not go into effect until Jan-uary
7 and until then they can be
mailed at the old rate of 4 cents.
Postmaster Hart also noted
that effective January 7 special
handling will be available on
third-class parcels weighing be-tween
eight and sixteen ounces.
Special handling has not been a-vailable
on these parcels since
1958, when packages weighing
between eight and sixteen ounces
were transferred from fourth
to third-class mail.
THERE WILL BE NO
CHANGES IN THE CHARGES
FOR SPECIAL DELIVERY, SPE-CIAL
HANDLING, REGISTERED
MAIL, CERTIFIED MAIL, CASH
ON DELIVERY, OR INSURANCE,
Postmaster Hart said.
"We have an ample supply of
one-cent stamps on hand," Post-master
Hart said, "for those
people who have five-cent stamps
and need one-cent stamps to make
up the postage required under the
new rates."
Higher rates also willgo into
effect January 7 for all cate-gories
of second-class mail,
bulk-rate third-class mail, con-trolled
circulation mail, and the
educational category of fourth-class
mail. Mailers using these
classes who need information
on the new rates should contact
their .local Post Office.
Lent Proposes
More Trees
A state assisted municipal tree
planting program to replenish
dwindling greenery in r a p i d -
growth communities has been
proposed by State Senator Nor-man
F. Lent (R-Lynbrook).
In a bill preflled in Albany
today, Lent called for a state
program to help finance the ac-quisition
of trees for beautifica-tion
p u r p o s e s . Municipalities
participating in the p r o g r am
would be entitled to up to 50%
reimbursement of the annual pur-chase
price of trees.
The proposal, requested by the
New York State Conference of
Mayors, is co-sponsored by As-semblyman
Joseph Margiotta
Uniondale).
Lent said, "In many urban and
suburban communities, s t r e et
widening and other perils of prog-r
e s s have caused the falling of
hundreds of thousands of trees,
our most easily replaced natural
resource.
"Unfortunately, many h a r d -
pressed municipalities cannot af-ford
to give high priority to the
planting of trees. With state help,
cities, t o w n s and v i l l a g es
throughout New York could em-bark
on a major tree planting
program that would uplift the
spirit and beautify our avenues
and parks.
"To my mind," c o n c l u d ed
Lent, "this program represents
the most pleasantly visible ex-penditure
the state could make."