The-Helm_1970-01-29; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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LYNBROOK /WALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY
VOL. 9 NO. 35 Entered as Second—Class Matter
Post Office, Lynbrook, N. Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, January 29, 1970 10<
Lynbrook Wins National Beautification Award
is Cited For Distinguished Achievement Cor Thieves
Apprehended
On January 15th, at 7:30 PM,
Lieut. Richard Kemmann of the
Lynbrook Police Department and
assigned to plainclothes detail
while operating a unmarked
police vehicle observed 4 men
proceeding eastbound on Sunrise
Highway In a Mustang sedan bear-ing
Pennsylvania registration
^plates.
Lieut. Kemmann contacted
Ptl. Arthur Haule who was op-erating
a marked patrol vehicle
via the police radio to stop the
operator of the Mustang and make
a check of the vehicle.
The officers stopped the
vehicle and requested the
operator to produce a license
and registration certificate which
he failed to do. During the In-vestfeation
that followed the op-eratol-
Wilbur Rood, age 31 years
of 1033 Tremont Dr. Glen Alden,
Penn. stated he had stolen the
-vehicle in Pennsylvania. A check
of the vehicle produced a toy
gun, a tan envelope with various
narcotic implements and 9
aluminum wrapped packages con-taining
amphetamine. Rood also
admitted that the implements and
narcotic belonged to him. He was
then charged with unauthorized
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Lent Seeks
Penalties For
Gas NegHgence
Horrified at the gas leak ex-plosion
that destroyed the home
of a Massapequa Park family
State Senator Norman F. Lent
of East Rockaway introduced a
bill in Albany making gas utility
companies absolutely liable for
injuries sustained by persons
or property as a result of gas
line rupture or leakage.
The Lent bill is intended to
prod the gas industry into main-taining
higher safety control
levels over the spreading network
of gas pipelines under our
streets.
Said Lent, "Until non-fault lia-bility
is imposed on gas compan-ies
for damages caused by gas
leak, rupture or e^iplosion, they
will continue to display a cava-lier
attitude toward the public.
Citizen complaints of strong gas
odor in the vicinity and a
prior explosion on Lakeshore
Drive should have brought LILCO
inspectors out in force, possibly
preventing the later explosion
and fire which leveled the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wolfe.
Instead, according to reports,
the company holds that since
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Pictured above is Lynbrook Parks Commissioner Mrs. Arthur Korff reading congratulatory letter
from R. H. Hackendahl, Director of the National Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up Bureau. It advises that
the Village of Lynbrook has won a Distinguished Achievement Award in the government sponsored
National Beautification contest. Looking on are (1 to r) Lynbrook Mayor Francis X, Becker and Citizen
Advisory Beautification Co-Chairladies Dot Homung, ^ r s . Adolph Homun^ and Ann lVlongelli,(Mrs.
Vito Mtmgelii.)
Mayor Francis X. Becker, Parks Commissioner "Midge" Korff and
Beautification Committee Co-Chairladies Dot Hornung and Ann Mongelli
have just been notified that Lynbrook is the recipient of the 1969 Distin-guished
Achievement Award for Beautification. The competition is spon-sored
by the National Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up Bureau and the village
was entered in the under 26,000 population category. All are invited to Washing-ton,
D.C. on February 24 to accept the award during the National Bureau's
three day conference.
Mayor Becker, who since his election, has spearheaded the Beautification
Campaign through the Village said, "we started by getting rid of the Merrick
Road Junk Yard. The Long Island Rail Road has agreed to remove its ugly
power station. We have made plantings on Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road
malls. There are a dozen other achievements as well. We have an agressive
Parks Commissioner and an extremely active Beautification Committee. Things
aren't perfect yet, but we are getting closer all the time."
The Beautification Committee is one of the 16 Citizen Advisory Groups ap-pointed
by Mayor Becker.
THE MALVERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THE NEW HOME-RADIO
ALERT SYSTEM INTO OPERATION THIS WEEK. Inspect-ing
one of the receivers are, left to right. First Deputy Chief Rich-ard
Bulloss, Fire Chief Richard Viewig, and liaison officer from
the Malverne Police Dept., Sgt. Raymond Garrigan.
Photo by Bove.