The-Helm_1973-01-03; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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Vol. 12 No. 33 Entered as Second-CIaas Matter
PoBt Offlc*, Lynbrook, N.Y. i-Y 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Wednesday, January 3,1973
Calls For Binding Arbitration Nassau Medical Aid
To Nicaragua
Nassau County Executive
Ralph G. Caso announced today
that the county will furnish five
Medical Aid Station Outfits
(SASOs) to Managua, Nicaragua
to help meet the critical need for
medical supplies to that
devastated city.
Caso said the medical units,
which are maintained by the
county's Civil Defense Office as
part of its supplies to meet
possible emergencies in the local
area, will be taken by Depart-ment
of Public Works trucks to
the Pan American cargo ter-minal
at Kennedy Airport. Later,
the SASOs, will be airlifted to
Nicaragua as part of a shipment
being arranged by the New York
State Department of Health. Caso
said, "the county is doing
everything within its power to
help tragedy-struck Managua."
Nassau County's Civil Defense
Director, Gen. Otho C. Van Exel,
said each of the SASO units
contains 34 cots and 15 boxes of
medical supplies, including field
kits, splints, bandages, medical
instruments, needles and
sutures, as well as tourniquets,
blankets and comforters. Van
Exel said that each of the units is
capable of providing first-aid
care for 300 persons during a 48-
hour peiod.
Lynbrook Parents In Education
CALLS FOR BINDING ARBITRATION: Fearful that the prolonged Long Island Railroad strike could
have a devasting effect on the future of the railroad and mass transportation in general, the 13-nian
Nassau Republican State Legislative delegation has called for binding arbitration to settle the
dispute. Announcing the delegation's decision are, left to right. State Sen. John D. Caemmerer (R-East
Williston), Assemblyman Joseph M. IVI^rgiotta (R-Uniondale) and Assembly Majority Leader
John E. Kingston (R- Westbury).
Portrait Demonstration ''Family Day
Michael Honigsberg, a renown
portrait artist, will give a portrait
demonstration at the Tuesday,
January 9, meeting of the
Malverne Artists of Long Island,
to be held at the Malverne Public
Library, 61 St. Thomas's Place,
at 8 P.M. The public is invited.
Mr. Honigsberg, a resident of
Long Beach has his studio at
Carnegie Hall, New York. He is a
member of two of the leading
New York portrait galleries, C.
C. Price, and Portraits In-corporated.
He has painted many
well known celebrities from the
cinema, business, educational
and political fields. Some of his
portraits include Mary Pickford,
Princess Viggo of Denmark,
Supreme Court Judges Postel
and Schweitzer, Honorable
Joseph Carlino, Supervisor
Costigan and Monsignor Cass of
Long Beach.
In addition, Mr. Honisberg has
taught portrait painting for many
years and has the excellent
ability to discuss and describe his
technique.
Do parents have too strong a
voice in school decision-making?
Or too weak a voice? Should the
parents' role be to advise? Or to
consent?
Mi>. C«riiiidiiic XilviiJ, \ji
Sunrise Drive, Lynbrook, and
others will answer questions on
Tuesday, January 2, on Channel
21 at 7:30 p.m. At that time, Ms.
Klein and several other guests
will discuss "The Parent and the
Schools" with Dr. William T.
Callahan, moderator of the
television program, "Speaking of
Schools." Dr. Callahan is
Superintendent of the Nassau
Board of Cooperative
Educational Services (BOCES),
which produces the program.
Ms. Klein was a member of the
Lynbrook School Board for six
years. She is also a former
York State Citizens' Committee
for the Public Schools and has
served on the Executive Com-mittee
of the Nassau-Suffolk
School Boards Association.
"Speaking of Schools," the
program on which Ms. Klein will
appear, deals with educational
topics of current interest. It is
broadcast every other Tuesday
on Channel 21 at 7:30 p.m. and the
following Thursday at 3 p.m.
at Nets" Mandatory Seat Belts
Commencing with Jan. 7, all
New York Nets Sunday afternoon
games at Nassau Coliseum will
be designated "Family Day At,
The Nets."
For every two regularly priced
tickets purchased, the remaining
members of the family will be
admitted for $1 apiece.
There will be seven such
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Bedi lUi5lced
(o)i the Keut tjeat
Governor Rockefeller is asking
the State Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles, Vincent Tofany, to
make a study of the practicality,
enforceability, and the "life-saving
potential" of a law that, if
enacted, would mandate the use
of seat belts.
The Governor, announcing the
projected study at a recent New
York City meeting of the Traffic
Safety Council, said it was in-tended
"to see if the idea is worth
trying" in view of an auto ac-cident
"epidemic" in New York
State which he said is "taking
thousands of lives and injuring
hundreds of thousands every
year."
Declaring that State Law "put
seat belts in cars in the first
place" and "study after study
has demonstrated that seat belts
save lives," the Governor noted
that "only 30 to 35 percent of
motorists" use them regularly.
"If persuasion won't convince
people," he added, "then maybe
we ought to consider the life-saving
potential of requiring
motorists to buckle up by law. It's
especially worth considering
since the Federal courts recently
ruled that auto manufacturers
now don't have to meet that 1975
deadline for installing air bags in
new cars."
The Governor acknowledged
that a mandatory seat belt law
"is not a simple issue" but cited
the experience under an
Australian law to justify its
consideration.
"They have a mandatory seat
belt law In the Australian state of
Victoria," he said, "including the
metropolitan area of Melbourne.
Nine months after passage of that
Australian law, seat belt usage
went up, and fatalities and in-juries
of drivers and front-seat
passengers went down by over 16
per cent.
"If New York State could take
an action that would reduce
driver and passenger deaths and
injuries by 16 per cent, it would
mean 342 lives saved and over
48,000 persons spared injuries -
in one year."
ANNOUNCING NEW HOURS
Starting January 1, 1973 it will
no longer be necessary to have an
advance appointment for in-dividual
counseling at the
Vocational Center for Women,
One Old Country Road Carle.
Place. Our staff will be available
from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. Monday
through Thursday to see clients
on a first come, first served
basis.
"It is our intention to ac-commodate
the people of Nassau
County more quickly and more
efficiently with the elimination of
the waiting list previously used,"
said Ms. Lurana T. Spanier,
Director.
For further information call
535-4646.