Oyster Bay Councilman Ralph J. Marino, center, Republican
candidate for town supervisor, discusses campaign with Councilman
Angelo D. Roncallo, left, Republican candidate for Nassau
County Comptroller, and host Dominick Baranello at gathering
held at 290 North Queens Avenue, North Massapequa.
Urge Underground Tracks
The state must heed the wishes
of a community when it undertakes
the engineering design of
the grade crossing elimination
project in Bethpage which tends
to split the community and create
unsightly elevated structures,
according to Councilman Ralph
J. Marino, Town Board Majority
Leader.
Councilman Marino said that he
is intensely interested in the
Bethpage project which may eliminate
two or more crossings at
grade and has been assured by
the office of Austin Sarr, district
engineer for the state inthis area
that itisinthe" mostpreliminary
stages of review."
" There are fears that viaduct
and solid roadbed construction
will divide the community in
two," said Marino, " and many
residents of Bethpage feel that a
fully depressed trackage with
public road overpasses and escalators
to the street level is
practical andwillbetterservethe
community.
" Engineers are reviewing
aerial and ground surveys at this
time to determine how the grade
crossing eliminations in Bethpage
will be recommended. We
urge the engineers to recommend
the depressed track method when
plans are forwarded to the Public
Service Commission for public
hearings and approval of a plan.
" We are going to watchpro-gress
on these plans very closely
and we want them to reflect the
wishes of the people of Bethpage."
Burglars Strike Three
Places of Business
Burglars who broke a door and
entered Unqua Stationery at 5380
Merrick Road, took cigarettes
valued at $ 39 and $ 198 in currency,
according to a Seventh
Precinct police report.
Fifty dollars in currency was
reported missing from Mama's
Pizza at 5378 Merrick Road,
when thieves pried open a rear
door.
Donald Willis attendant at the
Hess gasoline station on Sunrise
Highway, was held up by two
unknown gunmen and relieved of
$ 180 in currency.
An unknown white male held
up Louis Florio, assistant manager
of Hills Korvette supermarket
and got away with $ 1,500
in currency.
Youth Arrested
Robert Beritsch, 21, of 7
Cleveland Place, Massapequa,
was arrested on a bench warrant
by Narcotics Detectives and
charged with the sale of narcotics.
Vandals Damage
High School Tower
A television tower on the Massapequa
High School roof was
damaged by vandals and a loss
of $ 25 in school property was
reported in McKenna Junior High
School when entry was gained
through a rear door, according to
the police.
Underneath the donkey facade is Bruce Daniel Ginsberg, son
of Dr. and Mrs. Albert Ginsberg of Farmingdale who cavorted at
the Democratic Rally held Friday night at the Elks Hall in Massapequa.
Reading from left to right are: Committeemen Stuart
Gordon and Frank DeBenedetto and Daniel P. Cassidy, Zone Leader
Of North Massapequa. Observer Photo by Pokress
Chauffeur Licenses Up
For Renewal
Nassau County Clerk Franklin
H. Ornstein announced that
pre- printed renewal applications
will be mailed to about 9,500
residents of Nassau County who
hold chauffeur licenses expiring
on November 30, 1967. All license
holders will be required
to take an eye test.
The eye tests are given free
at any of the County Motor Vehicle
Offices or an examination may be
secured from a driver's own physician
or optometrist, who will
complete and give him a form
MV- 619. This signed form must
then be submitted along with the
renewal application.
Correctly completed renewal
applications accompanied by a
renewal stub from the current
license, and the license fee of
$ 6.00 may be mailed to or presented
at the Department's main
office at 400 County Seat Drive,
Mineola or brought in to one of
the other County Motor Vehicle
Offices.
Pair Arrested On Drug Charge
Patricia Bruno, 18 of 48
Daniel Road South, in North Massapequa
and Eric Noethinger, 24,
of 12 Quiet Lane, Levittown,
were arrested by patrolman John
Rymer of the Long Island Railroad
police at Parkside and
Brooklyn Avenues for possession
of a dangerous drug.
Slate Debate On State
Constitution
An Information Meeting on die
widely debated New York State
Constitution will be held at Massapequa
High School on Wednesday,
November 1 at 8: 30 p. m
Mrs. Morton Trachtenberg will
moderate the panel of four distinguished
speakers: Mrs. Henry
Levien, of the League of Women
Voters, Mrs. Simeon Wittenberg,
of the New York State P. T. A„
' Conscience Fund' Nets State $ 266.45
" Conscience Fund" payments
totaling $ 266.45 have been received
recently and have been
deposited in the State's general
fund and with sales tax payments,
State Tax Commissioner Joseph
H. Murphy said today.
The largest single payment
was three unsigned personal
money orders totaling $ 201.45
and die Judge Mario Pittoni and
Arthur B. Levitt, Jr. both delegates
to the New York State Constitutional
Convention.
The forum, sponsored jointly
by the Council of Parents and
Teachers of Massapequa togedier
wim the local Branch of die
American Association of University
Women, will begin at
8: 30 P. M. in the Little Theatre.
drawn on a New York City bank.
One of the money orders, for
$ 100, was made payable to " N. Y.
Sales Tax" with a notation on the
signature line: " I owe this for
city and state sales tax." It was
deposited along with other sales
tax payments.
Lighting Pilot Project Slated For Broadway
Town Board Majority Leader
Ralph J. Marino said today that
the Town will embark on a pilot
project of competitive bidding for
public lighting district facilities
and maintenance.
Councilman Marino said that
Leaves Dangerous
To Motorists
Fallen leaves are an added
danger to motorists, warned Nas -
sau Police Commissioner Francis
B. Looney.
" Newly fallen leaves," Looney
said, " especially wet leaves
cause slippery and consequently
dangerous road conditions. Motorists
must take extra precautions."
He also warned motorists not
to drive through large piles of
leaves: " Piles of leaves in the
gutter or street are an attractive
hiding place for children
playing."
Parents were urged by Looney
to warn their children against
playing and hiding in piles of
leaves.
Looney suggested that homeowners
take some of the danger
out of the problem by " spreading
leaves over a large area in
shallow piles." And to drivers
he reemphasized his request " to
drive carefully on roads strewn
with leaves and avoid driving
into piles of leaves."
preliminary studies on competitive
bidding have not been conclusive,
one showing savings and
another increased expenditures
when Long Island Lighting Company
services are compared with
potential competing contractors.
He said thatengineersbelieved
that better information can be obtained
by setting aside a test
area and calling for competitive
bids in which the company enjoying
a monopoly on energy may,
however, bid against others for
installations so that the taxpayers
may have the benefit of economies
resulting from competition. Mr.
Marino pointed out that facilities
and maintenance are involved, not
electrical energy which will continue
to be provided by the lighting
company.
Councilman Marino said that
the Town Board awarded a five-year
contract to the Long Island
Lighting Company in 1966 which
expires in 1971, one half the maximum
time limit for such a contract
under Town Law.
Plans are to establish a two-block
- square area along
Broadway in Massapequa, the
exact boundaries to be selected,
and subject it to the competitive
bidding proposal. It would include
rental of existing equipment from
the lighting company and the installation
of new equipment such
as poles, wires, lights and accessories
from the successful
contractor. New installations
would be subject to order of the
Town Board including types of
lights used.
He said that the Board will determine
the time- limits of contracts
won by competitive bidding
up to the 10 years which statutes
now provide.
Councilman Marino said that it
has been estimated that the
amount of light now provided is
90,260,000 lumin; the maximum
probable for the entire town is
188,000,000. He said there are
many problems to be solved in a
system which provides competitive
opportunities for street
lighting installations and main-tenace
where the source of
energy cannot be made competitive.
The pilot, or test, project will
be supervised by Public Works
Commissioner H. JohnPlock. Jr.
New Free Films Available For Groups,
Or At Home Viewing
The fall, 1967 " Film Catalog"
of the Nassau Library System,
is now available at the Plain-edge
Public Library for use as
a selection guide by adult patrons.
Listing more than 500- 16mm
motion pictures available incolor
and black and white productions,
the new edition includes 76 titles
which are new to the collection
this year.
As one of 52 public libraries
associated with this County- wide
cooperative service organization,
the Plainedge Public Library
has free access to the
System's film collection for circulation
among adult patrons for
at- home viewing, presentations
at civic group meetings or library-
sponsored programs.
The subject index of the new
catalog ranges from " aborigines"
to " Zen Buddhism." A-mong
the recent acquisitions are
" Chagall," " Inside RedChina,"
" Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr.
Leonard Cohen" and " Parent
to Child About Sex."
In explaining the library's expanding
audio- visual services,
Library Director Alfred L.
Freund said, " Any non- profit
organization located in Plain-edge
is invited to borrow these
materials by registering for free
film use at the library. An adult
may register for home use by
giving assurance of access to a
16mm sound projector and com-petene
projectionist."
To assure availability of desired
titles Freud recommended
that bookings be made well in
advance of the requested date. He
also stated that additional titles
from the New York State Library
may be ordered through the library
without charge if requested
one month or more in advance.
Farmingdale OBSERVER Thursday, October 26, 1967
AWARD WINNER- Santo Maddalena of 18 Westgate Road, Massapequa
Park, recently received $ 950 in U. S. Savings Bonds for an
effective manufacturing suggestion at Grumman Aircraft Engineering
Corporation of Bethpage. His suggestion was that the programmer
provide, along with the punched tape that governs the
drill press, a sketch of the part to be drilled with the starting hole
on the tape indicated on the drawing.
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