County Begins Free Breathing
Test Program
Petito Seeks To Repudiate
Stillman Plan
In recognition of Clean Air
Week which begins on Sunday,
County Executive Eugene H.
Nickerson took a simple breathing
test that detects lung disorders.
The test were made a-vailable
to all county residents
over the age of 20 on Thursday
of this week.
Two Jones - Pulmonor machines
will be available next
week at Meadowbrook Hospital
for free tests. They will be given
in the McRae auditorium from
10 a. m. to 4 p. m. and from 7
to 9 p. m. on Thursday, October
26.
The test Nickerson took is
simple. He breathed into a ma -
chine called a Jones- Pulmonor
that measures the amount of air
expelled in1 the first, second and
third seconds. This measurement,
compared with the norm
for a person's age, sex and
height, gives a good indication of
functional impairment.
The test will provide the first
statistics on how many residents
have breathing problems and what
the likelihood of such difficulties
are for various age groups,
for smokers, commuters and
others.
" One of the most significant
sources of air pollution in Nassau
County as determined by a
Health Department survey is open
burning," Nickerson said. A local
law passed last winter prohibits
all open burning such as leaves
and rubbish. The only exception
is small recreational fires. The
law also set a limit on the
smoke that can be emitted from
automobiles and limits the idling
time of an automobile to three
minutes.
" Apartment house incinerators
are being rigidly regulated
and gene rally up- graded throughout
the county through our air
pollution control devices. Smoke
from chimneys and smoke stacks
is being regulated as well as
particulate -) matter from all
sources of combustion.
" Industrial contamination is
being regulated through restricting
the sulfur content of
fuels used. Plans involving potential
sources of air pollution
are under review by the Air
Pollution Control Unit of the
Health Department.
" Penalties for violators of the
code have been set and include
fines and/ or prison sentences.
The Commissioner of Health and
theBoard of Health, through the
department's Air Pollution
Control Unit, are responsible for
enforcement of this code."
In a special report issued this
week by Dr. Joseph Kinnaman,
County Health Commissioner,
and Robert D. Cusumano, who
heads the Air Pollution Unit,
Dr. Kinnaman said, « * Inany heavily
populated community, the
activities of man, when uncontrolled,
can result in a serious
area- wide air pollution problem
unless effective measures are
taken to prevent the development
of unsatisfactory conditions and
protect the health, safety,
comfort, and welfare of the residents.
" Nassau County is one community
which has taken measures
to reduce and prevent needless
contamination of its air resource.
Alternate methods of doing everyday
things or prohibition of various
wasteful operations can bring
about reduction of air contamination
without total rearrangement
of our society's economy," the
Commissioner concluded.
Drug Store Robbed
The Pine Oaks Pharmacy at
47- 7 Boundary Avenue, reported
to police that merchandise valued
at $ 50 was stolen from the store*
Marino Begins Campaign
Sign Cleanup
Oyster Bay Town Board Majority
Leader Ralph J. Marino,
the Republican candidate for town
supervisor, has begun his post-campaign
clean- up two weeks
early by ordering the removal
of all of his four- foot by eight-foot
wooden signs.
Over the week- end, 75 signs,
which had been erected all over
the township, were taken down
by party workers. The few
remaining signs are slated to be
removed in the next several days,
according to a Marino spokesman.
The only signs that will
remain up are those at the various
Republican campaign headquarters
and the ones on railroad
trestles.
" I have always questioned the
value of signs in a political
campaign, Marino said." What
I don* t question, however, is the
fact that they tend to create a
garrish atmosphere and mar our
town's scenery. They may have
served the purpose of making my
name better known, but another
two weeks of additional exposure
of this sort certainly wouldn't
have much affect on the outcome
of the election. I am running
on a platform that calls for
improving the looks of the township.
It is only proper that I
personally take the first step
in that direction."
Marino offered to let his opponent,
incumbent Michael N.
Petito, borrow the Republican
Party's buzz- saw if he, too, decided
to join in the political
beautification program."
Mc Partlin Hits Stillman Plan
Joseph P. Mc Partlin, Democratic
Candidate for Town Councilman
from the town of Oyster
Bay, this week charged the Republican
Town Council with complete
disregard of the future development
of the Oyster Bay
Township.
McPartlin further charged that
the Republican support of the
Stillman plan, which costs the
Township $ 78,000, is consent to
the destruction of our Township
as we now know it. Speaking in
East Norwich, McPartlin cited
the many examples of down zoning
and multiple dwellings which
the Stillman plan provides for.
'• This plan which Stillman was
commissioned to create" McPartlin
declared, " was to serve
our community for the next forty
years and was to take into account
the desires and views of all
the residents of the Township of
Oyster Bay. By Stillman's own
admission he norany members of
his commission searched out the
views of any of the local residents,
civic associations, or
business leaders."
In addition McPartlin charged
that this was supposed to be a
final plan but now that there appears
to be opposition throughout
the Township the Republican
Town Councilmen are calling this
a preliminary report eventhough
the full amount of $ 78,000.00 has
been paid to Stillman.
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
Michael N. Petito this week asked
the Town Board to repudiate
Seymour Stillman's " Master
Development Plan Land Use
Map" saying it was full of
errors was ill- considered and
opposed by a majority of Town
residents who had seen it.
" Bethpage residents," the Supervisor
said, " are as incensed
as I am at Stillman's proposal
for apartment houses in that community.
Syosset and Woodbury
residents are also up in arms
about Stillman's land use
proposals in their area."
Petito demanded that the Board
reverse its earlier stand oh the
map. The Town Board spokesman
said that the people should
be heard on zoning plans and
zoning maps and no voting should
be taken until then.
" I know the Board presented
this map originally as the solution
to the Town's zoning ills," the
Supervisor said, " but it must be
honest enough now to admit it
was wrong. I know that it wasn't
until I began to bring the map to
the residents that the Board began
to be aware of the monstrosity
it was trying to foist off on Town
residents."
" The Board must know now in
all honesty", Petito said, " that
adoption of this map would be contrary
to the best interest of the
Town. I cannot believe that it
will continue to support the map.
If it does so, it is allowing
vested interests to take precedence
over the people."
The Supervisor said that at the
two public hearings he has already
held on what the Board
at first called a Town Master Plan
and later, under pressure, referred
to as preliminary steps
towards a Town Master Plan,
residents have been shocked at
the map that went with what Petito
characterized as " only booklets
of facts, not a plan."
" Be honest," he said to the
Board members, " disown this
map now to protect Oyster Bay's
residents."
RE- ELECT
WILLIAM B.
O'KEEFE
TOWN CLERK
REPUBLICAN- LIBERAL
• Experienced
• Competent
• Personable
" Oyster Bay Town Clerk Bud O'Keefe came up with an excellent idea.
O'Keefe hopes to microfilm the minutes of Town Meetings from 1653to
the present date."
. . . Farmingdale Observer
" In the Town of Oyster Bay bingo is a substantial source of revenue for
the participating charities at no cost to the taxpayers and much credit
for this is due to the efforts of Town Clerk William " Bud" O'Keefe.
. . . Mid- Island Herald
" At our regular monthly meeting, held last week, we voted to endorse
the microfilming proposal, and reauest that you make our views in this
matter known to the Town Board..."
. . . The Oyster Bay Historical Society
( Paid Adv. Citizen's Committee for O'Keefe)
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speaks to you
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE:
RADIO SERIES-SUNDAY
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VOTE FOR 32 YEARS EXPERIENCE ON THE BENCH
7 YEARS - DISTRICT COURT
25 YEARS - POLICE COURT
FOR DISTRICT COURT JUDGE RETURN A MAN WHOSE
WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
BY 32 YEARS OF SERVICE TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE COMMUNITY. IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE,
LET'S KEEP THIS MAN WORKING FOR US.
VOTE FOR
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE WILLIS B. CARMAN
Republican - Liberal
Paid ( or by Town of Oyster Bay Republican Committee, Michael D'Auria, Chairman
Farmingdale OBSERVER Thursday-, October. 26, 1967 i.
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