Editorial Letters To The Editor
We were out of town last Saturday when the
school district 22 Board of Education- appointed
committee met for the first time to study the
assessment situation in the district.
The Committee was formed, along with another
consisting of a group of lawyers, to explore the
assessment situation and the eventual recommendation
of legislation to prevent further instances
of the lowering of assessed valuation.
The entire school district was not only shocked
at the recent lowering of the assessed valuation
of Republic Aviation, in which case, neither the
board of education nor the residents had any
voice. Taxpayers, as well as the school board
felt that this should be prevented in the future.
An all out effort is now being made by both
committees. We hope that their findings and r e commendations
will improve the present system.
It just does not seem right that a school board
has no voice when someone decides to lower
property values as had happened in this particular
case.
We are concerned about the increasing number
of vacant stores at the shopping center on Fulton
Street and Merritt Road. The dozen or so store-complex
has seen the demise of a major supermarket
and more recently the vacancies created
by a trading stamp company, a dry cleaner and
a barber shop. It is this kind of condition that
can result in the ownership seeking an assessment
lowering, which leads us to repeat what
we said some months ago. A member of the Nassau
County Assessors office stated that the downtown
shopping area of Hempstead received a r e duced
assessment of over one million dollars.
This resolves itself to two questions. Who pays
the difference in taxes ? What caused this condition
? In both instances the answer is you and me.
People, Places
& Politics
• By Caroline Bunting Klesh11^***^*
A frantic search is on for survivors of a William Joseph Hahn
who passed on in this area on April 20, 1939. Any information
can be passed on to this columnist.
Jim Cesario, of 145 Reiss Avenue, Massapequa Park, a student
at University- of Dubuque, Iowa, is in University Hospital, Iowa
wafst ^ u- ^ a U t ° . a c c
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letters and cards from his friends. Cassius Clay, also paid him
an unexpected visit.
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S t ? v e M c Uonough, Deputy Town Comptroller,
mJr? » if- ? " T u 8 b e i n g c o n s idered for the post of Town Council-man,
which will become vacant, when Councilman Angelo Roncallo
takes over as Nassau County Comptroller. " uncaiio
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Joseph Colby of Massapequa Park is a front runner for appointment
as Town of Oyster Bay Councilman. It would appear
that the race has narrowed down to Colby and Steve McDonough
of Massapequa. It was pointed out that no Massapequa Park
resident holds any significant Town of Oyster Bay position.
Austin W. Verity J r . of Masspaequa, who was the Conservative
candidate for Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor in this year's election
will serve as Vice Chairman of anew Conservative Committee
of the Town of Oyster Bay. George W. Gruber of Massapequa will
serve as Treasurer. Noel C. Crowly of Syosset will be the chairman.
According to their statement, the dramatic success of Conservatives
in Nassau County was most apparent in Oyster Bay
W i ^ r e c
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o n s e r v a t i v e candidates in some races polled more than
17/ 0 of the total vote. The party is generally credited with having
determined the outcome in certain key contests, notably those
involving the posts of Nassau County executive and Oyster Bay
Town supervisor. In- addition, Nassau County now has two additional
Democratic judges, both of whom won the election by reason
of the Conservative Party support.
In the heart of Hofstra University is a unique library known as
The American Legion Memorial Library. Sponsored by the legion,
the collection deals solely with the history of New York State
and Long Island. This special collection was initiated by Past
County Commander of the Nassau American Legion, James N.
McLean, a former Massapequa resident.
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Dear Editor:
Millions of words have been
spoken about the Anti- war demonstration
at the Pentagon on
October 21, but one story oddly
seems to have never come to
light.
During that weekend, a refugee
Lutheran minister spoke to antiwar
protestors about supporting
communism with the march, and
stripped off his shirt in the fall
weather to reveal his body scarred
by 14 years of torture and
imprisonment under the communists.
Reverend Richard Wurmbrand
said that most of the demonstrators
were under 20 and most of
the others were under 30. They
were sincere and honestandask-ed
many questions but they also
said " Communism is not as you
say" Then Reverend Wurmbrand
asked the truck's driver,
from whose truck he had been
speaking, to raise him above the
crowd, where he stripped off his
shirt and raised his scarred
arms to the sky. He then said
" Look what communism i s ".
To those who are truly interested
in what life is really like
behind the Iron Curtain, a reading
of Reverend Wurmbrand's
book " Tortured for Christ"
should be a required reading.
Our local Library should have
Datebook
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28
8 p. m. - Lecture and demonstration
art of jewelry making,
Julian Wolfe, South Farming-dale
Branch Library.
7: 30 p. m. - Future Secretaries
Association, Farmingdale High
School.
8: 30 p. m. - Farmingdale Council
Knights of Columbus, Memorial
services, Council Home,
Morton Street and Gar icy
Place, Farmingdale.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29
9: 30 a. m. - Plainedge Auxiliary
of Cerebral Palsy Rummage
Sale, Calvert Shopping
Center.
Canada To Supply
Restored Village
With The Real Thing
Nassau County is going to great
lengths - 500 miles - to insure
authenticity at the Old Bethpage
Village Restoration, County Executive
Eugene H. Nickersoq disclosed
today. Some 3,000 board
feet of special " up- and- down"
sawn white pine lumber will be
purchased from a mill at Morris-burg,
, Ontario.
" Prior to the 1850' s most
lumber was cut with saws which
left an up and down saw pattern
in the wood," Nickerson said.
" Since present day saws produce
circular patterns, it was
necessary to find a mill still
using the up- and- down saw in
order to maintain authenticity
at Old Bethpage."
Researchers from the Nassau
County Historical Museum discovered
that Upper Canada
Village, which is operated by die
St. Lawrence Park Commission,
includes such a mill. An agreement
to supply die Restored Village
with the board was approved
by die Board of Supervisors.
The boards will be cut
from 12 to 20 inches in width,
from 10 to 16 feet in length ami
two inches diick. They will be
used for flooring in barns and
other work buildings o' the pre-
Civil War Farm village.
New Arrivals
A baby boy, Richard Gerald
J r . was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Ilogan of 335 Van Cott
Avenue, Farmingdale at Brunswick
Hospital.
the book. After all, they have
all the fiction about the glorious
existence in Soviet Union and
its Satellites and now the first
hand experience of one of the
clergy should be given the spotlight,
a galling experience for
some of the Anti- censorship advocates.
Francis A. Collins
Dear Frank and Caroline:
Now that the pressure and the
anxiety of the election campaign
have subsided, I want to take this
opportunity to thank you and your
staff on behalf of the Republican
Party of Nassau County for the
fair and impartial coverage you
gave the recent campaign.
The treatment of the campaign
by the weekly newspapers in Nassau
County was an invaluable
community and political service,
and we are grateful for the fact
that the weekly publications so
consistently reported the local
issues as they emerged in the
campaign.
On behalf of all the Republican
candidates, you have our thanks
and appreciation.
Edward J. Speno,
Chairman,
Nassau County
Republican Committee
Dear Caroline and Frank:
On behalf of the Republican
Committee of the Town of Oyster
Bay, I would like to take this
opportunity to thank you most
sincerely for your newspaper
coverage of our Republican candidates
and the issues in this
past campaign.
We of the Republican party of
the Township of Oyster Bay appreciate
the courtesies extended
to our candidates.
s/ Mike D'Auria
Michael M. D'Auria
Chairman
Oyster Bay
Republican Committee
Dear Frank and Caroline:
I was most pleased to receive
the election endorsement of the
Observer. The support given by
your newspapers came at a most
critical time in a very bitter
campaign.
I am certain that your readers
were greatly influenced by your
decision to support me for a
third time as Town Supervisor.
Support such as yours, freely
reached and based on the important
town issues of our time,
is priceless to any candidate for
high office. ' -
s/ Mike
Michael N. Petito
Supervisor
Capitol Report
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By Rep James Grover ] imm\
While mere is plenty of discussion
in your Capitol these
days over the problems of taxes,
Viet Nam, poverty and civil
rights, one of our most important
problems Is being Ignored in
Washington at the same time
that New York State is coming to
grips with it. I refer to our growing
crisis of law and order. Crime
in this nation is growing at a far
greater rate than population
and no government which cannot
reasonably guarantee the safety
of its citi ens and their property
is going to survive for very
long.
In Washington, we have seen
the House pass a bill calling for
an all- out assault against crime
while administration forces in
the Senate have blocked even a
discussion of the measure. House
action came last Aug. 8.
Here in Washington the
Supreme Court places additional
burdens on police in the securing
of confessions.
Across the nation, we have seen
respect for police reach its lowest
level. Over- zealous and over-militant
peace demonstrators as
well as some militant and radical
civil rights demonstrators have
made attacks on police almost
a routine portion of their campaigns.
How many of us have
not seen television news films
in which an unkempt student
screams " police brutality" while
kicking at officers of the law?
Community after community
across die nation finds that it
can't recruit enough police as a
result of the poor pay, high risk,
poor working conditions and
the decline of public respect.
We see the courts freeing
criminals on the flimsiest of
technicalities and we see overburdened
parole systems sending
thugs back to society because the
jails are crammed full and maybe
-- just maybe-- someof them have
learned their lesson.
I was upset some months ago
when the state's revised Penal
Code, which effectively disarms
both police and homeowners,
went into effect but I've been
told by a number of legislators
that changes are contemplated.
And 1 was mightily encouraged to
learn last week that Gov. Rockefeller
will ask the Legislature
at its next session to approve a
broad assault on crime. The
plan calls for beefing up law enforcement
agencies and clearing
the use of wiretrap- clevices
to detect crime.
A Long Island columnist who
views the Washington scene asked
some weeks ago whether this
country was going era y. He referred
to some demonstrations
by Peaceniks in which authorities
had to mobilize troops to maintain
control. When you consider
that all sorts of excuses are
being found for the criminal or
rioter and the policeman is too
often labeled " the bad guy," I
wonder which side our youngsters
choose these days when they
play Cops and Robbers.
Make no mistake about it, this
nation is in crisis. And if the
current Congress won't do anything
about it, the people had
better elect lawmakers who will.
A baby boy, Clen William was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome
Robelen of 6 Barbara Drive,
Farmingdale at Brunswick Hospital
Center.
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