O'Donnell Stresses School Aid Plan
William ( J. O'Donnell, Democratic
candidate challenged incumbent
Assemblyman Prank
McCloskey to tell his solution to
the singular, Tnost important problem
of our area - skyrocketing
school taxes.
" In 1966, McCloskey's answer
to skyrocketing school
taxes", O'Donnell charged, " was
the New York State Lottery. We
have now lived with this unsuccessful
panacea for two years
and the fuse of the skyrocket is
still burning. We have attempted
to meet with McCloskey In open
forums to learn his views on this
burdensome school tax problem.
At no time has my opponent offered
any solution, improvement,
plan or indicated interest in solving
this problem".
" Projected figures for next
year", O'Donnell continued,
" show further increases of ten
to 12% in our school taxes. TTie
State has a deficit of $ 700 million
dollars - what are you going
to do for our community - Frank
McCloskey? It is time to stop
hiding behind Nixon's coat-tails
and meet our issues head-on."
O'Donnell concluded " my plan
for a uniform state- wide school
tax to relieve our hard pressed
areas has been discussed, reviewed
and presented to the
people for weeks. This plan
would save two dollars per hundred
of assessed valuation in our
school districts - Massapequa,
Farmingdale and Plainedge. It
would broaden our present tax
base and equitably spread the cost
of education throughout the
state".
" My opponent should either
show the flaws of my plan or tell
the people what he will do to
correct this monumental problem".
Healey Calls Littering A Problem
Councilman Philip Healey in
speaking before the Massapequa
Exchange Club this week discussed
the problem of litter.
Healey cited that he is attempting
to clean up Sunrise Highway
and Carman Road. The Councilman
also reported that his program
to improve the condition
on the east end of Merrick Road
has resulted in the removal of
garbage trucks parked in illegal
areas, fences of business
properties as they abut resi-
Arrested On Drug Charges
Robert Scozzari, 19, of 20Imo-gene
Drive, North Massapequa,
and Anthony Bonsiglio, 22, of 1
Marbourne^ Rd., Bethpage, were
arrested by patrolman Joseph
Izzo at the Mid Lawn Shopping
Center, Hicksville Road, and
charged with the possession of
drugs.
' Patrolman Ronald Dillon arrested
David Barreto, 22, of Com-mack
at S. Main St, and Sunset
Ave., South Farmingdale and
charged him with possession of
dangerous drugs.
dential hom2s, removal of substantial
amount of junk from
Washington Avenue and the general
improvment of the area.
Remaining violators will be summoned
to court, Healey stated.
Pequans Complete
Police Course
Edward C. Dordon, of Massapequa
Park and James E. Wis-ekal,
of North Massapequa, were
graduated as patrolmen from the
County Police Training Center,
Mineola.
Armed Forces
Second Lieutenant Arthur J. In-temann,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
. J. Intemann of 85 Fall wood
Parkway, Farmingdale, has been
awarded U. S. Air Force silver
pilot wings upon graduation at
Webb Air Force Base, Texas.
Lieutenant Intemann is being
assigned to Bien Hoa Air Base,
Vietnam, for flying duty with the
Pacific Air Forces.
The lieutenant, a graduate of
Chaminadc High School, received
a B. S. degree from the University
of ') ayton.
He was commissioned upon
completion of Officer Training
School at Lackland Air Force
Base, Texas.
* * *
Navy Seaman A p p r e n t i c es
Charles It. Berry, PJ, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert IL Berry of 220
N„ Kim Stu, North Massapequa,
has been graduated from nine
weeks of Navy basic training at the
Naval Training Center, Great
Lakes, Illinois.
Seaman Apprentice Ralph L.
Coppola, USN, 20, son of Mru
and Mrs. Lojis R.. Coppola of
49 Chicago Ave » , Massapequa,
has been graduated from nine
weeks of Navy basic training
at the Naval Training Center,
Great Lakes, Illinois.
Airman Andrew Fischer, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Fischer,
16 Cypress St., Farming-dale,
has completed basic training
at Amarillo Air Force Base,
Texas. He is now assigned as a
vehicle maintenance specialist
with a unitn of the Strategic Air
Command at Grand Forcks Air
Force Base, North Dakota.
Airman Fischer is a 1968
graduate of Farmingdale High
School.
* * *
Airman William M. Fox, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Fox,
135 Atlantic Ave., Massapequa
Park, has completed basic training
at Amarillo Ah/ Force Base,
Texas. He has been assigned to
the Air Force Technical Training
Center at Keesler Air Force
Base, Mississippi, for specialized
schooling as an administrative
specialist.
Airman Fox, a 1967 graduate
of Berner High School, attended
Suffolk Community College.
Capitol Report
By Repjames Grover
Second Congressional District HOT
As this extended session of the
90th Congress staggered to a conclusion,
the thoughts of most
Washington lawmakers turned
to the next session, the 91st. And
the key word in everyone's mind
was CHANGE. The American
government is going to have to
undergo a major change, despite
the resistance of tradition- laden
Congressmen who have been
doing things their own way for
uiree decades.
The stage for this climactic
change was set, strangely enough,
in 1964 when the Johnson landslide
swept a 2- to in Democratic
majority into the H9th session 0f
Congress. The floodgates of legislation
were opened during the
89th session with freshman
Decmocrats, swept into
office on the Johnson coat- tails,
giving the President everything
he wanted and hang the cost
or the effect on the dollar. During
the current session, the 90th,
a corrective trend set in and
Democrats nolo" a 246- to- 187
margin in the House. This session
saw little in the way of major
new programs, as the country
suffered under the agonies of legislative
indigestion left by the
last session. A slight corrective
trend was noticed.
What do I hope to see in the
91st Congress? I hope to see the
establishment of legislative priorities,
a time when government
looks at itself and starts to correct
a bigness which has gotten
out of hand. I hope to see the
establishment of an Office of
Legislative Reexamination which
will look carefully at the more-than-
400 federal agencies and
bureaus now empowered to make
grants and which will slash out
duplication, waste and just plain
foolishness in the pouring out of
the blood money collected from
our taxpayers.
I hope to see a time of intense
self- examination by our
government, a time when waste,
duplication and inefficiency are
looked upon as the bureaucratic
sins which they really are.
The year 1968 may prove to be as
significant in helping the taxpayer
as the year 1964 was in
starting him on the road to fiscal
despair.
Airman Gregory J. Innes, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Innes,
14 Radcliff Las., Farmingdale,
has completed basic training at
Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas.
He is now assigned as a vehicle
maintenance specialist with a unit
of the Strategic Air Command at
Grand Forks Air Force Base,
North Dakota.
Airman Innes is a 1968 graduate
of Farmingdale High School.
* * *
Air Force Captain LeRoy R.
Bonneau Jr., ( right), son of Mr.
and Mrs. LeRoy R. Bonneau Sr„,
47 Greatwater Ave., Massapequa,
is decorated with the Air Medal
at Andersen Air Force Base,
Guam. A navigator in the 54th
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron,
Captain Bonneau participated,
in 15 penetrations of fully
developed typhoons. He was cited
for his outstanding proficiency,
knowledge and airmanship. The
captain, commissioned in 1965
upon completion of Officer Training
School, served with the expeditionary
force to the Dominican
Republic. A graduate of
Massapequa High School, he
earned his B. A. degree in mathematics
at Greensboro ( N. C.)
College.
* * *
Richard W. Burke Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Burke
of 62 Sunset Blvd., Massapequa.
has been commissioned a second
lieutenant in the United States
Air Force upon graduation from
Officer Training School at Lackland
Air Force Base.
The lieutenant is being assigned
to Webb Air Force Base,
Texas for pilot training.
Lieutenant Burke, a graduate
of Massapequa High School, received
his B. A. degree in chemistry
in 1968 from Emory University.
* * *
John G. O'Connor, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jeremiah P. O'Connor
of 30 Cedar Drive, Massapequa,
has been commissioned
a second lieutenant in the United
States Air Force upon graduation
from Officer Training
School at Lackland Air Force
Base, Texas.
The lieutenant is being assigned
to Vance Air Force Base,
Oklahoma for pilot training.
Lieutenant O'Connor, a graduate
of Berner High School, r e ceived
his B. S. degree in mathematics
in 1968 from Villanova
University.
* * *
Army First Lieutenant Stephen
J. Patterson Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stephen J. Patterson, 71
East Shore Drive, Massapequa,
received the Army Commenda-
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Albany Open Line
by Alex Rankin
John Lomenzo almost pulled
the plug on Governor Rockefeller
last week.
Politicians have been watching
closely to see how well Rockefeller
carries out his pledge to
campaign for Republican presidential
candidate Richard M.
Nixon*
They say the governor has been
working hard for Nixon.
That was until last week when
Lomenzo, the secretary of state,
announced he was going to fight
a court ruling allowing Senator
Eugene F. McCarthy's name
to be placed on the ballot in
New York State on November 5.
There is the implication at
least that such a move might have
helped Senator Jacob K. Javits
in his bid for reelection.
But there is no doubting that
Lomenzo's position would clearly
hurt Nixon.
McCarthy, Hubert H. Humphrey's
opponent for the Democratic
nomination, still has
strong pulling power among the
young and those who are fed
up with the war in Vietnem.
Only last week McCarthy refused
to back Humphrey.
After the Democratic national
convention in Chicago, McCarthy
worte an official letter to Lomenzo
asking that his name not be placed
on the ballot.
Lomenzo agreed.
But supporters of McCarthy did
not, and they took it to the state
Appellate Division, where it was
ruled that McCarthy could go
on the ballot even if he didn't
want to. This is because, technically,
voters are not voting
for presidential candidates, they
are voting for " electors," members
of the electoral0 college who
will choose the president in
January.
Lomenzo heard this and said
he was going to appeal it to the
highest court in the state, the
Court of Appeals.
Many Republicans did double
takes.
Many private polls taken by
both Republicans and Democrats
show either Humphrey or Nixon
taking the state by a very narrow
margin.
Obviously then, anything which
would draw votes away from
Humphrey would be met with
wild applause by Republicans
-- who are looking for Nixon to
help them to get control of the
state Assembly in Albany this
year.
McCarthy's name on the ballot
will probably draw a substantial
number of votes away from
Humphrey.
Last week Lomenzo got the
message, he said he is not going
to fight the case. He said he
changed' his mind because his
lawyers told him he couldn't win.
Perhaps they told him Nixon
couldn't win either.
Javits could be hurt by Lomenzo's
switch.
McCarthy is close to Paul
O'Dwyer, Javits' Democratic opponent,
O'Dwyer has also refused
to back Humphrey.
With McCarthy on the ballot
with him, O'Dwyer might be expected
to draw more traditional
New York City liberal votes away
from Javits.
Group Meets To Discuss
Accident Problem
A meeting will be held at the
John West elementary school on
October 23 at 8 p. m. to develop
plans so that future accidents
may be averted as to the one that
caused the death of a Plainedge
school boy on Hicksville Road at
Stewart and Boundary Avenues.
A petition for an overpass
connecting the west side of Hicksville
Road and the southeast
corner of Stewart and Boundary
Avenue has been gathered.
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