Commission Explores Charges
Levied Against Gorton
Plainedge Board Adopts
Larger Library Budget
Carl E. Gorton, Farmingdale
Public Library Trustee appeared
last Monday at a preliminary
hearing at the New York State
Human Rights Commission in
Mineola on charges leveled
against him by Mrs. Hortensia
Stoyan, Assistant Library Director
that Gorton ' was harassing
her because she was Puerto Ric-an
and a Jehovah's Witness.*
A conference was held in Mineola
this Wednesday on the same
matter with Library Director Or-rin
B. Dow and members of the
library board, who were subpoenaed
to appear for questioning.
The Board of Commissioners,
headed by Commissioner Francis
X. Giaccone, met to investigate
whether the charge was ' beyond
a reasonable doubt.' A full scale
public hearing will be held if the
matter is so decided.
If convicted, the penalty carries
a $ 500 fine, a jail term of one
year, or both.
The Library Board said that it
would meet next Friday in executive
session over the charges
against Mrs. Stoyan levied by
Gorton. Gorton told THE OBSERVER
that he will refuse to
press the charges if the meeting
is not held in public. The next
regular board meeting is scheduled
for Tuesday, April 9.
Need Alliance To Meet
Expanding Drug Threat: Petito
" We are losing the battle
against marijuana . . . and
the youth of our nation are facing
the most serious challenge yet
to their stability and their
future,** Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
Michael N. Petito stated
this week. In remarks made on
a radio program, Petito, who was
Chairman of the Nassau County
Task Force on Narcotics and a
founder of the County Drug Abuse
anduAddiction Commission, said
there is a desperate need for an
alliance between local government,
law enforcement officials
and community organizations to
meet the growing use of marijuana
and other drug abuse in the
county.
" Unless we get broad support
from our civic leaders, the clergy,
parents and teachers, we face
the danger of permitting an entire
generation of our youth to be engulfed
by a rising tide of drug
use and marijuana experimentation,*'
said Petito, adding that
Supervisor asks for alliance
between local government and
community leaders to meet
expanding drug threat in suburbia.
there is a serious need to intensify
communication between the
general public and those in authority.
He specifically requested
any parents or teachers with information
concerning marijuana
usage or drug abuse to use the
special Nassau Police telephone
number ( PI 6- illl).
The Supervisor pointed to the
County's de- toxification center
at Meadowbrook Hospital and
Topic House at Mitchel Gardens
as two areas where young people
faced with the drug crisis could
get help.
" One look at the statistics
shows what I mean when I say the
peril is deeper than we care to
admit,** Petito stated. " As of
March 20th of this year, there
have been 244 narcotics arrests
in Nassau County, 70% for marijuana.
During the same period
in 1967, there were 130 such
arrests and for the entire year
of 1967, there were 591 arrests,
50% for marijuana. Going back a
few years, in 1962, we had only
70 drug- connected arrests for the
entire year.
Petito gave strong support to
the newly - announced pilot
program of classes for county
Hold Hearings On Three
Proposed Licensing Laws
The Nassau County " Board of
Supervisors held hearings this
week on three local laws proposed
by Oyster Bay TownSuper-visor
Michael N. Petito. The
laws would license persons in
the home improvement business,
motor vehicle repair business
and television repair business.
Petito said that the three laws
would not- only protect the County's
consumers, but would also
serve to weed out any undesirables
from the three business
categories.
The Supervisor emphasized
that the Board would take no
action on the licensing of home
improvement businessmen until
the State acts on proposed statewide
laws covering the same
field. If the State legislature
passes state- wide laws on the
matter, he said, they would
supersede any County laws
making such local laws unnecessary.
District 22 Lowers Lunch Prices
Student lunch prices in the
Farmingdale Public Schools will
be reduced beginning Monday,
April 1 due to additional aid
received from the State Education
Department for this specific purpose,
it was announced this week.
The price slash is a temporary
reduction, it was learned.
The new price for elementary
school children grades one
through six is 25 cents and for
secondary pupils grades 7 to 12,
the price will be 30 cents for a
complete lunch.
Town Employees Relations
Board Gets OK
The New York State Public
Employees Relations Board this
week approved the Town of Oyster
Bay's recently enacted local
law establishing a town public
employees relations board.
Town Board majority leader
Ralph Marino explained that under
the new Taylor Law, the town
was given the authority to establish
its own procedures for
promoting an harmonious relationship
between Town government
and its employees, with all
provisions subject to approval by
the State Board.
On November 11, 1967 the Town
enacted the Public Employees
Fair Employment Law, which is
patterned along the lines of the
State's Taylor Law. A key feature
of the bill was creation of a
three- man impartial public employees
relations board.
Chief Chat, Berner Beacon
Receive High Ratings
Massapequa High School newspaper
Chief Chat received a first
place rating and Berner High's
Berner Beacon, a second place
rating in the Columbia University
sponsored annual event.
School newspapers were rated
on the basis of style, format
and context. The highest category
is the Medalist Class,
rated as exceptional, followed
by a first place rating of excellent.
Both schools received their
ratings in schools with an enrollment
of over 2,500 students.
school- teachers sponsored by the
County Drug Abuse Commission
to be held Mondays in the Nassau
Academy of Medicine.
He also pointed to statistics
showing that Topic House is filled
to its 60- residents capacity and
must now look for expanded facilities
because of the demand.
Petito also stated in his remarks
that 82% of heroin users
started with marijuana and ' graduated*
to stronger drugs.
" In the coming weeks, I plan
to work for programs that will
create greater communication
between parent and child,"
the Supervisor said.
Petito pledged to wage a full-time
campaign against " those
who are trying to sell our children
on the use of marijuana,
pep pills and other drugs."
Eleven hours of additional
service, full operation in the
new building starting in the summer
and new and expanded services
and programs are the highlights
of a proposed $ 218,642
Plainedge Public Library budget
adopted by the Board of Trustees
at its open budget meeting
on Wednesday night. Last year's
budget totalled $ 154,203.
The largest increase in the
proposed budget will up salaries
from $ 67,000 to $ 103,000. The
new figure will provide for the
staff needs of the new library
building, increased library hours,
the strengthening of adult's and
children's reference and reader's
advisory services and
planned regular programs for all
ages. Innovations will include
films, guest speakers, book discussion
groups and programs of
cultural interest.
The book budget has been increased
from $ 45,750 to $ 53,275
to meet the additional demands
on the book collection which the
opening of the new building this
summer is expected to create.
Funds have also been included
for increasing the number of magazine
and newspaper subscriptions
and for developing a new
phonograph record collection for
home use.
The budget also calls for an increase
in maintenance in the new
building from $ 4700 to $ 13,000.
The new figure includes cleaning
and maintenance of the library
building and equipment as well as
full- time custodial service.
Funds for utilities were also increased
from $ 4,150 to $ 9,850.
In releasing the budget figures,
Mrs. Ruth Frankel, Board Chairman,
stated that with the adoption
of this new budget and the move
to the new larger quarters, Plain-edge
will be able to enjoy the benefits
of full library service and
programs for the first time.
School Board Slates Budget Hearing
Since the open public hearing
on the District 22 school
budget will be held on Wednesday,
April 3, the Board of Education
meeting scheduled for
Monday, April 1 will not be held,
but has been rescheduled for
Monday, April 8. Meetings to
take place at Wei don E. Howitt
auditorium at 8: 30 p. m.
Cited For Police Excellence
Several Massapequa residents
were cited for excellence by Nassau
County Police Commissioner
Francis B. Looney were announced
this week.
Those cited were Detective
William C. Allen, PatrolmanEd-ward
J. Chilinski, Patrolman
Harry Halvorsen, Patrolman Anthony
J„ Perillo, Patrolman Louis
M. Ramu, all of Massapequa and
Patrolman George W. Young of
Massapequa Park.
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