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$o Somewhere on the ballot this No- vember, away from the maddening din which is represented by the lines - for political contests for public office, will be a $500 million Transportation Act bond issue. It is not a subject which will generally stir much emo- tion, nor is the price tag, particularly in these tough economic times, one which will automatically entice voters to pull a \yes\ lever. - But, a lot is at stake in this bond issue for citizens who are concerned about energy, the environment, our economic well being and our direct mass transportation needs. The plan for improved transporta- tion, \a long range, soundly developed program,\ hinges on taxpayer appro- val of the $500 million in State bonds. If that approval is forthcoming, $300 million in Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority bonds and $180 million in Federal and local matching funds will fall in place. Then the State of New York can get around to doing the big job that has to be done, particularly here on Long Island. Just about 25% of the total $980 million will be used to benefit the Island . . . for the purchase of 70 new electric cars, the improvement of LIRR shop facilities, improvement of freight facilities and the construction of a car storage and turnaround facility which will lower operational costs, improve rush hour reliability and permit a 25% increase in the number of rush hour passengers. That money will be well spent. If the LIRR is to grow and upgrade service it must have these improvements. If not, operational costs will continue to mount while service deteriorates and we will be trapped by poorer mass transportation facilities when what we clearly need is to get cars off the roads by better mass transit. In addition, LI business is being choked by the demands of freight service. Throughout New York State, - Obe Obscerucr PUBLICATION NUMBBER: USPS 396-4620 160 Main Street, Northport, N. Y. 11768 BERNARD PALEY, Publisher JAMES MURPHY, News Editor Advertising Rates on Request Subscription - $8 Year AN 1-6124 ® AN 5-2100 Published every Thursday at Northport, L. I., N. Y. Entered as second class matter at the Northport, N. Y. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879 COMPOSITION RESPONSIBILITY This newspaper will not be responsible tor error in advertising beyond the cost ~ K of the space occupied by the error : ___A PAGE 4 Editorial /Comment Mass Transit Funding N+ approximately 50% of the freight tlpalifels on ragll. Here, on the Island, only 5% of the freight moves On railroad cars. We must turn that situation around to relieve the pres- sure on the LI Expressway and to improve our economic climate. This first step in improved mass transit will also lead to further electri- fication of the railroad here in Suffolk and the subsequent improvement in service in later stages of the total plan. Everything is right about this pro- gram. Its emphasis is on needed mass yA Va Barometer. .. up and down main street 'I:he world of fashion is a serious business yvhgch hardly receives the recognition it is due in either the scientific world or in all those think tanks which proliferate around the globe. Oh, there is the ''New York Times\ which treats the latest trends on its society pages and the psychoanalyst who occassionally pokes his head out of an invory tower to explain why low/high/ or mini skirts reflect the changing morality of our times. # # # But, what all the heavy thinkers have failed to realize over the centuries is that fashion has not followed a trend but rather has stimulated some of the most drastic changes in our society. # # % It was a comely lass in Virginia who first started to scribble messages across her shirt while stirring a pot in her log cabin fireplace. And that first message, quite naturally, was \A woman's place is in the house ... and stagnant.\ Tom Jefferson was entranced by both the lady and the message which he mistakenly read, because of some short wrinkles, as \the house and the senate\ and was moved to join a revolution and create a THE OBSERVER eeded transit; its finarcing by federal and Triborough Authority funds will ease the strain on taxpayers. Without the improvements, in the long run more money will be spent and wasted on operation costs for poorer service. Keep this tranportation bond issue in mind as you are bombarded in the coming month with the sight and sounds of candidates seeking your vote this November. And make up your mind now to look for, ana sup- port, the Transportation Bond Issues on the ballot. It deserves a \\Yes\ vote. bicaxperql form of government. The message also inspired another kind of revolution which - may have greater impact yet on our way of life. # sk sk . * Over ten years ago, the wonderful women of Suffolk who were shopping in discount centers and farmers markets with those giant rollers in their hair, were spotted by an asPirins politican and a greedy contractor. Inmoments, the idea of a Southwest Sewer District was Dorn and on its way. # # % We will not belabor the point. Let us only not? that now LILCO with the aid of the federal government is launching a $24 million program to build two energy-producing windmills on the east end of long Island. The idea came not from the U.S. Department of Energy nor from the scientists working on plans for alternat© sources under the directive of President Carter. Rather, it was borne in the brain of $25 station attendant, father of five teenage girls, who found his ear drums tested by the sound 0f all the wooden clogs echoing throughout NS house. Wooden shoes, windmills . h association was easy, the nation is to be saved. BAP SEPTEMBER 27. 19°
