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\ fu U S: o o X < u_ UJ X Editorials • Viewpoints •Comments On Vacation This week, this editor will climb down off of the usual corner \soap box\ of editorial comment on the hap- penings that require community attention to share a short breathing spell with the readers of the Post. For the first time in two years.we put together more than just a three day weekend for a vacation ... it was a five day weekend, starting last Thursday morning and ending when we reported back to the desk Tuesday morning this week. If this week's edition seems slightly smaller than it should be or lacks its usual punch, we apologize, but the time was needed to rejuvinate the spirit. A four hour drive down New Jersey's Garden State Parkway (trying to keep within what we consider stupid speed laws) brought us to the Surf Holiday Motel in North Wildwood, New Jersey, where our hosts John and Angeline Dembowski greeted us as long lost friends, since we also visited there briefly last summer. If you are looking for a real swinging time with a cocktail lounge and pool at your front door, forget it. But, if you want the cleanest, quietest most relaxing spot for use as \base headquarters\ and sleeping late, this is the ideal spot. For those of you unfamiliar with Wildwood, its all the way down the coast of New Jersey almost to the tip of the Cape May Peninsula. The fine sandy beaches are over 400 yards wide and stretch for miles and miles. The boardwalk is an almost endless walk of stores penny arcades, rides, amusements and theatres. It's like the old Coney Island but much, much bigger and longer. The night life is almost unlimited with lots and lots of night clubs to cater to every desire from disco to Hawaiian. Some of the \name\ talent is there, but not like here in New York. But, the easy relaxed pace more than makes up the difference for those who want to just enter a different world and do their own thing slow and easy. If you think you would like to share this easy, no pressure type of weekend or vacation,don't be afraid to call me personally. I'll be only too willing to talk to you about it and relive the experience. QUES: My wife has been ill for many years and unable to work. I am 65 years old and will be retiring in a few months. I will receive a pension and social security, but this will be much less money than I have been making. My wife is 55 years old. Could she be eligible for SSI? ANS: In determining whether a disabled person is eligible for SSI, the income and financial resources of the disabled person's husband or wife are also taken into account. Your combined income and financial resources as well as your wife's medical condition will deter- mine whether or not she could receive SSI. You should inquire at your local social security office. Your local office is at One Station Plaza North, Mineola, New York. The phone number is PI 7-5470. 2ttf£ 3fummvfruk {tart •YOUR COMMUNITY NKKSIVVPIW - Established 1920 - 51 Hei sser Lane, Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735 Telephone: CHapel 9-0131 * 0170 Publisher Joseph MerertaVno Editor/Manager . . . Robert J. Standi Production Mgr St9V9it Vid Published every Thursday by Island-Wide Publications, Inc. Joseph hierendino, President; Steven Vid, Secretary-Treasurer COMPOSITION RESPONSIBILITY This newspaper will not be liable for errors, appearing in any adver- tising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. By—Lined Articles and Columns are the sole opinions of the writers and du not necessarily represent views of this paper. Second Class Postage at Farm- ingdale Post Office. SUBSCRIPTION RATJL; 1 VEAR $5.00 MEMBER: New York Press Assoc. MEMBER: Nassau County Progs Assoc. .MEMBER: American Newspaper Repre- sentative MEMBER: Notional Editorial Assoc. cAprroi Congressman COMMENr JEROME A. AMBRO Third District Between initial passage of a bill in the House of Senate and final approval of the legislation before it goes to the President for his signature, there is a little known maneuver known as a conference report - a take-it-all or leave-it- all proposal - which occasionally becomes a rather serious legislator's dilemma. The same legislation seldom passes each chamber in identical form. Generally, there are minor language or procedural dif- ferences which must be ironed out and agreed upon by both the House and Senate before a single bill can be sent across town to the White House. The House and Senate appoint members of their respective chambers as \conferees\ to meet, usually with staff members of those committees that worked on the legislation, and reconcile differences in the bills that passed each body. The \con- ferees\ then issue compromise legislation, a conference report, which is once again submitted to each chamber for adoption. The latter procedure is usually swift and routine since the reconciled differences are generally minor and the chamber has already worked its will in amending and approving the key concepts embodied in the initial legislation when it came to the floor. That, however, is not always the case. Conference reports cannot be amended or changed. When they come back from conference for a vote, each Representative and Senator must either accept or reject the report with all the compromise changes. It may happen that a legislator voted for a bill initially, but has problems accepting the con- ference report because of key changes made in reconciling the House and Senate versions. In such a case, you're stuck with either accepting the general concept, despite objectionable parts, or rejecting an entire piece of legislation which may contain many positive features and which represents months and months of work. The tax reform bill is a case in point. The House version, which passed in December, was a much IN POLICE & AMBULANCE EMERGENCIES DIAL FOR NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT more tightly knit package than the tax loophole sieve recently approved by the Senate. Although I supported our own tax reform bill, I might, have problems accepting a conference report that leaned too heavily toward the Senate version, which not only failed to aggressively pursue the loophole question, but also threatens the precarious fiscal balance between revenues and expenditures upon which our innovative Congressional Budget is predicated. Some would argue, on the other hand, that any tax reform is better than none. . I'd like to hear your views on this legislative dilemma. FT ore Assemblyman Philip Kealey Disabled war veterans awarded allowances toward the purchase of automobiles by the federal government will now gain free use of state recreation areas in New York State under one of several measures I supported this year to improve veteran benefits. Previously, only amputees who actually had been awarded allowances toward the purchase of vehicles were eligible but now other veterans will be able to take greater advantage of our public campsites, parks and all state-owned facilities which provide recreation. Veterans who have received real property tax exemptions will also now have the same right as other taxpayers to bring taxpayer suits against municipal officers. The state has also appropriated $25,000 to the Division of Veterans' Affairs to help defray clerical and other costs for the 77th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Under another new law, the State University will establish stan- dards to grant advanced standing for admissions to veterans who have successfully completed the United States Armed Forces Institute or comparable courses. All of these benefits are in recognition of the sacrifices made by veterans. Education inducements will help them to more quickly make the transition from military life to the job market. Supervisor* JOHN W.BURKE.. REPORTS The Town's Disaster Task Force wasted no time putting its emergency plan into effect last week following the Weather Bureau's announcement of Belle's impending visit. I am very proud of the job that all of these people did- from the tree crews out in the storm to the supervisors manning the phones and radio - many of whom were still at their posts 32 hours later. That Monday morning (August 9), department and division heads » iSK ***** *** coordinate alignments of men and equip- ment wWi their foremen and field forces. Headquarters were set up in ™i?? hway Division Operations Center with communications and control under the supervision of the Commissioner of Public Works and the Deputy Superintendent of Highways. #J? t J***? 8hore ' • 8imitar operations center was manned in the Gc^iServicespep^mentatTownHaU. Weather broadcasts were continuously monitored, and it was soon evident that the south shore X? l K?*£ be m firet lnd hardest Fourteen trucks and crews were dispatched to operate out of the Carman Mill Road Highway Center in Biassapequa, and radio*quipped vehicles patrolled the area's streets. •J-TFSL 8 Drim «fy responsibility is to keep open the more than 700 SLZ.il*? 1 road8 for emergency vehicles or evacuation. Work cre^therefore, concentrated on cutting trees blocking roads and moving them to one side. Other crews would later be assigned to cleanup and removal operations. It has been estimated that some 4,000 trees along Town road rights JkZSL^iTP* ™ ny * *\** deotroying «Wewalk» and curbs in KEEI 1, Hf 1 ! 8 ' PC**\*! have already commenced a survey of *?!•!# i°{ thi8 d^niage for which we will be seeking federal and state funds to carry out repairs. «^JSTi a T? , w Conlta,,e thil massive cleanup operation, I hope you ww continue to£• patient and to cooperate as you have always done in Se^L 1 ?-?• to pi * Ud 5 r commend all of these Town employees for emer-g ouUtondm * Performance and dedication throughout this
