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y?’ 1972 yr Robert incer Care elping ad- anual and 'olunteers ineia and tarnation md Door- back L R) :rta Stein, aistng VP Centerfold | m s K m ■ Cfi<t 371faVEAlt.No.25 BALDWIN MERRICK t i f CaM liSM FREEPORT.NEW YORK, OCTOBER 12,1972 : s : ROOSEVELT zip Cnta t i s n PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY ^ Levy:State Short- ^ch^higes Village “Why should the Village of Freeport, with a population of more than 40,000, receive only $210,000 in State funds whOe the City of North Tonawanda, with only 36,000 ^idents; receivesSl,227,000?” says Republican State Sen- Ator Norman J. Levy, Chairman of the Senate Committee ^-^^Jpn'^^ages, in announcing that his Comrnittee will conduct ^ a s e ^ of hearings, throughdut the State, aimed at devising' a new formula for State revenue faring. He cites the Village as an obvious example of unfair allocation. Under the present system, Senator Levy explain^, vil lages are ^ortchanged simply because they are named “villages” rattier than “cities”. He indicated he would seek to change the revenue sharing formula to one which takes into account population, density of population and the services petforoied by Ihe mumcipality. to vHIagSi and iitig . The suit Has not come ..................................................... _ a. ~ a v - I... n ____ :r..t lAi.llI Devils\ on page 6 for detailsl (Ph<^ by Dondfd Walll Bike Safety Program Too Late for Two I T h i r t e e n-ycar-old Richard Zimmer, soo of Richard and Mar ion am m er. Is listed in “fair condition” f<dlowing surgery as we go to press and l4-year*old Richard Foley of 71S South Ocean Avenue as ‘^satisfactmy” in Doc tors Hospital fiRlowiag accident last Thorsday afternoon, October S. at the Intersectlcm of Wood- dell Avenue and Front Street. Freepiurt. Witnesses to the acci dent. which occurred at 3:10, repmi that Zimmer was pedaling the bike with Foley as a passrager and rode out into Fitmt Street without stopping. Ilie bike was struck by vehicle being driven east on Front by Ixwis Stein. 81 of S8 Robert Street. According to Freeport PoUce, yonng Zimmer suffered a fractured left leg. abrasions of the head and a posrible skull frac ture whUe Foley reedved back injuries. Enthusiastic support for the Freeport Bicycle Safety Program was generously demonstrated this week with the donation of $250 by the Sons of Italy. This money will be used to purchase two completely equipped bicycles-one for a girl and one for a boy-which will be given away at a drawing at the completion of the bicydesafety registration, testing, and in spection program. Any student whose bicycle is already registered with the Freeport Police Department or who will have it registered at one of the scheduled dates coming up, and who goes through the in spection and testing procedure at one of tiie elementary schools, will be eligible for the drawing. The bicycles will be on display . at the schools during the bicycle safety assembly presentations. This should be an added incentive for youngsters to cooperate and participate in the bicycle safety in-ogram. Senator Levy’s comments came in the wake of a hearing on State funding of Vttlage Governments, which his com mittee held in cooperation with the State’s Joint Legislative Committee on Laws Affecting local Government, chaired by Assemblyman George J. Farrell, Jr. The joint session, held October 2 in the Malverne Village Hall, was called to gamer the suggestions of Nassau County Village officials on ways in which a new revenue sharing formula might be structured. Senator Levy indicated he was pleased with the sugges- , x s s , 9 t s s x . . . . . — r.,:.. m . . ^^rtcH a n g e s o u , vOlages. T h e suggestiotis f o t Hcw formulas which we received will help form the basis for new legislation to remedy this inequity”. Senator Levy said, “there is no question that our be- leagured cities need aU the money they are getting, but, these payments cannot be made at the expense of Village governments which provide essentially the same services, have many, if not all, of Ihe same problems and will face growing needs in the yeaia to come. lettdr 4nnn PolUte Chief Elar <»ncerniiigr”JFteeilort’ff •' bibycle ordinance,: hav^'gone out to all residents of the' village. ' Procedures for regUtenng and testing the bicycles are being coordinated by the Freeport police Department, the Freeport School Administration, and Freeport Council PTA. The committee is tooklng forward to the whol^iearted support from parents to make this a success!^ endeavor. School Bus Driver Injured A woinaa bus driver, employed by the Tbmfor Transportation Company to transport fTeeport students to special classes conducted for emotionally disturb^ chOdren a t the BOCES Greottrees Sdmol, HicksvQle, was hospitalized last week following a s incident which oc' onred list lluirsday a t W a n ta^ Avenue and Souttieni State Park way as the minMnis was retur ning studoits to the Wlage. According to Bchpol 'Officials, two you^AezB began to fight and the driver, the oojy adult idxnrd, in s atowiiig the b n down iHieQ nm r tM M M fire « - ttngulsber was touched off spraying the woman with chemical. Upon inhaling the fumes, the woman lo^ con sciousness after halting the bus. Shmped as it was in midst of traffic, Nassati CiKinty Pofiee arrived at the s < ^ almMt immediately and trangwrted the driver to, a boqiltal:^where she was treated for s e y c ^ days for loss (tf b ^ voice. School hffidals now report Aat the driver has regained her speech and Is undergoing greicribed bed lert i t honie for a pab^Ql.Ibnat Girl Killed in Motorcycle Accident Randy Nielsen, 19. of 21 Bell- more Avenue, Point lookout, was killed a t 8:30 pm, Tuesday, Oc tober 10 , when the motorcycle she was riding was in collision with automobile driven by ^year-old Joseph WardofBrooUyq; ^ feet east of C l ^ i ^ ^ Avenue pn Mer rick Road, Freeport. AccoT^g to witnesses, the car passed over, the . 1^1 and the motorcycle S iting if afire. While managing to gel to h er fed, Miss Nielsen almost immediately col lapsed and was dead on arrival at South Nassau Communities Hosp ital Ward was not charged. WHEN THE NORTHEASTER HIT. The owner of thli car parked on South Ocean Avenue near Smith Street may not feel lucky looking at the damage done When Saturday moming'i itorm caused the limb of ■ treetofaU; pierdna the roof of hta c a r. . . but If he had bean sitting In the d ritfm s w t ......... 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