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I^AGE FOUR LONG ISLAND TRAVELER-WATCHMAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1975 Site f mm f - lnatrliiM The l.otiK Isiniicl Traveler IVInlliluek WiiU'hmnn Eslal)li<ihccll87l h'slalilishcd 1826 Published Thursday at Southold, L.I., N.Y. 11971 By The Long Island Traveler - Mattituck Watchman, Inc. Traveler Street Telephone Southold 765-3425 EDWARD W. WOOD. JR.. Publisher PATRICIA L. WOOD. Editor SHERLEY B. KATZ. Desk Editor BOB BURNS. Sports Editor RAY RiGNEL. Advertising Director EMBREE JAILLITE. Advertising Representative ■JOHN J. MULLEN. Advertising Representative PATRlt'IA .1. GARNSEY. Business Representative Display Advertialnr Rates on Application Entered os Second Class Matter at the Post Olfice at Southold, N. Y., under the Act of Congress on March 3, 1879 An Official Newspaper Of The Towns Of Southold And Riverhead THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1975 Family Reunion Day We often hear people decrying the sad state of families today. If juvenile crime, moral laxity, drugs and divorce rates are the measure of family solidarity and parental leadership the critics have a reason for concern. Fortunately, we are trying to do something about it by calling national attention to the family unit as the keystone of our whole society. The observance of Family Reunion Day was brought about some years ago by Kiwanis International and Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge who sponsored the promotion with the help of many other organizations. We strongly encourage you to join in a family celebration. It is not necessarily a day for parades or mass gatherings. It is a time to call your family together around the dinner table or a picnic table. It is a time to worship as a family. It is an occasion to telephone family members in other areas of the country. It is an opportunity to renew family ties and to review family history. Families, historically, have t>een the basic unit of our society. It is the family which sets standards for youngsters - ideas such as honesty, integrity, self-reliance and religious faith are first learned in the family circle. It follows that strong families are the keystone of a healthy nation. They determine the moral level fot; ^he conduct of life for both private and public action. Strong families hold the key for reduced crime, lower divorce rates, control of drug abuse and violence and many of our other serious social ills. Reaffirm your faith in the strength of the family, plan a Family Reunion Day. Washington Report If you tiiink the present rate of inflation is bad. just wait. Unless something is done to halt further massive shipments of U.S. grain to Russia. American consumers can look for a new upward price surge on food and other essentials that can well drive the annual rate of inflation to 20 percent and above. That is the flat prediction of qualified e.\perts in Congress who view with growing concern the policy of dwelling more more wheat, corn and other grain to Russia without any clear definition of the effect this will have on vital U.S. grain reserves and on consumer prices. Agriculture Secretary Earl But/, says the U.S., which has sold nearly ten million tons of grain to Russia already this year, could send another four million or so tons to the Soviets with only ‘‘minimal impact" on U.S. consumer prices. But if reports from London are correct, the Soviets are asking for another ten million or so tons from the U.S. because of severe drought conditions in the Soviet Union. Even as But/, sought to reassure U.S. consumers, the Labor Department came out with figures on the July wholesale price index show- ing a 1.2 percent increase, the third in four months. And food prices alone jumped 6.6 percent. AFL-CIO President George Meany called the latest price increases shocking new evidence that the American people again were being deceivedand. in Meany’s words, were “paying the bill - at the superniarkei - for a discredited policy called deten- te." “ It is time." said Meany. “ that the President foj-mulates poll WEATHER SUMMARY Sunday, August 17, 1975 Thru Saturday, August 23, 1975 TEMPERATURE WIND PRECIP. BAR. High Low DIRECTION INCHES Aug. 17 74 67 E T 29:92 Aug. 18 82 63 SW 0.00 29:87 Aug. 19 80 61 NW 0.00 29:91 Aug. 20 77 54 NW 0.00 30:06 Aug. 21 78 65 — 0.00 30:21 Aug. 22 83 59 SW 0.06 29:92 Aug. 23 76 61 N 0.00 30:08 Congressman Pike From Washington, DC The reason usually given for con- gressional recesses is the opportunity for Congressmen to go home and talk with the people. “ Mending fences" it is called, which has the connotation of running for re-election. A more fundamental reason is the business of listening to the people instead of talking and finding out what the people are talking about as opposed to what Congress has been talking about. Happily, for the Congressman, most of the things he finds people talking about are not things they expect him Ici lake care of. They were talking about the weather, which was good, and the Congressman was not given ilic credit for it. They were talking about the fishing, which was fair, and the Congressman was not expected to improve il. They were talking about the Mets. who came back to life and theii died again, and the Congressman was not blamed. Because of the volume and tiiversity of the requests which continue to pour into the olfice. recess or not. Congressmen frequently get the feel- ing their constituents expect them lo take care of absolutely everything and it’splice to get home and find out they really don’t. There are some basic problems the people are talking about that they do expect some governmental help on. and they are entitled to get it. Older retired' people are talking about inflation - younger college graduates arc talking about jobs. It should not be too much to expect, in a nation as resourceful as ours, that we should be able to find jobs for those eager to work without increasing the rate of inflation. The hard statistics show that we are not doing it. As of August 1st. there were 74S.I56 people registered for unemployment benefits in the State of New York. Of the 79 state offi'.es outside of New York City, only one had a greater increase it\ unemployment than did the east end of Long Island during the week of August I. When t.lic Congressman comes home and finds that unemployment has come home. too. he knows that jobs are one thing the Congress shoulil spend more lime talking about and working on. View from the Senate by Senator Leon E. Giuffreda cieson behalf of the American peopk rather than to please the Kremlin." This is tough talk. But not as tough as the language of the International Longshoremen's Association whose members are threatening to halt the loadingof U.S. grain to Russia unless it can be demonstrated, clearly, that the shipments will not cause substan- tial new boosts in domestic food prices. Longshoremen’s president. Tho- mas (Teddy) Gleason, has served notice that his members are not going 10 stand for “another rip-off” of the American consumer. There was talk, loo. of the dangerous depletion of U.S. grain reserves to bail out the Soviet Union from under another of its periodic agricultural crises brought on by the repressive bureaucracy of its collectivised farm system and the Soviets over-emphasis on military buildup at the expense of its consumer economy. Telegrams have now gone out from Longshoremen’s headquar- ters to all members of Congress and all Governors of the States, explaining the union’s position. After the Great Grain Robbery of 1972. when the U.S. shipped Russia one-quarter of its entire crop al subsidized prices and at the cost of a drastic new' rise in domestic food prices, government officials solemnly promised: Never again. Now. under the pressure of detente and in the mistaken belief the U.S. farmer needs virtually unlimited grain markets in the Soviet Union, the U.S. appeared on the verge of an even greater grain debacle. In the longshoremen’s view, it was clear that someone had to call a halt somewhere along the line. Many people, myself included, sometimes complain of the length of time that il takes lo get laws passed. The mills of legislation grind exceed- ingly slow. A case in point is my bill that requires truckloads of sand and gravel lo be covered while in transit on our highways to prevent flying stones and particles from striking other vehicles. That seems a simple enough bit of la'vmaking. but it look more than five years and consider- able heated debate before il was finally signed into law this year. Actually, though we occasionally become impatient with the process, the delays, debate and compromise often do produce more effective and fair legislation. Things finally get accomplished, and it is sometimes more practical lo work on a program of bills lo achieve certain stages toward a goal than to go for the whole package in one jump and lose the battle. That has been my policy in working on legislation for Senior Citi- zen Real Property Tax Exemp- tion. Volunteer Firemen’s benefits From The Congressional Record Senator Hubert Humphrey aired the w'heat protein dispute, stating: "The protein level for wheat is a critical factor in determining the price which is offered for much of the wheat which is being harvested this year, according to some grain buyers, the protein levels have diopped lo or are below the 11 percent level. This is a critical point, and a 14 percent protein level will bring the producer 56 cents more per bushel than the posted prices." An article from The New York Times was ordered printed in the Record; In Wheat Belt: Protein Dispute Americans may well sing of amber waves of grain as the nation winds up' a historic harvest of 1.7 billion bushels of wheat this month. But to the wheat growers who planted that record crop last fall, the music carries some discordant notes because the protein content of the hard red winter wheat produced in Montana’s "Big Sky" country and other areas is down again this season. Protein is not only the basic sub- stance of life • to growers of quality wheat it also represents the differ- ence between high profits and nine months of wasted lime and money, regardless of the size of the crop. To make matters worse, farmers and the i % Mill • grain elevator operators here com- plain bitterly of a "conspiracy" by wheal buyers to deny them the normal premiums they receive for protein content. As far as the milling and baking industry is concerned, the protein factor is essential not only for its nutritional value but also for the pro- duction of quality bread and rolls. Without at least 11 percent protein bread loses its firmness and struc- ture. making automated packaging a nightmare. A lack of protein causes stacked bread on grocery shelves to collapse, giving customers the impression of being offered short-weighted or damaged goods. Foreign buyers of wheat insist on high protein because bread is still a major source of that key element in their diet. Because of the decline in supplies of high-protein wheat today, exporters may be forced to compete against domestic flour millers and bakers for available stocks, despite the record grain crops forecast for this season. Grass Routs Comment Il will come as a surprise to most consumers that the protein content of wheal is that important to millers and bakers - and buyers for export. Days In Our Past 100 Years Ago The bays were full of menhaden (bunkers) and large catches were being made every day. Most of the catch was ground into fish meal or went onto the land as fertilizer. There was a very small fruit crop. The organ factory of George W. Earl in Riverhead was in full pro- duction. The old Southold Cemetery had a clean up which much improved its appearance. Mrs. William H. Wilbur, the new milliner, had improved the west part of the Cochran house. Henry L. Lewis had arrived to take over his new tin and stove shop. 75 Years 4go Father Myles O’Reilly, former pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, died while on a visit to his parents’ home in Ireland. In the drawing at the Sacred Heart Fair in Cutehogue, Miss Lucy Stein- ach won the $50 in gold. Madeline Ryder, aged 3, wandered away from home at Arshommomaque and onto the tracks of the LI Railroad. There the unfortunate little girl was killed by a passing train. The temperature had been over 90° for a week. The Presbyterian Sunday School picnic was held at Fleet’s Neck. The Southold Cornet Band gave a lawn party and open air concert on Miss Jerusha Horton’s lawn (where the Mobil Service Station now stands). W.I. Hagerman was to build a residence on the 6 acres he had recently purchased from G.F. Hom- mel on Boisseau Avenue. 50 Years Ago and implementing my "Bill of Rights for the Handicapped". Nearly every year, we manage lo improve the conditions under which lax relief is granted l<^1ie elderly, whose fixed incomes: ai^Rieing eaten away by inflation while they try lo hold on to their homes. Though this program has moved slower than could be wished, we have made progress. This year wc were also pleased w ith the passage of greatly improved funeral and death benefits for vol- unteer firemen as well as other legislation designed lo promote parti- .ipation in volunteer fire depart- ments throughout the slate. in September, wc will be holding hearings in Albany. Syracuse. Haup- pauge and New York City on my bill lo guarantee equal educational opport- unities for ihe handicapped. This will hopefully lead lo release of this bill, w hich has already passed the Senate, from the Assembly committee and to final passage. Sonielimes il is slow going, but wc find persislence pays off in the long run. Aquebogue’s Steeple Church was celebrating the 175th year of its founding. This church was the first Congregational Church in this area and was the first church on the East End to have a steeple. Hence the name. The nucleus of the Steeple Church were 16 members of the Jamesport Presbyterian Church who seeeeded to form the new unit. There firs-f pa'storwasTimothy Wells;oneof ■ the church members; ’ ' Shelter Island Heights had a beaut- iful new post office. A group of young people from Peeonic, chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Robinson, were cruising on Harold Sayre’s motor yacht “Anita". The house and lot of the late Mary M. Griffing in Cutehogue were sold at auction to Joseph Zonowski. Arthur B. Gordon had purchased the Charles H. Tuthill place on the Main Road in Southold. William A. Richmond of Southold was an engineer on a United Fruit Co. ship. David J. Sandlands had rented his place on the North Road to Albert Salmon. The Long Island Chapter of the N.Y.S. Archeological Association was organized in Southold. Officers elected were: President. Charles F. Goddard, Vice President, Nat. E. Booth, Treasurer, Roy Lath- am and Secretary, Bennet de Beixe- don. 25 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Louis Baumann of Southold celebrated their 50th wed- ding anniversary at their home on Main Street. The Mattituck Yacht Club formally opened and dedicated their new building on the bay. Commodore Marty Suter was the principal speak- er. Custer Institute members enjoyed their annual summer outing with a trip to Fisher’s Island. The voyage was made in the “ Henry J", one of the oyster boats of the Shelter Island Oyster Company, through the cour- tesy of John Plock. The Mattituck Fire District budget in the amount of $9,700 was passed withojt a dissenting vote. The American Legion Post in Southold was housed in the large frame building, corner of Main Street and Tucker’s Lane. The building had been constructed by Barnabus H. Booth about the middle of the last century upon his retirement from business in Brooklyn. The third annual print exhibit of the Custer Camera Club was held at Custer Institute. Over 100 entries were received from photography en- thusiasts in the area. \ The annual picnic of the Mattituck Fire Department was held at Bailies Beach. Over 100 firemen with guests attended. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cichanowicz. Jr., and family of Pecnic had returned from an auto trip through New England and Canada. The Tuesday Club met with Mrs. Almet Latson at Creekside. From the desk of County Executive John V. N. Klein On several occasions, I have been questioned as to how I can justify the position of Nassau and Suffolk Counties in opposing offshore drilling in a time of energy shortages and dependency on foreign oil. The most recent occasion was during the pre- sentation of my testimony on July 19 before the House of Representative Select Committee on the Outer Con- tinental Shelf chaired by Congress- man John Murphy from Staten Is- land. One of the Congressmen pul the question in the traditional sense. It was: “ How can you object lo offshore oil drilling when there is no danger to Long Island from an oil spillT’ That, ladies and gentlemen, is representa- tive of a common misconception that I propose to clear up once and for all. Next month I will be co-hosting, with County Executive Caso of Nassau, a.very extensive press con- ference here in Suffolk Countv which will detail for the public the enormous amount of scientific research and evidence produced by that research on Ihe issue of potential impact of offshore oil drilling to the thousand miles of shoreline of Nassau and Suffolk and ihe $700 million annual economic fabric that il supports.. We have been quietly but very carefully arranging for scientific studies by the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, the Marine Sci- ences Research Center of the Slate University of Stony Brook and others. I hose studies clearly prove that which Ihe Presidenl’s Council on En- vironmental Oualily has already stat- ed - that Long Island is a "high risk" area for an offshore spill from drilling operation in the Georges Bank in the Atlantic Ocean. We will demonstrate that it is possible for this nation lo forecast, recognize and prevent a major en- vironmental and economic disaster. Some Thoughts On Our Society When the public gets swindled out of some millions of dollars through financial chicanery in business, in government, or through racketeering, some reporters and columnists will describe the swindle as a "ripoff". They should look in the dictionary where they can find some more realistic words such as robbery, theft, fraud, and cheating. "Ripoff" seems to imply that the folks who got swindled were a bunch of suckers who were sitting around waiting to be victimized. A rational human being is a fellow who will split his sides over the old family album and then look in a mirror without cracking a smile . . . The ancients believed the earth wa$ the center of the universe. Later the sun was supposed to be the center and now the astronomers don’t know where it is. YA u should have no trouble finding it,'just look in the nearest mirror. Come to thitak Uf it, if we didn’t have mirrors there wouldn’t be so many eases of love at first sight. The financial scandals of the past few years - particularly those big ones in government and business indicate that no matter how low the value of the dollar may sink to, it will never fall so low as some people will stoop to get it. A small town is a place where if you see a young girl out dining with a man old enough to be her father, “ he is” . It is also a place where the folks don’t have to look in the newspaper to learn that Susan Brown eloped with William Smith. They already know and they also know why. Some women think nothing is more revealing than a maternity dress while some men think it’s a paternity suit. Then again, sometimes a maternity dress is a slip cover. No matter what the government experts tell us about the light they sec al the end of the tunnel, inflation G O V E R N O R ’S COLUMN Boards of education are authorized lo permit the use of public school facilities, under certain conditions, for aihletic, physical training and recreational purposes by pupils of non-profii private schools through a bill signed by Governor Carey. Such use of the facilities are permitted when they "are not otherwise needed for school purposes and when such use shall not be disruptive of normal .school operation.” Noting that the education law mandates instruction in physical edu- cation lo foster the health of pupils, the Governor said "this bill merely permits increased availability of facil- ities to promote the health and welfare of pupils rather than sanc- tioning instructional services at state expense which, of course, are con- stitutionally proscribed." The Governor pointed out also that, because a school district has the right lo charge users of its facilities for oui-of-pockel expenses lo cover light, heal, janitorial and other services, "the bill will not add any undue burden upon school districts." Tighten Health Care Facilities Thirteen bills lightening regulation of residential health care facilities, ranging froin a requiremcnl of fi- nancial disclosure by operators and owners lo a meaningfull bill of righls for nursing home palienls. have been signed into law by Governor Carey. seems lo be continuing its upward trend. We're now getting to the stage where there's loo much month left al the end of the money. Recently, a neighbor had $25 worth of groceries stolen out of his car. T o get the loot the thief had lo break open the glove comparlincnl. The sportsman went to a hunting lodge on a vacation and bagged a record number of birds with the help of a do^> .rnied “ Salesman” . Some months laler he wrote to the lodge again for reservations and requested the same dog “ Salesman” . When he arrived at the lodge he asked the dog handler if “ Salesman” was ready to hunt. “ Hound ain’t no damn good any- more,” the handler replied. “What bappened,” cried fhe hun- ter. “ Was he injured, is he sick, is he dead?” The dog handler shook his bend. “Nope, nothing jike that. Some fool came hunting here and called him ‘Sales Manager’ all week. Now all he does is sit on his butt and bark.” Il might happen lo you. A FBI man was dictating to the office stenogra- pher. a report which carried the phrase: "and his paramour turned on him and made him run." Later when he read the typed report the line read "and his power mower turned on him and niadi- him run." For long years the two sexes were supposed to have been racing for supremacy. Neither one ever got ahead in the race - they just settled duwn to neck and neck. Leisure time is when your wife can’t find you... Don’t forget to visit the race track, you’ll have the opportunity to meet the only windows, in the world, that clean people. That'sail for today, God Bless, This is Patricia Wood reporting... Ten of the approved bills stem from the work of ihe Moreland Act Com- mission. headed by Morris B. Abram, which the Governor created shortly after he assumed office in reaction to d; ^closures of widespread abuses in ilic area of nursing home care. Two other bills, the Governor said in his memorandum of approval, "complement these Moreland bills and address themselves as well to certain problems, including Medicaid rate setting, on an interim.’emerg- ency basis, to protect the public purse while these problems receive further study by the Moreland Commission during the coming months." Still another bill enacts the bill of rights for patients. While signing these measures, the Governor vetoes a bill which would have created a system of nursing home advocates to investigate and report lo the State Commissioner of Health on conditions in nursing homes. The Governor cited several deficiencies of the bill and described the system it proposed as "so weak as lo potentially undermine some of the I' riirms that ha\ ,oday been enacted nil) law." He declared the bills enacted “cover every aspect of the regulation of residential health care facilities - from financial disclosure by operators and owners to the creation of a patient's right of action against a facility which fails to meet required standards of care.” 0TB JACKPOT I egiil horse-betting shop- -cu k City handled $787 niillion in . ... •.crsin 1974. providing $54 i illion in revenue to the city. $29 million to the tracks and $IH million to the state. V#
