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Town Board Challenged On Dog Pound

ENGINES AND YOUNG LADIES HAVE CHANGED - Deputy Mayor Sam Katz greets two mini-skirted attractive additions to the Long island Railroad celebration in Greenport last Saturday. The Greenport Band, under the direction of Frank Corwin, piped in the train arriving 130 years after the first one. Photo by Tony Dobek

B o y D r o w n e d I n M a t t i t u e k I n l e tAfter a four hour search last

Saturday evening police and other rescue workers found the body of Ronald Rakowski, age 5, in Matti- tuck Inlet back of his Westphalia Road home. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. Barry Heil­man.

Ronald had been playing around 6 P.M. with a toy boat on the dock at the rear of his home. When his mother, Mrs. Linda Rakowski, look­ed for the boy she was unable to locate him and called police. South- old Patrolman Crimi responded and quickly called for a search. Other police, marine units, and the Matti- tuck and Cutchogue Fire Depart­m ents aided in the search.

Divers were called to aid in the search and about 10 P.M. the lad’s body was found in 4 feet of water about IS feet from the dock on which he had been playing.

Disorderly Conduct ArrestFollowing a disturbance at 815

Corwin Street, Greenport, Southold Police arrested Charlotte Floyd, 42, of that address. Southold Patrolman Burke and Fiedler had responded about 11 P.M. Saturday night to a reported ‘Tight in progress” .

Greenport police were also called to the scene to assist, and respond-

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ed. Ms. Floyd was charged with disorderly conduct.

Rip-off At 7-11 While returning home from a duty

tour shortly after midnight Sunday, Southold Patrolman Michael Burke noticed three youths walking along the road in Cutchogue. He stopped to question them and one, according to police, dropped a bag containing several pack of cigarettes and some apparently new pipes.

The youths denied ownership of the items, so Burke took them to police headquarters and made in­quiries at the newly-opened 7-11 store in Cutchogue. After a check the ow nersta ted that items were missing.

At headquarters the youths pro­duced 7 paperback books, 12 packs of cigarettes, 3 lighters, 4 pipes and 3 pairs of sunglasses, all brand new according to police. Richard Purcell, 23, of 4th Avenue and Lionel Wilson, 26, of Center Street, both Greenport and a 15-year-old were arrested.

The youth was released in his m other’s custody and the other two on $30 bail each.

Theft of Service Cliarge A 43-year-old Flanders man was

charged with two counts of reckless endangerm ent, harrassment, and theft of services July 25 after state police said he left a restaurant without paying his bill, then tried to run down a man and his wife with his

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Southold Town Police reported that while they were investigating an accident involving a drunken driver early W ednesday morning, another drunk driver came along and ran into a police car hurling it into a second police vehicle and damaging both 1974 Fords.

Police said 56-year-old Joseph Cia- cia of Kerwin Boulevard, Greenport, driving on Route 25, Greenport, shortly before 2:30am ran off the road and struck a telephone pple. Two police cars sent to investigate

Noisy Group Claims Township Should Have Animal Shelter,. Not Just A Pound

car in the parking lot of the restaur­ant.

Police said Joseph Sabo, of 126 Long Neck Boulevard, Flanders, left the Silver Brook Inn about 10:30 P.M. without settling his tab, and then attempted to run over Herbert Walker and his wife Shirley, of 730 Flanders Road. The harrassment charge was brought by Sabo’s wife as he was being booked at the barracks in Southampton Justice court.

Southampton Drug ArrestAn arrest by Southampton Town

Police Sunday night netted 18-year- old Warren Croon, Jr ., of Calverton. Croon was picked up at a carnival at Bailey’s Field, Westhampton, charg­ed with criminal possession of a controlled substance 7th degree.

Police Find RevolversState police at Hampton Bays

arrested two men early July 26, after a routine traffic check on Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays disclosed several tear-gas type revolvers in their car.

Police said 37-year-old Bill Mc­Gowan, of Hazelhurst, Georgia, and 20-year-old Rex Griffin, Milton. Flor­ida, were charged with possession of noxious materials, and jailed to await arraignment in Southampton Justice Court. Police said a check showed McGowan was wanted in Florida on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Bag Two DWI’s At One Crash Scene

The application of Southold Res­ins, Inc., for downzoning on property located on Sixth Street, Greenport, which is in both Greenport Village and Southold Town jurisdiction, was the subject of a third public hearing Tuesday night, this time before the Southold Town Board. Circumstan­ces remained the same, the only person speaking in favor of the zone change was attorney Irving Price appearing on behalf of his client, Van Taggart.

Under town zoning. Van Taggart wants to go from R, residential one family, to C, light industry.

According to reports offered by the town board, the Suffolk County Planning Board recommended denial based on the inconsistency with the residential aura oi' !he locale and the increased traffic which would result. The county planners also commented on the fact that the property has a marina which is not needed for manufacturing. Price, when addres­sing the town board, stated Van Taggart would rent out dockage space for the purpose of recouping some of his proposed investment.

The Town Planning Board approv­ed the downzoning based primarily on the long existing use of the property as an oyster plant prior to later zoning and its continued use for storage up to the time Van Taggart took out his option to purchase and set up shop.

The Village planning Board had also recommended approval with Mayor Joe Townsend sitting as a mem ber of the Planning Board at the time, later in his position as mayor presiding over two public hearings on downzoning the area within the Village boundaries.

Who Authorized Operations?During all three public hearings

the question was brought up on current operation by Southold Res­ins, Inc., and an attem pt made to determine who authorized the plant to begin operations. According to Price “ everyone assum ed it was industrial and we went in on that basis” but another source claimed Van Taggart had a go-ahead from Greenport Village Building Inspector Fred Gordon.

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W ater Supply P ro b lem s A iredA fairly large group «f people

turned out Monday nigi||^to hear more abotU U water, prob­lem in SouthoKi and hearfiryb,w d froth watetauthority, utility's cHief Jim Monseii, what has been done’in‘t t ^ past and what can be expected in ;the future.

Apparently what is needed is a flexible approach dealing with the increased nitrate contamination and salt water intrusion and lowering of the water table. Treatment processes may include nitrate removal at sew­age plants and at the wellhead and recycling for domestic, industrial and agricultural use.

Appearing under the auspices of the North Fork Environmental Coun­cil, Inc., Monsell restated Southold Town’s dependency on its precipita­tion replenished ground water reser­voir, citing a 40 inch rain estimate.

He gave a breakdown on the Greenport Water Supply, started in 1887 and now reaching well into the township. The supply pumps from 12 active wells at 4 pump sites. In 1973 it pumped 288 million gallons of water or a daily demand of 790,000 per day, serving 2,034 services or 6,508 people. For 52 days over 1,000,000 gallons were pumped and for 9 days it hit over 1,500,000 gallons a day. During 1973 there were 51.10 inches of rainfall.

Desaiinizatlon ExploredConversion of salt water into fresh

water was explored briefly with information delineated that 24,000 pounds of salt will result from

1,000,000 gallons of treated salt water. Monsell indicated a conver­sion p iu i t will (leip bu t not talce the place of ^ adequate water supply.

He v i^ te C c x re ^ b t t k p e r ^ when the pouibility o f such an installation oh tlM north fbrlc. up and the prize was s ^ p o s e d to go to Riverhead; At that time the Riverhead Town board considered the desalinization plant an accomp­lished fact only to find the cost prohibitive and an over abundance of water resulting. According to Mon­sell the cost factor has dropped considerably.

Other sources have stated that Suffolk County is endowed with huge, underground hydrologically integrated natural reservoirs which, with proper management, should assure an adequate source of water for centuries. Increased nitrate con­tamination, usually cited as the result of fertilizing farm crops, are also blamed on the use of septic tanks or cesspool systems in densely populated areas.

Greenport Water Supply is about to be upgraded with plans for secon­dary treatment going to bid in October. Tertiary treatment plans were never approved in Albany.

The discussion of alternatives led to the decision, at Monday night’s meeting, that no one alternative will solve Southold Town’s water man­agement problem. Recommenda­tions on land use planning and the necessity for long term regional water resource studies appear, at this time, to be the safeguards.

GOP Platform Stresses The Economyof local welfare programs to elimin­ate improper payments and encour­age employment of welfare recip­ients in public projects.

were parked on the side of the road with red lights flashing when a car driven by 18-year-old William Wild of Kenney’s Road, Southold, ran into the rear of one of the police cars throwing it against the other.

Both drivers were charged with driving while intoxicated and taken to Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport, where Wild was treated and released. Ciacia was held over night for observation. No police officers were injured in the incident.

Assembly Speaker Perry B. Dur- yea was joinged this week by Repub­lican candidates for the New York State Legislature in a GOP platform which focuses closely on tax and economic relief and environmental problems.

Emphasis is placed on further state takeover local education costs with the eventual goal of eliminating the onerous property tax as the chief support of local schools. The Suffolk lawmakers state a continuanceof their efforts for relief of the tax burdens of retired citizens and have as high priority continued improvements of the Long Island Rail Road ‘‘through p ressure” .

The new state office building in Hauppauge, placed there through NYS legislative efforts, will seek a full range of services and a long- range state program to insure ade­quate fuel supplies for drivers and posver companies will be explored.

Led by Duryea, the legislative team will, continue the two-pronged fight to protect offshore waters by opposing oil drilling projects and continue to press for federal control of offshore waters to a 200-mile limit.

They included community health programs and full state monitoring

The Southold Town Board was challenged repeatedly during Tues­day’s meeting by proponents of a dog shelter demanding immediate action. Threatening tones and some­times abusive language continued for nearly an hour with Supervisor Albert Martocchia attempting to put the issue squarely into focus.

There was fairly heavy representa­tion from the North Fork Animal League, a group insisting on the construction and operation of a shel­ter as against a dog pound and anxious to make the town work closely with them on the project. Martocchia, who on previous occa­sions had stated the town could not enter into any operation of a shelter, found himself challenged by Gladys Csajko who insisted the Town of Babylon’s dog facility is known as the Babylon Town Shelter.

“ You put us in charge of taxpayers money,” said Martocchia, “ and we have to explore many avenues before we spend any of it” . He indicated continued research on construction o a dog pound, commenting that Geor­ge Taylor of Mattituek, would be doing the necessary masonry and Highway Superintendent Ray Dean would be in charge of the construc­tion.

The official dog catcher, Adam Johnson, came in for a tongue lashing as well, as a New Suffolk resident whippod out “thei dog-war­den is worthless and hiu.been <o flM y p a r s / ’ f - ' V V ■

At present time, the town is using a holding pen and the warden takes daily trips to Dr. Goode’s headquar­ters in Riverhead. All dogs picked up can spend a limit of five days there and discussion on the inconvenience caused by owners making the trip was fed into the dialogue.

The possibility of a town leash law came up again and the excited crowd was told the town attorney had researched three such ordinances which are presently under considera­tion by town board members.

Town W ants To Retain Welfare Controls

Martocchia indicated dissatisfac­tion with recent Suffolk County Leg­islative action placing welfare in the hands of the county and said the five east end towns were combining with two western towns to upset the ruling.

It has been his contention all along that closer scrutiny is possible under town supervision with less time wasted in checking violations and closer knowledge of acute need.

At the time of the legislative vote First and Second District Legislators Bucket Daniels and H. Beecher Halsey voted against the move.

Seeking Town SponsorshipOnce again the board was ap ­

proached by Ruth Zalewski who heads a gymnast program in the township and apparently has run into a money problem. In an emotional

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S^i0^ Electkin ContinuesJoseph Gleeson, when told of the

Southold Board of Education’s deci­sion not to hold a new election, said he will “ question why the board has had authority in the past to call for new elections but doesn’t in this case. These are violations,” he said, “ which are not acceptable. It applies to all elections and each member of the board is susceptible to this kind of deceit.”

Rensselaer Terry, district attor­ney, had advised the board they do not have the authority to call for a new school board election. The ques­tion arose after Gleeson, who lost by one vote to George De Long in the June 5 voting, charged at the July 22 meeting that there are illegalities in voter registration records affecting approximately 125 signatures.

Monday night’s meeting had been called, among other reasons, to accept a bid for bond anticipation notes concerned with the district’s purchase of additional land. How­ever, Attorney Terry had not yet received the bids which were in the

mails. A decision will be made upon their receipt. Board member William Grigoni^ asked Terry whether the board could continue to earn rental income on the land until further construction begins. Terry will inves­tigate further though he did remark that the district taxpayers were not likely to object to additional income for the school.

Ms. Frances Mulhall and Ms. Sheryl Chait will join the faculty in September as grade 3 and business teachers, respectively.

Ms. Lorna Tuthill, social studies teacher, has applied for six months sabbatical leave in the first semester of the 75-76 school year. The board will not make a decision at this time but will acknowledge receipt of Ms. Tuthill’s request.

In other business the board: Accepted Sonocraft’s bid for ap­

proximately $5900 worth of audio­visual equipment; appointed George De Long to study a portable sound system for the school; agreed to continue their search for someone to

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M ^ o r '73 - '74 AccomplishmentsThe Suffolk delegation hailed

some past achievements among which was the 2.5% surcharge sus­pension.

The $348,000,000 statewide aid increase to local school districts was listed plus the $4,000,000 for LIRR improvements in Suffolk. A new tuition assistance program for col­lege students representing a $40,000,000 increase over last year was highlighted plus a number of items including no-fault auto insur­ance, equal rights for women, addi­tional aid for public libraries and protection of tidal wetlands.

The relief accorded senior citizens and the toughest drug law in the nation plus legislation to prevent child abuse brought their past efforts sharply into focus.

The Suffolk team in Albany has for many years been considered a potent force working for the county, a fast- growing entity, with the GOP dele­gates said to possess considerable clout.

At P ress T im eLILCO has announced that the New York State Board of Electric

Generation Siting and the Environment will hold a pre-hearing conference August 20 at 10 a.m. at the Legislative Board Room, Hauppauge, on the Company’s application for a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need to construct its two proposed nuclear plants near Jamesport. It is open to the public and will establish guidelines for the October 23 hearing in Riverhead.

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District A?‘<»rney Henry B. Wenzel, III, announced that a grand jury has charged ’’ >bert A. Luongo of Miller Place with embezzling more than $500,000 from investors in a get-rich-quick scheme. The indictment contained complaints of 25 investors who allegedly gave Luongo amounts ranging from $1,000 to $120,000. Wenzel said a $120,000 investor mortgaged his home, sold his business and cashed in his wife's insurance in his enthusiasm for the scheme which promised to pay 20 percent every three months. The 30-year-old Luongo was arrested in Gotebord, Sweden, June 24. Sweden is waging a court battle against extradition to Long Island. Wenzel said he has prepared a set of extradition papers for Governor Malcolm Wilson’s signature.

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It was a traditional opening round in State Supreme Court Tuesday of what court observers called the “ silly season” . On the calendar were a number of motions filed by political candidates asking the court to validate their designating petitions and invalidate those of their primarv contenders. And traditionally Justice Leon Lazar adjourned the cases until next week giving the Suffolk Board of Elections chance for a ruling. The county attorney's office said Yaphank is hard at work with priority given to the petitions on behalf of Fred Block on both the Conservative and Democratic tickets. Block turned in 3,000 signatures to run in the Democratic primary against organization choice Henry O'Brien. O’Brien claims Block's petitions are replete with forgeries and that many signatures were witnessed by non-enrolled Democrats.