Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 4

Weather Set to Give the 4th a Ist-Class Start stration by Freeport Fire Department starting at 7:55 PM'Manhassct 9 PM North Hempstead Town Dock sponsored by Manliassct Bay Sportsmen's Club and Valley Stream 8:30 Phi at Firemen's Field Lmerson PI sponsored by Valley Stream Lions Club Fireworks displays are scheduled in Suffolk in the following communities: Tonight Islip 8:30 PM at the Idip Speedway in conjunction with a 50-lap midget auto race and Riverhcad 8:30 PM at the Riverhcad Raceway Tomorrow 7:50 PM Bcllport Lions dub celebration climaxed by fireworks at dark at the Bcllport dock and Huntington Station 8:30 PM at Manor Field sponsored by the Huntington Manor Fire Department Wantagh has scheduled a parade with 50 floats and decorated cars three band a tank and 1500 Bgy Chrl and Cub Scouts It march along Wantagh Are In Suffolk a soap box derby will be held in Wyandanch In Port Jefferson Brobkhaven Town officials will dedicate the partially-completed $260000 town marina A parade will precede the dedication Fireworks displays are scheduled in Nassau in the following Tonight Oceanside 8:30 PM at high school athletic field Skillman and Brower Avcs Tomorrow Ccdarhurst 9 Phi at the Rockaway Hunting Club Ocean Ave Freeport 9:55 PM at Municipal Stadium following parade and fire-fighting demon A star-spangled start for tlie four-day Fourth of July week end was forecast by the Weather Bureau today complete with sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s And -it was easy to forecast as well that good neather would produce jammed highways and crowded beaches Traffic officials are fearful of a heavy death tolL Slate Motor Vehicle Commissioner Joseph Kelly predicted 30 -or more fatalities for New York-State Last year there were 30 deaths in the state during the July 2-6 period but none on Long Island However the 4th fell on Wednesday and rain kept traffic down Long Island's celebration of the 4th wifl itarj tonight with a bang In fact Details of Local Cekbrations on Page 19 an infinitude of bangs Oceanside Islip and Riverhcad will have their fireworks tonight witn other communities following suit tomorrow and Friday Additional attractions here and there will be parades firemen's tournaments soap box derbies fights picnics and bad games Tomorrow morning fire departments from 47 Nassau and Suffolk villages joined by dram and bugle corps will march along Greenwich St in that community's annual Independence Dqr parade A five-hour tournament will follow Children Who Prayed at Well Help Benny Mark 8th Birthday Bw Ed of still existed the children of Manomlle completely dispelled it They did this in the menir ment of simple things in the tail on the charades and a mouthful of ice cream and cake As each child arrived his name was written on a tag and pinned to his clothes Hie youngsters were given hats and balloons father Benjamin Hooper and his mother Betty met each of the children as they came to the party There was no mention of the well or of the hours of anguish spent during and after rescue no mention of bills snd no mention of heroism There was only the laughter of children Even Michael Molinaro the boy next door' the boy who was playing with Benny when Benny fell down the well made no reference to the incident These were children having fun They were children who went home happy and their parents were happy with them Benny was 8 years old and it was a wonderful party Manorville Benny Hooper jes-terday became what seemed impossible a month 8 yeafs old For any other boy but Benny the day would have been marked by just another birthday party with a handful of the neighborhood children attending But for the boy who survived a 24-hour ordeal in the depths of a narrow well-shaft and then was rescued in a manner so miraculous that a nation shared the joy this birthday had to be different And it was It was much -more than just another party Because the 50 children who attended the eighth birthday party of Benny Hooper were the same children who had prayed at the wen for their friend to be saved They marked his birthday on the patio near the garage of the modest home on Ryerson Ave Only a few yards away was the place where the well had been dug If any of the bitter aftermath of the tXmiv Photo by Hum) HAPPINESS BOY Bonny Hoopoe Is laughing host of his tth birthday party Abovo ho's got soat of honor next to cako Neighborhood youngsters are onjoying Benny's antics MM's Late tor Blast So a Rockefeller Blows New York Marilyn Monroe a girl accustomed to standing out in a crowd yesterday stood one up And this crowd included a Rockefeller who finally stand it any longer lie waited for almost two hours and then left before Miss Monroe finally arrived Hie occasion was a ceremony at the site of the $70000000 47-story Time dr life building now being built at 50th St and Sixth Axe Marilyn a girl who sets off explosions wherever she walks was supposed to set one off at the excavation by lighting a giant The blast was planned to mark the reactivation of the old Rockefeller Center Sidewalk Club Hie blow-up was scheduled for 11:30 AM Laurance Rockefeller a member of the board of directors of Rockefeller Center was there in plenty of time And so was Roy Larsen of Time Inc But no Marilyn When she did arrive after a helicopter flight into the city from her vacation retreat in Amagansett the blonde actress was more than two hours late About 500 ogling fans and 50 newsmen and photographers climbed over each other for the most advantageous positions to photograph and to admire Miss charms She smiled and two hours of sweat and swears were forgotten in an instance Hie crowd loved it But Rockefeller one of the late John grandsons and Larsen were no longer around After sweltering -in the hot sun for almost two hours they had announced politely at 1:15 PM But they wait any more The official kft in charge Cj Eys-scll who later was overheard making a few irritated-sounding remarks to Miss manager Wancn Fisher gave the actress a 'warm Welcome' when her limousine rolled up to the scene And the big blast finally went off Hie trip represented a vacation for Marilyn from her summer vacation in Amagansett Her husband playwright Arthur Miller stayed home to water the grass Marilyn had arrived in New York in a nasty old helicopter that had made her airsick lovely as a picture in a low-cut pink-and-white summer dress the blonde smiled and said: "Hi" Donate the brevity of ha greeting it 'was perfectly clear why gentlemen picfcr blondes She added that "it was a windy Marilyn Primp Primp Primp And OtiFfcfarfMf.