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1st Educational TW UfifefStllf which is planning to operate a four-channel transmittO? -and stHdio at -the-Maria Regina High School begiimjtig in April has called the educational system step towtudi the future" I i Long Island's only other local television station will-be WRIV-TV channel 55 which is due to begin brand- casting in November Channel 55 will be a commercial! station broadcasting from Riverhcad and serving Suffolk- reacted warmly to the idea opportunities inherent in this agreement and the-benefits that may be obtained (from edurational television) are very1 exciting and have great he said Jonn Kemnitzer president of the Lindenhurst school board has said that students could benefit from educational television because it is a learning experience" The Rev Patrick Shanahan associate diocesan superintendent of schools in the Diocese of Rockville Centre GOP Hints It Will Off Plans for Coliseum Continued from Page 2 boards and other local TnunicipaUbodies Program -policy will be set by the 20 members of the council who are appointed by the council upon approval of tire State Board of Regents Although Channel 21 will be Long first educational station several school districts already have closed-circuit classroom television The Rockville Centre Catholic Diocese plans to begin operating a four-channel trans-" mitter in April to sene the 85 Catholic parochial schools on Long Island Among the public school districts with their own closed-circuit programming arc Great Neck Baldwin Min-eola Wyandanch and Sewanliaka Central High School Long only regional closed-circuit television bock up is the South' Oyster Bar Supplementary Education Center which senes five school districts In Suffolk the Middle Country School District sen-ing the Centercach area is the only district with extensive closed-circuit television However the Suffolk County Organization for the Promotion of Education is seeking federal and state funds -to enlarge the Centercach facility into an 5H518lKK) network serving 12000 classroom receivers in the county's S2 school districts Educators in both counties have been enthusiastic about the merits of educational television Dr Paul Mitchell superintendent of the Commack School District which may be one of four school districts in the Town of Snntli-town to obtain free educational television under a proposed agreement between the Town and a cable company nas Michael Pctito and Long Beach Supervisor George1 Costigan voted with the Republican majority The board has contended tlut Nassau taxpayers cannot afford to go ahead with the other six building of the 562-500000 cultural center Most of the supervisors said they favored a coliseum saying tliat even if the 521500000 plan were approved some of the site development costs would eventually bo-allocated to the cultural center or to alternative buildings that would be built nearby Bcckct said later in a tele- phone interview that about 52600000 of the site costs were exclusively for the coliseum while the remaining 54000000 was' for items that the coliseum would share with the cultural center Bcckct said that it would be unrealistic to cut back on tlic shared items warning that the coliseum could be strangled in traffic if some of the access roads were not built Continued from Page 2 estimate of 521500000 for the building and site work Nickerson has contended that his 510-200000 figiire which is the cost of the coliseum building shell alone was fair since some of the other costs could be allocated to buildings that are now proposed along with the coliseum as part of the John Kennedy Educational Civic and Cultural Center at Mitchcl Field Nickerson and Cao also displayed unexpected restraint by remaining silent earlier when the board at its public hearing voted 6-1 to override the county executive's veto of a resolution that blocks him from proceeding with detailed plans for the entire cultural center As expected only Clcn Cove Supervisor Andrew DiPaola a Democrat supported Nickerson while the board's other two Democrats Oyster Bay Supervisor City Judge to Run Suffolk Courts Continued from Page 3 did say that he was sharply critical of the handling of traffic tickets and court records In his statement Bcldock did not mention either Presiding District Court Justice Lincoln Schmidt or Chief Clerk John Hayden After meeting with the board Bcldock met with all 10 of the Suffolk District Court judges at Riverside Inn in Smithtown to explain his plans to them After the 90-minute dinner meeting behind closed doors Schmidt said of plans: I in favor of them This is what we've needed for four years" None of the other nine judges would comment Hayden w'ho was informed of moves and comments concerning the District Court by a reporter would say only: feel badly at all sure that whatever Judge Bcldock does is for the good of the court" In his statement Bcldock also revealed for the first time that both the Suffolk police and the district office had been used by I arlcy in the investigation to check into any possibility of dishonesty or corrup-- tion And although none was found Bcldock said that he nonetheless was extremely critical of the practices it found are some practices that arc inexcusable in this day and Bcldock said The handling of traffic tickets was one bad situation and there were certain transactions open to criticism but there was not any dishonesty involved but rather the operations were just bad There are certain other practices that are not desirable It is unimaginable that some are punished and some because of lack of records or what have you are not punished These arc inequalities in justice" He would not elaborate Bcldock summed up the investigation believed to be tlie first ever undertaken on an entire court system bv saying: is no evidence of corniption or venality but there was a definite lack of supervision and discipline Docketing (of cases' was behind and the financial records could not be unscrambled Ibis was not due to lack of personnel but the lack of Farlcv Vctrano and Glicknun were with Bcldock as be addressed the supervisors Later when asked if liis statements were a rebuke to Schmidt and Hayden Bcldock replied airtlv (tlie statements) are sot and that is beside the Speaking of voluminous report which included nearly 3000 pages of testimony Bcldock said tlie kev recommendation was for strong administration is a presiding judge Bcldock said he has no powers of administration lie can only suggest but lie cannot Bcldock asked the board to appropriate 516500 to pay tlie new salary and asked that the board approve tlie use of 535SUO appropriated for investigation but not used by Farley to pav for the office and salaries for staff Hie board voted the judges a 55000 salary increase bringing their early income to 525000 Xnradar Photo br JinWa EXITING New York City Criminal Court Judge Larry Vatrano laavas Friada's Rivarsida Inn in Smithtown whara ha mat yasfarday with Suffolk District Courf judges MY Judge Orders Suffolk to Plan Remap Under the 1960 federal census that would give tlie five East End towns a total of six votes and the western towns a total of 5S votes Huntington attorney Richard Calm who had represented Ihintington Babvlon and Islip said yesterday Pittoni is absolutely right on the State Constitution question No matter what the (US) Supreme Court docs the reapportionment fight has been won on the state Continued from Page 3 each supervisor shall have at least one vote regardless of the population of his town But for towns of 10000 population according to the latest federal census each supervisor shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 10000 persons in his town No extra votes shall be allowed tor any number over the 10000 population standard but insufficient to reach the next plateau table or Suffolk Adopts Its 1st County Ethics Code County Executive Dennison and County Board Chairman John Klein declined to comment on the de-' cision until they have read it as did other supervisors Tlie US Supreme Court has ruled that state legislative bodies must be apportioned under the one-man one-vote principle But the court now has pending before it a case riled bv Hank Avery against Midland Countv Texas in which Avery is diallcnging tlie constitutionality of five-man tribunal consisting of an elected commissioner from each of four precincts and a presiding official elected at large Tlie decision in that case would affect legislative bodies below the state level Also in the federal courts is another suit challenging -the makeup of the Suffolk board In that the US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York is to rule on i request by the five western towns and two taxpayers that it overturn a US District Court's ruling that the board of supervisors docs not have to be reapportioned Meanwhile the board of supervisors by an 8-2 vote overrode yesterday a Dennison veto of a reapportionment plan proposed by- Riverhcad Supervisor Robert Vojvoda It calls for 10 supervisors to be elected on a county-wide basis but for each to be a resident of a town lie would represent Five other supervisors would be elected at large In approving it the supervisors indicated that it was with an understanding that other plans be included on a November ballot Newsday worked out in detail However he said the county board of supervisors acting on the recommendation of the new board of ethics could impose penalties involving dismissal suspension or pay forfeiture Since the code has become part of county law Ambro said violations which might incur fines or imprisonment would be acted on by the district attorney The ethics board created to advisory opinions with respect to this in answer to written requests is to consist of five unsalaried county residents including not more than two persons enrolled in the same political party They are to be appointed by the county executive with the approval of the Board of Supervisors tor five-year terms after the expiration of the first board whose terms are to range from one to five years Continued from Page 3 jobs for a period of two years after they leave office The code states that during this two-year limit no person may act on behalf of any party which had an application or matter pending before the county during his employment or assume anr county office or position after resigning from elected office Penalties for violation of the code include: the nullification of any contract in which there is a prohibited interest possible suspension removal from office and forfeiture of pay: and in addition a maximum of one year in prison and a 500 fine Huntington Supervisor Jerome A Ambro who proposed the code raid enforcement procedures had not been 74.