Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 123

Letters All Just A Game Anyway Shall We Dance? a concerned citizen of New York State I feel the necessity to inform you of the following incident that I witnessed at Janes Beach State Park Along the boardwalk the park has provided a live band and free dancing open to the public Hie guards refused to allow a middle-aged woman and her mother to dance together Among the rules which are posted at each entrance to the dance floor are the following: a) women must be in skirts b) only mixed couples may dance While the guards allowed women in slacks to enter die floor breaking one of the rules they turned away the two women Regardless of the fact that both these rules are ridiculous snd should be abolished altogether they do exist and therefore each one should be enforced totally In retrospect regarding mixed couples I find it rather strange that the guards allowed two whites and two blacks to dance together They even let my Jewish friend and myself participate So wrong with two women or two men for that matter? wrong with two of any kind? Jessica Osband Flainview it be a sensible idea if the outcome of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union waa decided once and for all at the present world championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky? Just think of it Instead of wasting all those billions of dollars on MIRVs F-llls and ABMs to keep on par with all the Russian war-toys we could spend -the money for retd needs And with the chess match deciding the future of the world we lose any more men in china attempting to preserve US influence there Instead Bobby Fischer might sacrifice a few pawns to gain strength on one particular section of the chew board And finally by having the chess game decide on our fate the political leaders of both countries would finally admit to what they have been playing all along a cruel and senseless game Comp to think of it even if Fischer did win (so that the US won the Cold War) it mean much We would soon lose the whole shebang to the Chinese in a Ping-Pong match Alan Pcllotk Scund Beach WwiSy drawing by Sit Suddutfe Graduation Rainout noted rain did not begin in East Meadow until 5:30 PM and it was at this point and only at this point that the graduation was postponed until the following afternoon Marian Walsh Superintendent of Schools East Meadow Regarding the letter from Mr and Mrs Modan-sky Mr and Mrs Cohen and Mr and Mrs Shapiro (July 6) about the graduation at East Meadow High School The parents who wrote this letter were understandably upset about an unfortunate circumstance attended to this graduation at East Meadow High School However a full explanation of the circumstances would seem to be in order lest anyone think that the search for alternatives is not an ongoing effort on the part of the board members and administration In planning our graduation there are several teria that we have always kept in mind: a) the senior class at East Meadow High School has always ex- pressed a desire to graduate as a single unit from their home' school b) each senior is granted enough tickets to enable parents andor guardians or grandparents to attend the ceremony which demands a site to accommodate approximately 4000 people The foot- ball field at East Meadow High School accommodates in excess of 4000 people and therefore has always been the site erf graduation for the past 16 years With these criteria in mind it becomes an almost i impossible task to find another site in Nassau County that would accommodate this large number of people In fact indoor facilities at East Meadow High School are insufficient to accommodate a graduation in two shifts In reference to the comment about call-' ing off the: graduation at the last minute it should be number of gifted writers and artists is quite out of proportion to the diminutive population snd the Edda of Salmund belongs to the greet monumente of European literature Comerford could find a lot worse places for the chees championship and right in this country Dr Vladimir Rus' Levitiown Hitler and Vietnam In reply to Nick column July 10: It is sickening to see how trivial some people are especially at election time Sen comparison of Hitler with the Indochina bombing was obviously not meant to be a direct correlation The obvious' logical meaning as 1 and sure most others understood it was that as Hitler used extensively destructive methods to perpetuate hia ideals we are using extensively destructive methods to not only perpetuate our ideals but to protect our investments and to save political face We are attempting to Southeast Asia as Hitler attempted to Europe If the US ia ever attacked and the enemy should decide that Grumman would be a logical target I hope Thimmesch can be as insensitive about the non-dehb-erate bombing of civilians Tom McCoy Formingdole Knock Iceland Ed Comerford (Sports July 9) snorts contemptuously at the idea erf holding the world championship in chess in Reykjavik Iceland a place for the world championship of anything Still there it is "I ess Reykjavik is the capital of the country which in spite of its incredibly small population (160000) and its dependence on one major industry only (fishing) boasts a state university a national museum a scientific research institute a distinguished national theater society and a national symphony orchestra It is a nation where illiteracy has been unknown for centuries where book production is one of the highest in the world where a highly democratic parliament has been meeting for over a thousand years The Icelandic system erf social security and national health insurance would make a US citizen envious The JAIL THE GREATEST PLACE FOR REFORM Ncwsday Pillimm iirmt Prerident and Publisher Frank Farrell Fir Prmideat and Traasarar Jam i Crider Vita PriidnS and Central Manager David Lmmtkel Vita President and Edkar David Targa Vita Salve laMnl rWpiri Manila tenant Donald fatal £atknag taaaHa turn Bat out when they are released Instead these men are ushered through the front gate in chains leg irons handcuffs stripped of all their clothes personal possessions and if they been stripped of all their pride dignity and concept of self by this time they will be before they leave The goals of the present correctional systems in the US are depersonalization dehumanization and the disintegration of a goals aspirations and ideals And if you honestly feel that this is the way to make a good lather and husband and have confidence in the judicial and correctional system you should spend a few months here Floyd Gunderson Jr Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary Lewisburg Fa Editors note: Mr Gunderson is a former rest-' dent of Valley Stream He was convicted in 1964 of a Cleveland bank robbery was paroled after four years of a 12-year sentence in 1968 and was imprisoned again in Lewisburg in 1970 for violation of parole I read Ralph letter (June 20) with interest Unfortunately Cerbone is speaking with very little practical knowledge The best that he do is to express his view in a very biased manner which is obvious because most of his letter refers to a hypothetical situation I speak from experience being in the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg And I have been here for the past 16 months so I know what I am talking about Mr Cerbone what in your opinion should the ultimate object of incarceration be? 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