Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 18

E353 AND SPEND LESS i nimunur a Day After Christmas SALE! TO WLIW Planning LI News Program More than 2 Vi yean after ita last attempt ait television news was canceled because of financial problem WLIWCh 21 is again to broadcaat a nightly program about Long Island' Ch president Samuel Francis said the five-night-a-week production called 'The Long bland would begin broadcasting' Jan 14 filling the void left by Ch 21s Ch 21 Long only public television station dropped the show in May 1982 because rising production costs had pushed ita projected budget to nearly $375000 Francia said "The Long bland will have a news magazine format with reports on current issues and interviews with Long bland newsmakers A a in 1982 funding for ita news program remains a major problem no question that looking to the corporate com munity and the public to support us financially in Francis said "But we feel been enough interest expressed in the idea of a Long bland news program to cany it Francis declined to offer details about a budget Ibemadee Still meeting that budget would be i SELECT GROUPINGS OF Mens Womens Childrens 3 er with the support of both Nassau and Suffolk Counties Before broadcaat from Plainview was canceled each county contrib- uted about $150000 per year to the station Thia year Nassau gave the station $75000 The Suffolk legislature cut off funding completely for' 1984 Legia Lou Howard (R-Amityville) the pro- -aiding officer said that could change once the local programming begins Twould support helping them out to whatever': degree I he laid "Nassau and Suffolk are out in the cold as far as news programs are concerned and I think the legislature would do what it could to find some fimding for a program that implied news to the County Comptroller Peter' King agreed "When they discontinued the news I had to object to our continued funding because the station had no local he said "Were they to begin a local program I would be in favor of returning to our former level of Wfe Stretch four Dollar QuantitiBS limited Hurry In lor boat selection SEAFBRD 3951 Merrick Road 781-3239 PATCHOGUE 196 East Main Street 475-6596 FARMIM8DALE 334 Main Street 249-1581 MORTN IA6YL0N 1241 Deer Park Avenue 5964004 HAUPPAUGE (Route 111) Smithtown By-pass 265-7333 PORT JEFFERSON (Route 112) Nesconset Highway 331-3155 EAST MEADOW 2501 Hempstead Turnpike 796-4400 (comer ot Hempstead Turnpike A Newbridge Road) CAUMOmDUAL STORES FOR HOURS VleaHeelereerdaadAefclipieeai (Y WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26 1984 MID ISLAND DERKTMENT STORES MID ISLAND HaMlNEWConartt Dance Club Presenti For iiM owe TOUT HOMiy rIMUra Jewish Group Sparks Anti-Apartheid Protest By Randy Banner New York Demonstrating in front of the South African consulate in Manhattan on Chriat- maa Day many Jewa said that they understood 1 the problem of apartheid because they under- stood oppression i And the blacks in the group of about 50 demon- strators aaid that they were glad not to be alone Tm here with my brothers and said the Rev Herbert Daughtry chairman of the na-' tional Black United front as he marched TVs think well get some feasible results And even though we know progress has been slow and prob- ably will continue to be slow we have to keep fighting and we have to fight The protest one of many to be held during the past month was sponsored by the New Jewish Agenda a national political activist group Four of the marchers were arrested and given summonses for blocking the entrance to the consulate t- wanted to take over for the Christian com- munity for people who are celebrating their own i holiday today aaid Rabbi Simcha Weintraub who led a special menorah-lighting ceremony at the protest Chanukah is a particularly political holiday a kind of universal holiday that reveals the revolt of an oppressed group We see thatkind of oppression in South Arnica today And here to make a Jewish statement against But demonstrator Loreine Kendrick a Prates- 5 tant aaid that her reason for participating had nothing to do with religion ft waa simply a mat-! ter of principle just think an important thing to do said Kendrick an executive secretary from Brooklyn The situation in South Africa is undeniable mid SPECIAL AUTOMOTIVE HOLIDAY PULL-OUT SECTION UK THE CENTER OF Tkur1 Man Dec 31 AHwWklw CNEIBBCT-MtMaaMl AHwWSInMmWIhDhIW BUwli ftmrtw HW IB -DMke-DHkW NwBlIwiJL UMDMNSwm-UMIIkw Fri Dec21 mOEMWMaM-MNv 4 RMH-BMm-U JOMMRMKOaBI-DwellH Sat Dec 21 mSwHMmSmaU JOHNNY WINTER Sat turn even worse that our country is supporting it jathfXjtojttUAflWl anything elm -today CM (212)702-1400 Suv 121-0404- 10 Bryant Am Roelyn 18)121-1414.