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Peter F. Cohalan ^tiOti'? ^^^ ^ SI £\% ££ $s2 £3k &? && B# 4gjk ^^ ff» &>&, naseM » <«? <ss» B B iS&a ^» gr assess ^sa ^> <^»^<g> ^ j g^f^r^\^^ Willis \People are fed up with scandal and corruption . The Republican voters have spoken , \ said an exhuberant Peter Fox Cohalan Tuesday night after a landslide victory over incumbent John V.N. Klein to take the Republican nomination for county executive. By winning over Mr. Klein by 70 per cent of the GOP vote , Mr. Cohalan , the four-term super- visor of Islip Town , managed the biggest upset in recent Suffolk political history. At Cohalan s headquarters in Patchogue , his supporters were predicting that with the enor- mously strong primary victory, Cohalan would be in good shape to beat the Democratic nominee , Suffolk Legislator Martin J. Feldman. For sure, by Cohalan ' s victory, Dr. Feldman had lost his central issue—the record of the Klein administration , particularl y Klein ' s long support of the scanual-riuuen Southwest oewer District. \People thought it was time for a change , time for a new face , \ said Cohalan. \We touched a chord among the the taxpayers. \ He saw a \tough race \ against Dr. Feldman but said , \We will prevail . This was a tremendous victory. \ With 40 out of 833 election districts not tallied , unofficial Board of Elections figures showed Cohalan with 40 , 594 and Klein with 19 , 746. In Brookhaven Town , the Islip supervisor out- polled Klein , 8 , 395 to 5 , 090. Not only was Klein demolished in the Republican primary but he lost his designation to be the Conservative candidate for county executiv e to William Matthews of PatrhnPwe a ripht- to-life exponent who conducted very little of a campaign. Klein received 1 , 391 Conservative votes , Mr. Matthews 1 , 708 . In the Brookhaven Town Democratic primary, party choices P_e 0 ina Seltzer John Cassese and Patchogue Mayor James Reese were victorious over James Vol pe , Denise Griffin <3nd Cornell Schuch . for town board designations. Unofficial results : Mrs . Selt- zer , and incumbent , 2 , 634 ; Mr. Cassese , 2 , 149 ; Mr. Reese , 2 , 063 ; Mr. Volpe , 1 , 218 , Ms. Griffin , 1 , 095 ; Mr. Schuch , 1095. In the race for the Democratic designation in the Fourth Legislative District , Frank LoCorriere (807) was victorious over Bruce Brodsky (662) and Anthony Chiavaro ( 270). In the Sixth District , Dem party choice , Siegfried Geotz beat Richard Glasheen , 511 to 258. In the GOP race for tax receiver , F. Daniel Maloney bea t Frank Belcito, 8 , 449 to 3487. The overwhelming victory for Cohalan did not carry to Blue Point where Anthony Prudenti , Brookhaven Town vice- chairman , was ousted from his committee post . Mr. Prudenti , who split with Thomas Neppeh , party chairman and decided to back Cohalan, ran with Arthur Taitz , a Patchogue attorney. They were opposed by Henry J. Ostermann , a data systems distributor , and Henry Grawrock , a BOCES teacher. TVT »* ( Wt QT* m nnn »'ftnoMmn O\? i>ii . woiv. 1 inuiiii i v- v- ^ ivv-vj \j i votes , Pvlr. Grawrock , 94; Prudenti , 40, and Taitz , 34. In that election district. Cohalan beat Klein , 94 to ^A. (continued on page 3) ¦ffiTsflsOTs fe ^ ^ _S3 eg a ga jEay ™ WOT x^ag^ KS BH E2 ms ^$s^ ^g$^ ^ggi^ <%^ **$$ B $& ^m^ ^ so «3ggF ^^gjSF IEV W ^gpgS M M W? ^§§P gg^^F M ^H911 P jfl B^~. JHL B B M fijg — B flf B^^B S ^^^ SB &Q^ >^^^ ClfCiSOcf He sO EB QST rOVwBfuQ€lT s\QCBS <3@pF e ^y - Story on page 3A. Complain ts ov& r Suffolk »c ' f€@ coveraa e aire d at bd* mBBtiit ffl / -v i„ :_i. ~ „ 1 *. *u~ « ,—.»..««- n r nn li^/^ V^OlIlDlci lUia dUUUL LIIC auiuuiu ui pum-t coverage provided the Village of Pat- chogue by the Fifth Precinct occupied a goo d portion of Monday night' s village — ~ A ~. ~^ *;»«-r uai u mealing . Some of the comment was angry and bitter . And the possibility of the village niring its own paid constables was raised again. Trustee Angelo Julian , pointing out he had raised the issue before , said heatedly , \Until this date continuous open drinking is a Qin a on on West Main Street and South Ocean Avenue. It ' s ver y degrading , \ he said. He asked police to enforce a village law prohibiting drinking of alcoholic beverages on village streets and public property. \Tell those in patrol cars to ao everything necessary to enforce the laws on the books , \ he told a Fifth Precinct representative present. Ralph Zegel , * owner of Weiner ' s Shoe Store , also complained about drinking in public p laces. He said that last Friday night he had found people drinKing beer behind his East Main Street store. He said he chased them away, then went to the Four Corners for a police officer. \There was not a cop in sight , \ Zegel said angrily. \Where is the police department on Friday nights?\ he asked . \A police officer ' s wife told me she ' s afraid to go into Patchogue at night , \ Zegel continued. He suggested par- ticularl y that police patrol the alley just east of Stanley ' s Furniture and one store away from Weiner ' s. In a related action the board voted to put up a light in the alley. Zegel said that \ unless we clean up the garbage on the streets , \ the face-lifting program in the village won 't have much effect. Zegel suggested village officials put more pressure on the police. \It' s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease , \ he said. Acting Mayor John Augustine said that Mayor James Reese had met with Police Commissioner Donald Dilworth and that after these meetings , \We seemed to get more protection at the Four Corners. \ Julian brought up another point. He said it was his impression the police depart- ment frowns on police officers with local residences serving out of the Fifth Precinct. He suggested that local police officers might have more of an interest in the village . \Lack of police protection has resulted in a horrendous condition , \ Julian charged. \We are not getting what we deserve in the way of police protection. \ A police sergeant present replied that Commissioner Dilworth has a new policy of having police officers work near home, where they so request , to help ease the gas shortage . Zegel brought up the matter of village constables. Village Counsel David Weisber g said the matter of paid con- stables is being challenged in court by the Policemen ' s Benevolent Association , but that since there has been no final ad- judication , he is preparing enabling legislation that would be available in case the village decided to establish constables. However , ' .\e said , there are many policy decision s to be considered by the board , such as \funding liability and possible arming. \ In other action the board : » appointed Frederick P. Severance community development director to replace Richard Berger , who recently resigned. Mr. Severance has worked in the Islip Town community development program and will be paid $13 , 500 a year starting Sept. 11 to supervise federally funded programs. a appropriated $1 , 100 for the in- stallation of a blinking light at the East Main Stree t terminus of Route 112 , which has been the scene of numerous auto ac- cidents. • set a public meeting for 8 p.m . September 25 at the village hall where residents will have an opportunity to ask questions relative to the issue of released mental patients in the village . Trustee J. Robert Bailey , Jr., said , \There was a time when things seemed under control , but the problem seems to be coming back. \ He said public officials concerned would be present to answer questions about the number being released in Pat- chogue and related matters. tS£T3 -m fas £55 jras L3 3 ,gB g *!93rj*y m gSBa ^tSSa*. gja^tij^ _^sm ^^ J ^ BM rati en ^ggSBa.^ met AB agy .rfBtra** an vB^fcga BWdffiffis. .gESjj, am ana . «fniTjri> *rm j m ^ dEEv arigWfcari ^aES* jg gS!Bath. nra^ffSSv ,*ese^ oHftm i <^a ggLaJSi*. SH! ^ ^ontv sSSxn*.
