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...Radical. The scheme is mainly the work of County Executive John Klein, 43, who began his campaign to save what he calls "New York City's breadbasket" right after being elected in 1971. His first step was to set up a twelve-man committee of farmers and charge it with rinding a way to keep the farm lands. John Talmage, 45, a farmer in Riverhead, suggested the development-rights formula. The idea seemed so radical, he recalls, that "I thought it was not salable...
...Klein bought it and resold it to the county legislature, which voted $60 million in 30-year bonds to acquire development rights. The cost will be borne by local residents, whose taxes will rise a few cents a year. Yet Suffolk's citizens have generally supported the bond issue because they stand to gain from preserving the farms. Some of those who will benefit...
...Year-round residents will keep their low tax base. At first, some Suffolk County residents subscribed to the popular myth that new subdivisions, by bringing in more taxpayers, would lower per capita taxes. But Klein proved that in Nassau County rapid development actually caused a rise in local taxes, which were needed for costly new roads, schools and other services...
...jazz, folk, pop and the classics will constitute about one-half of the set. When no recordings can be found for works of such composers as John Paine (1839-1906), Arthur Farwell (1872-1952), or possibly some of today's composers, new ones will be made. Says Howard Klein, director of the foundation's arts program: "It's 'Happy Birthday, America...
Gamely?and prudently?Percy did so. He talked to 125 irate Jews at a hastily called meeting. "You are pouring oil on the fire of the Middle East problem," charged a retired U.S. Army general, Julius Klein. Percy insisted that Israel should make adjustments now in order to avert another, bloodier war. Percy also answered questions from Irv Kupcinet on Chicago television. He noted that he had long criticized Arab leaders as more intransigent than Israel's but now saw some give in the Arab position. He said no fewer than twelve Arab leaders had told him that Israel...