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Vol. 2 No. 20 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, January 6, 1966
Officials Gather Here
For Civil Rights Forum
Nearly 300 local and state officials representing police
departments, local government agencies, the N. A. A. C. P., the
New Jersey State Police, and local district attorney's offices
have registered for the National Institute on Civil Rights and
Human Relations to be held at the State University Agricul­tural
and Technical College in Farmingdale on Friday, Jan­uary
7.
The Institute, sponsored by the college's Police Science
Department, will be an all- day session featuring panel dis­cussions
by leading civil rights figures.
The first panel is entitled " Preparing the Police Establish­ment
for the Problems Attendant to the Rights Movement".
Robert Carter, National Legal Counsel for the N. A„ A. C. P,
will act as moderate*! of the pant I, to btr comprised of: Stanley
R. Schrotel, chief of police, Cincinati, Ohio; Herbert T. Jenkins,
chief of police, Atlanta, Ga.; Lincoln O. Lynch, chairman,
Long Island C. O. R. E. and national vice- chairman of C. O. R. E.,
AND Donald E. Clark, sheriff, Multnomah County, Portland,
Oregon.
Dr. Louis A. Radelet, professor, School of Police Adminis­tration,
Michigan State University, and director, National
Center on Police and Community Relations, will speak on
" Implications of Professionalism in Law Enforcement for
Police- Community Relations.."
" The Civil Rights Law: Its scope and Limitations", and
" Developing Outlines for Police Practices", will be the sub­ject
of the second panel under the moderation of Herman
Ebling, Long Island Regional Director of the National Council
of Christians and Jews.
Members of the second panel will- be: George D. Eastman,
chief police consultant, Public Administration Service, Chicago
111. Col. E. Wilson Purdy, commissioner, Pennsylvania State
Police, Harrisbuvg, Pa,;; John Gregory, Long Island Regional
Director , N. A. A. C. F., and Deputy Commissioner John P.
Finnerty, Suffolk County Police Department, Suffolk, N. Y.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the Institute
on Civil Rights and Human Relations and may pay the $ 7
registration fee at the entrance to Roosevelt Hall on the Col­lege
campus. The Institute will be conducted in the Little
Theatre of Roosevelt Hall and will begin at 9 a. m.
Fairchild Receives $ 965,000 Contract
Fairchild Hiller Corporation's
Republic Aviation Division an­nounced
receipt of a $ 965,000
contract from the United States
Marine Corps for the Bikini Sur­veillance
System.
Terms of the contract require
that 25 drones, five ground sta­tions
and spares be assigned to
a Marine Corps battalion for
troop tests under operational
conditions. A training program
is also included.
The entire Bikini system ( in­cluding
two drones, launcher,
radio control equipment, and
photographic film processor),
fits into a jeep- drawn M- 100
trailer. Two men can have
the system operational in less
than ten minutes and have de­veloped
film less than 15 minutes
after drone recovery.
The drone is a conventional
high- wing, propeller- driven air­craft,
launched from a pneumatic
catapult to flying speed in a dis­tance
of six feet. Range is over
ten miles. For recovery, a para­chute
is deployed from altitudes
as low as 35 feet. The drone is
76 inches long, has a wing span
of 96 inches and maximum take­off
weight if 60 pounds.
Fairchild Hiller's Space Sy­stems
Division is supplying Mini-labs
for test with the system.
Minilabs are lighweight, field
transportable film developers,
processors, viewers and printers
that yield both negative and posi­tive
prints from a dry process.
Republic will supply the drones
and the balance of the support
equipment. Republic originated
the Bikini concept and, since
1962, has flown the system on
more than 300 test missions.
Looney New County Police Commissioner
Francis B. Looney of Farming-dale
was appointed Nassau County
Police Commissioner on Sunday
by Nassau County Executive
Eugene H. Nickerson following the
announcement of the disability
retirement of Commissioner
James J. Kelly. Looney served
as Deputy Commissioner.
Looney has been a member
of the Nassau County Police De­partment
since 1939. A graduate
of St. John's Law School, ad­mitted
to the bar in 1940, he
was appointed deputy commis­sioner
May 14, 1965.
During World War n, he served
with the Army Counter In­telligence
Corps from 1942 to
1946 in Casablanca, North Africa,
Rome, and Linz, Austria, as
special agent in charge of of­fices
in those areas. He was
discharged as a First Lieutenant.
On his return to the county
Police Department, he was pro­moted
to sergeant in 1947, lieu­tenant
in 1950, captain in 1954,
and that same year to deputy
inspector. In January of 1956
he was promoted to inspector
and in November of the same
year was made an assistant chief
inspector and chief of district,
commanding the department's
precincts. He was named chief
inspector April 7, 1961.
From 1946 to 1947, he was
assigned to the Detective Di­vision;
from 1947 to 1949 he
was a uniformed patrol sergeant,
and from 1949 to 1956 he was
personal aide and legal advisor
to the chief of staff.
Looney, 49, lives at 4 Quaker
Meeting House Road, Farming-dale,
with his wife and their
four children; Jean 18, Thomas
12, Daniel 9, and Jane Ann 1.
" The departure of Commis­sioner
Kelly from county serv­ice
is accepted with reluctance
and deep regret," said Nicker­son.
" In his four years as Police
Commissioner he has done an
outstanding job of reorganizing
and strengthening our police
force. On behalf of all of our
citizens, I wish to thank him
for his contribution to county
government as a conscientious
administrator and a highly skilled
law enforcement officer. His suc­cessor,
Francis B. Looney, has
been a member of the Police
Department since 1939. He is
a graduate of St. John's Law
School and has an intimate knowl­edge
of every phase of police
work. I can think of no one
better qualified to succeed James
Kelly as head of this important
department."
James J. Kelly left his position
as National Security Admin-
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Supreme Court Justice Edwin R. Lynde, ( left),
is shown after the Town Board swearing- in cere­mony,
congratulating Councilman Frank J. Hynes
of Farmingdale, former Receiver of Taxes, on
his Installation to the Town Board. The new
members of the Town Board were sworn in last
Saturday.