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The Lady Is A Cop
At Farmingdale U
Burke Backs Landfill Proposal
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IN A NEW ROLE: Mrs. Kathleen V. <
c i t y ' s f1« ™ %ows"^Aggle students how to use
documentary camera in her new position as the first
woman instructor in State University at Farmingdale's
nationally-known Police Science Department. Left to
right: Henry W. Johnson of Bethpage, James
Papathanasiou of Greenlawn, and Mrs. Cronin, Rego
Park.
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
John W. Burke, speaking at a
press conference at the Maine
Maid Inn, Jericho, last week has
asked for media support in
launching a campaign to promote
the facts" behind the Landfill -
Park Proposition which will be
before Town residents on the
November 7 ballot.
At the same time, Burke
criticized Town Councilman
Lewis J. Yevoli for opposing the
proposition, which deals with
acquisition of a 65-acre site in
Plainview for purposes of a
landfill-park, without offereing
alternative solutions.
"For nearly three years I have
listened to Mr. Yevoli vote nay or
abstain on every matter dealing
with the problems of incineratioi
Nassau County Department of
Health.
"Time and time again he has
voted against resolutions in­volving
attempts to improve and
facilitate the incineration
process.
"He has voted against attempts
to acquire additional landfill
suggesting instead that we wait
for a technological breakthrough
on waste disposal, Solid waste is
like a sickness for which there is
no known cure "' it grows on you
if you don't do something about it.
We are still waiting ior a
technological breakthrough but I
think we should do something
while we are waiting.
"Mr. David Mafrici, Director
of the Town's Division of En­vironmental
Ci
A retired woman sergeant, one
of only ten holding that rank in
the New York City Police
Department, brings rich law
enforcement expertise to the
State University at Farmingdale.
In welcoming the instructor,
the first woman in the nationally -
regarded Aggie Police Science
Department, College President
Dr. Charles Laffin said that "her
practical experience and ex­cellent
background, combined
with her achievements in higher
education and involvement with
community relations, will make
her an excellent teacher."
The newcomer to the Far­mingdale
staff, who retired this
past August from the City Police
Force~after 20 years of service, is
presently busy conducting
classes on the campus in police
administration and community
relations.
According to Dr. George
McKenna, former standout agent
of the Federal Bureau of In­vestigation
and Chairman of the
department, "Sgt. Cronin has
already managed to make her
knowledge known to the number
of Nassau, Suffolk and New York
City police who are enrolled in
her administrative class." He
adds, "She certainly commands
respect with these seasoned
patrolmen and law enforcement
officers who appreciate her
background and knowledge in the
field."
As Kathleen points out, "It was
interesting when they first met
me. I am. sure they understand
that we both speak the same
language. It is a learning ex­perience
for myself in the college
educational field and to my
students, who are active in police
detail on Long Island."
As for her daytime classes with
th' younger students, Mrs.
Ci .lin says "it is most in­teresting
and a bit of missionary
work. I endeavor to make them
think for themselves and not only
relate to facts and figures.
Training young minds is an ex­citing
challenge."
A widow for the past five years,
the new college instructor, who
lives in Kew Gardens, Queens,
comes to Farmingdale with a
rich professional background and
highly regarded. During her
younger days on New York's
East Side, Kathleen had always
decided she would like to be
associated with the police
department. Upon being
graduated from Haaren High,
her classmates agreed that
"Kathy knew what she wanted
and went after it."
She launched her police career
in 1952, finishing sixth in a class
of 1,244, then worked with the 19th
Precinct in the Policewomen's
Section. She performed plain­clothes
and uniform patrol and
criminal investigation duties and
earned two Excellent Police Duty
Citations. She also served tem­porarily
with the Bureau of
Special Services and performed
specialized undercover in­vestigation.
The new Farmingdale in­structor
was appointed Sergeant
in December, 1966, from the first
promotion list open to
policewomen. Also appointed as
Sergeant at the same time, in
which only ten were named, was
her older sister, Mrs. Mary
Patterson Weldinger, now retired
and living in East Quogue, Long
Island.
The most important impression
(Continued on Page 2)
"This Town cannot afford the
luxury of disinterest on the part
of its public officials - any delay
in acquiring the needed ad­ditional
landfill* space is working
against the interests of the Town.
"Yet time and time again, on
each of more than 30 occasions,
Mr. Yevoli has either abstained
or voted no on serious matters
concerning the Town Board's
attempts to deal with the solid
waste problem... going to the
extreme of even voting against
the installation of air pollution
devices needed to meet man­dated
requirements set by tha
Mafrici, as well as myself and
members of the Town Board, are
arranging for speaking
engagements throughout the
Town to bring the facts behind
this proposition to the attention of
the general public.
"Because of the serious con­sequences
that a negative vote on
this issue will have on the 360,000'
residents of this Town, I am
making a personal plea to the
media to assist us in bringing the
facts to the public's attention.
"The charge has been made to
the people that this ad-i
ministration is assuring the
property owners of the land in
question of ah unjust profit.' I
wish to state, here and now, that
it is my intention, and indeed the
intention of majority mem­bership
of this board, to condemn
this site in order to allow the
courts to establish the fair proper
value of this land.
"As is required in all instances
of condemnation, the Town will
use every means at its disposal to
minimize the cost of this pur­chase
through an lftvestlgatfoh of
the history of this property,
which it has already un­dertaken."
Mafrici outlined the Town's
solid waste disposal problem and
the many innovative steps it has
taken in the field of waste
disposal. He stressed that the
Plainview site.
oad, is the.only one of
four recommended locations that
provides all of the following: The
needed capacity through 1985;
adequate ~ distance "from
developed residential areas;
ingress and egress with a major
road (L.I. Expressway);
reasonable proximity (two
miles) to the Old Bethpage in­cinerators;
necessary cover
material on the property
(thereby avoiding costly pur­chases
and additional trucking)
and a topography that lends itself
to development as a recreational
facility.
ED NOTE: Mr. Yevoli has been,
contacted by the TRIBUNE
about Mr. Burke's charges. His
reply will appear next week.
Wetson's Opens In Style
Nassau County Executive
Ralph Caso recently joined Carl
Wetanson, Board Chairman of
the Wetson's restaurant chain, to
celebrate the Grand Opening of
the remodelled Wetson's
.restaurant on Hempstead Turn­pike
in Levittown.
The restaurant, stripped of its
neon rings and completely
renovated, was the first unit in
Wetson's restaurant chain,
opened in 1959. This tran­sformation
illustrates the vast
changes the food industry has
seen since the restaurant's Grand
Opening in Levittown 13 years
ago.
Now on the site of the former
"hamburger stand" is a rustic
brick restaurant-landscaped
outside, air conditioned inside,
with a menu that includes several
varieties of . hamburgers,
chicken, fish, sandwiches, and
desserts.
At the opening day festivities,
thousands of Long islanders
sampled one of the nnw products:
the "Superburger'-'. In the
background, the Valley Stream
Police Boys Club marching band
played, batons twirled, arid clown
Sonny Wetson entertained the
children.
RE-OPENING: Nassau County Executive Ralph Caso
(center) joins Mrs. Grace Wetanson (L) and Carl
Wetanson (R), Chairman, of Wetson's restaurant
chain, at the traditional ribbon cutting ceremony,
officially opening the recently remodelled Wetson's
Restaurant in Island Trees, Levittown.