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Agencies Dispute Site of Cemetery By Bob Wacker The White House has been asked to settle a dispute between the Veterans Administration and the Department of Agriculture over whether 902 acres of prime farmland in Calver ion should be turned into a cemetery. The department contends that the VA proposal should be abandoned because it violates guidelines set by the President's Council on Environmental Quality, which has urged the preservation of farmland. Unless either agency backs off, the panel will hear arguments and make a recommendation to President Carter's chief domestic adviser, Stuart Eizenstat, who will make the decision. The Agriculture Department challenge, which grew out of a meeting in Washington July 11, revived a dispute many thought had been concluded when the VA let $1 million worth of contracts and began conversion of 38 acres of the property in March. The VA wants to establish a new cemetery because the Nasional Cemetery at Pinelawn is fearing capacity.

Closing of the cemetery, which had been scheduled for January, has been postponed repeatedly and now is scheduled for September. VA officials have said it takes 18 months to four years to acquire land and prepare a new cemetery. The site, is one of three tracts near the Grumman Aerospace facility owned by the Navy. At a hearing in Riverhead last July, farmers, planning officials and agriculture department officials urged use of one of the other tracts, while members of Congress from Long Island and leaders of veterans' organizations endorsed the VA choice. The next step, according to Guy McMichael, general counsel of the VA, should be a meeting with the Agriculture Department's general counsel, "to settle this McMichael said the VA would not change its choice.

And Robert Smythe, speaking for the President's Environmental Quality Group, said, "The Department of Agriculture in the last three years has developed a policy that they will be an advocate for the protection of prime agricultural land. The Council on Environmental Quality has similarly expressed a concern. We're losing as much as a million acres of prime agricultural land every year. We can't go on." Death Notices ANGELINI-Vera on July 23. Devoted mother of Lucy Peragino, Gary Sorgente and Edmund Sorgente.

Also survived by eight grandchildren. Reposing LaBella Harway Brooklyn until Thursday. Mass of the Resurrection 9:30 AM at Most Precious Blood R.C. Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery, BECKER-August, 69, St.

Petersburg, Florida. Passed away July 24, 1978. Born Middle Village, Queens, N.Y. Came to St. Petersburg, Florida from Wantagh.

He is retired from Dilbert Bros. after 18 years of service. Member of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church. Survived by his wife Ethel, 2 daughters, Mrs. Barbara Reimels, Sayville, L.I., Mrs.

Patricia Palmese, Port Jefferson Station, L.I., one brother William of Village, one sister Elizabeth (Lu) Bocke, Lindenhurst and 4 grandchildren. Services and interment will be in 8t. Petersburg, Florida. BLEHA- Catherine of Wantagh on July 25, 1978. Beloved wife of the late Stephen.

Devoted mother of Veronica Hallowell and Anne DiRusso. Dear sister of Mary Vidalch, Anna Meyer and Joseph Nelson. Loving grandmother of Donna DiRusso. Fond mother-in-law of Bruce Hallowell and Robert DiRusso. Reposing at the Belimore Funeral Home 2340 Jerusalem North Bellmore.

Religious service Wed. evening. Funeral Friday 10 AM. Interment Long Island National Cemetery. BROPHY-Thomas M.

on Tuesday July 25, 1978. Loving son of James V. and Beverly M. Brophy. Brother of Peter Mary Teresa, Paul C.

and Mark J. Brophy. Reposing at the Macken Mortuary, 52 Clinton Rockville Centre, N.Y. Mass of the Resurrection St. Agnes Cathedral Friday, July 28 at 10 AM.

Interment L.I. National Cemetery, Pinelawn, N.Y. Family will recelve friends 2-5 and 7-9 PM. In lieu of flowers contributions to Nassau County Cancer Research appreciated. CARDONE-Agata on July 25, 1978 of New Hyde Park.

Beloved wife of Nicholas. Devoted mother of Louis and Marie Iadanza. Loving sister of Jennie Gilardi. Also survived by 5. grandchildren.

Friends may visit 2-5 and 7-10 PM at the New Hyde Park Funeral Home, 506 Lakeville New Hyde Park. Mass of Christian Burial Friday 9:30 AM at Holy Spirit R.C. Church. Interment Mt. 8t.

Mary's Cemetery. CLARK-Eugene P. of Baldwin on July 24, 1978. Beloved husband of Vera. Devoted father of Pamela Travers, Patricia Bleier and Eugene P.

Clark MI. Fond brother of John Clark. Reposing at Weigand Bros. Funeral Home, 2283 Grand Baldwin. Visiting hours 2- 4 and 7-9 PM.

Funeral Thursday 10 AM. Interment Calvary Cemetery. CLARK- on July 24, 1978 of Amagansett, L.I, Beloved wife of the late Malcolm. Devoted mother of Malcolm and grandmother of 2 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Sister of Lilliam Baird of Syosset.

Reposing at Williams Funeral Home, 99 Newtown Lane, East Hampton 2:30 PM and 7:30 PM. Services 8 PM Thursday. Interment Friday Long Island National Cemetery, Pinelawn. ent OBITUARIES Alden Crawford, 77, Retired General Services will be held tomorrow at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for Alden R.

Crawford, a retired Air Force major gen- Crawford, 77, died Monday of a heart attack at his home at 4 Bonnie Northport. Born in Mt. Sterling, he graduated from West Point in 1923 and spent the next 30 years in the military before retiring in 1953. After his retirement, he returned to Europe, where he spent two years as vice president of Republic Aviation's European Division. In 1955, he became Republic's vice president for engineering and moved to Northport.

He retired in 1957. From 1941 to 1944, he was chief of staff for supply and procurement operations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. In 1944-45 he was chief of Air Force supply operations in the Mediterranean. From 1945 to 1947 he was chief of research and development at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., where he was instrumental in the development of guided missiles. From 1948 to 1949, he was commanding general of the 12th Air Force Reserve in San Antonio, Texas.

And from 1949 to 1953, he was supply commander for the U.S. Armed Forces in Europe. Survivors include his wife, Virginia; a daughter, Joan Crawford of a son, Alden R. of Naples, Fla. and six grandchildren.

Services are to be held at 8 tonight at the Rocco. Friends may call at the Fair- ed at the Funeral child Chapel, Franklin Ave. at 12th AM. Interment Garden City Tueaday and Wed. 2-5 and Cemetery, Hartsdale, 7-9 PM.

Funeral Mass! St. Joseph's contributions to Church Thursday 11 AM. Interment stitute would be Holy Rood Cemetery. Memorial dona- PRINCE- James tions to New York Hospital-Cornell L.I. Medical appreciated.

Center, Burns Center Marion. Loving Westbury, na, James, William HERMAN- Samuel. Beloved husband of son of Ardia Smith. Dorothy. Devoted father of Ellen Katz Joshua Prince, and Linda Wilson.

Adored grandfather vid Crenshaw, of Jennifer Wilson. Services Wed. In Crenshaw, 12:30 PM at Gutterman's "Nassau Me- William Arthur morial Long Beach Rd. at at Donohue Funeral Greystone, Rockville Centre, L.L, Castle John. Beloved husband of LIl- south exit 32, N.8.

Han. Adored father of L. Donald. Lov- Christian Burial ing grandfather of Joanne, Jennifer Brigid'8 R.C. and uncle of Lucille Cohen.

Interment Long Services will be private at I. J. Morris tery. Chapel hours Hempstead, L.I. day 2-4 and 7-10 day July 24, 1978.

Beloved mother of Beloved JOYCE-Mary L. of Lynbrook on Mon- SCHLAFERWilliam, Eleanor and Bernadette arine. Devoted and Suppa. Loving sister of Julia Hacke and Rev. Joseph Ellen Cudahy.

Aiso survived by 2 rine F. Arner, child. grandchildren and one great-grand- F. and Christopher Reposing at Finch and Brung survived by 3 Funeral Home, 34 Hempstead from the N. F.

Lyubrook. Funeral Maas at St. Jo- 2039 Merrick seph's R.C. Church, Hewlett on Friday Christian Burial July Rood 28, at Cemetery, 9:30 Interment N.Y. Visit- Holy Church Thursday AM.

hours 2-4 and 7-9 Westbury, PM. Holy Cross Cemetery. ing celve friends 2-5 MARTINI- -Catherine on July 23, 1978 of ULBRICHT--Harold Valley Stream, Beloved mother Nicholas, Evelyn Calderone and Marie July 25, 1978. Kerin. Also survived by 7 grandchil- ther.

Devoted dren. Reposing at the Towers Funeral and Karen. Home Long Beach and Foxhurst Gregory and Oceanside, L.I. Funeral Mass at Robert Ulbricht, St. Anthony'8 R.C.

Church, Oceanside Goelz. Reposing Thursday 9:45 AM. Funeral Hicksville. Home on of Franklin gious service St. Square, formerly 1978.

Newburgh, wife Church 10 AM, of N.Y. on July 24, Beloved of the Interment late Raymond J. Dear mother of Ruth ciating. D' Anteri and Raymond J. Also surPark.

vived by 5 grandchildren and 2 great- VARADY- -Harry grandchildren. Reposing at the Krause suddenly on July Funeral Home, 1097 Hempstead Beloved son of Franklin Square. Funeral Mass Thurs- Loving brother day 10 AM at St. Patrick's R.C. Dianne and Letitia.

Church, Newburgh. Interment Calva- of Letitia Smith ry Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y. Vis- ady. Laurel Reposing iting hours 2-5 and 7-10 PM. MORROW--Nancy 1978.

P. of Central Islip, al Mass Friday and Thursday 2-5 July 24, Psychiatric Center. Therapy Beloved Aide, sis- Church, Kings ter grim John and Rob- Patrick's Cemetery, Hartshorne, ert Morrow. Beloved aunt of Sandra, Curtis Sean Erin Morrow, Amy and An- Massapequa. drew Hartshorne.

Dear niece of Anne Mary. Devoted Mikeloit and Loretta Buffington. Re- ter, Curtis, John, posing at Thomas P. Walsh Funeral Maureen and Gail. Home 60 Carleton Central of Peter, Christine, Islip.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Erin and Benjamin. offered at 9:45 AM Friday in 8t. John Thursday 10 AM of God R.C. Church, Central Isltp. In- Schmitt Funeral terment 8t.

John of God Cemetery. Seaford. Friends may call 2-5 and PM. mortal Park. Visiting Miss Morrow WAS a member of the 10 PM.

Wed. 2-5 Catholic Daughters of America, Court ZENKUS -Anna of St. Anne. July 25th in her NIELSEN- Louise B. of East Meadow, devoted mother L.I.

on July 24, 1978. Beloved wife of and John Zenkus Howard. Loving mother of Noelle and Auto Parts). Denise. Dear sister of Sybil Fisk.

Also five. Reposing survived by her devoted grandchild Laurel Scott. Friends may call at the Hartnett PM Wed. and Funeral Home 561 Jerusalem Friday 10 AM Uniondale, between the hours 2-5 Church, Northport. and 7-10 PM.

Services will be conduct- Cemeterv. Nolan Funeral Home in Northport Services 1 PM tomorrow at the West Point Chapel; burial in West Point Cemetery. Lawrence Woods, 20 eral. North Bellmore -Services are to be held this morning for Lawrence Woods, 20, who died Sunday at Southampton Hospital after the motorcycle on which he was riding June 18 from Hampton Bays to Southampton collided with a car. Woods, who lived at 2255 Porter was a senior at Southampton College, majoring in biology He worked at James H.

Rambo Inc. Woods is survived by his parents, Ronald and Barbara; two brothers, Ronald and Gavin MacNaughton; a sister, Judy, and grandparents, George and Louise Woods of Tazares, and Lorenze and Mary Bernhardt of Warsaw, Ind. Services at 10 in Bellmore Preshyterian Church; burial in Pinelawn Memorial Park, Bethpage. Ruth Clark, 81 Rockville Centre-Ruth Julia Clark, 81, a resident here for 30 years, died yesterday in Mercy Hospital following a long illness. Mrs.

Clark, who lived at 40 Maine was born in Brooklyn and moved to Nassau County 52 years ago. She is survived by two sons, Neal of Rockville Centre and Paul of Long Beach, and eight grandchildren. Mass 11 AM Friday at St. Agnes Cathedral; burial in Holy Rood Cemetery in West- bury. CSEKITS-Mathias A.

on July 25, 1978 of New Hyde Park. Beloved father of Patricia O'Connor and Richard. Devoted sweetheart of Florence Stroebel. Also, survived by 6 grandchildren. Friends may call 2-5 and 7-10 PM at the ThomAS F.

Dalton Funeral Home, 125 HILLside Ave. (at City Line), New Hyde Park, L.I. Mass of Christian Burial Friday 9:45 AM, Our Lady of the Snows R.C. Church. Interment St.

Cemetery. CURRY-Eugene K. on July 24, 1978 of Nissequogue, L.I. President of State Bank of Long Island, formerly Executive Vice President of Nassau Trust Co. Beloved husband of Mary (nee Grupinaki).

Devoted father of Bryan, Terrence, Kevin, Margaret Mary, John, and Jeanne. Also survived by five brothers and two staters. Friends may call at St. James Funeral Home, Rte. 25A, St.

James, L.I. Tues. and Wed. 2-5 and 7-10 PM. Funeral Mass Thursday 10 AM Ste.

Philip and James R.C. Church, St. James, L.I. Interment St. Patrick's Cemetery, L.I.

FAGAN-Deborah Ann (Debbie), suddenly on July 25, 1978, in her 16th year of Fort Salonga, N.Y. Devoted daughter of Arthur and Jessie. Dear sister of Ronald, Arthur Gregory and Dennia. Loving granddaughter of Anna Fagan. Reposing at the Clayton Funeral Home 25 Meadow Rd.

(corner Indian Head Kings Park, until Friday when a Mass of the Christian Burial will be offered 10:30 AM at 8t. Joseph's R.C. Church, Kings Park. Interment Long Island National Cemetery. Pinelawn.

FASULA- Adeline (nee Grass) on July 24, 1978. Beloved wife of Fred. Reposing at James Funeral Home, 540 Broadway, Massapequa. Mass of the Resurrection at Maria Regina R.C. Church 9:45 AM Friday.

Interment Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead, N.Y. In lieu of flowers family requests donation to American Cancer Society. -Edward 1978 V. in of his North 79th Babylon, on year. Retired Supt.

of Bridges, City of New York. Beloved husband of Henrietta. Devoted father of Dorothy Breda. Loving father-in-law of Egidio and cherished grandfather of Wayne and Gary. Religious service Wed.

evening at Daniel J. O'Sullivan's Lindenhurst Funeral Home, 424 8. Wellwood Ave. Mass of the Christian Burial Thursday 10 AM at 8t. Joseph R.C.

Church, Babylon. Interment Pinelawa Memorial Park. Visiting 2-5 and 7-10 PM. FLANAGAN-Deirdre. Beloved daughter of Helen (nee McCaffrey), and Edward J.

Beloved sister of Ellen and Kevin. Loving granddaughter of Eleanor McCaffrey. Loving niece of Ann O'Dwyer (nee McCaffrey) and Terry Dwyer. Funeral Mass 10 AM Thursday 8t. Joseph's Church, Garden City.

Reposing at Fairchild Chapel, Franklin Ave. at 12th Garden City. Visiting 2-5 and 7-9 PM. GIORDANO -Arlene Rose on July 23, 1978 of Elmont, N.Y. Customer Relations Manager for Telecom Equipment Corp.

Beloved daughter of Marie and the late Rocco. Dear sister of Robert and Thomas. Dear aunt of Thomas, Geoffrey, Michael, Leslie, Alison and Home, Thursday 10 following at Fernclitt N.Y. Flowers or Cancer Research Inappreciated. W.

on July 22, 1978 Beloved husband of father of Carol, Donand Linda. Loving Loving brother of Charles Crenshaw, DaMildred Laney, FrankGeneva Crenshaw and Crenshaw. Reposing Home, Post and Westbury, L.I. (1 block Mass of the Sat. at 10 AM at St.

Church, Westbury, L.I. Island National CemePM. A Thursday and FriN. on July 24, 1978 husband of Kathfather of Nicholas J. M.

Schlafer, KathaMary Gerone, Maurice J. Schlafer. Also grandchildren. Funeral Walker Funeral Home, Merrick. Mass of at Cure of Ars R.C.

9:45 AM. Interment Family will reand 7-10 PM. R. of Hicksville, on Beloved husband of Esfather of Kurt, Kenneth Loving grandfather of Sarah. Dear brother of Hilda Cohn and Elsa at the Henry J.

Stock 132 Newbridge Funeral Friday. ReliStephen's Lutheran Rev. Roland Perez offiPinelawn Memorial W. of Kings Park, 25 in his 17th year. Annette and Harry of Lynette McLamb, Loving grandson and Annabelle VarNolan Funeral Home, 5 Northport, Wed.

7-10 PM and 7-10 PM. AM St. Joseph's Park. Interment St. Hauppauge, K.

on July 24, 1978 of Beloved husband of father of Patrick, PeRobert, Michael, Loving grandfather Andrew, Kristen, Religious service at the Charles G. Home, 3863 Merrick Interment Pinelawn Mehours Tuesday 7- and 7-10 PM. East Northport, on 90th year. Beloved and of Catherine Callinan (Prop. of Laurel Loving grandmother of Nolan Funeral Horne, 5 Northport 2-5 and 7-12 Thurs.

Funeral Mass at St. Philip Neri Interment Parish In Sympathy EUGENE K. CURRY The Board of Directors of the National Conference of Christians and Jews mourns the untimely passing of its dedicated and committed Board Member, Eugene K. Curry. A good friend and an outstanding.

progressive leader, he was the recipient of the Annual Brotherhood Award of the NCCJ, Nassau-Suffolk Region. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to his family. Hon. Pranklin H. Ornateln General Chairman Mrs.

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