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18: ROCKLAND JOURNAL- NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1991 COURT ROUNDUP undercover officer was ap- Thruway. proached from behind by a man A police saw the car a short Mugger sentenced who demanded her pocketbook. time later, and an investigation led RAMAPO A 29-year-old Other police officers nearby to the arrest of Basile, Paul Basile, Spring Valley man, arrested after arrested Shockley as he tried to 30, of South Nyack, and Vincent the investigation of a series of get away with the pocketbook. Rispoli, 39, of West Nyack. senior muggings, was sen- Robert Basile pointed a sawedcitizen Tuesday in County Court off shotgun at the gas station attenced to two to six years in prison.

Man admits to hold- tendant, and ordered him to get Jeffrey Shockley of Herrick into the car. Paul Basile pointed a Avenue pleaded guilty April 9 to up pistol at the attendant's head, prosrobbery. He was NYACK A third Rockland man ecutors said. sentenced by County Court Judge accused in the Aug. 19, 1990, Robert Basile pleaded guilty to William Nelson.

armed robbery of a village gas first-degree robbery and unlawful station and the brief abduction of imprisonment on March 4. Paul District Attorney Kenneth Gri- an attendant was sentenced Tuesbetz said Shockley was arrested Basile and Rispoli pleaded guilty day in County Court to 4 to 12 to the same charges on April 23. in a police sting operation, in years in prison. All three were sentenced by Counwhich a female Ramapo police Robert Basile, 25, of New City, ty Court Judge William Nelson. officer dressed as an elderly woman.

admitted in court that he took part Paul Basile received a sentence in the hold-up. No one was injured. of three to nine years in prison, On Dec. 1, 1990, after several The station attendant was forced while Rispoli, who was previously other muggings, the officer went into the getaway car and then convicted on a narcotics charge in undercover on Westside Avenue. dumped a few blocks away at an 1985, received to 11 years.

At about 8 p.m. that night, the entrance to the New York State William Demarest OBITUARIES Santa A. Aiello school employee Santa A. Aiello, a Clarkstown schools employee and New City resident, died yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. She was 59.

She was born in Brooklyn on June 14, 1931, to Anthony and Angela Paladino Delfino. She moved from Brooklyn to New City 28 years ago, and made her home on Shetland Drive. Mrs. Aiello had worked 25 years for the Clarkstown schools, the past few years as deputy treasurer at the Felix Festa Junior High School. She was a parishioner of the St.

Francis of Assisi Church in West Nyack. Survivors include her husband, of New City, and a sister, Paula Novak of New City. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled Saturday at 10 a.m. at the St. Francis of Assisi Church.

Burial will be at St. Anthony's in Nanuet. Calling hours are scheduled today and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Higgins Funeral Home, 321 S. Main New City.

Edith Louise Kohl homemaker Amundsen Lane in New City, died May 6 at a nursing home in West Palm Beach, where she lived for the past two-and-a-half years. She was 88. She was born in Union City, N.J., on March 9, 1903, to Jim and Kohl. Ms. Kohl, a homemaker, moved to Rockland in 1943, where she lived for 45 years.

She was active in the New City Senior Citizens, and attended St. Augustine's Church in New City. Survivors include her nephew, Edward Grombacher of Teaneck, N.J.; and several cousins. Her sister, Eva Grombacher, died previously. A Mass of Christian Burial was held May 10 at Mary Immaculate Church in West Palm Beach.

Burial was at St. Raymond's Cemetery in the Bronx. Arrangements were by the Quattlebaum-Holleman-Burse Fu- Edith Louise Kohl, formerly of LIST OF DEATHS LEYDEN, Mary Ann (nee McMorrow), on May 15, 1991. Native of County Leitrim, Ireland. Beloved wife the late Thomas J.

Devoted mother of Thomas, James, Catherine Custer, Mary Smith and John. Also survived by 23 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Friday 2-5 7-9 pm at MULLIGAN REILLY FUNERAL CHAPELS, 1170 Castle Hill Ave, Bronx. Mass of Christian Burial Saturday 10:45 am St. Church.

Interment St. Raymonds Cemetery." PLESS, Marion D. age 76, of, Cold Spring NY, formerly of Pomona on Wednesday, May 15. Wife of Andrew W. Pless.

Mother of Marion Burger and Jane VanBeek. A Graveside Service was held 'Thursday, May 16 at 4:30 pm at Brick Church Cemetery, under the direction of the CLINTON FUNERAL HOME, corner of Parrott Pine Sts, Cold Spring. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations to the Hospice of Northern Westchester Putnam, 43 Kensico Mt. Kisco NY 10549.

ROTHENBERG, Dr. Morris May 14, 1991 Husband of the late Esther Rothenberg. Dear father and father-in-law of Judith (Edward) Feldstein of New City, NY, David Rothenberg of Indianapolis, IN. and Dr. Robert (Donna) Rothenberg of St.

Louis Mo. Dear brother and brother-inJaw of Bennie (Ruth) Rothenberg of Cleveland, David (Natalie) Rothenberg of Cleveland, OH and the late Fay Kottler. Dear grandfather of Suzanne, Daniel and Jeffrey Feldstein, Stephen and Celia Rothenberg, Michael Andrew Rothenberg, our dear brother-in-law, uncle cousin. Graveside Service on Thurs. May 16, at 12:00 Noon at Mt.

Sinai CemeTery, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Rothenberg was a Member of the Illinois Medical Society, Madison County Medical Society, St. Clair County Medical Society, Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Shriner.

Memorial contributions to the charity of your choice be prefd. THE BERGER MEMORIAL SERVICED. SPECIAL NOTICES DAMIANI, Cosmo The Rockland Association for Retarded Citizens deeply mourns the passing of our friend Cosmo Damiani. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the entire Damiani Family. Thomas Zugibe, President, Board of Directors; Karyl Caplan, Executive Director THANK YOU ST.

JUDE FOR ANSWERING ALL MY PRAYERS Critics blast adjusted scores on state job-placement tests House carpentry, as do 33 other states. practice as "demeaning to all By Billy Of Our Albany Bureau The idea is backed by the U.S. races." He said he doubts many The state Labor Department Labor Department, which intro- New Yorkers are aware the state. said this week that it plans to duced the practice in the late has embraced a policy that; continue adjusting scores of peo- 1970s as the way to score its tests "makes the assumption" no that ple for race and ethnic back- being used in New York and other blacks and level Hispanics can other perform ground on state job-aptitude and states. on the same as groups, placement tests despite mounting The aim has been provide or accomplish something on their criticism of the practice.

equal job referrals for all groups own abilities. But a state lawmaker said he and to avoid potential charges of But Steve Ralston, a lawyer opposes the practice, and plans to discrimination because whites with the National Association for look into whether the state Labor and Asians generally performed the Advancement of Colored PeoDepartment should drop it. better on standardized tests. ple's Legal Defense Fund in New "I myself don't agree with The practice works like this: York, Tuesday that while it's said that practice philosophically," An applicant who goes to a state not completely clear why black said John Bonacic, R-Mount Labor Department office looking and Hispanic job-seekers don't who is the ranking minority for help in finding a job takes a perform as on tests, there is well Hope, member the Labor test and is a score ample evidence that their on Assembly's given expressjob Committee. A portion of his dis- ed as a percentile.

performances often end up higher trict is western Ramapo. But under race-norming, that than their scores predicted. "I don't think we should ever percentile is not the applicant's Ralston argued that whenlower standards of what we re- ranking against all other candi- tests inadequately reflect potenquire for a job to give an advan- dates for the same job. Instead, tial job performance for any tage to one ethnic group or it's a percentile reflecting the group, those groups should beanother," Bonacic said Tuesday of applicant's ranking only in his or graded differently until "someone; the so-called "race-norming" of her racial or ethnic category -ei- figures out" how to make better standardized job tests. ther black, Hispanic, native tests.

At issue are adjustments of American or "other," which in- However, race-norming is now job-aptitude test scores to boost cludes whites and Asians. under attack nationally from the the scores of blacks and Hispanics "It's the kind of thing that federal Department of Justice, -two groups that, on the aver- makes it harder for an employer which 1 argues it may violate fedage, continually score lower than to put credibility in any (job-can- eral civil rights laws. And some whites or Asians on standarized didate leads) the would get Congressmen have said they will' testing. through the state's program," seek to ban the practice. State Labor Department state Business Council spokesman But Eighmey emphasized that spokeswoman Margaret Eighmey Robert Ward complained.

the state's employment service said state job-service offices have Herbert London, a New York also relies on interviews and been offering race-normed testing University dean and the 1990 work experience to screen potensince 1983 for occupations except Conservative Party gubernatorial tial workers, as well as race craft trades such as plumbing and candidate, said he deplored the normed testing. neral Home in West Palm Beach. Mary Ann Leyden retired city worker Mary Ann Leyden, mother of Thomas Leyden of New City and James Leyden of Valley Cottage, died yesterday at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center in the Bronx on her 96th birthday. Mrs. Leyden was born May 15, 1895, in County Leitrim, Ireland, to Patrick and Catherine McMorrow.

After moving to the United States, she lived in the Bronx, where she was a parishioner of St. Luke's Church and later St. Raymond's Church. She lived in the Parkchester section of the Bronx for 20 years before moving to St. Patrick's Nursing Home in the Bronx.

Mrs. Leyden was a New York City employee at the Owen-Dolan Center until her retirement in 1968. Survivors also include two daughters, Catherine Custer of Randolph, N.J., and Mary Smith of Mount Vernon in Westchester; another son, John of Upper St. Clair, 23 grandchildren; and 18 greatgrandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled Saturday at 10:45 a.m.

at St. Raymond's Church in the Bronx. Burial will be at St. Raymond's Cemetery. Calling hours are scheduled 1 tomorrow from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

at Mulligan and Reilly Funeral Chapels, 1170 Castle Hill the Bronx. Joseph D. Moise Haiti native A service is scheduled Saturday for Joseph D. Moise of Viola Road in Spring Valley, who died Sunday at home. 55.

He was born in Gonaives, Haiti, on March 19, 1936, to Jean-Baptist and Aziane Moise. He was employed for two years as a clerk for the U.S. Postal Service in Monsey. Previously, he was employed by the former Glenshaw Glass of Orangeburg. He came to Rockland from Haiti in 1973.

Survivors include his wife, Raymonde Moise; three daughters, Ketsy Moise and and Ketsia Moise, both of Haiti, and Sabine Moise of Spring Valley; a son, Terry of Haiti; three brothers, Felix of Spring Val- ley, of Haiti and Luders of Spring Valley; and two sisters, Jusette of Spring Valley and Denise Moise of Queens. Saturday's Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church in Spring Valley. Burial will be at Brick Church Cemetery in New Hempstead.

Calling hours are scheduled tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hannemann Funeral Home, 88 S. Broadway, Nyack. William Peterson Jr. former shipbuilder William Edgar Peterson a former shipbuilder and Rockland resident, died May 11 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.

He was 84. He was born in Nyack on May 10, 1907, to William E. and Edith Schnell Peterson. His father was the owner and editor of the Ramapo Valley Independent in Suffern. Raised in Haverstraw, he studied thermodynamics, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding and repair and marine engineering in college.

During the 1920s, Mr. Peterson was the leader and pianist of the Lafayette Six Jazz Band, and he participated in Olympic training as a ski jumper. From 1931 to 1941, he worked as chief engineer of the G.S. Blodgett in Burlington, where he met and married his wife of 47 years, Grace Cashman. She died in 1980.

A Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Peterson participated in more than 50 amphibious operations against the Japanese. He was decorated with awards including the Navy Cross and legion of Merit. From 1946 to 1964, Mr. Peterson was president of the Camden (Maine) Shipbuilding building high-grade commercial and recreational sail and power boats.

As president of the Maine Boat Builders and Repairers Association, he promoted the transition of Maine yards from war contracts to yacht and commercial construction sites. He was employed as technical director of Kawasaki Yacht Builders in Yokuska, Japan, from 1964 to 1973. Mr. Peterson served as a consultant to major yacht construction firms in Japan, Korea, Canada and the United States from 1973 to 1981, when his wife died and he moved to Damariscotta, Maine. Survivors include his brother, George of Suffern.

A memorial service is scheduled May 25 at 4 p.m., at the Coveside at Christmas Cove, in South Bristol, Maine. Ronald M. Valure former Rocklander A service is scheduled tomorrow for Ronald M. Valure, of Cooper City, a former North Rockland resident, who died Tuesday at his home. He was 49.

He was born in Tuxedo in Orange County on Dec. 31, 1941, to Michael and Maria Valure. He was a longtime resident of Garnerville and West Haverstraw, before moving to Florida 10 years ago. certified Mr. Valure public was a accountant.

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