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Daily News from New York, New York • 740

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Daily Newsi
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New York, New York
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740
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1527 WiHamsburg 'Koad, Bronx, August C. Meli-tharas, newly appointed advance gift chairman, announced. Vet Benef it Bata 59fh St. Express To Be Ready in April Given Chance To Win Bronx I Ir 4 1 FURNITURE SALE! OUT THEY GO FLOOR SAMPLES I OF A -KINDS. USED AND RECONOI-TIOMED riECESI SORRY.

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By MICHAEL KEATING Subway commuters who use the East SitM IRT will rt-ap the benefits of the new 6 million express stop at 59th St. about 10 month? earlier than had been exnected. The unique job of carving 0. A re For the first time since 1013, political experts are indicating ithat a Republican candidate for Bronx bbroufrh president has a chance to win the i y' st rongest Demo cratic stronghold. The candU date who may break a 48- year-old tradition is Joseph F.

Peri transit m- misstoner, who is on the Liber-al as well as Joseph F. i Periconi I Republican Mine of the ballot. He is the only Republican endorsed by the Lib- icral Party. Last week the Uniformed Fire! Officers Association of the Fire, Department endorsed Periconi, 1 as has the Civic Action Party iand a Ltemocrats for Periconi organization, which has several in the Bronx. Brotherhood Party for Him I The Brotherhood Party also has endorsed his campaign and is working for him, although he was ruled off the Brotherhood line on the ballot because of a technicality.

This is possibly the strongest coalition behind a Republican candidate in the history of the borough. I i Periconi, has been, elected a state senator three times in 1956 and 1958 and last; year was appointed by Gov. Rockefeller as a member of the New York City Transit Authori-r ty. 1 i iA'Ll DEMONSTRATION WITHOUT OBLIGATION A new pamphlet, "Benefits for Survivors of Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces," may he obtained at the State Division of Veterans Affairs, 270 Broadway. Zionist to Lecture President Emanuel Neumann of the World Confederation of Gen- eral Zionists will give an Israel Chipkin Memorial Lecture on "The Jewish World and the State of Israel" at 8 P.M.

tomorrow at the Jewish Theological Seminary's Unterberg' Auditorium, 122d St. and Broadway. Scouts Seek Funds The fund-raising drive of the Bronx Boy Scouts Council will start with a luncheon at 12:30 P.M. Wednesday at the King Cole FREE! MODERN VACUUM SHOPS, 235S Concealed air vents lets air cool and comfortable: Heavy-duty conoealed zippers WRITTEN GUARANTEE! Pay Later-Budget 1 i ex UilSflaaaaaKSaHilHaaaflaaaaEaaaafla HOME ft Launch Asia Book Brive A for Asia" drive has been organized in Greenwich Village by Gilbert Di I. ucia, restaurateur and lawyer.

The organization is seeking books suitable for readers of all ages. The books will be sent to the uncommitted Asian nations for distribution to English classes in schools and missions arid to the English sections of libraries. Donors can send or deliver books to Di Lucia at OTlenry's restaurant. Sixth or to his iaw offices, X'-i Sixth Ave. Protect i tti.L,.-' ir-urif rVipi nirai i-ilfryflrilnrrriiijfiifliTa-irTMiiajtiii I FREE HOME 1 -I so Jj I i i i "VYNA" Plus GOLD MYLAR available! Cut and Heavy double is fire resistant, station out of solid rock i.i teet Lelou the surface of Lexington Ave.

was expected to take 42 months to complete when the pioject was started Aug. 27, But it will be finished abmt April, the Transit Authority announced. Will AfTrd GCT The new express stop will facilitate passenger movement into und out of the With station, which handles more than 10 million pa'-sengers yearly. In addition, it will greatly reduce crowding at Grand Central Station, a stiftphargei horror during the morning and evening rush houis. Southbound passengers now board locals at 77th.

f.8th and sliding to the Grand Central crowds when they switch to the express there. They will be able make the changeover at the MW St Side hi -d for Times Square be able to avoid the long walk and delay of Ihe 42d St. shuttle by transfer-ting at the new station to the BMT, winch serves the downtown West Side. 32 Feel of Kh The task of building the station, was it tough one. The express tacks lie in a concrete-lined tunnel feet beneath the street.

Above the tunnel loof is 32 feet of solid rock, through which the liMT cuts at a right angle to the I FT, and the local tracks run between the ifxk layer and the street. Huge buckets hauled 17,000 cubic yauls of jo am! mud up from hafts dug fiom the street down to the concrete expies tube as workmen hewed the 525-feet-long platforms. Cement was poured under pressure from the equifiiiient-croivded street, ami 70 tons of reinforcing steel had to i-e gingerly lovveied 'flown the shafts to the till-. Construction difficulties re when underground streams at fiMh and o'Jth St. made it neces-smv lo wateiproof the-tunnel.

IleDiied by Strike 'Ihe eight-week concrete mix tiiick drivers" strike during July and August delayed the constitution of wells for the four new high-speed escalators to installed at the station. lie fore thi-slowdown. the jo'n bad been ex-ected to be finished in February. 11'2, a full year ahead of sched-tiie. Two of these reversible escalator will run from ihe new express platforms to the IRT local lvel, a vertical rise of feet.

Ihe other two will operate from a mezzanine hewn out of the jock above the express Hacks and the BMT level to the local platfoi m. Fair Preview Set Louis B. Ames, coordinator of for the World's Fan. furnish a preview of the IU(ii-Hi fair for members of the Down Webster 186th Bronx, N.Y. circulate, keeps you on all pieces! Terms! 5 IwiaiiMVnrmriHI 11 jiiniraii-Wim-ifc' If rr i '-r fc-a-r 'rr rf- Mj jnnnfmairtunw 1 -i.

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