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CM DOD IB'Kipi: something like that, that's what you do." Investigators used a small backhoe borrowed from the Sanitation Department to dig through the earth, working yesterday under overcast skies until about 4 p.m. Marilyn Mode, deputy commissioner for public information, acknowledged an investigation was ongoing but would not discuss details of the case. the investigation, who explained that investigators first thought the remains might be human but determined they were from one or two dogs. Law enforcement officials said the psychic was hired at the request of the woman's family, who think her husband killed her. The husband works in Manhattan, sources said.

Internal Affairs investigators also believe the Transit Bureau detective killed his ging along a vacant stretch of trash-strewn waterfront since Wednesday in search of the woman's body, sources said. Aided by FBI and Suffolk County police cadaver dogs, the investigators found only dog bones after digging in the weeds near Kent Ave. and N. Seventh St in Williamsburg, authorities said. "In two different spots we found things," said a high-ranking official familiar with wife, sources said.

Though skeptical, they followed the psychic's tip out of respect for the family's wishes. "If a family comes to you and says, 'Our loved one's been missing, and we want to consult a and the psychic says the vibes are coming from N. Seventh St. and Kent you go and you dig a hole," one official said. "When families are grieving and if they come to you with By ALICE McQUILLAN, TARA GEORGE and WIUJAM K.

RASHBAUM Daly Mews Staff Writers Working on a tip from a psychic, Internal Affairs cops and FBI agents yesterday continued digging up the Brooklyn waterfront for the body of a police detective's wife, who they believe was slain by the cop, law enforcement sources said. Investigators have been dig- Dues EraoGtraDiim pooratee By ROBERT GEARTY ployes on Long Island. Through buyouts, lay-offs and firings, it has cut the work force by 3,500 Long Island employes. Its Calverton plant closed. The Great River facility is closing.

"The name is going, but the legacy lives on as one of the finest manufacturers of American military aircraft," said Josh Stof, curator of the Cradle of Avia during Grumman's Cold War days. "It was part of the glue that held our very diverse region together," he said. Leroy Grumman founded the company in 1929 in a garage in Baldwin, building the first retractable landing gear for the Navy. A year later Grumman moved to a 120-acre facility in Bethpage. During World War II, Grumman Daily News Staff Writer Grumman was a household name on Long Island and even reached as far as the moon.

That's what made yesterday's big takeover announcement so sad for so many people who were associated with Grumman Corp. in its heyday as an aerospace titan. tion Museum at Mitchell Field. built several types of planes, including more than 12,000 Hellcats. In 1969, men landed on the moon in the Grumman lunar module.

It gained fame for another fighter "When I heard the news, I said. That's the final said re-tired Grumman engineer Frank Campo, 69. "Grumman will no longer exist. It will just get wiped off." HIGH FLIERS When talking defense, just say Lockheed Martin See Business, Page 62 News readers lt 'Thanh Percy Ross 'IWtJrj I)? g-Taftrffs "Just want to tell you you are "'TrJlSESSS wonderful. God love you." "You are the first person I have ever heard doing the beautiful things you I Everu Mondati plane, the "Top Gun" F-14 Tomcat Things began to change when Grumman was put into play on Wall Street in the 1980s.

One hostile bid was thwarted. Martin Marietta Co. made an offer, only to be outbid by Northrup. By then, the Cold War had ended, leading to cuts in military spending. There was less demand for Grumman planes.

In 1986, Grumman reached a peak of 25,000 em The death knell sounded for the Grumman name after Lockheed Martin Corp. announced it was buying North rup Grumman for $8 billion. At one time, Grumman was Long Island's biggest employer. "There was not a person on Long Island who did not have a family member, or neighbor, connected to Grumman in some way," said John Klein, a Mineola attorney who served as Suffolk County executive r't''" I iWWjfijy ioo ieatmhaJ tjT-TO 522 szxsstiZXS Peep tufted EnolisH sola fT I ii.ijil ii 4.. 9m Our most luxunous 90 sofa.

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