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PHIL ROURA and TOM POSTER Dovfic stars in Wow! Did David Bowie make a hit in Astoria, Queens? You bet he didl The punk rock superstar who rocked Broadway when he subbed in "The Elephant Man," drew a crowd of fans as he slipped out of the film studios in Astoria upon completion of his movie, "The Hunger." Even co-stars Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon couldn't whip up anywhere near the enthusiasm that bouyed when Bowie walked to his limousine late Friday afternoon. In the flick, Bowie portrays a 300-year-old man on the fattie side who is married to" Deneuve, who plays what else a gorgeous and blonde and young woman. Esposito takes help to quake victims Brooklyn's gruff Democratic boss, Meade Esposito, runs some of the biggest political fund-raisers in the United States. But his heart was really in one fund-raising effort he conducted for the earthquake victims in his family's hometown, Naples, Italy. Armed with a bank draft for $300,000 from the Republic National Bank, Esposito left last night via Alitalia for Naples to pick a site at which he'll build a home for the aged earthquake victims left homeless by the tragedy.

The funds were raised by Help, which he founded. Four years ago, he carried $31,000 to Naples for septic tanks for a hospital of the retarded. This time he is bringing almost 10 times that amount. Tin going to raise more money when I get back, but we have to do everything right, first pick the proper site and get the local people working," he explained. "Is this an emotional trip? Of course it is.

It's my roots. I'm a Neapolitan, and my family there is all gone, but Naples is still part of me." While in Rome, he'll meet an old buddy, Giovanni Leone, former president of Italy, and other politicians. When he returns, Esposito will don his political hat and start throwing his weight around at the Democratic state nominating convention. Puccio: rHord Indict a ham sandwich' Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Puccio, who made it big when he prosecuted all the sheik's men in the Abscam scandal, got a royal send-off to the private sector from 250 colleagues and cronies at a bash in the Union League Club recently.

But at least two celebrants, lawyer Kalman Gallop U.S. Attorney Edward Korman, stayed clear of each other, reports our Daniel Hays. Gallop is the lawyer for Rep. Fred Richmond (D-Brooklyn) and Korman is the guy on Fred's tail. In Gallop showed some kind of moxie in just showing up.

Hours before, he'd been cited for contempt of court for refusing to turn over a file to a grand jury probing Richmond's involvement with an escaped con. Puccio who joined the Park Ave. law firm of Booth, Lipton Lipton didn't seem to notice. He was having too much fun getting ribbed by his former boss, David Margolls, who said that Puccio was so good "he could even indict.a ham sandwich." Tom really got choked up when a former teammate of the federal strike force gave him a photo to remember his former colleagues by a blow-up of a clip from "Prince of the City." It shows a prosecutor being strangled. st it 1 T- IliliilBa WIUIAM F.

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