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I-. vC If 'y m' 4 jV jp i M4XA.et 1 rT- T-4 4 4 0 SMS' Him Travel Woes Seen For Roosevelt I. Roosevelt Island longer commuting time if the 63rd Street subway is not in operation by 1988 and an additional 1,100 apartment are built aa echeduled, according to an environmental impact statement released terday by the State Urban Development Carp. The construction of five additional high-rise apartment buildings at an estimated cost of 134 million will raise the islands current population from about 2300 to 5,100 people, according to the statement. At present, the only direct service between Manhattan end Boosevelt Island is the aerial tramway, and the statement notes that if the 63rd Street subway line is not completed by 1988, there will be significant impacts on the already crowded tram system.

The 8800-million 63rd Street subway line, which has been plagued by construction problems and may never see service unless money can be found to fix and complete it, would have a station on the island. The the impact statement estimates that in peak demand time between 8 and 9 when the tram is currently operating at capacity 490 of the new residents would want to ride into Man- Take home this AKAI rack system (or anything) from Logic Audio Video, and well guarantee the best price, today and for 30 days after your purchase. AKAI PRO 5000 55 watt per channel amplifier with digital tuner, 16 pre-sets, cassette deck with Dolby direct drive turntable with cartridge, a sese and two 3-way speakers. Includes deluxe glass audio rack tlD WEIL GIVE YOU THE BEST PRICE! GUARANTEED. Lka mulish This additional demand could lead to waiting time of up to 48 minutes but it probably would not get that bad, because residents would seek alternate ways to get into Manhattan, according to the statement.

To deal with the excessive demand the statement suggests increased bus service from Roosevelt Island through Queens over the Roosevelt Island Bridge and possible express bus service from the island, as has been done when the tram has been under repair. The statement foresees no other significant problems if the project goes forward as planned. A aeries of public hearings will be held by the UPC far anmiWBit tm flm imiim Roosevelt Island currently has 2,138 apartments, which were completed in 1976 as part of a master plan for development of the island agreed upon between the city and state in 1969. The new housing units are expected tq be occupied by middle-upper-income residents. The apartment houses will be located cm an 8.6-acre site toward the southern end of the island.

TJ. Collins Life Sentence for Man Who Murdered Fiancee The Associated Press Darren Cassidy, who pleaded guilty during his trial, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison yesterday for the beating and mutilation murder of Ins former fiancee. State Supreme Court Justice Edwin Torres told Cassidy that the harm and grief he had caused by his "butchery of Joann Biasi, a 24-year-old nursing student, was "irreparable, irreversible and boundless." The victims sister, Iinda, who had testified at trial about wedding plans made by Cassidy and Biasi, sobbed uncontrollably on the shoulder of her father, Nicholas, during the sentencing. Helen Biasi, the victims mother, wept quietly into a SARTO 8XT11S complete home stereo system with AMFM tuner, cassette deck with metal tape capability, twit driven, turntable and two matching speakers 4-head, 4-event, cable-ready VCR with 7-day timer, 16-function wireless remote control and slow motion $822 I U-M 80 watt per channel digital quartz receiver, digital synthesis tuning with 10 AM and 10 FM pre-sets and station search, power output meters, two tape monitors and video input with simulated stereo control $H3 CMTEC SS11 13" color TV with electronic tuner with famous Stripe picture tube and 5-year transistor warranty SORT KV1I7IR 19" deluxe remote control Trinitron TV with mirror Mack screen, stereo-ready i and cable-ready, sleep timer and on-screen display $414 RCA VKT385 cable-ready VCR with wireless remote control, stop action and 4-event, 14-day programming muj vwn nun $311 I w-ari; As above, with remote control 179 RCA S2S cable-ready hi-fi stereo VCR with 4 video and 2 audio hwads, 4-event. 14-day programming COPTIC 1945 19" monitor style color TV with wireless remote and electronic tuner portable component audio AMFM st AMFM stereo cassette 50 watt per channel amplifier with matching digital tuner, Dolby cassette deck, semi-automatic turntable with MB CMTMDK, two 3-way 10" speakers and matching audio cabinet system with recorder, 2-way detachable spoken and soft eject Cassidy interrupted his noqjury trial in its fourth day on Oct 28 and pleaded guilty to killing Joann Biasi after a foiled reconciliation attempt in her Manhattan apartment on Nov.

1, 1984. He said he wanted to spare the Biasi family the details that would come out at trial. The morning Cassidy killed Biasi, he called his father who contacted police. When police found -her, she had been beaten and bitten and disemboweled with a six-inch steak knife. Certain that he would be forced to testify against his son, the elder Cassidy, a curator and restorer at the American Museum of Natural History, dropped out of sight.

Hie was in the courtroom to hr the wwitanging with other members of his family. The victims father hltd Gov. Mario Cuomo for refusing to permit a death penalty in New York State. "We have a governor who has told me my daughter's life is worth 25 years, said Nicholas Rii Tibets not enough." 0 GREAT PEOPLE. GREAT PRICES.

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