Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 17

Asbestos Found Dumped At Woods in Babylon Now Every Sunday Babylon Highway Superintendent James Harrington said but the contents represented no danger He added however that had the bags rolled into the road and been hit by a car the asbestos fibers would have spread through the area Harrington called both the attorney office and the state Department of Environmental Conservation because of the potential hazard of asbestos A Suffolk Police emergency services unit re-packed the bags for removal to the town landfill There officials will examine the contents to try to determine where they originated Officials at the scene said the bags had been there at least State environmental officials and the attorney office are both investigating the illegal dumping of 19 bags of asbestos in woods on Colonial Springs Road in Babylon about a mile from the town dump The black plastic bags were spotted on the side of the road yesterday by Albert Somol a truck driver who was on his way home from work about 10 am "I live a block from here First I just thought it was someone dumping garbage in my he said Somol said he called town officials after reading the asbestos warning printed on the bags Scientific studies have linked asbestos inhalation to cancer Three or four of the bags were tom 7 Trains Added to Line By Bill Bleyer Seven trains are to be added to the Long Island Rail Port Jefferson Branch Monday when the $41-million second electrified track between Syosset and Huntington is expected to be completed The double-track project part of the 12-billion five-year capital program that ends this year is also expected to increase the reliability of service on the second most heavily traveled branch by giving the railroad more flexibility to bypass mechanical problems Construction began in the fall of 1983 and has caused off-peak disruptions in service that required passengers to be bused around the work Before the construction the two tracks running east of Hieksville merged just east of the Syosset station That electrified track then continued on to Huntington where diesel service took over for the rest of the trip to Port Jefferson The work also included construction of a six-car-length platform for the second track at the Cold Spring Harbor station the widening of bridges over Woodbury Road and West Rogues Path and installation of five rubberized grade crossings that allow for smoother quieter crossings and reduce the maintenance costs The project was scheduled to be completed last fall but it was delayed because of problems acquiring property in Cold Spring Harbor "This second track will allow for increased and improved service with faster trips more seats and in some cases direct service to Penn Station without changing at LERR spokesman Brian Dolan said Trains will be able to run in either direction on both tracks he said increasing flexibility in operations and some trips between Greenlawn and Port Jefferson will be cut by 11 to 15 minutes With the new track the LXRR will add five electric and two diesel trains The diesels will include one morning rush-hour train and one evening rush-hour train The three morning rush-hour trains are the 5 am from Port Jefferson to Hunting-ton 5:50 am from Huntington to Penn Station and 8:27 am from Huntington to Penn Station The evening rush-hour train is the 4:37 pm from Jamaica to Port Jefferson The three off-peak trains are the 9:02 am Huntington to Penn Station 9:26 am from Huntington to Penn Station and 7:42 am Penn Station to Huntington The changes on the Port Jefferson Branch will result in time changes on other branches In addition the 9:22 am from Freeport to Penn Station will be discontinued and its cars shifted to the Port Jefferson Branch because it was underutilized Manager Pleads Innocent to Gun Charge Brooklyn (AP) Dennis Rappa-port manager of heavyweight boxer Gerry Cooney pleaded innocent yesterday to a federal charge of illegally transporting a gun aboard an airliner his lawyer and a prosecutor said Rappaport 41 of Queens was released on his own recognizance after arraignment at US District Court in Brooklyn the prosecutor said The complaint said a luggage-sniffing dog alerted authorities to garment bag at JFK Airport on Monday The complaint said authorities obtained a search warrant and found a loaded 38-caliber revolver extra rounds of ammunition and three ounces of marijuana The felony charge transporting a weapon illegally by not providing written notice to the airline carries up to five years in prison upon conviction No decision has been made on pressing drug charges against Rappaport the prosecutor said lawyer said that his client had a license for the handgun and that the gun had been included in his luggage inadvertently NEWSDAY SATURDAY JUNE 7 1986 Suspended Brooklyn Prosecutor Quits August will be placed on probation if and when he is cleared by Charles Hynes a special state prosecutor charged with investigating the criminal justice system Holtzman said Hynes has not questioned either man yet but is expected to make a decision on possible criminal prosecution next week The two were suspended after the incident which took place May 23 Mike McAlary Brooklyn Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman said yesterday that she had accepted the resignation of one of two assistant district attorneys who were suspended for allegedly taste-testing and discarding a medicine bottle believed to contain cocaine Lee A Jacobson 29 who joined her staff in March 1982 has resigned Holtzman said Scott Hersch 29 who started in.