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Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 174

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Melville, New York
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174
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15 MILES OF AISLES with over 150000 party ideas! SAVINGS OF UP TO 50 SHOWER DISCOUNT WAREHOUSE GRADUATION 5 DESIGN -rSJ 9 or 10 OZ Construction Begins At Jamaica Station By Bill Bleyer The Long Island Rail Road has begun work on a new $1 13-million passenger overpass at its Jamaica station the first phase of an 11-year reconstruction of the station complex A contractor began removing the roofing over one section of the platforms this week in preparation for installing the overpass which is scheduled to be completed in two years It will be between the existing overpass on the west end of the platforms and the concourse on the east end As part of the project the railroad will be installing elevators on the five platforms making the station accessible to the handicapped There will be one elevator on each platform connecting to the new overpass There will be a sixth elevator connecting the overpass to street level near the waiting room After the tar is removed from the canopy roofs passengers will begin to see mqjor work beginning Friday or Monday as a 90-foot section of the canopies is removed to allow for construction of the overpass LIRR spokeswoman Susan McGowan said Anthony Marino Construction Corp of Manhattan will do most of the work between 10 am and 3 pm to minimize disruptions during rush hours The next step is removing 45 feet of the platforms to make room for the stairways and elevators connecting with the new overpass The pedestrian bridge is needed LIRR officials say because the electrified and expanded service to Ronkonkoma that began this year has put an additional strain on Jamaica station the busiest station on Long Island In addition the disruptions that will be caused by the $320-million reconstruction of the Jamaica complex which was built in 1913 will require passengers to move through detours The beginning of the Jamaica station reconstruction is the largest piece of the LIRR's 1-billion 1987-1991 capital program The overall Jamaica project is designed to speed trains through what now is a bottleneck The railroad plans to reconstruct six miles of tracks and switches from Bellerose to the Van Wyck Expressway replace two obsolete towers with a new control center and build a southern platform and express corridor to run through the center of the station for nonstop trains 0c PUjtk' TUMBLERS rtBB 10 for i kw latex COMMUNION or GRADUATION IIALLOONS HelluahTllled 10 lor Heavy Weight PLASTIC CUTLERY Assorted Odors cum it Lv'w rl White 12 PLASTIC TUMBLERS Saying Once Again VOWS from Page 20 Cedarhursf 3 PaPer FIAT TTb- wrap 135 value -vO this morning" she admitted was like coming down the aisle again" Her husband Andrew said he was not the least bit flustered do it all over again Yes I would" he announced firmly What was the Becret of staying together? Mae Santopietro decked out in her pearl collar and mink stole looked at her husband Rocco and Baid it took work pray hard she said Edward Vesely told how Dorothy made big blob" out of her first pot of spaghetti because she add enough water Since then whenever Dorothy boils spaghetti Edward has made a point of gently asking you put in enough water?" He says it to her year after year and they have never tired of the joke Maybe he said that is the secret of their success -i i rxrxxrx usiuu pus fi Deep Aluminum 1189 LASAGNA PANS -o PAPER ART plastjc TABLE COVERS Assorted colors r-j DISCOUNT' mMw WAREHOUSE CLIP THE ABOVE STAMPS Specials good with stamps only Oj good thru May 4 $60000 Dump Truck Stolen A dump truck valued at $60000 was stolen from a construction storage site in Manhasset between 5:30 pm Monday and 6 am yesterday Nassau police said The vehicle was acquired last September by Nassau Land Improvement Co Inc a Dix Hills construction firm and was parked with other heavy equipment in front of a nursing home at 99 Community Dr about 100 yards south of the Sixth Police Precinct Sixth Squad Det Edwin Holmes said the missing truck is a 1987 10-wheel Mack with a red cab and black body and it was bearing New York commercial plates AZ 4330 It had no painted markings on it Holmes said its keys were not in it Nassau Improvement is involved in sewer installation along Community Drive Tony Schaeffer to CM One of Mi worttfa moat unuauaf party atoms Wa wM moat or boat any prieat EAST NOiTIIPORT 4i tirkhrlil Mil (I ml mirth iif Irruho Tpk) 368-5200 SEA FORD Mi Mmhk Id (5 MmkV Wlht Hav Etp 826-9600 PATCHOGLE 2S- Mrdfurd Ave It 1 12 (2 Minks Sunrise Hwy) 475-6655 AIBFRTSON IS AlWtvm Ar (off 1 1 Villus Id i'S IE hriwrai Villets Ave a losiyn Id) 6215310 OCEANSIDE 2H24 Long Bch Id (nppmiir 536-3885 (credit card uae na av ailble) 15 LOCATIONS IN NY FL TX CT -r-rtl vna I CSUI will secret coupons from any source whea available V'yLrJuZ vaaaSti Vr rrvr the rhdu to limn quiniioes Sale merchandise while wpplir laat.

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