December 22, 1971

Manhattan Dist Atty Hogan says that he is studying transcripts of Knapp Comm hearings and other evidence to see whether there are discrepancies that should be referred to grand jury; says study was begun partly in response to Councilman Troy's charges that high Lindsay adm officials might be guilty of perjury, malfeasance or misfeasance; Lindsay conducts news conf in which he passionately defends his adm's efforts to combat police graft; details

The month‐long strike by unionized lay teachers against 314 schools run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese ended last night when the union mem bership reluctantly voted to ac icept a wage package proposed by the archdiocese.

Dec 22: Pres Bhutto appts Bengali N Amin Pakistan Vice-Pres; says Mujibur will soon be moved to house arrest; discloses Mujibur is being held at Lyallpur prison; outlaws capital and corporal punishment in Pakistan, commuting all death sentences; orders immediate withdrawal of cases pending against students, laborers and peasants in mil cts; prohibits Pakistanis to travel abroad; appts A Ahmed Sec Gen of Foreign Min and Y Bakhtiar as Atty Gen

NYS Appellate Div Presiding Justice Stevens, irked by NYC Police Comr Murphy's indictment of cts as being lax, ineffective and bankrupt, suggests that Murphy's statements might be attempt to swing spotlight away from Knapp hearings into allegations of police corruption; NYS Bar Assn pres H R Jones, also criticizing Murphy's statements, issues statement saying that Murphy avoided hard facts of where responsibility really lies and is therefore wrong in saddling cts with chief blame; says that real culprits are city and state budget makers who have starved criminal justice system

NYS million-dollar lottery drawing; winners illus