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NYC narcotics agent, participant in US Atty Seymour's probe of corruption among policemen, prosecutors and lawyers in NYC, charges N D Archer, Queens Asst Dist Atty being considered for Criminal Ct judgeship, recd about $12,000 to fix 2 cases; charges Queens atty F R Klein arranged payoffs to Archer
Cadplaz Sponsors Inc, developer-sponsor of Cadman Towers co-op in Bklyn Heights, and M Mishkin, firm's atty, indicted on grand larceny charges by Bklyn grand jury on June 27; accused of falsely telling prospective tenant-owners that contractor, not tenants, would pay increased construction costs; Bklyn Dist Atty Gold said that contract signed by Cadplaz in Oct '69 made clear that increased costs would be borne by tenant-owners but prospectus prepared by Mishkin and subsequently shown to prospective buyers said risk of higher construction costs would be borne by contractor; prospectus was still being distributed in Aug '70
US Sen on June 27 votes to appropriate $60-million for Public Broadcasting Corp, $20-million more than Pres Nixon sought
official rept by com of Brit judges and jurists recommends sweeping changes in GB's criminal law provisions for protection of accused; suggests admission of some hearsay evidence, introduction of obligation of wife to testify against her husband and use of criminal record as evidence against suspect in ct; encounters violent opposition; findings noted; opposition to com recommendations cited; R Mark, Comr of Scotland Yard, comments
NYC Investigation Dept Comr Ruskin announces at news conf on June 27th arrest of 5 Bldgs Dept inspectors after they allegedly took bribes from builder at every phase of his construction of day-care center in Bronx; inspectors were arrested on evidence obtained from developer and from job foreman who cooperated with Investigation Dept; foreman wore recording device while making payoffs to inspectors in Bldgs Dept offices; those arrested were D T Valente, J English, L Rossman, J Savino, and L P Sagula, all were charged with grand larceny; although arrests were made with help from construction men, Ruskin denounces bldg indus in general for refusing to cooperate with his investigations and attacks cts for failing to impose jail sentences on convicted inspectors; Bldg Comr Stein, also present at conf, says those who foster system don't want change; arrests coincide with 1st rept on 6-wk investigation by NY Times into corruption in construction indus but Ruskin stresses that arrests are unrelated and result of 6-mo investigation by his office; says he gets virtually no help from unions with exception of painters' union; also pledges to seek arrests of bribe givers as well as takers; says possibility of getting cooperation from inspectors was thwarted by inspectors' union, which printed newsletter on May 26 instructing inspectors to refuse to answer questions from Investigation Dept; W J Glinsman, pres of union, says pending cases prevent him from responding to Ruskin's criticism
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 28, 1972, covering June 28, 1972.
The Rolling Stones
Jethro Tull
Roberta Flack
Janis Joplin
Roberta Flack
1972Ngô Bảo Châu, Vietnamese-French mathematician and academic[†]
Ngô Bảo Châu is a Vietnamese-French mathematician at the University of Chicago, best known for proving the fundamental lemma for automorphic forms. He is the first Vietnamese national to have received the Fields Medal.
1972Chris Leslie, English politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer[†]
Christopher Michael Leslie is a British business executive and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and Nottingham East from 2010 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he defected to form Change UK and later became an independent politician.
1972Geeta Tripathee, Nepali poet, lyricist and literary critic[†]
Geeta Tripathee is a Nepali poet, lyricist, essayist, literary critic and scholar. An eminent writer in Nepali, Geeta Tripathee has two volumes of poetry collection, one of lyrical poems and seven books in other literary genre to her credit. She also writes for newspapers on issues concerning women, environment and societal injustice.
1972Alessandro Nivola, American actor[†]
Alessandro Antine Nivola is an American actor. His work includes both screen and stage, and his accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and an Independent Spirit Award.
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]