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A special report to School Chancellor Harvey B. Scribner on charges of anti‐Semitism against Luis Fuentes, the controversial superintendent in Manhattan's School District 1, has found that Mr‘Fuentes is “at the present time neither a bigot nor a racist.” Details on Page 27.
R L Dirks, sr vp of Delafield Childs, details in int how he came to uncover financial scandal at Equity Funding Corp of Amer, which is now in bankruptcy proceedings and has been charged with fraud, altering its books, selling fictitious policies to other cos and even collecting death benefits on coverage that never existed; explains on March 6 he recd phone call from R H Secrist, former Equity Funding Life Ins Co officer, who charged that probably 1/3 of Equity Funding's life ins business was 'fake'; says he invited Secrist to meet him for further talks where Secrist revealed that co also made up false tabulations of its assets for presentation to outside auditors; notes Secrist said he did not come forward earlier because of concern about his family; describes how he investigated Secrist's allegations in days following meeting, including talks with S Goldblum, then Equity Funding pres, and auditors Seidman & Seidman and Haskins & Sells; notes how Goldblum termed charges 'preposterous' and Seidman expressed 'shock'; says 5 days after his meeting with Secrist, on March 12, he notified 1 of his clients of what he had uncovered and on March 14, he notified another; Secrist says he sought Dirks because of his good reputation, telephone int from Atlanta, Ga; says he considered telling what he knew for couple of yrs; illus
Pres Nixon on Apr 5 accepts request from L P Gray 3d that his nomination to become FBI Dir be withdrawn; some of Gray's testimony with regard to his handling of Watergate investigation during confirmation hearings summarized; Justice Dept atty H E Petersen, who directed prosecution in Watergate trial, is believed to be on list of possible successors to Gray; Petersen is person who decided not to prosecute D H Segretti, Calif lawyer who reptdly headed pol espionage and sabotage effort for Repubs during Pres campaign; illus
NYC Parks Dept proposes enclosure of Washington Sq Park with 7-ft wrought-iron fence to combat muggings, vagrancy and vandalism in park; fence would have 8 gates, 6 of which would be closed at night, to cut down on escape routes for fleeing criminals; open gates would be manned by policemen; dept is also considering closing all gates periodically to flush out undesirables; reaction to plan so far is favorable; drawing of proposed fence
BLS repts on Apr 5 that wholesale price index for Mar rose 2.2%, reflecting big increases in prices of farm products; index for farm products, processed foods and feeds rose 4.6%, or 4.7% after seasonal adjustment; Council of Econ Advisers Chmn Stein says that price rises in several key farm products have leveled off or declined since price index was sampled
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 4, 1973, covering April 6, 1973.
Diana Ross
Elton John
Deodato
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
John Denver
1973Donnie Edwards, American football player[†]
Donnie Lewis Edwards Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, earning third-team All-American honors in 1994. He was selected by the Chiefs in the fourth round of the 1996 NFL draft.
1973Randall Godfrey, American football player[†]
Randall Euralentris Godfrey is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). Godfrey played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs football and was selected in the 1996 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys with the 49th overall pick. He then played for the Tennessee Titans and the Seattle Seahawks.
1973Rie Miyazawa, Japanese model and actress[†]
Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former idol singer. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards.
1973Sun Wen, Chinese footballer[†]
Sun Wen is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a forward. She previously captained the China national team and the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).
1973Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.[†]
Pioneer 11 is a NASA robotic space probe launched on April 5, 1973, to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, the solar wind, and cosmic rays. It was the first probe to encounter Saturn, the second to fly through the asteroid belt, and the second to fly by Jupiter. Later, Pioneer 11 became the second of five artificial objects to achieve an escape velocity allowing it to leave the Solar System. Due to power constraints and the vast distance to the probe, the last routine contact with the spacecraft was on September 30, 1995, and the last good engineering data was received on November 24, 1995.
1973The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.[†]
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major league status. It is sometimes called the Junior Circuit because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season, 25 years after the formation of the National League.
In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]