November 29, 1975

Col Walter Nash of Volunteers of Amer instructs sidewalk Santa Clauses on their duties in collecting for needy families at Christmas; Santa por (M)

Nassau County (NY) Dist Atty Denis E Dillon closes case of Maryjane Dahl, who died after her respirator was disconnected, despite finding by Med Examiner Leslie Lukash that death was homicide; her mother Janet Dahl Sarvent and aunt Jane Sheehan comment at news conf; Dillon also requested opinion of former NYC Med Examiner Milton Helpern (M)

3-judge Fed panel rules on Nov 28 that prejudicial errors by prosecution and pretrial publicity prevented fair trial for William A H Williams, convicted of extortion in '74 and sentenced to 40 yrs in prison for abduction of Atlanta Const ed Reg Murphy; returns case to Fed Dist Ct Judge William C O'Kelley and orders new trial; Murphy disturbed; says that Williams sought publicity; Williams por (M)

Stevens, John Paul (Judge): Pres Ford nominates US Appeals Ct (Chicago) Judge John Paul Stevens to Sup Ct (M)

NYS Gov Carey on Nov 28 repts sweeping overhaul of Lottery Comm, including dismissal of dir Jerry Bruno and entire comm staff; says actions were prompted by rept by Arthur D Little Inc which recommended total reorgn of lottery operation; rept uncovered ‘needless opportunities for fraud,’ lax security and ‘problems of very serious nature’; stressed that there was no indication that fraud had been committed; dismissals or reassignments to other state jobs will affect 324 comm employes; lottery was suspended Oct 22, when irregularities in drawings were 1st disclosed; Carey says that special project team will prepare plans for new lottery; Bruno, in phone int, calls self ‘sacrificial lamb’; critical of Carey and Racing and Wagering Bd Chmn Bertram D Sarafan; says that many recommendations of Little study were made by him earlier; Sen Warren M Anderson comments on overhaul; Bruno illus (M)