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Daily News from New York, New York • 32

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Daily Newsi
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New York, New York
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32
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DAILY-NEWS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1972' PC rl 32 Bmmm In case you hadn't guessed it, yesterday was the coldest Pet. 20 in the 103-year history of the Weather Bureau, in New York. The temperature dropped to 32 at 7:33 a.m., eclipsing the previous low of 33, set in 1952. Communities to the north and west of the city also set record lows for the date. Albany reported 18 degrees, three below the record set two years ago.

Binghamton at 21, Rochester at 22 and Buffalo at 23 also set records. Mallory, on Lake Oneida, reported a low of 11 ana tne State Ranger School at Wanakena re-coraea a Done-chilling 6. Philipsburg, registered 8 degrees. J. Henry Weber, NEWS meteorologist, said that the all-time high for the date was 80 degrees, set in 1969.

He said that in the past we've had temperatures in the 80s "all the way into November." In 1950, the mercury reached 84 on Nov. 1 and 83 a day later. For the benefit of Veterans Day holiday weekenders, Weber said that the cold spell should break this morning and that temperatures today and tomorrow could be in the 50s. He said there was a chance of showers tomorrow night and Monday, with continued mild weather. rjniHiwmiimmiiiiiiimimiiwmKmiiiiimiHmfl A U.S.

Heritage 00 BP 00 Sen. James L. Buckley, in a rare visit to traditionally Democratic East Harlem and the South Bronx, put on his campaign hat yesterday to make a personal study of federally aided community ft tt.i I 1 PS 13 action programs. The Conservative Republican received a warm welcome from the predominantly Hispanic communities and spoke in Spanish with residents who seemed surprised to see him in their neighborhoods. Buckley made an early-morning visit to the "Lehman Village Mend School for the Exceptional Child, on 109th St.

between Park and Madison to examine experimental teaching methods. Views a Venture The senator was particularly interested in the El Cemi restaurant on Third Ave. between 111th and 112th streets which is owned by a community group as a form of co-op business venture. Buckley said he strongly supported minority enterprise, and explained to several customers that he is pressing for legislation that would allow the Small Business Administration to guarantee investments made in business ven if JSP I CJ NEWS photo by Meurer Sen. James Buckley visits market at Park Ave.

and 112th St. tures by Puerto Rican and black groups. A Quick Visit He said investors are afraid to NEWS photo by Jerry KInstler New Yorkers jam Wall and Broad Sts. during yesterday's ceremonies rededicating Federal Hall National Memorial, with its statue of George Washington. First President was inaugurated here April 30, 1789.

First session of Congress passed Bill of Rights here. Current building dates from 1842 as Sub-Treasury. K. Penn Property Sale Philadelphia, Oct. 20 (Special) Penn Central Corp.

was granted permission today to sell four of the company's mid-Manhattan real estate holdings. United States District Judge John P. Fullam. wha is overseeing the company's reorganization, approved the sale of the Commodore Hotel, two lots comprising the Bankers Trust Building property at 280 Park and 350 Park Ave. The judge denied "without prejudice" petitions by trustees of the company to sell the American Brands Building at 245 Park Ave.

and the New York General Building at 230 Park Ave. assume nsKs sucn as mmuniy businesses. "They are not in the business of weighing the dreams which are the stuff from which new ventures are built," he said. "Yet most minority enterprises in need of financing have little but future prospects to offer as tween Second and Third Aves. The sponsors explained to him that the campaign to curb drug use in the East Harlem neighborhood is being aided by the Hispanic Society of the Police Department.

Shopkeepers in La Marketta, the giant shopping plaza on Park Ave. at 112th St. offered the senator samples of their foodstuffs. Most of the merchants said the market serves to provide low-cost food to the low-income residents because of favorable rent conditions. Buckley, who was accompanied by an entourage aides and some local Hispanic supporters, examined the Vocational Opportunities Workshop, and the Metro Co-Op, which is owned by the Spanish Merchants Association in the Bronx Terminal Market, in the South Bronx.

After lunch at La Dulciitea restaurant in the South Bronx, Buckley left the neighborhoods to campaign for President Nixon in upper middle-class sections of Westchester. security." Buckley also made a quick visit to the anti-narcotics pro gram being operated by a community group on 112th St. be- A IHI(QaasDcig UdDSiiiD doss aimdl Aide SUeebwoD By JAMES RYAN A Bronx housing loan inspector and his supervisor two of 21 persons indicted in connection with the city's scandal-plagued municipal loan program were convicted of bribery and conspiracy yesterday by a State Supreme Court jury. mained indignant and said he would a written complaint with Maurice Nadjari, the new special state prosecutor, about the way District Attorney Frank Hogan conducted the investigation. i- "I want to-know why the district attorney's office hasn't gone Eugenio Tutora, 42, who super ft after the multimillion-dollar contractors instead of the lowly inspectors," Postel said.

tors, contractors and program officials diverted millions of dollars to their own purposes. Investigation Commissioner, Robert K. Buskin, who conducted his own probe of the program, expressed satisfaction yesterday at the convictions. "Will Be Diligently Prosecuted" A spokesman said: "We hope this demonstates to everyone that persons who participated in official corruption will be diligently prosecuted." However, council Robert I. Postel (D-Manhattan), whose own investigation uncovered a major portion of the scandal, re The councilman, who testified Blangiardo set sentencing for Dec.

4 and continued both men in parole until then. The jury returned its verdict after 12 hours of deliberation. It got the case Thursday after a three-week trial. The defendants were accused of shakng down Mario Crisafulli, a contractor who received loans under the $140 mllion program, for $5,000, in return for which they approved his application for an 80,000 rehabilitation loan. The program, designed to provide low-cost, long-term loans to building owners in slum areas to upgrade their properties, was wracked by charges thatjinspec-! vised certification of all struction work done in the Bronx under the slum renewal program, and Joseph DiSessa, 56, a Bronx inspector, were found" guilty of three counts of bribe receiving and three counts of conspiracy to receive a bribe.

Sentencing Set for Dec. 4 Tutora, of 2459 Fish Bronx, and DiSessa, of 1589 Waring Bronx, were among seven Inspectors and supervisors fired from the program for "incompetency" in September 1971 by Housing and Development Administrator Albert A. Walsh. The two were cleared of charges of extortion and receiving unlawful gratuities. Justice Frank for the defense at the trial charged that the district attorney's office "secreted important information namely a taped tele phone conversation that I had with Mr.

Crisafulli which could have had an important bearing on the case." Robert Ruskia MaJ with convietii.

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