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Daily News from New York, New York • 399

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Daily Newsi
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New York, New York
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399
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-LI. I.I II By MICHAEL DALY and NEAL HIRSCHFELD The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has launched an Investigation into reports that top aides to Joseph Williams, administrative judge of the Family Court, illegally solicited and pressured judges and other court employes into making contributions to the judge's successful 1977 race for State Supreme Court. At least a dozen subpenas have been fl If, IMimpJSaliiU In Bankruptcy Federal Judge Lloyd F. MacMahon ordered yesterday the removal of Judge Roy Babitt from the. case of the national warehouse chain, D.H.

Overmyer that went bankrupt in 1973. At the same time, MacMahon vacated Babitt's order of April 7 declaring the Overmyer Co. bankrupt, but left former Deputy Attorney General Harold Tyler Jr. as custodial receiver pending further orders from the bankruptcy court. Daniel Overmyer, owner of the warehouse chain, was ousted from the company by Babitt, who installed Robert Herzog as receiver.

While Herzog was in charge, the company was looted of thousands of dollars through various kickback and check-laundering schemes, a News investigation disclosed in March. O.J. Saunders quire a judge to prohibit his appointees from soliciting funds, selling tickets or promoting fund-raising activities for political candidates. If the commission finds that a judge has violated the rules, it can admonish, censure, suspend or dismiss him. Kidnaping Foiled in France Bordeaux, France (UPI) Two "armed men tried to kidnap Michel Hidalgo, the manager of the French national soccer team, near his home in Bordeaux yesterday but he managed to disarm the men and escape.

Hidalgo was driving near his home when two men in anothe rear forced him to stop and grabbed him as he emerged from the car, the police said. Hidalgo wrestled with the men, forced them tod rop their guns and fled. Issued to Family Court employes to testify before the commission, according to court sources. Several employes beKan Riving testimony at the commission's offices yesterday, it was learned. Articles In The News Gerald Stern, administrator of the commission, refused to comment on any aspect of the investigation.

Under slate law, all of the commission's activities are strictly confidential, he said. However, Family Court employes confirmed that a probe was in progress. The commission's Inquiry resulted after a series of articles in The News reported that Frank W. Ling, the executive officer to Williams and his closest aide, had solicited, coaxed badgered court employes into purchasing one or more $25 tickets to a fund-raising party for Williams at the Brooklyn Heights home of Rep. Frederick Richmond.

Thaddeus Sarpy, an court planner and another close aide to Williams, also participated in the fund-raising effort by promoting and publi-ciing the affair on court time, according to The News State rules on judicial conduct re 4 i SetMartta Guaranteed Replacement or Mmu, Rvfimbd T01C (EFT MWE OnTetleyJced Tea Mix or Instant Tea Here's 25t to prove that Tetley Iced Tea Mix mixes up crystal clear not cloudy. And, like millions of others, you'll loveTetley's big tea taste. 1 A PSOFESSfONAl tixm 25? off color POOTRAnr oa oq i Choose from our selection of 8 scenic and color backgrounds. You may select additional portraits offered at reasonable prices, with no obligation 3 See our large Decorator Portrait. Satisfaction I always or your money cheerfully refunded 1 package of Tetleyjced Tea Mix or Tetley Instant Tea Mr.

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