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...February Harvard unveiled a plan to expand the Byzantine library by building beneath the North Vista terrace next to the main house. The architect, Hugh Newell Jacobsen, maintained that the plan would cause no permanent or substantial damage to the garden...
Chamber Music and Dancing featuring Shann Jacobsen, piano; Wendy Holdaway, bassoon; Kathleen Watt, soprano. Pieces by Vivaldi, Mozart and Barber to be followed by waltz and other dances. Kirkland...
According to Higgins there were at least two tragedies in the affair precipitated by the over-zealousness of Sirica, the Ervin committee and journalists. The case against John Connally hinged on the testimony of one man, Jake Jacobsen, and would never have been brought to court in normal times. Even more regrettable was the conviction for perjury of Attorney General Kleindienst, who actually threatened to resign when asked by Nixon to interfere with the ITT case, but denied to Sen Edward Kennedy's committee that such a request had ever been made...
Emotional Note. In his closing argument, Tuerkheimer admitted that the. case contained no direct evidence corroborating Jacobsen, but "illegal payments to officials, when they do occur, do not occur in the presence of third-party witnesses." He insisted that "on every conceivable point where Jacobsen could be corroborated, he has been corroborated." In contrast to Tuerkheimer, Williams closed on an emotional note, with a direct attack on Jacobsen's credibility. Alternately lunging toward the jury box, clasping his hands, and whipping his glasses on and off, Williams asked: "Have we reached that point in our society where scoundrels...
...appears that he soon will be. In pretrial motions Williams managed to have separated two perjury counts and one conspiracy count against his client, and the day after Big John's acquittal the special prosecutor's office went into court and moved to have the charges dismissed. Jacobsen is still awaiting sentencing on the charge of offering a gratuity to a public official. The maximum penalty for that offense is two years in prison and a $10,000 fine...