Appeals Court Dismisses Suit on TV News Source
Date: 28 April 1973
Tennessee Ct of Appeals on Apr 27 dismisses contempt of ct citation against H Thornton (WDEF-TV), who refused to name news source involving person who identified himself as grand jury member and said that investigation by county grand jury of former City Ct judge was whitewash
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Poll Indicates Ethical Rules for Newspapers Differ; Teaching Acceptable
Date: 29 April 1973
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Poll conducted by professional standards com of AP Managing Editors Assn concerning whether newspapers allow their reporters to moonlight or to accept free gifts indicates that general prerequisite is that reporters are not allowed to work for competing newspapers; results of poll are presented to ANPA on Apr 28 during its 87th annual meeting; rept notes that major criticism by managing editors of pol involvement on part of their reporters is not that reporter would be biased but that public would sec him that way
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Jill Johnston of The Voice Is Charged With Obscenity
Date: 28 April 1973
Columnist J Johnston (Village Voice) is arrested on Apr 26 outside Guggenheim Museum on charges of directing obscene language and gestures at police officer M Burdi; is given summons at station house for harassment
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Journalist's Appeal Is Heard in Rhodesia; British Are Angry
Date: 28 April 1973
By CHARLES MOHRSpecial to The New York Times
Rhodesian Appeals Ct hears arguments Apr 27 on appeal of journalist P Niesewand, who was sentenced to yr at hard labor after secret trial in which he was accused of violating Official Secrets Act by publishing accts of army operations against black guerrillas forces; 3-judge appeals ct hears arguments on points but is forced by Govt order to hear points of evidence in secret session; Brit's critical reaction to case noted; ct publishes 'edited version' of lower ct's previously secret judgment against Niesewand; Niesewand illus
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SAIGON REPORTERS TO COVER VIETCONG
Date: 28 April 1973
Saigon Govt announces, Apr 27, it permits Saigon newsmen to attend press briefings given by the Vietcong; says 16 newsmen may attend a wkly press conf held by Communist delegates to mil comm; Saigon spokesman warns that newsmen must rept confs objectively without ed comment
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Watergate Spills Over To Ellsberg; Getting Worse
Date: 29 April 1973
MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Rev of events surrounding disclosure during Pentagon papers trial that office of D Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr L J Fielding was broken into by convicted Watergate conspirators E H Hunt Jr and G G Liddy, thus linking Pentagon papers trial to Watergate investigation
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TRIAL WILL GO ON; Judge Asks Inquiry on Defendants' Rights in Pentagon Case Disclosed by Byrne Raid on Ellsberg's Doctor Is Reported Said Assault Was Ordered Effect on Their Rights Denies Any Link
Date: 28 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Judge Byrne of Pentagon papers trial releases on Apr 27 Justice Dept memorandum, from Asst US Atty E J Silbert to Asst Atty Gen H E Petersen, saying that 2 convicted Watergate conspirators, E H Hunt Jr and G G Liddy, had broken into office of Dr D Ellsberg's psychiatrist in Los Angeles with intention of stealing Ellsberg's medical records; Byrne illus
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Drew Pearson; An Unauthorized Biography. By Oliver Pilat. Illustrated. 372 pp. New York: Harper & Row. $10. The Sol Hurok of the Washington press corps
Date: 29 April 1973
By WILLIAM V. SHANNON
William SHANNON
Pilat, Oliver: Book Drew Pearson, by O Pilat, revd by W V Shannon
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Watergate Case Believed to Have Weakened Ellsberg Prosecution
Date: 29 April 1973
Special to The New York TimesBy MARTIN ARNOLD
Sources close to Pentagon papers trial rept that public disclosure many mos ago of Watergate bugging apparently had effect of softening Govt's courtroom efforts to convict D Ellsberg and A J Russo Jr; strategy reptly planned by Govt to prosecute Ellsberg, which consisted of attacking Ellsberg's character, with hints to jury that Ellsberg had disclosed Pentagon papers merely for personal gain rather than to get information in papers to Cong as he contended, fell apart after Watergate disclosures
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Ellsberg Says His Trial Now Seems to Be Political; ELLSBERG LINKS TRIAL TO POLITICS
Date: 29 April 1973
By The Associated Press
D Ellsberg says on Apr 28 that newly reptd link between Watergate conspirators and his Pentagon papers trial, involving disclosure of break-in at office of his former psychiatrist Dr L J Fielding, has convinced him that Pentagon papers prosecution was related to efforts to reelect Pres Nixon, int; cites alleged attempt to have him attacked by 2 Cuban nationals and called a traitor when he delivered speech at antiwar rally in Washington in May '72; 2 Cuban exiles say in int in Miami Herald that they had accompanied 4 of Watergate conspirators to Washington twice during last May on what they were told was CIA mission to disrupt antiwar demonstrations; say that Ellsberg was particular target of 1st trip on May 2, on which they were allegedly told to disrupt demonstrations during funeral of former FBI dir J E Hoover
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