CHARGES DROPPED IN TRIAL OF KROGH; Coast Judge Acts Following Guilty Plea in Capital Case
Date: 04 December 1973
Los Angeles Superior Ct Judge G Ringer on Dec 3 dismisses charges against E Krogh Jr in case involving burlgary of office of D Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr L J Fielding; says he has taken into consideration Krogh's guilty plea to similar charges in Washington, DC; accepts recommendation by Deputy Dist Atty S Trott that charges of burglary and conspiracy be dropped; Krogh has said that he will not consult with prosecutors or defense attys concerning his future testimony until after he is sentenced to insure that sentence is not influenced by his cooperation
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Stereotypers in Final Accord with 3 Newspapers Here
Date: 05 December 1973
Stereotypers Local 1 pres J Kennedy on Dec 4 repts that union has reached final agreement on new 2-yr contract with NY Daily News and NY Times
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The Zeus Ziegle; OBSERVER
Date: 04 December 1973
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
R Baker humorous comment compares Pres Nixon's troubles with newsmen with problems Zeus had to endure
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Premier in Seoul Vows Reforms To End Mistrust of Government; Discussed by Cabinet No Protests in Seoul
Date: 05 December 1973
Special to The New York Times
Premier Kim Jong Pil, in Dec 4 news conf, pledges that his new Cabinet will carry out 'administrative reforms' in effort to dispel mistrust of the Govt; says Govt will 'quietly remove various restrictions on the press'; Govt reptdly considers shake-up of S Korean CIA, whose interference in student affairs and the press is said to be chief cause of discontent; agency may be stripped of secret police functions in domestic affairs; Yoo Chin San, pres of New Dem party, says at news conf that Govt reforms must start with CIA, which should deal solely with anti-Communist activities; Cabinet reshuffle apparently takes steam out of student protests; Seoul is quiet, although 500 students hold protest march in Taegu
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WEEKLY IN FRANCE CHARGES BUGGING; Account of Bizarre Break-in Related by Cartoonist Shouting Policemen Noticed Estimate of Illegal Taps
Date: 05 December 1973
Special to The New York Times
French newspaper Le Canard Enchaine charges on Dec 4 that French Govt sent team of 5 men to break into paper's news offices on night of Dec 3 to install electronic listening devices; repts that break-in was accidentally discovered by paper's cartoonist A Escaro; terms break-in Watergate au Canard in banner headline; files formal complaint with judicial authorities against 'unknown persons' for break-in and attempting bugging; Interior Ministry spokesman says he is 'astonished' by story, disclaiming all knowledge of break-in; Canard editor says in phone int that French Govt has long spied on publication, mainly trying to find out from which officials Canard is obtaining information on major scandals; says snooping was stepped up after Canard published former Premier Chaban-Delmas's tax returns; investigating com in Nov reptd that phones of 1,000 to 5,000 people in France are tapped every day on permanent or spot basis--99% of them illgally because no ct order has been issued
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One That Got Away
Date: 05 December 1973
By Frederick V. Malek
Frederick Malek
Article by White House Office of Mgt and Budget Deputy Dir F V Malek scores reporting in press of Nov '73 meeting between Pres Nixon and Cabinet com on internatl narcotics control as example of tendency on part of communications media to 'focus on problems instead of problem-solving and on crises instead of crisis-resolution'; asserts progress resulting from meeting was, by all standards, 'good news' in fight against drug abuse, but that it was given only scant attention in press; notes meeting was closed to reporters 'because of sensitive character of the discussions' but that 2 distributed news releases and Presidential policy statement on drugs should have been significant to reporters because they contained information of the 'enormous forward movement' in fight against narcotics abuse; cites examples; maintains Pres Nixon has confronted nation's drug problem, which has frequently been reported in press, and that nation 'has definitely turned the corner' on heroin abuse; says Amers have right to know that nation's drug problem is steadily being solved--just as they were once informed that problem was threatening entire soc
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BRITISH TO MEND TIES WITH SOVIET; Nations to End Strain, but Remain at Odds on Freer East-West Contacts Crucial Issue Remains Artists Would Object
Date: 05 December 1973
By HEDRICK SMITHSpecial to The New York Times
Brit Foreign Sec Sir A Douglas-Home and Soviet Foreign Min A A Gromyko announce on Dec 4 after 2 days of talks in Moscow that they agreed on urgent need to arrange peace conf quickly to maintain diplomatic momentum in Middle East; Brit are reptd to be willing to take part, if asked, but are not seeking leading role; Gromyko and Douglas-Home also reptdly agreed that guarantees to srael combined with some form of demiliterized zones are necessary element of settlement; Brit sources say they did not discuss limitations on arms shipments to Middle East
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