CITY PAPERS BEGIN TALKS WITH UNION; Mailers' 3-Year Pact With 3 Dailies Ends March 30 4-Day Week Sought
Date: 07 February 1973
NY Times, NY News and NY Post and Mailers Union Local 6 on Feb 6 begin formal negotiations for new contract to replace I scheduled to expire on March 30; local pres G E McDonald repts that union membership has voted 10 to 1 to authorize strike at a time to be set by exec council of Internatl Typographical Union; says that strike vote also applies to LI Press; negotiations with Newspaper Deliverers union are scheduled to be resumed on Feb 8
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The Lawyer and the General: Antagonists in Pentagon Papers Clash Over Threat to U.S. Security
Date: 07 February 1973
BY MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
L B Boudin, defense atty in Pentagon papers trial, on Feb 6, in attempt to destroy Govt's contention that Brig Gen P F Gorman, its chief witness, is expert on intelligence and foreign relations, questions him on other Govt documents that deal with similar material to that of Pentagon papers but were made available to public; attempts to make point that high Govt officials are continually making 'secret' information public; Gorman has testified that disclosure of Pentagon papers could have been of use to foreign nation and therefore did damage US natl defense
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Old Indian Refrain: Treachery on the Potomac
Date: 08 February 1973
By Les WhittenBy Vine Deloria Jr
Les Vine
reporter L Whitten and V Deloria Jr, chmn of Inst for Development of Indian Law, comment on arrest of H Adams and Whitten for possession of documents stolen from Bur of Indian Affairs in Nov '72; Whitten details events surrounding his arrest; repts that he was helping Adams to return stolen documents to bur when he was seized by FBI agents; holds reason he was arrested was effort by Govt to keep information in documents away from public; holds arrest signals new step in Govt's ownership of news and of information in official documents; Deloria says that arrest of Adams deserves more than casual attention by Amer people because it illustrates established practice of Fed Govt in dealing with Indians; cites Govt's alleged mistreatment of Indian chiefs in early period of Amer history; illus
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PRESS IMMUNITY TERMED 'UNWISE'; Justice Aide Fears Abuse of 'Newsman's Privilege' Conflict With Publishers A Flood of Questions The Eagleton Article
Date: 08 February 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLERSpecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERSpecial
Justice Dept on Feb 7 voices opposition to any law that would give newsmen absolute immunity from forced testimony about their confidential sources, HR Judiciary Com Subcom Number 3; Asst Atty Gen R C Cramton tells subcom that dept might support bill granting limited immunity if applied only to Fed proceedings but that cong would be 'terribly unwise' to legislate on matter for the states; reporter P J Bridge (Newark Evening News), who was jailed for refusing to reveal sources of article he wrote, says issue is not interest of press but interest of the public in free flow of information; holds that by writing qualification into 'shield law' one would destroy immunity; Reprs C W Cundman Jr and T F Railsback point out possibility that absolute immunity might enable press to make false charges against individuals
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ELLSBERG JUDGE BARS ONE CHARGE; Evidence on a Memorandum Will Not Be Accepted Ellsberg Judge Bars One Charge by RUling Out U.S. Evidence on a Memo
Date: 08 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Judge W M Byrne Jr, presiding in Pentagon papers case, on Feb 7 precludes Govt from presenting evidence on 1 of top secret volumes in case because exculpatory evidence exists on it; document in question is memorandum on '54 Geneva Accords; Byrne orders that all Govt witnesses appear before him before they give testimony; says he wants to find out whether they have been told not to allow defense attys to int them in preparing to defend case; count 8 in indictment in trial accuses Ellsberg of taking Geneva Accords memorandum illegally from Rand Corp office in Santa Monica, Calif, 'for the purpose of obtaining information about the national defense'; Govt, to prove espionage, must show defendants' alleged illegal acts were related and damaging to natl defense; Byrne says he precluded Govt from presenting evidence about Accords because Govt had not told him that its own analysts had concluded that document could have no effect on natl security when released
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Barry Bingham Honored
Date: 07 February 1973
W A White Foundation of Univ of Kansas announces selection of B Bingham of The Louisville (Ky) Courier-Journal and Times to receive its '73 medallion
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