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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NEWSMEN BLOCKED AT TRUCE UNIT SITES
Date: 06 February 1973
Newsmen blocked, Feb 5, from covering first deployment of Internatl Comm of Control and Supervision (ICCS) truce inspectors at truce-unit sites at Da Nang, Pleiku and My Tho
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Judge Weighs Ellsberg Motion to Bar Evidence Based on 2 Secret Documents; Two Espionage Counts
Date: 06 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
L B Boudin, defense in Pentagon papers case, on Feb 5 asks Judge W M Byrne Jr to preclude Govt from presenting evidence based on 2 of 'top secret' documents in case, '54 Geneva Accord memorandum and 1 vol of Pentagon papers; Byrne says he will consider request; if granted this would have practical effect of throwing out 2 of 8 espionage counts and 1 of 6 theft counts against D Ellsberg; motion was made on ground that there exists exculpatory evidence in 2 documents and that 2 documents are only ones involved in those particular counts; Boudin begins defense cross- examination of Brig Gen P F Gorman, who is highest-ranking Army officer on Defense Dept team that put together Pentagon papers; points out to Gorman that former Pres Johnson, in his book The Vantage Point, disclosed much of same material that had been made public by Pentagon papers; Gorman holds that there is difference, that material is more important to foreign nation when it comes from Defense Dept rather than from press
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RODINO URGES BILL ON NEWS SOURCES; Journalist Immunity Asked as House Hearings Open Degree of Immunity Reporters Appear
Date: 06 February 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLERSpecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERSpecial
Repr P W Rodino, chmn of HR Judiciary Com on Feb 6 calls for swift Cong action that would prevent newsmen from being forced to testify about their confidential news sources; holds that newsmen are being increasingly subjected to fishing expeditions under threat of being jailed if they persist in honoring commitment to secrecy and decline to identify their source; key question to be discussed during HR Judiciary Com's Subcom Number 3 meeting is whether newsmen should be granted absolute immunity from forced testimony in all cases; Prof B C Schmidt, representing Bar Assn of NYC, calls for qualified immunity under which newsmen would be susceptible to subpoena where case involved foreign agression, espionage, homicide or violent crimes; reporters J Landau and J Nelson call for absolute guarantees for newsmen; reporter E Caldwell (NY Times), in calling for immunity, says he is deeply aware of suspicion regarding press in black community
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Press Shield Law Advances
Date: 06 February 1973
NM State Senate passes press shield law Feb 5 allowing State Supreme Ct to make final determination of whether newsman must disclose his source
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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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