WAR BOOK CITED IN ELLSBERG CASE; Author Says He Gathered Same Data as in Papers Public Domain Defense Disclosure of Contacts
Date: 30 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
S H Loory, exec editor of WNBC-TV News, testifies on March 29 at Pentagon papers trial that in '68, 2 yrs before defendants D Ellsberg and A J Russo copied Pentagon papers, he and another reporter D Kraslow traveled around world gathering some of same material that was to appear in papers; rept he and Kraslow's information was published in book entitled The Search for Peace in Vietnam; testifies on 4 volumes of papers that have to do with '3d country' efforts to start peace negotiations between US and N Vietnam; countries include Canada, Poland, France, Rumania and Burma and efforts in paper were given various code names; Govt has contented that disclosure of these contacts damaged natl defense of US; defense attys moves for mistrial on ground that prosecution had prejudiced jury by trying to show that Ellsberg had leaked other information besides Pentagon papers
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A 4TH NEWSPAPER CONSIDERED HERE; Plant of Morning Telegraph Reportedly Beihg Bought
Date: 29 March 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
Newspaper sources rept that industrialist J M Shaheen, who has purchased presses, negotiated with Lithographers Union, inquired about costs of subscribing to wire services and agreed to purchase old Morning Telegraph Bldg, may be planning to publish new afternoon newspaper in NYC; B Mair, former pres of now-defunct Newark News, man who would reptdly run paper, says on March 28 that he will not comment on rumors; H C Coles, atty for Triangle Publications, co that owns Telegraph Bldg, repts that co has entered into agreement to sell bldg to co formed by Shaheen Natural Resources Co
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ELLSBERG JURY TOLD OF TAPPING; Ex-U.S. Aide Says Papers Disclosure Did No Harm
Date: 29 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
A S Ficher, former deputy dir of US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, testifes on March 28 at Pentagon papers trial that wiretapping on grand scale is accepted fact of diplomatic life; statement comes in reference to Govt's contention that release of portion of Pentagon papers that contained information about conversation between Soviet Premier Kosygin and Russian Communist party chief Brezhnev wiretapped in '68 by Brit intelligence injured US's natl defense; Fisher says that such taps are common and that every nation knew they took place and acted accordingly; testifies that so-called diplomatic' volumes of papers had not injured defense and had not been of advantage to foreign country
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NEWSPAPER TALKS NEAR A DEADLINE; But No Strike Is Expected as Contracts Expire
Date: 29 March 1973
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
NY Times, NY Daily News and NY Post and newspaper unions have initiated heavy schedule of bargaining talks in coming 48 hrs, but neither side appears to be expecting any strike action when current contracts expire at midnight on March 30; Newspaper Deliverers Union is only 1 among 9 newspaper unions still without agreements whose membership has authorized strike; negotations are scheduled on March 30 between publishers and Typographical Union Local 6 and Paperhandlers Union Local 1; members of Mailers Union Local 6 are scheduled to vote on ratification of tentative pact at 3 PM on April 1 at TNG hq; TNG exec vp J E Deegan says that he has no significant progress to rept in his union's negotiations
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2 More Are Seized As Security Arrests Continue in Athens
Date: 29 March 1973
Special to The New York Times
Mil police detain on Mar 28 D Tsatsos, prof in Bonn Univ in W Ger, and V Tsouderos, daughter of late Premier E Tsouderos, at special interrogation branch of mil police in latest wave of security arrests in Athens; relatives say they are known to be held incommunicado and that no reason was given for arrests; note their apts were searched and documents were confiscated; young Swiss student who called on Tsouderos to deliver lr during search is reptd to have also been taken to hq; arrests bring to at least 8 those known to be held incommunicado at special branch; Athens lawyers C Alavanos, A Vgontzas, D Papas, N Karamanlis, P Kanellakis and D Bouloukos have been held since their arrest between Feb 26 and Mar 4 and no lawyers or relatives have been allowed to see them; Alavanos, Vgontzas, Papas and Karamanlis were arrested shortly after serving as defense attys for 11 student demonstrators; Amnesty Internatl charges on Mar 27 that it has received message smuggled out by 6 lawyers which amts to 'cry of help from people tortured in the most unbearable manner'; civilian security police also arrest P Gavalas, lawyer and writer; A Coerant, Dutch radio-TV correspondent who was ordered out of Greece by security authorities on ground that he had incited violence among students, leaves Athens for Amsterdam by air; says he was beaten by police; leaves behind his wife and son
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Letters to the Editor.; The C.U.N.Y. Tuition Battle: Should the Doors Stay Wide Open?
Date: 29 March 1973
ALAN SHARK
Alan SHARK
F Juliet lr scores Mar 21 lr calling squirrels obnoxious and citing adverse experiences Westchester County homeowner encountered with animals
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Letters to the Editor; To Punish Violators of the Peace Eight-Cent Reminder Selling From the Stockpile Our Man in Peking: His Age Is Irrelevant Issue at Wounded Knee Saving Gas, Wasting Trees Why Principals Shouldn't Be 'Managerial'
Date: 30 March 1973
JOHN FRENCHROBERT P. YAVELBERT B. LOCKWOOD Jr.NATHANIEL H. JANESDICK WILSONELIZABETH BOGERTAARON N. SLOTKIN
lawyer B B Lockwood Jr lr says Pres Nixon's decision to drive metals prices down by selling materials from nation's strategic stockpiles is perfect opportunity for Nixon to remove US from 'ranks of internatl outlaws' by prohibiting importation of chromium from Rhodesia; stockpile illus
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day International Metropolitan The Other News Quotation of the Day CORRECTIONS
Date: 30 March 1973
NY Times reptd on Mar 25 that 16-yr-old M Donchek had been stabbed to death by another 16-yr-old boy in what police believed was argument over girl; police rept on Mar 29 that they had no reason to believe that any such argument took place
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Kremlin Tackles the Visa Tax Problem; News Analysis Assessment Difficult Flow Is Continuing
Date: 30 March 1973
By HEDRICK SMITHSpecial to The New York Times
comment on Soviet efforts to mollify US Cong by allowing Soviet Jewish emigrants to leave without paying educ tax in effort to mollify US Cong and gain kind of credit and tariff concessions they want; notes future of educ tax remains uncertain
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