Trenton Community Paper Is Upheld Against Charge It Is Public Nuisance; Case Held Significant
Date: 16 March 1973
By RONALD SULLIVAN
Ronald SULLIVAN
Trenton magistrate S Leventhal on March 15 dismisses charges against Rank & File, volunteer community newspaper, declaring that paper's const right to free press overrides police charges that its distribution on streets is public nuisance; paper's spokesman says he does not think ct action will stop police from continuing to 'harass and intimidate us'; paper was 1st involved in altercation with law on Feb 10 with arrest of D Clark and M Zehr who were charged with interfering and molesting shoppers on intersection where they were selling papers; 1 wk after arrest Mrs D Kirby and W Thomas were arrested and convicted in ct on charges of unlawful solicitation for distributing copies on same corner; illus of paper's masthead
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Ellsberg Is Denied Challenge on Secrecy; Eisenhower Order Cited
Date: 17 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Fed Dist Ct Judge W M Byrne Jr, presiding in Pentagaon Papers trial, rules on March 16 that defendants D Ellsberg and A J Russo will not be allowed to challenge Govt's system of classifying secrets; defense atty L Weinglass charges that defendants are being deprived of 'very important and major portion' of their case; holds that matter of such substance should be argued in open ct, rather than at judge's bench; defense witness W G Florence, consultant on classification, testifies that disclosure of Pentagon papers has not injured or prejudiced natl defense and has not been advantageous to foreign nation; is not allowed to testify on Govt's classification system but does read to jury sections of Exec Order 10501, signed by former Pres Eisenhower, under which papers were classified; says that papers do not fall under categories of materials that should be classified
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MAILERS PRESENT A PLAN TO PAPERS; New Economic Proposal Put Before Negotiators
Date: 17 March 1973
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
Leaders of Mailers Union Local 6 on March 16 propose new econ contract to NY Daily News, NY Post and NY Times in effort to obtain contract settlement before present agreement terminates on March 20; mailer's pres G E McDonald declines to disclose details of proposal; Times vp J Mortimer confirms econ nature of proposal but does not disclose details; further talks between Typographical Union Local 6 and publishers have been postponed until about March 28 when 2 reprs of Internatl Typographical Union are scheduled to arrive to assist in talks
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Bar Group Appoints a Panel To Study News Shield Laws
Date: 16 March 1973
Amer Bar Assn on March 15 appts panel to study newsmen's shield laws and to consider its policy on issue; assn pres R W Meserve says that panel will hold its 1st session in April; members of panel include Judge D Brofman, V E Whelen, D A Rezneck, P A Nejelski, J J Shestack and G Saunders
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Hanoi Pledges Search for Missing G.I.'s; No Information on Cambodia
Date: 17 March 1973
N Vietnamese sr newspaper editor Hoang Tung charges on Mar 16 that US is delaying removal of mines it planted along N Vietnamese coast in order to hinder Hanoi's foreign trade; says US uses demining to maintain blockade and hinder trade and free circulation, predicting that completion of minesweeping would be delayed even beyond last POW release
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ELLSBERG TRIAL HEARS SORENSEN; He Says He Left the White House With U.S. Data
Date: 16 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
T C Sorensen, counsel to former Pres Kennedy, tells Pentagon papers trial on March 15 that when he left White House he took with him many Govt documents; implication is that he then used those documents as material for books he wrote about Kennedy yrs and for articles on foreign affairs
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NIXON SUGGESTS HIGH COURT RULING ON REFUSING DATA; Voices Confidence He Would Be Upheld on Interpretation of Executive Privilege
Date: 16 March 1973
By JOHN M. CREWDSON
Mar 16-31: Pres Nixon says on March 15 that his chief legal counsel J W Dean 3d is protected by 'double privilege, the lawyer-client relationship as well as the Pres privilege' in view of fact that Dean also served as 'counsel to number of people on White House staff,' news conf; says he will not allow Dean to appear before Cong coms; says Adm has not 'drawn a curtain down' and that Dean will furnish information when any of it is requested provided it is pertinent to investigation; characterizes Watergate bugging case as 'espionage by 1 pol orgn against another'; reprs for White House and re-election com have previously said that 7 men indicted for bugging were acting independently; Sen Baker says appearance by Dean 'would be essential to full investigation' of Watergate; Sen Weicker says he would vote to subpoena White House officials before Watergate panel; Nixon illus
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As Others See Us; AT HOME ABROAD
Date: 17 March 1973
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
A Lewis comments on London Sunday Times article on NYC which depicts city as 'hopeless,' 'intolerable' and 'inhuman'
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Dispute Blocks Delivery Of Times in Boston Area
Date: 16 March 1973
News Distributors Inc and Local 259 of Teamsters on March 15 sign new contract that clears way for regular delivery of NY Times and Christian Science Monitor in Boston area; Times spokesman repts that labor dispute affected distribution of about 26,000 copies of paper in area
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SIX HERE CHARGED IN THEFT OF PAPERS
Date: 17 March 1973
6 men, 5 of whom are employed by NY Daily News, are arrested on March 16 and accused of wkly theft of hundreds of Sunday papers published by News and NY Times; Dist Atty Hogan repts men were named in criminal informations returned by Manhattan grand jury; men charged are J Nicolini, A Nicolini, A Nicolini Jr, E Goldberg, E Panzarella and G Gentile
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