21 grudnia 1972 roku była czwartek pod znakiem zodiaku ♐. Był to 355 dzień roku. Prezydentem Stanów Zjednoczonych był Richard M. Nixon.
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21st of December 1972 News
Wiadomości, które pojawiły się na pierwszej stronie New York Times 21 grudnia 1972 roku
NIXON GETS PROTEST FROM A PRESS CLUB
Date: 22 December 1972
Special to The New York Times
bd of govs of Washington Press club sends resolution on Dec 21 to Pres Nixon and his press sec protesting 'systematic exclusion' of Washington Post reporter D McCardle from pool press coverage of White House social events; fears exclusion could be viewed as establishing precedent under which any reporter could be barred from any newsworthy event by any Govt official
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Paper Gives Court Its Watergate Tapes; WATERGATE TAPE IS GIVEN TO COURT
Date: 22 December 1972
By WALTER RUGABERSpecial to The New York Times
Los Angeles Times, released from pledge of confidentiality by A C Baldwin 3d, key Govt witness in Watergate case, turns over in ct on Dec 21 recordings of its int with Baldwin; action effectively ends contempt-of-ct proceeding in which newspaper's Washington bur chief J F Lawrence was jailed briefly after initial refusal to surrender recordings made by reporters J Nelson and R J Ostrow, which were sought by atty for E H Hunt Jr, 1 of 7 defendants in forthcoming Watergate criminal trial; int allegedly describes eavesdropping and wiretapping operations at Dem hq
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Court Lets Newsman Remain Free in Watergate Tape Case
Date: 21 December 1972
By WALTER RUGABERSpecial to The New York Times
US Appeals Ct on Dec 20 allows Los Angeles Times Washington bur chief J F Lawrence to remain out of jail while he appeals contempt citation arising from his refusal to turn over tapes of int with A C Baldwin 3d, Govt witness in Watergate case, conducted by Times reporters J Nelson and R J Ostrow
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U.S. REPORTS LOSS OF A FOURTH B-52; Spokesman Says Crewmen Are Safe -- Hanoi Claims 4 Other Big Bombers
Date: 21 December 1972
By JOSEPH B. TREASTERSpecial to The New York Times
US mil spokesman, Dec 21, repts a 4th B-52 plane downed by antiaircraft fire as US bombing continues in N Vietnam; says pilot steered plane over NE Thailand before he and 5 other crewmen bailed out; all are rescued; Hanoi radio on Dec 20 claimed 5 B-5 2s were downed; in Dec 21 broadcast says Hanoi and Haiphong were bombed again and that 7 more B-52s and 6 fighter-bombers were downed; Hanoi radio has, in the past exaggerated its claims, but in the latest series of raids, the initial repts of US plane losses came from Hanoi and then were confirmed a day or so later by the command in Saigon; US mil spokesman is silent on scope and nature of the latest air attacks, on number of participating planes, their targets or any of the results--information made public in the past; USN cancels 2 visits by newsmen to aircraft carriers operating off Vietnam that had been scheduled for Dec 26 and 29; despite officials silence, other mil sources say that more than 100 B-52s and perhaps as many as 500 smaller planes struck N Vietnam Dec 18, 19 and 20; US mil spokesman refuses to give mil justification for official silence on newest raids
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Tapes Demanded by Jury
Date: 21 December 1972
Los Angeles grand jury on Dec 20 orders reporter J Mitchell (KFWB) to produce tapes and notes of recent ints he conducted related to bail bond practices regardless of whether material was broadcast; station gen mgr A Schreiber says station has made available material that has been broadcast but that request for material that has not been broadcast raises 'serious First Amendment questions'; key int is with Superior Ct Judge L G Sanchez, 1 of 3 judges accused by grand jury of signing blank prisoner release forms and furnishing them to bail bondsmen; Superior Ct Judge D A Thomas on Dec 20 rejects argument of 3 newsmen that jailing of reporter W T Farr (Los Angeles Times) for refusing to name news source for article he wrote for Los Angeles Herald Examiner on C Manson murders is illegal expenditure of public funds; refuses to issue preliminary injunction sought by newsmen
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Ellsberg Calls Use of Subpoena Illegal
Date: 21 December 1972
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
L B Boudin, atty for defense of D Ellsberg in Pentagon papers case, on Dec 20 accuses Govt of illegally using grand jury subpoena issued in Boston to give FBI leads in investigating case in Los Angeles; charges that FBI has examined bank records of Ellsberg and wife, and then visited persons to whom they had sent checks, including Mrs Ellsberg's dentist, who was asked for her dental records; Boston grand jury issued subpoena for records of NY Telephone Co pertaining to phone calls made and recd by Ellsbergs; Boudin charges that instead of turning co records over to grand jury, records were held at phone co office for FBI agent to examine; says that FBI then collected names of persons that Ellsbergs spoke to and questioned them; some of those questioned will probably be witnesses in trial; US Dist Ct Judge W M Byrne Jr orders that Govt file affidavit advising what phone records have been subpoenaed by what grand jury and what happened to them, and also whether Govt has in its possession phone records of various defense counsel; repts that he has examined 2d wiretap involving member of defense team that Govt has admitted to having and found that it is not relevant to Pentagon case; cautions Govt that he will not tolerate interference with defendants' Sixth Amendment rights; orders that Govt again file affidavit listing offices and premises of defense counsel and consultants of record with assurance that they will not be wiretapped; Boudin introduces to ct airmail envelope addressed to his wife from Ellsberg's son, which he alleges has been opened in transit and resealed; asks Byrne to have lr examined by experts to determine whose fingerprints might be on it, implying that prints of Govt agents would show up; Byrne declines but says that Boudin can submit lr with some affidavit tending to prove that Govt tampered with his mail and then he will investigate matter; denies 5 motions challenging jury selection system that were argued by defendant A J Russo's atty L Weinglass; sets Jan 3 for start of new jury selection
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Freedom in Contempt
Date: 21 December 1972
ed on contempt citation and brief incarceration of Lawrence; calls jailing serious infringement on 1st Amendment guarantee of free press
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Manila Suspends Curbs on Debating New Constitution
Date: 21 December 1972
By TILLMAN DURDINSpecial to The New York Times
Philippines Pres Marcos on Dec 20 orders suspension of martial-law restraints on debate on proposed new const, drafted over 1 1/2 yrs by const conv and being submitted to vote of electorate on Jan 15; Marcos's martial-law orders of Dec 1 allowed for free debate but many opponents of const have feared to speak out and govt-controlled media have carried only bare mention of opposition views; media now ordered to print all forms of propaganda, whether in favor of or against const; Govt repr says order means that press consorship will be lifted regarding material dealing with const; Marcos illus addressing munic officials at Manila palace
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The A.C.L.U.'s War on Secrecy
Date: 22 December 1972
SANFORD JAY ROSENJOHN H. F. SHATTUCK
Sanford ROSENJOHN
lr by ACLU Asst Legal Dir S J Rosen and Staff Counsel J H F Shattuck on F Belair Nov 22 article and J Gardner and M L Stein Nov 25 articles lamenting failure Pres Nixon's Exec order on document classification and Fed and state freedom of information statutes to reduce effectively level of secrecy in Govt; repts ACLU has launched concerted campaign to attack problem; notes orgn has filed several lawsuits on behalf of well-established scholars who wish to conduct research on various classified subjects; repts orgn is producing pamphlet for public that explains how to use Freedom of Information Act most effectively
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Policy Asked on News Releases
Date: 22 December 1972
SEC advisory panel, releasing recommendations Dec 21 aimed at improving corp repts and simplifying current overlapping requirements, says corps should distribute news releases directly to stockbrokers if financial press declines to publish them
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