Ellsberg Principals Prepare for Windup
Date: 02 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Comment on atmosphere in courtroom during recent days of Pentagon papers trial, notes that defense atty, FBI agent and several spectators have fallen asleep; there is speculation that defendants Ellsberg and Russo may be on stand in 2 wks; defense attys and defendants are reptdly debating whether they should cut down their scheduled list of remaining witnesses or add some pol radical witnesses; R Thompson, regular spectator at trial, comments
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PRINTERS TO RESUME TALKS WITH PAPERS
Date: 03 April 1973
Typographical Union Local 6 and NY Times, NY Post and NY Daily News are scheduled to resume contract talks on Apr 3; details
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Ellsberg Jury Is Told for First Time of Exculpatory Analyses; Analyst Testifies
Date: 03 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
W D Gerhard of Natl Security Agency, who was assigned by Defense Dept to prepare analyses of Pentagon papers for trial, on Apr 2 reads to ct conclusions of his analyses of 9 of 20 top secret documents involved, in which he found that disclosure of some of papers did not damage natl defense; testifies that he turned over his findings to gen counsel of Defense Dept, J F Buzhardt, in Jan or Feb, '71, and that Buzhardt then gave them to J L Martin, head of Research and Evaluation Section of Justice Dept's Internal Security Div; Prof H Zinn, who in '68 visited Hanoi and returned home with 1st 3 Amer POWs, testifies that disclosure of Pentagon papers did not harm natl defense; gives summation of 5 vols of papers
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TV-NEWS CREDIBILITY CITED BY 48% IN POLL
Date: 03 April 1973
Survey by Roper Orgn for TV Information Office of Natl Assn of Broadcasters repts that 48% of Amers consider TV most believable of 4 major media; concludes that 21% of Amers chose newspapers on issue of credibility, while magazines rate 10% and radio 8%; finds that 4 out of 5 people oppose Govt control over TV news and that TV leads as source of information about state and natl pol candidates, while newspapers lead for local pol news; survey was based on personal home ints with 1,982 persons 18 yrs or older, drawn from all geographic areas over US
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Shield Bill for Newsmen Is Approved by Nebraska
Date: 03 April 1973
Special to The New York Times
Nebraska Legis on Apr 2 passes unqualified shield bill for newsmen with vote of 39-to-6; Gov J J Exon reserves comment on whether he will veto measure, sponsored by Sen J Savage; has indicated that he wants bill qualified so that reporter with personal knowledge of serious crime could be compelled to provide information to law enforcement officials
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F. C. C. Again-Refuses to Judge A Petition on News Objectivity; First Amendment Cited
Date: 02 April 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
FCC on Apr 1 refuses to act as judge of broadcast news objectivity when it declines to require Idaho radion station, KID, to include in its news coverage information on Soviet and Chinese mil support of N Vietnamese in addition to its coverage of US involvement in Vietnam; rejects petition by Idaho listener who complained of lack of such coverage; decision appears to place FCC at odds with 1 objective of C T Whitehead, who touched off controversy last Dec by suggesting that station mgrs and network officials should 'correct imbalance or consistent bias from networks'
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Carolina Reporter Honored
Date: 03 April 1973
'72 T L Stokes Journalism Award is presented to reporter B Poole (Winston-Salem Twin City Sentinel)
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Mailers' Contracts With 3 City Dailies Accepted by Union
Date: 02 April 1973
Photoengravers Local 1 on Apr 1 ratifies 3-yr contract with 29 commercial printing shops in NYC
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' Cold Type' Process Used By Washington Star-News
Date: 03 April 1973
Washington Star-News on Apr 2 begins publishing complete newspaper by photographic process; execs rept that use of photocomposition will reduce time between writing of article and its appearance on newsstand and will also reduce price
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Sports News Briefs; Pro Football Crowds Rise by 4.78%
Date: 03 April 1973
R Smith (NY Times) wins Sportscasters and Sportswriters Assn award
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