19. prosince 1972 bylo úterý pod hvězdičkou ♐. Byl 353 den v roce. Prezidentem Spojených států byl Richard M. Nixon.
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Date: 20 December 1972
The Washington Star-News
Pres Nixon's re-election campaign com reptdly returned $50,000 in donations from C A Smith, San Diego, Calif, banker, who faces Fed investigations, including antitrust suit to block merger of airline in which Smith has financial interests
Date: 20 December 1972
Special to The New York Times
White House press sec R Ziegler on Dec 19 repts that while he does not 'hold a great deal of respect for the journalistic approach' of Washington Post, 'they will be treated fairly' with respect to press pools; statement is made in light of rept in Post and Washington Star-News that reporter D McCardle (Post) was barred from 3 White House social events over weekend and was barred yesterday from participating in pool coverage of party for children of diplomatic corps; Ziegler rejects contention that White House has 'local press'; Post exec B Bradlee says Post has generally been included in press pools for White House social events because it is 'hometown' as well as nationally oriented paper
Date: 19 December 1972
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
about 20 college-age persons are currently studying Pentagon papers as defense consultants for Ellsberg-Russo defense team in trial involving pub of papers; consultants were given Fed ct approval to read certain documents that US has classified top secret in order to aid defense in proving that information contained in them was in public domain before Ellsberg made papers public; consultants P Ryder and R Maranar comment
Date: 20 December 1972
By WALTER RUGABERSpecial to The New York Times
Fed Dist Ct Chief Judge J J Sirica on Dec 19 orders that J F Lawrence, Washington bur chief of Los Angeles Times, be held in custody on contempt of ct charge for his refusal to surrender tape recordings of int with A C Baldwin 3d, principal witness in alleged bugging of Dem Natl Com hq in Washington's Watergate complex; Times reporters J Nelson and R J Ostrow, who conducted int, turned tapes over to Lawrence as 'security measure' and Lawrence as paper's chief repr became central figure in ct proceedings; T B Dyk, Los Angeles Times atty, says Baldwin's int was obtained on promise that parts of it might be held confidential if Baldwin so requested; holds that forcing paper to break agreement could inhibit its ability to make similar off-the-record arrangements with important sources and could restrict flow of information; H J Miller, atty for Times reporters, warns Sirica that failure to quash subpoenas would set precedent leading to 'veritable flood' of them; Sirica and attys for Watergate defendants assert that situation surrounding Baldwin int is unusual in that Baldwin was named in Times articles so that, unlike other 1st Amendment cases, identity of sources was not sought; Lawrence is freed pending appeal after being held for 2 hrs in detention area of courthouse by order of Judges D D L Bazelon, E A Tamm and H Leventhal; Lawrence por
Date: 19 December 1972
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
R Baker humorous comment on errors in his earlier column concerning his views on Pres Nixon, Vice Pres Agnew, Vietnam war and Watergate bugging case; says any negative opinions which readers inferred from his words are due solely to typographical errors or inefficient editors; drawing
Date: 19 December 1972
By LINDA CHARLTONSpecial to The New York Times
Washington Post on Dec 18 implies that exclusion of Post 'style' reporter Dorothy McCardle, who has covered White House social functions extensively in past, from 3 events during wk-end was purposeful and aimed specifically at Post, which has not been popular at White House since election campaign; White House press sec R L Ziegler, at press conf, charges Post seeks to make 'cause celebre' of McCardle exclusion from press pool; says decision was his own and not connected with White House displeasure at Post; says he intends to have pools for social events operate on 'fairer and broader basis' than in past; acknowledges that Washington Star was represented in pool at 3 events; NY Times newsman Seymour M Hersh, who was informed on Friday that he would be in pool for Saturday night event, was called Saturday morning and told that he would not be in pool; deputy White House press sec G L Warren says exclusion had no connection with Hersh's being investigative reporter; says there was only room for 5 in pool; says Times will continue to be included in pools for such events
Date: 19 December 1972
By ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
In sharply-worded speech at journalism soc gathering in Indianapolis on Dec 18, Dir of Telecommunications Policy C T Whitehead reveals tough new legis drafted by White House which would hold individual TV stations responsible for ad content; illus
Date: 19 December 1972
A Patterson Foundation on Dec 18 awards fellowship for travel and study to B C Rensberger (NY Times)
Date: 20 December 1972
ed scores White House Telecommunications Policy Office Dir C T Whitehead's recent speech announcing Nixon Adm's intent to sponsor legis making local TV stations directly responsible for network programs they carry; contends speech will encourage stations to censor major news programs and documentaries that offend Adm; holds proposed legis is example of censorship and suppression through abuse of power to license
Date: 19 December 1972
decline of stock prices on Amer Stock exch, Dec 18, attributed to disclosure of breakdown in Paris peace talks