Missing Photographer Reappears in Vietnam
Date: 14 July 1972
Y-M Dumont, French freelance photographer missing in a Communist-controlled area for more than 3 mos, walks into a S Vietnamese Army camp NW of Saigon, July 13, apparently in good condition; apparently walked from Locninh to camp
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SCHOOLING IS ISSUE IN ELLSBERG CASE; Defense Wants Jurors With Good Reading Ability
Date: 13 July 1972
By FRED P. GRAHAMSpecial to The New York Times
Fred GRAHAMSpecial
defense atty L B Boudin protests when Fed Dist Judge W M Byrne Jr allows L J Aste, elderly immigrant who said he had only completed grammar school, to remain on prospective jury panel; holds that mere literacy should not be sufficient qualification in case; says that crucial function of jury will be to decide if long documents allegedly disclosed by defendants contain information 'relating to the national defense'; Byrne allows J I Hietala to remain temporarily on panel after he expresses mixed feelings as to whether he could be impartial in deciding on guilt of defendants
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Lima Editor and Reporter Given Suspended Sentences
Date: 14 July 1972
Lima newspaper La Prensa dir and reporter given suspended sentences and fined for violating press statute; Peruvian Govt filed charges after La Prensa published rept that C Costa, ed of small Lima newspaper, had been deported to Argentina
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U.S. Disclaimer Ordered
Date: 13 July 1972
Special to The New York Times
US Ct of Appeals for 1st Circuit orders Govt to file disclaimer stating that 'electronic surveillance' had not been used in its case against Prof S L Popkin who refused to answer certain Questions before grand jury investigating release and distribution of Pentagon papers
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Saigon Officers' Hostility to Foreign Newsmen at Peak
Date: 13 July 1972
By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York Times
Malcolm BROWNESpecial
NY Times newsman M W Browne tells of increasing hostility of S Vietnamese mil men toward foreign newsmen; repts how during current fighting at Quangtri he asked a S Vietnamese officer for directions to a forward airborne command post and was misdirected to enemy territory that was under heavy fire; Browne ignored officer's directions because his manner seemed strange; says other newsmen rept they have been given similar potentially lethal advice a number of times in recent wks; a S Vietnamese capt says S Vietnamese know that foreign press is against them; comment on endemic friction between Vietnamese officers and their US advisers that has existed for yrs and on condition of S Vietnamese press as an aspect of difficult relations between foreign press and S Vietnamese officials
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Link to War Views Hinted in Ellsberg Jury Ousters
Date: 14 July 1972
By FRED P. GRAHAMSpecial to The New York Times
Fred GRAHAMSpecial
US Govt excercises 2 challenges, eliminating Mrs M Goldstein and Mrs D Weitz, who stated opposition to US involvement in Vietnam, from panel of prospective jurors in Pentagon papers case; defense removes H R Walls and R M Grunenwald from panel for pro-Vietnam attitudes; Govt prosecutor D R Nissen says war is not involved with Govt's case and would not be mentioned in prosecutor's arguments; defense atty L B Boudin says he will seek to have trial moved to another community because panel of prospective jurors is so prosecution-oriented
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The Washington Daily News Ceases Publication
Date: 13 July 1972
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUMSpecial to The New York Times
David ROSENBAUMSpecial
Washington Daily News ceases pub on July 12; demise of Daily News leaves Washington with only 1 afternoon paper, Evening Star, which bought News for undisclosed sum; reasons for closing discussed; illus
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Journalistic Squeeze-Out
Date: 14 July 1972
ed mourns demise of Washington Daily News, which ceased publication this week
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INDIA, PAKISTAN LOWER BARRIERS; Cooperation Increases on Smaller Issues While Accord Is Debated
Date: 13 July 1972
By JAMES P. STERBASpecial to The New York Times
James STERBASpecial
Pakistan and India open major border crossing points to tourists 1 day each wk
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