Judge Upholds Reporter On Protection of Sources
Date: 20 May 1973
Judge E Kerr on May 19 rules in favor of newsmen's right to protect their sources in case involving attempt by law firm of Nicholson & Flemming, Ga, to force reporter J Mann (WJBF) to disclose sources used in TV broadcast about gambling raids on local bldg that housed firm
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Genesis of the Stories on Biaggi; Persistent Denials Early Investigation Pressman Sets Rules Buys TV Time
Date: 20 May 1973
By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN
Christopher WREN
genesis of news stories on Repr Biaggi's embroilment in Fed and state investigations; Biaggi, when he entered NYC mayoral campaign, exposed himself to scrutiny that is leveled at any candidate running for office in an election yr; chronology of NY Times investigation into rumour that Biaggi had invoked Fifth Amendment before Fed grand jury in Oct '71; rev of Bronx Dist Atty Merola's reopening of investigation of May '59 incident in which Biaggi, then a NYC detective lt, shot and killed gunman; Biaggi's threatened suit against NY Post for headline alleging that he took Fifth Amendment before special NYS grand jury empaneled by Deputy Atty Gen Nadjari noted; Biaggi illus
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Caught Napping By Watergate?
Date: 20 May 1973
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor comments on newspaper and TV coverage of Watergate scandal and Sen hearings that have followed; holds that press played the major role in covering events through mos of relentless investigation; says that thoroughness of press's efforts pointed up inadequacies of TV news coverage, which proved to be only 'headline' service; lauds efforts of CBS to probe Watergate issues more thoroughly than other 2 networks; holds that for unique role of TV to be realized coverage of Sen's Watergate hearings must be live and complete
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Much Ado About Tapping; OBSERVER
Date: 19 May 1973
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
R Baker humorous comment on 'big fuss' being made about wiretapping which H Kissinger and Pres Nixon allegedly had FBI do on some of their top foreign-policy people and several members of press
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ELLSBERG SCORES RISE OF SECRECY; Calls Effect 'Something Like an Executive Coup' in U.S.
Date: 19 May 1973
By PAUL L. MONTGOMERY
Paul MONTGOMERY
D Ellsberg says on May 18 that growth of use of secrecy in govt has earned US toward 'something like an executive coup,' NY Univ Law School conf on exec secrecy sponsored by Com for Public Justice; holds nothing could be more directly subversive of democracy; says development of such a state is not limited to Nixon Adm, but has come in last 20 yrs of Amer anti-Communism; Justice Dept's Freedom of Information Com chmn R Saloschin comments on necessity of certain secrecies; Ellsberg replies that Saloschin's lectures are greatly needed by his colleagues in Washington; illus of Ellsberg with C E Goodell, conf moderator
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N.B.C. to Appeal a Ruling on Fairness; Program Is Defended
Date: 19 May 1973
By LOUIS CALTA
Louis CALTA
Article on NBC's plan to appeal recent FCC ruling on its '72 news special on pensions revs motion to AMA to have FCC formally investigate alleged 'distortion and slanting of news' in its TV documentary called What Price Health?; AMA has also asked that NBC provide broadcast time for response to 'personal attack' and additional time for presentation of views contrasting with those expressed in documentary
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Ervin and Mrs. Graham Get Awards for Media
Date: 20 May 1973
First Natl Symposium on Crime and the Media, sponsored by John Jay Coll of Criminal Justice, will meet on May 31 and June 1 to explore interaction of crime and newspapers, magazines, radio and TV
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SYMINGTON CITES NEW DATA BY C.I.A.; Says It Is Now Harder for Him to Believe Nixon Was Unaware of Cover-Up Visited White House Affidavit Described A Hint by Senator
Date: 19 May 1973
By MARJORIE HUNTERSpecial to The New York Times
Sen Symington says May 18 that new data just given to Sen Armed Services Com make it 'even more difficult for me to visualize that the Pres' knew nothing about White House attempts to use CIA to cover up Watergate affair'; new data consist of 11 memorandums of conversations that CIA Deputy Dir Gen Walters said he made following conversations with White House aides last June shortly after Watergate break-in; Symington declines to disclose exact contents of memorandums, which he terms 'highly significant,' and says he has sent copies to Sen Watergate com; Gen Walters discloses May 17 that he recently visited White House to talk to White House counsel J F Buzhardt Jr and that at Buzhardt's suggestion he turned over to White House some memorandums he made last June of his recollections of conversations with Pres aides, tesimony, Sen Armed Services Com; at direction of Armed Services Com, Walters retrieved memorandums from White House May 17 and delivered them to Sen Symington; earlier Walters testimony that he was asked by J W Dean 3d to pay salaries and bail of men caught in Watergate burglary noted; Sen McClellan announces that an Appropriations subcom he heads has invited 4 former White House aides H R Haldeman, J D Ehrlichman, Dean and D R Young to testify about their alleged demands for CIA help in Watergate case
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FREE-PRESS ISSUE CALLED SETTLED; Newsweek Head Says 'Old Journalism' Broke Scandal
Date: 19 May 1973
By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTYSpecial to The New York Times
Philip DOUGHERTYSpecial
Newsweek (pub) editor and bd chmn O Elliott on May 18 addresses 56th annual Amer Assn of Ad Agencies meeting, White Sulphur Springs, West Va
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