JAWORSKI STUDIES 2 ALTERED MEMOS; One White House Message Known to Involve Use of Wiretap Information ' Sensitive Sources'
Date: 03 August 1974
The Washington Star-News
Watergate prosecution has come across at least 2 instances where White House memos have been altered; 1 memo that is known to be under investigation was written by then-White House aide Alexander P Butterfield concerning possible pol use of wiretap information obtained from then-FBI Dir J Edgar Hoover; Butterfield's testimony-noted; contents of 2d memo are not known but sources say that it was turned up in FBI investigation ordered last winter after officials learned of 18-min gap in a White House tape; sources say memo is believed to have been cut with scissors to delete or deface certain portions (M)
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Papers Debate Use of 'Reader's Advocate' on Staff; Sales Viewed as Key
Date: 02 August 1974
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
A small number of newspapers are appointing a reader's advocate who deals with criticism from and suggestions by the public; St Louis Post Dispatch recently named its own in-house critic; Clayton Kirkpatrick, editor of Chicago Tribune, repts his newspaper is considering move; however there is general feeling among newspaper officials that having ombudsman is overly defensive posture and that their own accountability is tested every day in that if newspaper loses respect and trust people will stop buying it; critics of idea believe that neither ombudsman nor readers advocates are ever willing to discuss with readers money, major factor that determines how good a job newspaper is doing in covering and presenting news; William E Bransted, St Louis Post Dispatch reader's advocate, comments; other newspapers having set up similar position include Washington Post, Milwaukee Journal, Minneapolis Tribune, Wilmington News Journal, Louisville Courier-Journal and Louisville Times; Richard Harwood, former Post ombudsman, says media ahould not be exempt from self-examination; other ombudsmen include John Herchenroeder (Louisville Journal), Dick Cunningham (Minn Tribune) and David A Runge (Milwaukee Journal) (L)
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Just the Facts, Please
Date: 02 August 1974
By John Hart
John Hart
CBS News correspondent John Hart, in commentary on CBS Morning News, says journalists must refrain from predicting and must stick to reptg as due process presumes innocence right up to verdict
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HOUSE CHIEFS PICK AUG. 19 TO START DEBATE ON NIXON; Tentative Agreement on the Impeachment Rules Also Allows TV Coverage
Date: 02 August 1974
By RICHARD D. LYONS
Leadership of HR decides on Aug 1 to allow gavel-to-gavel TV coverage of impeachment debate of Pres Nixon through final vote at end of Aug
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Waldheim Meets With Lisbon Leaders On Freedom for African Territories; Cooperation Pledged
Date: 03 August 1974
By HENRY GINIGERSpecial to The New York Times
UN Sec Gen Kurt Waldheim arrives in Portugal, Aug 2, to help country with decolonization of African colonies; visit is 1st by a UN Sec Gen and follows yrs of hostility over African colonial problem; is marred by sudden eruption of crisis over suspension of afternoon newspapers A Capital, Republica and Diario de Lisboa for reporting demonstration by left-wing extremists against Portugal's involvement in African wars; special 10-man mil comm overseeing press, resigns following suspensions; members are believed to have been ordered to resign by mil junta; press action indicates effect African wars continue to have on pol life despite radical policy change that followed Apr 25 coup; Portuguese Foreign Min Mario Soares pleges full cooperation with Waldheim at what he calls 'historical turning point' for Portugal; Portuguese press hails Waldheim's visit; Waldheim spends working sessions with Pres Antonio de Spinola and Premier Vasco dos Santos Goncalves; offers UN help in assuring peaceful transfer of power from Portugal to African territories, which is expected to happen 1st in Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau); decolonization process is expected to move more slowly in Mozambique and Angola; Waldheim, Spinola and Goncalves illus (L)
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COLBY SCORES MOVE TO. AMEND PRESS ACT
Date: 02 August 1974
NY Times exec vp James C Goodale, testifying before HR Govt Operations subcom, says that declassification requests made by Times have met 'ingeniously designed series of obstacles of bureaucratic obstacles'; notes that of 51 requests made by Times for documents over 10 yrs Times was granted only 5
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