COOPERATION SEEN WITH PRESS PANEL; Case-by-Case Basis' Help of Half of Major U.S. News Groups Expected
Date: 28 January 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
Press council, being set up to monitor natl news media and financed by group of foundations led by 20th Century Fund, has recd promises of cooperation from AP, UPI, CBS, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor and Wall St Journal; no decision has been reached by NBC, ABC, Newsweek, Time and US News & World Rept; NY Times has said it will refuse to answer inquiries from council about news coverage; various media execs comment, including W Gallagher (AP), R W Beaton (UPI), B C Bradlee (Washington Post), W H Phillips (Wall St Journal) and J Hughes (Christian Science Monitor)
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Colombian Gadfly, Female Version
Date: 28 January 1973
By REECE SMITH
Reece SMITH
Comment on C de Montejo, 1 of Colombia's few women newspaper publishers, who lost control of El Periodico in March '72 but plans to head 5 local papers in various regions of Colombia; she comments on articles paper ran that were critical of long-uncriticized institutions in Colombia; illus of Montejo with copy of Periodico (Econ Survey of Americas)
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Mrs. Abzug Urges a Drive For Newsman's Privilege
Date: 28 January 1973
Repr B S Abzug on Jan 28 calls for nationwide effort by all media in support of Cong action that would safeguard newsmen's privilege not to disclose source of his information, speech, NY Press Assn; denounces rulings against journalists and 'calculated attempts by Nixon Adm to intimidate the press'
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COURT CANCELS SUIT IN NEWSPAPER FIGHT
Date: 28 January 1973
US Ct of Appeals on Jan 27 orders dismissal of lawsuit by S Newhouse aimed at gaining control of Denver Post; order was issued on Jan 23 when Newhouse did not appeal Dec 29 ct decision that dismissed earlier ruling ordering auction of 15,552 shares of Post stock; ct spokesman says that time has run out for rehearing in Appeals Ct or petition for stay of dismissal
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HIDING OF U.S, SPY DENIED BY WILSON; He Says He Did Not Conceal Agent at Kosygin Talk
Date: 28 January 1973
Former Brit Prime Min H Wilson denies on Jan 27 charge made by US Brig Gen Gorman during Jan 26 testimony at Pentagon papers trial in Los Angeles that he (Wilson) hid US agent C Cooper in his residence outside London when he met with USSR Premier Kosygin in '67 for secret Vietnam talks; says he was in touch with White House about talks before he met Kosygin because of possibility of extending cease-fire then in effect; says Cooper was not spy but special repr of US Pres and was at his residence to keep in direct phone contact with White House so that Wilson could tell Kosygin of any decision Pres made; denies Cooper was given drafts of documents he drew up before talks or transcript of phone call between Kosygin and Brezhnev that Brit intelligence allegedly tapped; says Cooper was not in position to know what he and Kosygin said
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Communist Delegates Balk at Saigon Procedure and Stay on Plane for Day; DISPUTE CENTERS ON LANDING CARDS Delegation Is Said to Feel Signing Would Indicate Recognition of Saigon No Waiver, Saigon Says Security Is Tight U. S. Planes Fly to Hanoi
Date: 29 January 1973
Special to The New York Times
Saigon Govt, Jan 29, agrees to allow group of Vietcong mil reprs to leave plane at Saigon airport without filling out immigration forms; advance party of Vietcong and Hanoi reprs had refused to fill out S Vietnamese landing cards after they arrived Jan 28 aboard a S Vietnamese plane; Saigon, referring to Natl Liberation Front (NLF), says that in order that the Four-Party Joint Mil comm can begin to carry out its responsibilities, the Saigon Govt will permit the NLF delegation to leave the plane for purpose of attending the Jan 29 morning's meeting of the comm; says issue of compliance with Saigon's immigration laws will be taken up at the first meeting of the comm; says Saigon decision is not a waiver of Govt's immigration laws; US is believed to have pressed S Vietnam to resolve the matter and to allow the Communists to leave the plane without filling out the forms; US officials speculate that Saigon insisted on the immigration forms for a second planeload because passengers consisted mostly of members of Provisional Revolutionary Govt, while a first planeload consisted of N Vietnamese for the most part; groups arrival described; security is extremely tight at airport; newsman are supposed to be barred from arrival and from all areas near the Communists' qrs; newsmen F Butterfield (NY Times), B Seibert (UPI), T Lippman (Washington Post), B Flores (NBC) and H Mulligan (AP) are detained by S Vietnamese police for trying to talk to Communists; qrs for Communists described; illus of plane and a N Vietnamese officer
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Letters to the Editor; Gordon Rule: Pawn in a Larger Game Lyndon Baines Johnson ABOARD THE LINER For Western Common Market Nixon's Inaugural Pledges Protecting News Sources
Date: 28 January 1973
ALFRED P. RUBINBEN CALDERONELEON SAMISJOHN GALTONOLIVER J. RUSSELLRAYMOND ROWELARRY RUBINM. R. SCHWACKROBERT F. DRINAN, M.C
Alfred RUBINBEN
Prof A P Rubin lr discusses questions raised by struggle between pol appointees of Govt and G W Rule, sr civil servant, concerning testimony before Cong com; notes that those for whom active role in policy formation is vital by tradition must resign rather than criticize policies placed in force by their superiors; says that Cong, however, must have access to best advice available even if it is inconsistent with formal advice of exec appointes of President's choosing; says Sen, in defending Rule's supposed right to testify before Cong without exec approval, is asserting its const power to advise and consent with regard to pol apptmt to exec branch
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