Order by Pentagon BarsComment on Peace Talks
Date: 10 January 1973
By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times
US Defense Dept directive sent to mil commands around the world on Dec 30 forbids all dept employes, civilian and mil, to comment on the resumption of Vietnam peace talks; ACLU reveals existence of directive after 2 of its offices receives complaints from dept personnel that they were being gagged; ACLU exec dir A Neier sent lr to Sec M R Laird criticizing the order and asking that it be rescinded; dept makes pub text of directive, signed by Deputy Asst Sec J W Friedheim, after inquiry by newsmen; declines comment on directive; dept officials say privately it has not been rescinded; Neier scores order as 'incredibly sweeping'; says it ignores fact that dept personnel have const rights
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Selection of Ellsberg Jury Is Being Conducted on Two Levels; Questions Submitted Jury Is the Second
Date: 09 January 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
30 prospective jurors have been dismissed so far as selection of 2d jury in Pentagon papers case enters 4th day; 3 have been dismissed because J Lowenthal, girl hired by defense team, guestioned jurors on her own initiative about their views on trial; Lowenthal's atty R Grossman tells Judge W M Byrne Jr that she had not been assigned by defense to do any work and that she had acted entirely on her own; defense asks Byrne to question prospective jurors to see if they have been affected by publicity arising from girl's actions
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World Survey Shows NewsmenFaced Growing Censorship Problems in 1972; AFRICA ASIA EUROPE LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN MIDDLE EAST SOVIET UNION
Date: 10 January 1973
By The Associated Press
AP survey of flow of new across internatl boundaries during '72 repts that Nigerian Govt practices no offical censorship, but fear of arrest and detention without trial inhibits press freedom
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PATRIOTIC SAYING EXCLUDES A JUROR; Ellsberg Defense Objects to 'Country Right or Wrong'
Date: 10 January 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
4 prospective jurors in Pentagon papers case are dismissed on Jan 9 when defense attys use peremptory challenges in 5th day of jury selection; 1 woman is challenged by defense for cause because she used phrase 'the Government, right or wrong'; Fed Dist Judge W M Byrne Jr rules against defense challenge and defense then uses 1 of its peremptory challenges; defense also uses peremptory challenge to dismiss man who said that US 'must not submit to Communist threat'
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STATE IS PRESSINGATTICA NEWS CASE; Contends a Reporter Must Testify on Crime He Saw News' Defined
Date: 10 January 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLERSpecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERSpecial
NYS special asst atty gen M B Spoont seeks testimony from TV newsmen S Dan and R Barnes, who entered Attica prison after inmate take-over in Sept, '71; newsmen have refused to testify before grand jury, contending that to do so would convert them into investigators for police and jeopardize their ability to gather news from dissidents and criminals who fear prosecution; prosecutors are especially interested in Dan's testimony because he was witness and innocent participant in chain of events that led to double homicide in prison; Dan was interviewing inmates B Schwartz and K Hess, who were later killed by other inmates for their alleged treason in speaking to reporter
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Nixon, at 60, Gives Formula for Living: 'Never Slow Down'; Nixon, at 60, Says 'Never Slow Down'
Date: 09 January 1973
On eve of his 60th birthday, Pres Nixon looks back on some of his milestone decades
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TV Review; New Orleans Slayings in Live 'Bulletins'
Date: 09 January 1973
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor revs major TV network's live coverage of gun battle between sniper and police at Howard Johnson Motel in downtown New Orleans
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A.B.C. News Picks Sheehan As Chief Operating Officer
Date: 10 January 1973
W Sheehan on Jan 9 is apptd ABC News sr vp
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