PRINTERS LEADERS ARE FOUND GUILTY; 3 Are Fined $250 Each for Stoppages at The Times
Date: 17 October 1973
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
NYS Sup Ct Justice V A Massi on Oct 16 finds ITU Local 6 pres B A Powers and union officials D W Crockett and M Brody guilty of criminal contempt for interfering with and delaying operations of NY Times on Oct 12 and 13; levies $250 fines against each man; rejects motion by Times to find men and their union in civil contempt and liable for damages, put at $92,000 by Times witnesses; local's sec-treas T W Kopeck, 4th defendant named in show-cause order, is not found guilty; Times atty J Canoni says that Massi had signed order making permanent an injunction enjoining officers and members of local from striking, picketing, slowing down or interrupting operations in Times composing room
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TIMES GIVES CASE AGAINST PRINTERS; Costs of Work Stoppages Cited in Testimony Advertising Losses
Date: 16 October 1973
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
NY Times on Oct 15 presents testimony and evidence in NYS Sup Ct to support its contention that ITU Local 6 and its leaders should be fined for civil and criminal contempt for interfering with production of Times in violation of ct order; does not ask that local pres B A Powers be imprisoned but does urge that ct fix compensory fines covering damages suffered by newspaper
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Hunt to Use Issue Pivotal for Ellsberg
Date: 17 October 1973
By ANTHONY RIPLEYSpecial to The New York Times
Watergate conspirator E H Hunt Jr will cite improper Govt conduct in efforts to win new trial; S S Sachs, Hunt's atty, says on Oct 16 that materials from Hunt's safe at Exec Office Bldg were never turned over to Hunt for preparation of his defense, despite ct order directing release; says that as result evidence available to support his defense was withheld from him before he entered his guilty plea and he was 'entitled to it'; some of evidence may have been destroyed by ex-FBI Acting Dir Gray, who has said he burned 2 envelopes of information from Hunt's safe; Hunt's contention is that break-in at Dem Natl hq on June 17 '72 was either done legally or that he had reason to believe it was legal and thus did not act with criminal intent
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Retired Publisher Honored
Date: 16 October 1973
J W Seacrest, retired co-publisher of Lincoln, Neb, Journal, on Oct 15 receives '73 Minn Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism sponsored by Minn School of Journalism
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Chile Orders Expulsion Of 4 Foreign Newsmen
Date: 16 October 1973
By MARVINE HOWESpecial to The New York Times
Chilean authorities on Oct 15 order expulsion of 4 foreign newsmen, P Labreveux (Le Monde), L M Cervi, L Person and P Sumberd, and question 2 others, J A R Couceiro (Spanish news agency EFE) and E Bailby (L'Express), in what appears to be tightening of controls over news under mil junta which assumed power on Sept 11; pro-junta newspaper La Patria repts that Govt has banned repts on shootings, deaths or prisoners that do not emanate from official sources; instructions along these lines have been given to newspapers, magazines and radio and TV stations; Govt Sec Gen P Ewing said in speech last wk that almost all foreign correspondents are opposed to junta and are possibly paid by Marxists to deform 'the facts'
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Israeli Press Curb Illustrates Problems in Coverage of War; Data Often Conflict Problem for Newsmen
Date: 17 October 1973
By TERENCE SMITHSpecial to The New York Times
Israeli mil authorities on Oct 16 bar newsmen from Sinai Peninsula, where major battle of war remains to be fought, because of heavy fighting; Israeli mil officials censor all news articles and film; purpose of censorship is to find information they regard as useful to enemy and to sustain public morale; internatl press corps that gathered in Israel this wk is 1 of largest ever assembled anywhere; more than 600 newspapers and magazine reporters, photographers and TV personnel from more than 30 countries have been accredited since war broke out on Oct 6
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Youth Charged in Shooting
Date: 17 October 1973
16-yr-old youth has been charged with armed robbery and aggravated assault in shooting of Atlanta Const's sports editor J Outlar on Oct 7
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After the Agnew Resignation
Date: 16 October 1973
ROGER A. LOWENSTEINGEORGETTE HAUSERWALTER AUDUBONSUSAN A. URBANROBERT NEWTON BARGERJOHN F. KENNEYVERA EGNUSSEDWARD M. BARNETTJOHN E. CHAPPELL Jr.DANIEL F. HALLORAN
Roger LOWENSTEINGEORGETTE
lrs by G Hauser, Fed Public Defender for NJ R A Lowenstein, W Audubon, S A Urban, J F Kenney, V Egnuss, Rev R N Barger, J E Chappell Jr and D F Halloran on resignation of Vice Pres Agnew; Hauser says 'wheels of justice' grind efficiently in cases of income-tax evasion and kickbacks for Vice Pres but grind very slowly in 'small, inconsequential' matters such as crimes associated with Watergate and income-tax evasion for Pres; Lowenstein says only shock concerning Agnew's resignation is that he is not in jail; Audubon says Agnew's resignation did not come as result of prosecutor's warning referred to in Oct 11 ed but from most disgraceful misuse of liberal press power ever seen in history of US; Urban says that contrary to A Lewis's Oct 11 assertion that Agnew's resignation carries profoundly important reassurance that cts did their duty by Agnew and thereby showed that US was not without its insts of honor, Agnew pleaded guilty to felony charge, will serve no time in prison and was fined far less than profit he made from his criminal activity; Barger believes that by not straining quality of mercy, ends of justice were wisely served in Agnew's case; Kenney notes kickback charges against Agnew and questions whether this is worse than orgns paying attys large salaries to find tax loopholes so that they pay only nominal taxes or none at all; Egnuss calls Pres Nixon's lr to Agnew upon letter's resignation hypocritical; notes use of word patriotism and says only patriotic thing Agnew did was resign; Chappell says Agnew's resignation has symbolic meaning for US; says he stood for obscurantism, intolerance and special privileges; Halloran holds most striking aspect of Agnew's fall from grace is his utter lack of repentance and his almost pathological refusal to admit slightest possiblity of wrongdoing; suggests Atty Gen Richardson be impeached if he persists in his decision to ignore substantive evidence compiled by his own staff of possible bribery and extortion by Agnew; Agnew illus
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Transcript of Former Vice President Agnew's TV and Radio Address to Nation; Treated As Gospel Scurrilous, Inaccurate' Praise for Ford A Comparison
Date: 16 October 1973
transcript of ex-Vice Pres Agnew's Oct 15 TV and radio address
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From Percy to Press: Praise and a Caution; Notes on People
Date: 17 October 1973
ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
Sen Percy chides press on Oct 16 for its part in disseminating 'leaks' on grand jury investigation involving ex-Vice Pres Agnew
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