RHODESIA DEFENDS TRIAL OF NEWSMAN
Date: 10 April 1973
Special to The New York Times
Rhodesian Govt, reacting to worldwide protests aroused by secret trial of Rhodesian journalist P Niesewand, points out Apr 9 that secret trials have been held in other countries; says it cannot comment on merits of criticism because Niesewand has appealed his conviction and case is still before ct
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Russo Weeps as He Tells Jury About Change in Views on War; Russo Weeps as He Testifies About Change in His Feelings About Vietnam War Grand Jury Defied Ellsberg Came Over Top Secret Markings
Date: 10 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
A J Russo Jr, 1 of defendants in Pentagon papers trial, testifies on Apr 9 on his experiences in Vietnam during 2 yrs he was there for Rand Corp and how visit changed his way of thinking about N Vietnamese; weeps as he describes incident in which he int Vietcong prisoner who told Russo about his beliefs and occupation teaching young people; tells of his friendship with defendant D Ellsberg and how they Xeroxed Pentagon papers at ad agency with help of Mrs L S Resnick, who owns agency; chief prosecutor D R Nissen asks Russo who had cut classification markings off Xeroxed copies and why; Russo says he cannot recall details but that removal of markings had been done so that their presence would not 'scare people who didn't understand that they had no meaning'; details his experiences writing repts for Air Force on 'anti-personnel weapons'; Russo illus
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German Printers Strike
Date: 10 April 1973
West Ger printers conduct surprise walkout on Apr 9 to back demands for higher wages; union repts that strike will prevent pub on Apr 10 of nearly all nation's papers
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Appeals Court Upholds Fining of 2 Reporters
Date: 10 April 1973
US Appeals Ct for 5th Circuit on Apr 9 upholds contempt citation against reporters L Dickinson (Baton Rouge State-Times) and G Adams (Baton Rouge Morning Advocate) who violated orders of US Dist Judge E G West by printing articles about open-ct testimony involving conspiracy to murder charges against F Stewart
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British Newspapers Agree to Settlement Of TheirLibelBattle; Discussed Paper's Closing
Date: 10 April 1973
Brit High Ct on Apr 9 discloses apology from London Times to Lord Rothmere, his son and their newspaper chain, Assoc Newspaper Group Ltd, for 'unjustified charges' contained in article written by Times columnist B Levin; Times agrees to pay costs of libel suit, estimated $125,000
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The U.S. vs. The People
Date: 10 April 1973
ed on Nixon Adm's proposed revision of Criminal Code holds that proposals represent not so much revision of code as effort to rewrite 1st Amendment and subject Amer people to kind of guaranteed ignorance about inner workings of their Govt; says proposal is 'nightmare threat to freedom of press, to people's right to know and to very concept of govt with consent of governed'; says proposed new powers would give to Govt virtually unltd license to shape foreign and defense policies in insulation from either Cong or people and effect could be to make all fiscal arrangements of mil-industrial complex immune to public scrutiny
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In the Small Print, an 'Official Secrets Act'
Date: 09 April 1973
By Edmund S. Muskie
Edmund Muskie
excepts from speech delivered Apr 1 by Sen E S Muskie at Frostburg State Coll concerning introduction of legis proposal (S. 1400) in Cong as revision of Fed Criminal Code; Muskie holds that 5 sections of that bill, taken together, would establish in peacetime a system of Govt censorship that democracy could hardly tolerate in time of war; holds that proposed 'official secrets act,' which would punish Govt officials who disclosed almost any kind of defense and foreign policy information and would punish newsmen who recd information, would perpetuate widespread abuses of secrecy that have already been committed; cautions against blanket prohibition against disclosure of classified information on ground that it would enforce public ignorance by making criminals out of honest men and women who put public interest above bureaucratic secrecy
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WNET Names Directors For Programing and News
Date: 10 April 1973
WNET names R Kotlowitz programing dir and F M Bohen news dir
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