Editor Warns of Peril In Bill on Secret Data
Date: 17 April 1974
Washington Post exec dir Benjamin Bradlee on April 16 says that Nixon Adm bill making it crime to disclose classified information will emasculate press freedom, speech, Dirks Newspaper Forum
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Newsman Arrested
Date: 18 April 1974
Reporter R L Revenaugh (San Francisco Examiner) is arrested on April 16 for refusing to leave Calif PUC meeting; is freed on $250 bail (S)
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TV Urged for Meetings Of Impeachment Panel
Date: 17 April 1974
HR Judiciary Com member Repr W Owens urges that HR rules be changed to permit TV coverage of current business meetings of com's impeachment inquiry (S)
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U.S. Aide Scores Supervision
Date: 18 April 1974
John W Husen, Justice Dept's Public Information Dir, on Apr 17 deplores suspension of photographer James More by Associated Press for allegedly giving information about Indian occupation of Wounded Knee, SD, in '73 to FBI; holds newsmen are citizens with obligation to cooperate with law enforcement authorities; Atty Gen William B Saxbe says More was not informer but witness (S)
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Florida's 'Right-to-Reply' Law Is Argued Before Supreme Court
Date: 18 April 1974
Special to The New York Times
Prof Jerome A Barron of George Washington Univ Law School argues before US Sup Ct that Fla law requiring newspapers to print replies from pol candidates implements rather than offends const guarantee of press freedom; urges ct to sustain 'right to reply' statute, holding that nation can afford 'some slight legis' aid to promote free and fair debate between competitors for public office; is representing Pat L Tornillo Jr, unsuccessful candidate for Fla Legis who was editorially criticized by Miami Herald in campaign and submitted statements of rejoinder that paper refused to print; Tornillo, under '13 Fla statute invoked only once before, sued paper to compel it to print statements (M)
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Printers Go Back Into Court Tomorrow; Telegram Cited
Date: 17 April 1974
ITU Local 6 is scheduled to renew its efforts on April 18 to have cts vacate 2 injunctions that have restricted union's ability to call meetings and work slowdowns during working hrs (M)
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Ehrlichman Denies He Is Cool to Nixon
Date: 18 April 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSHSpecial to The New York Times
John D Ehrlichman on April 17 publicly pledges his allegiance to Pres Nixon and Adm in reptd attempt to put end to repeated speculation about his loyality in face of at least 3 pending criminal trials, 1 of which involves his role in Ellsberg break in
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COURT DECLARES HOFFMAN FUGITIVE; Acts in 3d Failure to Appear for Cocaine-Case Hearing
Date: 17 April 1974
By C. GERALD FRASER
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Abbie Hoffman, arrested in NYC in '73 for selling cocaine to police undercover agent, is declared fugitive on Apr 16 for failing to appear at ct hearing (S)
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RICHARDSON APPEALS FOR DILIGENT PRESS
Date: 18 April 1974
Former US Atty Gen Elliott L Richardson on April 17 says that news media must 'insist on being told the truth, and expand efforts to dig the truth out', speech, Amer Soc of Newspaper Editors; says that resonable suspicion of corruption in govt is justification for 'extraordinary efforts' at getting facts (S)
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TWO COURTS TO HEAR I.T.U VIEW ON WRITS
Date: 18 April 1974
ITU reprs Raymond Brown and Ralph Pancallo are scheduled to be present on April 18 when ITU Local 6 seeks to have cts vacate 2 injunctions enjoining local from interfering with operations at NY Times or News (S)
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