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President Reportedly Gave Ellsberg Break-In Defense; Defendants Aided Break-In Defense Laid to Nixon No Comment on Contents 'Bona Fide Investigation'

Date: 14 May 1974

By SEYMOUR M. HERSHSpecial to The New York Times

Reliable sources on May 13 rept Pres Nixon, in lr sent 2 wks ago to Fed Judge Gerhard Gesell, declared that White House plumbers unit was operating under gen delegation of his Pres authority when it broke into office of Dr Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist, Dr Lewis Fielding, in 71; lawyers int say lr could prove significant in trial, set for June 17, because under criminal statute involved, prosecutors must prove that intent of defendants was to commit crime; some say that lr greatly improves defendants' chances of successfully arguing that their intent was to follow Pres instructions on matter of natl security; other lawyers say lr will have minimal impact on trial because Watergate prosecutors will focus on what they believe to be goal of plumbers--to get pol damaging information about Ellsberg; sources say Nixon, in lr, said he made full delegation of his Pres powers in attempt to stem series of newspaper leaks that he perceived as threats to natl security and foreign relations; say Nixon wrote that his intention was to give subordinates fullest auth under Const to halt leaks; deputy White House press sec Gerald Warren confirms that private communication has been sent to Judge Gesell but refuses to comment on its contents; case detailed; defendants listed (L)

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POWERS TO TALK TO PARENT UNION; Newspaper Bargaining to Be Subject of Colorado Visit Facts to Be Submitted

Date: 14 May 1974

By DAMON STETSON

Damon STETSON

intensive negotiations between Typographical Union 6 and publishers of NYC's 3 major newspapers continue on May 13; news blackout continues but sources say talks are entering crucial stage; union pres Bertram Powers will go to Colorado to confer with exec council of parent ITU about possible sanction for strike or recognition of Daily News lockout; issues revd (M)

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BRITAIN CHARGES VAST I.R.A. PLOT; Wilson Says Seized Papers Showed Plan to Seize Key Areas of Belfast Wilson Says Seized Papers Showed Plan to Seize Key Areas of Belfast Lack of Understanding Cited 'Scorched Earth' Policy

Date: 14 May 1974

By ALVIN SHUSTERSpecial to The New York Times

Brit Prime Min Wilson announces that Brit Govt has uncovered IRA plot for extended terror campaign designed to take over key areas in Belfast; says documents included orders to IRA commanders, maps, draft proclamation to Ulster's population and targets, including TV stations and newspaper offices; disclosure, which is usually made by Army and Ulster police hq, is in apparent effort to dramatize problems faced by Brit Govt in trying to bring peace to prov; GB is under renewed criticism for some past abuses by Brit soldiers in handling IRA prisoners and suspects being held without trial; documents are believed to have been found in Belfast apt of IRA Provisional wing leader Brendan Hughes, who was recently arrested (M)

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Talks Put Off Until Today By Printers and Publishers; Electricians Without Pact Reassessment Is Due

Date: 13 May 1974

By EMANUEL PERLMUTTER

Emanuel PERLMUTTER

ITU Local 6 and NY Times, News and Post on May 12 conduct daylong negotiations but fail to reach agreement on new contract that would end printers work stoppage at News; Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger issues statement that talks have reached critical stage and repeats earlier pledge that Times will make every effort to help News publish

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CUBAN MAGAZINE BOMBED IN MIAMI; Terrorists Are Suspected of Action Against Weekly Slaying of Jeweler Political Motive Doubted

Date: 14 May 1974

Special to The New York Times

Plastic bombs, apparently placed by Cuban terrorists, destroys office on May 12 in bldg of Replica, Florida-based wkly news magazine; explosion was preceded by phoned extortion threat to editor Max Lesnik; Lesnik says that man identifying himself as member of 'secret army' demanded that he give army same amount of money as Replica paid in taxes in '73

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' Sexism' and Lack Of Ms.'s in Press Stir Women's Ire

Date: 13 May 1974

Writer Ellen Cohen comments on news media's attitude towards women, A J Liebling Counter-Conv, May 12, at panel entitled Women: In the News and Newsroom; women speakers complain about what they consider 'sexism' in news-gathering indus, noting that few women hold mgt jobs and that few major newspapers will use Ms instead of Miss or Mrs; Cohen holds that gen press refusal to use Ms is 'unquestionably political' and that although White House will remove such words as 'Jew boy' and 'wop' from transcripts of tapes finally released by Pres Nixon, they would not remove what she considers equally bad words like 'broad' and 'girls' rather than women

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Dissident Periodical Is Revived in Soviet; Moral' Issue for Dissidents Few Issues Circulated

Date: 13 May 1974

By CHRISTOPHER S. WRENSpecial to The New York Times

Christopher WRENSpecial

Soviet underground newsletter Chronicle of Current Events has been revived 18 mos after crackdown by secret police forced it to halt publication; recent appearance of 3 successive issues is taken as indication that some dissidents have resolved to reassert themselves in organized fashion despite expulsion of Solzhenitsyn in Feb and scattering of other prominent dissidents through emigration or prosecution by Soviet authorities; by Oct '72 issue of Chronicle, its last, pub was already target of vigorous crackdown by KGB; toward to 28th issue confirmed that publication and distribution had been stopped because of alleged threats to KGB; 28th, 29th and 30th issues of newslr, made available to Western newsmen on May 12 recapitulate what has occurred since last issue beginning with death of poet Yuri Galanskov on Nov 2, '72 and continuing up to last Dec; 1 prominent dissident confirms that new issues are genuine but there is no indication whether it will continue to appear every 2 mos

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Saigon Aide Denies Accusing The Times Of Voicing a Threat

Date: 14 May 1974

Special to The New York Times

Saigon spokesman Bui Bao True denies, May 13, he told UPI that he accused NY Times of threatening the Govt to write unfavorable story if authorities did not permit resumption of wkly news confs by Vietcong delegation to Joint Mil Comm; says he had responded to a question about a purported threat by a foreign newsman, saying Govt would not tolerate such 'blackmail' and would expel such a newsman in 48 hrs (M)

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Israelis Show Golan Sector to Press; Release Is Opposed

Date: 14 May 1974

By BERNARD GWERTZMANSpecial to The New York Times

newsmen traveling with Sec Kissinger are flown by helicopter on May 13 to disputed Golan Hts area as part of Israel's effort to impress on Amers value Israel places on maintaining control of 3 hills near town of El Quneitra

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NEWS INDEX

Date: 13 May 1974

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