Imprisoned Press
Date: 17 November 1972
ed on jailing of reporter W T Farr (Los Angeles Times) for refusing to disclose source of news story about C Manson murders holds effect of sentence is to twist rules adopted by Amer Bar Assn; assn 3 yrs ago approved new code empowering judges to prohibit attys from releasing information about criminal cases outside courtroom; stresses that rules were intended solely to govern conduct of witnesses, atty and officers of ct and not to limit freedom of newsmen
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Scholar Seeks to Limit Pentagon Papers Queries
Date: 17 November 1972
By ROBERT REINHOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Prof S L Popkin, who faces jail for contempt of ct, stipulates on Nov 16 that he will answer grand jury questions on release of Pentagon papers under assumption that they will deal only with conversations with his fellow scholars; contends that Fed Govt has said it was not asking him to name sensitive confidential sources; Popkin's atty D Klubock says that as for question of Popkin giving testimony on Ellsberg, it will depend on whether Popkin considers him scholar or sensitive source
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Protecting News Sources
Date: 17 November 1972
FREDRICK E. SHERMAN
Fredrick SHERMAN
F E Sherman lr on recent US Sup Ct decision that denied reporters right to protect confidential sources notes Wisconsin Univ newspaper editor M Knops was jailed by Wisconsin ct for failure to respond to grand jury questions on bombing of Army Math Research Center on campus
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Coast Reporter Again Told To Disclose Source to Court
Date: 16 November 1972
Reporter W T Farr (Los Angeles Times), formerly reporter for Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, has been advised to appear in Los Angeles ct on Nov 15 to be asked again by Judge C H Older to indentify source of article he wrote in '70 about C Manson 'family' during murder trial of Manson; if Farr continues to refuse to inform ct of identity of person who gave him copies of statement about other puported murders planned by group, Older is expected to order him jailed indefinitely on charges of contempt
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U.N. Defers Press Issue
Date: 17 November 1972
Special to The New York Times
UN Gen Assembly on Nov 16 defers until '73 consideration of draft convention for protection of journalists working in areas of armed conflict
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MESKILL SCORES TALK OF 'PRESS PRIVILEGE'
Date: 17 November 1972
Special to The New York Times
Conn Gov Meskill asserts on Nov 15 that there is 'serious talk' of law that would give newsmen same right of privileged communications now enjoyed by clergymen, doctors and attys; state Sen L B Rome says bill proposing such a law could reach Conn Gen Assembly floor in '73, although support does not appear to be widespread currently; Meskill says that right of privileged communications is 'being claimed with increasing frequency by as unlikely a group to deserve it as any nightmare could conjure up'
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Trial Date to Be Set
Date: 17 November 1972
US Dist Judge W M Byrne says on Nov 16 that attys will meet on Nov 21 to fix starting date for trial of D Ellsberg for theft of Pentagon papers
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NEWSMAN JAILED OVER SOURCE DATA; But He Is Freed in Dispute Over Disclosure on Trial
Date: 17 November 1972
By ROBERT A. WRIGHTSpecial to The New York Times
Robert WRIGHTSpecial
Superior Ct Judge C H Older on Nov 16 sends reporter W T Farr (Los Angeles Times), formerly reporter from Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, to jail for indefinite term for refusing to disclose sources for news article on C Manson murder case; about 3 1/2 hrs after Farr enters courthouse he is released on his own recognizance by state appeals ct, which agrees to rule on petition to free him; Farr's atty M Hurwitz contends that ct no longer has jurisdiction because statute of limitations has run out; says that in 1st confrontation in Older's chambers, on eve of article's pub, Older acknowledged that under Calif law Farr was not obliged to reveal his sources
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TV for the World
Date: 17 November 1972
WILLIAM B. LLOYD
W B Lloyd lr contends US can promote greater freedom of information in socialist countries by giving UN cost-free access to Intelsat satellite technology; suggests that impartial news programs and Forum of Nations, in which every nation could broadcast on monthly rotation, could be carried over estimated 1,800 satellite stations; cartoon
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