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Date: 11 February 1973
By FRANK STANTON
Frank STANTON
F Stanton, vice chmn of CBS, comments on Sup Ct decision holding that newsmen, at least with respect to investigations by grand juries, have no general First Amendment right to refuse to disclose information; calls for legis to create absolute newsman's privilege, which would apply not only to Fed Govt, but to states, regardless of present shield laws or lack of them
Date: 11 February 1973
Reporter L Rudakewych (AP) on Feb 10 escapes Communist ambush 16 miles east of Phnom Penh; Rudakewych had mistakenly passed Govt lines and gone about 1/2 mile into Communist-controlled segment of Route 1
Date: 10 February 1973
Special to The New York Times
US spokesman announces on Feb 9 that at request of Laotian Govt, Amer sources in Laos will no longer provide newsmen with information on mil situation; links request to current sensitive stage in peace negotiations; curb on reptg also believed intended to obscure losses, resulting from Communist offensive under way for 2 weeks
Date: 11 February 1973
DAVID K. SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
rev of discussions by reporters, attys and legislators on bills that would give newsmen right to refuse to identify their confidential sources even if subpoenaed by grand juries, that have taken place during meeting of HR Judiciary Com Subcom Number 3
Date: 11 February 1973
By James Reston
James Reston
J Reston comment on current legislative controversy over right of newsmen to keep their sources confidential; holds that Nixon Adm policy toward press has created atmosphere of anxiety among Washington civil servants, who are real source of information, and who are now intimidated by threat that they may be identified by newsmen if they release information; holds that despite Adm pressure Amer life and tradition are too strong to be overwhelmed by initimidation of civil servants or orders by Sup Ct to hand over information reporters possess about their sources and in their notes
Date: 11 February 1973
Jury in Boise, Idaho, awards $15,000 damages to O Taylor on Feb 7 as result of KTVB-TV's broadcasting newscast in which Taylor's nude body was shown as police pulled him from his house naked while making an arrest
Date: 11 February 1973
By A. M. Rosenthal
NY Times managing ed A M Rosenthal article on current controversy between press and Nixon Adm over press freedom holds that for 1st time Govt has been using cts as ally against press to try to prevent it from performing its duties
Date: 10 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Brig Gen P F Gorman, major prosecution witness in Pentagon papers trial, says on Feb 9 that as far as he is concerned, geography book, public opinion polls and transcripts of Cong hearings, all public information, could be helpful to foreign intelligence analysts; under cross-examination by defense atty L I Weinglass, says that about 200,000 US Govt employes are privy to top secret information; Weinglass shows Gorman 'exec message' from Joint Chiefs of Staff dated Nov 10, '66, extract from Pentagon papers; Gorman previously testified that its disclosure, even as late as '69, would damage natl defense; Weinglass then shows Gorman rept by Adm U SG Sharp Jr, commander in chief of Pacific Forces in '65-'68, that was made public in '69 and had more detail about same 'exec message' than Pentagon papers had; Gorman says that Sharp's rept could have been 'useful' to foreign intelligence but would not have been an 'advantage' to foreign nation
Date: 11 February 1973
By WAYNE KING
Wayne KING
survey of efforts of various states to implement or strengthen existing statutes insuring newsmen's right to keep their sources and information confidential, in light of plethora of bills introduced to legislatures; notes that varying nature of proposals drawn to protect newsmen from revealing their sources indicates little agreement on who should be covered by protection, and how far it should extend; positions of officials and states discussed include Gov T J Meskill (Conn), Gov M Mandel (Maryland), Sen R Berry (Maine), Gov P J Lucey (Wisc), Hawaii and Kansas
Date: 11 February 1973
Spokesman for Canadian delegation of ICCS, Feb 10, says plans for news coverage of first POWs release in S Vietnam, at Quan Loi, where 27 Amers will be freed, have apparently been dropped; says he got word that newsmens' pool was disapproved by Vietcong, but Vietcong says disapproval came from other elements'; a Saigon source says some US mil officials were opposed for fear proceedings would be disrupted