Brazilian Court Closes Case Of Journalist's Death in Jail
Date: 12 March 1976
Brazilian mil ct has closed case of journalist Vladimir Herzog, who died in Army interrogation cell, ruling that he committed suicide; Sao Paulo journalists' union objected to filling from ct and asked that mil Govt study case further (S)
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Judge Stays Disclosures Of Reserve Unit's Rulings
Date: 12 March 1976
By EDWIN L. DALE Jr. Special to The New York Times
Edwin DALE
Fed Dist Judge Joseph C Waddy stays his order requiring immediate announcement of Fed Reserve Open Mkt Com decisions, which are not now made public until 45 days after each com meeting, pending appeal; stay is part of Waddy's written decision holding com's acts are subject to Freedom of Information Act (M)
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SELECTION OF JURY BEGINS FOR SOLIAH; Patricia Hearst Companion Accused in Bank Robbery
Date: 11 March 1976
jury selection begins, Sacramento, Calif, for trial of Stephen Soliah, companion of Patricia Hearst while she was fugitive, on charges of robbing bank in which customer Myrna Lee Opsahl was killed; Judge Philip C Wilkins rejects defense motion to move trial from Sacramento; illus (M)
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Schorr, Interviewed On Rival Network, Defends Disclosure
Date: 12 March 1976
Schorr,appearing on NBC Tomorrow Show, reiterates his basic assertion that in making copy of rept available he had done what Times did in publishing paperback edition of Pentagon papers (S)
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NIXON TESTIFIES KISSINGER PICKED WIRETAP TARGETS; Says He Ordered the Action but That His Adviser Gave the Names to F.B.I. DEPOSITION IN LAWSUIT Sworn Statements by the Two Men Appear to Be in Conflict in Two Areas Nixon Testifies That Kissinger Picked Targets for Wiretaps in 1969
Date: 11 March 1976
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK Special to The New York Times
Former Pres Nixon says in sworn testimony made public on Mar 10 that he ordered program of phone wiretaps in '69 to locate news leaks, but that it was Henry Kissinger who supplied FBI with names of original targets of program; statements were contained in 169-page deposition that was taken at his San Clemente home last Jan in damage suit filed by Morton H Halperin, 1 of 17 persons whose phones were tapped by FBI; Nixon says that former FBI Dir J Edgar Hoover told him less than 1 wk after Nixon took office that a Brit journalist (reptd to be London Sunday Times correspondent Henry Brandon) was wiretapped in an earlier Adm and was suspect as Brit intelligence agent; Justice Dept officials say they are unable to find any basis for Nixon's statement about such wiretap(M)
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ATHERTON NAMED IN MIDEAST LEAK; Department 'Reprimands' A Top Kissinger Aide
Date: 12 March 1976
sources say Alfred L Atherton Jr, Asst Sec of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, has been reprimanded for his part in disclosure of some of Sec Kissinger's secret conversations with Middle East leaders; Atherton may have believed he was within Kissinger's guidelines when be briefed Sheehan on records of conversation; rather mild disciplinary action of reprimand would seem to indicate that Kissinger felt Atherton's motivation was not malicious (M)
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Excerpts From Nixon Deposition About Security Wiretaps in the Halperin Case; Excerpts: Former President Testifies on Concern Over Release of Secret Data.
Date: 11 March 1976
Excerpts from 1st public testimony by ex-Pres Nixon on use of natl security wiretaps during his Adm; Nixon gave deposition in San Clemente, Calif, in Jan in connection with civil action now before Fed ct, Washington, DC; those participating in deposition noted; illustrations of Kissinger and Nixon (L)
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Affiliates Committee of CBS Radio Urged Dismissal of Schorr
Date: 11 March 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS News officials, a few days before CBS News suspended Schorr, recd telegram from affiliates exec com of CBS Radio asking that Schorr be taken off air; telegram also advised CBS News to consider dismissing him; was signed by Thad Sandstrom, head of WIBW in Topeka, Kan, and chmn of exec com, who said recommendation was being made by unanimous vote of com after conversations with other CBS Radio affiliates; said affiliates considered Schorr guilty of 'breach of newsman's ethics' and that his action 'seriously damages his believability and objectivity for CBS News'; network affiliates took no action although WREG-TV gen mgr Charles Brakefield expressed his own concern about Schorr affair in lr to CBS News pres Richard S Salant; CBS News sr vp William Small said telegram from radio affiliates 'was not an element' in his and Salant's decision to relieve Schorr of his assignments (M)
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Nixon Again Deplores Leak on Bombing Cambodia
Date: 11 March 1976
Nixon in deposition, laments that publication of Pentagon papers by NY Times have made leaks 'fashionable' and 'rewarding' to Govt officials (S)
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