ALLENDE BACKERS ATTACKING PRESS; Leader Denies Restrictions, but Campaign Goes On
Date: 03 October 1971
By JOSEPH NOVITSKISpecial to The New York Times
Pres Allende followers try to discredit communications media that oppose Govt; activity spurred by Allende's decision to close UPI Santiago office because of UPI's supposed role in alleged anti-Govt plot; UPI will be allowed to continue news distribution but Santiago office chief M Houseman will not be allowed to continue as office head; Interior Min J Gonzalez Toha tells delegation from Santiago Foreign Correspondents Assn that Govt wants to punish UPI but has nothing against Houseman; Pres denies charges from abroad that Govt restricts press freedom; media has more freedom to express views than several other S Amer contries; Govt does not halt campaign against El Mercurio (newspaper); bumper stickers reading 'El Mercurio lies' continue to appear in Santiago
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For Both The Wise And The Fools; 1st Amendment:
Date: 03 October 1971
-- WALTER RUGABER
Sen (Ervin) subcom hearings on freedom of press revd
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Ellsberg Friend, Held 47 Days, Agrees to Testify and Is Freed
Date: 02 October 1971
By STEVEN V. ROBERTSSpecial to The New York Times
Steven ROBERTSSpecial
A J Russo, in jail for 47 days for silence before grand jury probing Pentagon papers case, agrees to testify and is set free; scheduled to testify Oct 18; decided to testify after Fed Ct ruled it will allow him to have a stenographer in grand jury room to obtain transcript of testimony and will allow him to make it public; lawyers say ruling allowing traditionally secret grand jury testimony to be made pub is unprecedented and will probably be appealed by Govt; Russo complains of harsh prison conditions; Warden J J Walsh denies Russo's charges; Russo illus with Ellsberg
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The Freedom to Speak
Date: 03 October 1971
By SAM J. ERVIN Jr
Sam ERVIN
Sen Ervin scores Adm efforts to probe, by grand jury, actions of Sen Gravel in connection with Pentagon papers, excerpts from remarks made by Ervin; says Adm argues that it may tell a Sen when and with what information he can discuss war
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Judge Scores Ban at Attica on News Interviews With Inmates
Date: 02 October 1971
By JAMES F. CLARITYSpecial to The New York Times
James CLARITYSpecial
Fed Judge Curtin, repeatedly asking NYS Asst Atty Gen Ricotta to explain why newsmen should not be allowed into Attica prison to int inmates, says that pub is receiving 'one-sided view' of incident because newsmen have been barred from interviewing inmates since uprising was crushed; Ricotta says that Comr Oswald suspended at Attica 'guidelines' for newsmen visiting prisons under provision of guidelines stipulating that newsmen could be excluded if it was deemed that security, safety or integrity of facility would be threatened; newsmen's atty H Schwartz says that regardless of state guidelines, established July 15, he is seeking ct order to force state to open Attica to newsmen for ints with inmates; details
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At the Lottery in Saigon: Getting Away From the Election and All
Date: 02 October 1971
By ALVIN SHUSTERSpecial to The New York Times
Saigon scene on eve of Pres election; illus
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