KROGH ASKS COURT TO SUMMON NIXON; Says President Has Refused Help on Ellsberg Case
Date: 09 November 1973
former White House aide E Krogh Jr, contending that Pres Nixon has 'refused to cooperate' with Krogh's attys, has asked Calif ct to subpoena Nixon for questioning concerning conversations with D Ellsberg; Krogh, with J D Ehrlichman and D Young also ask for tape recording or written records of White House meetings in which Pres discussed Ellsberg and disclosure of Pentagon papers; only meeting cited, on March 21, '73, is among those recorded on tapes that Fed Judge J J Sirica has requested in Watergate inquiry; Krogh's atty N Schlei, says in pre-trial discovery motion released by ct on Nov 7 that Nixon 'has, for his own reasons, so far refused to cooperate with counsel for Krogh in permitting access to potentially exculpatory evidence'
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SURVEY FINDS MOST BACK A NEWS SHIELD
Date: 09 November 1973
Nationwide Gallup Poll repts that total of 62% of Amers believe newspaper reporter should not be required to reveal confidential sources if he is taken to ct to testify about information appearing in news article, compared with 57% in survey conducted last Nov
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GUILD VOTE ENDS STRIKE AT NEWS; Publication Resumes After a Two-Day Stoppage Picketing Line Planned Actions Defended
Date: 08 November 1973
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
striking members of Newspaper Guild on Nov 7 vote to accept new contract offer from NY Daily News and within 1 hr begin reptg back to work; picket lines, which prevented News from publishing edition on Nov 6 and 7 are lifted; News spokesman repts that paper was not able to publish 1st edition but began distributing other editions before midnight; leaders of strikers at News had warned that if NY Times attempted to print News they would place picket lines at Times, raising possibilty that employes there would not go to work and that long strike might be precipitated; Guild members sharply criticize Guild exec vp J E Deegan and sec-treas H Fisdell, charging that Times unit of Guild, by settling on Nov 5 after News unit went on strike, had undercut their efforts to obtain better contract; News unit leader P McLaughlin says he feels proposed contract is 'best we're going to get at this time'
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The Critics' Critic
Date: 09 November 1973
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Patrick Buchanan
P J Buchanan article on B Bagdikian's attack on Pres's daily news summary asserts that question at issue is not vapidity in that attack but validity of Pres's allegation that recent reportage of Watergate developments has been unbalanced, unfair and, indeed, hysterical; cartoon
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Chilean Police Release Wife Of an Expelled Journalist
Date: 09 November 1973
Mrs M Sourander, wife of expelled Swedish journalist, B Sourander, is released in Santiago, Chile, on Nov 8 after being held by Chilean police for more than 24 hrs; says that she was questioned for 4 hrs before her release and that she was treated with courtesy; was arrested on Nov 6 when she attempted to enter former Cuban Embassy which is now under protection of Swedish Embassy
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A Korean Journalist, Citing Fear, Won't Return to Seoul
Date: 09 November 1973
Mrs J M J Moon, S Korean journalist in the US, says she will not return to Seoul as ordered by her employer, Munwha Broadcasting Co, because she fears physical harm from S Korean CIA for having reptd that US officials were critical of S Korean Govt's role in Kim Dae Jung abduction case
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Newspaper Access Ordered in Suffolk For Inmates of Jail
Date: 09 November 1973
Fed Judge P F Weinstein orders Suffolk County jail authorities to grant prisoners free access to newspapers despite county's assertion that it would have 'disruptive effects' upon inmates; Weinstein, acting on petition by prisoner D D Manicone, rules that denial of access to news violates prisoner's rights under 1st Amendment; notes that Sheriff P F Corso and Warden J F Cleary did not deny Manicone's allegations; jail officials objected to free access to newspapers when news events dealt with crimes, police activites and accounts dealing with case of an inmate; contend that accumulation of newspapers raises serious problem of fire prevention and control; Weinstein directs jail authorities to make available copies of newspapers normally read by residents of Suffolk: LI Press, NY Daily News, NY Times and Newsday
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N. B. C. Offers Marchi a Chance To Reply to Remarks by Stokes
Date: 08 November 1973
WNBC-TV on Nov 7 invites NYS Sen J Marchi, NYC Repub mayoral candidate, to reply to commentator C B Stokes's election-night remarks to which Marchi strongly objected; Marchi declines invitation to appear on 6 PM news broadcast because he is 'too doggone tired' after campaign and is preparing to leave for Italy; says he will consider appearing after returning from Italy; again sharply criticizes Stokes for remark he made that 59% of Italian-Amer voters voted for either Marchi, who made 'very strident appeal to fear,' or for Conservative candidate US Repr M Biaggi, who was not 'candid and truthful' about his appearance before grand jury; says remark is 'bum rap' not so much against him as against '59% of Italo-Americans' who Stokes said voted for 'man under legal cloud' or one 'appealing to fear'; Stokes said day before that no slur was intended; maintained that ethnic voting was always 'part of the pattern of voting' in NYC
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