White House Reporters To Undergo Bag Search
Date: 15 February 1975
White House press sec Ron Nessen says briefcases and camera bags brought into White House by reporters and photographers will be searched under tighter security system aimed at preventing repetition of bomb explosion that damaged State Dept Jan 29; says members of White House press corps are not viewed as security risks but Secret Service fears that terrorists could put explosives into their equipment without their knowledge (S)
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1,000 Inmates Escape in Eritrea With Guerrillas' Help
Date: 15 February 1975
By THOMAS A. JOHNSON Special to The New York Times
Thomas JOHNSON
Fewer than 10 newsmen, out of scores that are in Ethiopia, are able to reach Asmara, where Govt troops are fighting Eritrean secessionists, before ruling Ethiopian mil council restricted travel; UPI correspondent Raymond Wilkinson, who was last foreign journalist in Asmara, was picked up by police and returned to Addis Ababa; Andrew Jaffe (Newsweek) and Dial Torgesen (Los Angeles Times) return from Asmara, where they had spent 2 days; both were questioned and released; both have since left Addis Ababa although neither was ordered to leave; Ger TV team was returned to Addis Ababa from Asmara and reporters from Reuters, BBC and Argus News Service were turned back when they tried to enter Eritrea by road (S)
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Owner of Daily in India Ties Ouster of Editor to Politics
Date: 15 February 1975
K K Birla, industrialist who owns Hindustan Times, has admitted that he was under pol pressure last fall when he gave his editor B G Verghese 6 mos' notice of dismissal; says in lr to his editor that numerous friends had advised him not to allow 1 person to hold office more than 5 yrs; lrs were made public in Delhi High Ct, where Birla has filed suit against Press Council of India; council is inquiring into Verghese affair on complaints from journalists, but Birla contends that it lacks jurisdiction (S)
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A COAST REPORTER LOSES ON CONTEMPT
Date: 15 February 1975
US Sup Ct lets stand contempt conviction of radio station mgr Will Lewis for refusing to yield to grand jury tape recording allegedly made by Patricia Hearst; was free on order from Justice Douglas until Sup Ct acted (S)
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P.R. Forever
Date: 15 February 1975
ed, noting Ronald L Ziegler's comment on poor public relations conducted by Nixon Adm with respect to Watergate, holds Ziegler remains 'prisoner' of the Amer myth: 'good public relations conquer all'
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MADRID BATTLES GROWING UNREST; Reform Program, One Year Old, Makes No Headway
Date: 14 February 1975
By HENRY GINIGER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Spanish Govt, on 1st anniv of its reform program, finds itself much busier repressing 'subversive' challenges than promoting dem reform and officials are embattled with indus workers, among other groups; Govt has struck out at RC priests, heavily fining at least 6 for preaching in support of striking workers in Pamplona (S)
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Ziegler Concedes Press Problems on Watergate
Date: 14 February 1975
Ronald L Ziegler says former Pres Nixon told Pres Ford in telephone call last weekend that at no time had he doubted Ford's ability and that he has complete confidence in Ford, int on NBC TV Program Today (S)
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MAFIA ROLE HINTED IN ROME ABDUCTION
Date: 15 February 1975
Special to The New York Times
Begon, Jack L: Rome ct that in Dec cleared US journalist Jack L Begon of faking his own kidnapping says that Begon could have been abducted by Mafia elements allegedly connected with business empire of financier Michele Sindona; Begon disappeared in July, '73, appeared in Rome 1 mo later, and said he was taken by Mafia to Palermo and then to US; ct notes that Begon was doing research on flow of currency between US and Eur, in which money was being funneled out of Italy with help of Mafia orgns (S)
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