ELLSBERG JUDGE BARS A DEFENSE; Rules Out 'Justification' on Infant to Aid Congress Two Great Evils' Information Flow
Date: 06 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Fed Dist Judge W M Byrne, presiding over Pentagon papers trial, Mar 5 rules out 'justification defense' under which defendants would have argued that motivation for disclosing secret study of US involvement in Vietnam was to get information to Cong; tells defense atty C R Nesson to prepare memorandum of law on the matter indicating that he might allow defense at later time; 'justification defense' holds that any evil committed by defendants was not as great as evil that was avoided because of their acts; Nesson says that Vietnam war 'was unquestionably an evil of the greatest magnitude' and that 18 vols of Pentagon papers involved in case 'contained much information about the war of which Congress had been deprived and which Congress needed to properly perform its constitutional fuctions'; Repr P N McCloskey testifies that disclosure of volume that tells about Marine landing in Vietnam in '65 would not have been to advantage of foreign nation but would have been of advantage to US
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Time Inc. Opposes News Panel To Monitor Press Performance
Date: 06 March 1973
Time Inc editor-in-chief H Donovan announces Mar 5 that co will not support Natl News Council being set up by Twentieth Century Fund to monitor performance of natl news media and evaluate complaints about its accuracy and fairness; controversy over proposal described
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COMMUNISTS INVITE NEWSMEN IN SAIGON
Date: 07 March 1973
Vietcong members of joint mil comm issue blanket invitation for foreign newsmen to meet with Communist officials, Mar 6, Saigon; say Saigon Govt does not have right to arrange for news confs involving Communist delegates
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Ellsberg Witness Asserts Military Falsified Reports; WITNESS IMPUGNS MILITARY REPORTS Pentagon East" Studies by Adams 400,000, Not 240,000
Date: 07 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
CIA analyst S A Adams testifies on Mar 6 at Pentagon papers trial that he had attended confs in Saigon and Hawaii and at CIA, in which mil purposely diminished estimates of enemy strength in Vietnam; says that there were pol pressures in mil to display enemy as weaker than he actually was; says that monthly estimates of enemy's mil strength were so inaccurate that 2 official sets of estimates had to be put together each mo by the Army and by CIA; says his own studies of enemy strength indicated that correct order of battle would have shown at least 400,000 enemy troops, not 240,000 as was cited in '68 Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
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Nixon's Presidency: A Nation Is Changed; Nixon's Presidency: A Nation Is Changed by the Impact of Policies Rejection Foreseen Gains With Labor
Date: 07 March 1973
By JOHN HERBERSSpecial to The New York Times
4th and last of series of articles on Pres Nixon's use of powers of Presidency and its effects on Govt and natl life discusses reversal of long-term trend--money and authority are flowing back to states and Pres and his men are dismantling programs built by 4 decades of Dem govt; says Nixon has expanded in number of ways enormous influence that White House brings to bear on public opinion; notes indications that Pres Nixon intends to be highly active Pres for rest of his Adm; notes wide impact New Federalism is having on educ, agr, science, antipoverty efforts, race relations and cities; some authorities believe that Nixon's influence on Sup Ct may ultimately have greater effect on US than what Nixon does with Fed money; it is considered almost certain that Nixon will have an ideological majority on Sup Ct before his term is out; Nixon has gone further than other modern Presidents in publicly attacking ct rulings and has publicly advocated legis to find ways to get around Sup Ct rulings; Nixon's influence on media and non-Fed insts noted; Nixon's gains with organized labor noted; illus of Nixon with reporter S Pett
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NEWSMEN RECEIVE STAY ON SUBPOENA; 10 in Watergate Case Win a Delay in Fight on Summons
Date: 07 March 1973
By WALTER RUGABERSpecial to The New York Times
Washington, DC, US Dist ct Judge Richey gives attys for 10 journalists on March 6 until March 13 to file motions to get subpoenas quashed that have been served on them by Pres Nixon's campaign orgn; Re-Election Com served subpoenas in connection with 3 civil lawsuits between it and other Repubs on 1 hand and Dem Natl Com on other; Dem suit grew out of bugging of its offices at Watergate last yr; Repubs responded with libel and malicious abuse of process charges; Repubs' atty K W Parkinson tells Judge Richey that he wants to question the 10 journalists in depositions, or pretrial sessions out of presence of ct; list of journalists
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Absolute Immunity for Newsmen Urged by Three at House Hearing; Court Protection Peril to Reporting Poles Protected Delay Is Requested
Date: 06 March 1973
By E. W. ENWORTHYSpecial to The New York Times
E. ENWORTHYSpecial
Washington Post, The Washington Star-News, NY Times and Time magazine jointly ask Fed ct on Mar 5 for delay in depositions sought by Com for Re-Election of Pres; Judge Richey schedules hearing on Mar 5 in US Dist Ct on publications' motion for delay to allow them time to file motions to quash subpoenas
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' Underground' Press Coverage Shifts From Rock, Sex and Drugs to Politics; Candidates Elected Papers Proliferate ' Underground' Press Coverage in Shift to Politics
Date: 07 March 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
Article on press's shift to serious pol coverage, especially of local govts and local issues in communities across US; illus
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