3 AMERICANS HELD, PHOTOGRAPHER SAYS
Date: 15 July 1972
Y-M Dumont, French photographer released by N Vietnamese July 13 after more than 3 mos in captivity, says, July 14, that 2 US advisers had been captured with him and that he had seen a 3d captive Amer in Cambodia; says he was separated from Amers 4 day after they were captured in Locninh, 75 mi N of Saigon, in early Apr; says he never saw them again and cannot recall their names
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. . . Loss for the Public
Date: 15 July 1972
ed scores Sup Ct's recent decision denying reporters right to refuse to reveal their sources of confidential information to grand juries; calls for enactment of Fed legis to restore to reporters some protection from grand juries
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Ellsberg Trial: Can the Jurors Ignore The War?
Date: 16 July 1972
-- FRED P. GRAHAM
Process of juror selection in Pentagon papers case, involving Govt's charges against D Ellsberg and A J Russo, revd; drawing of Ellsberg
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Saigon Reports 3-Hour Battle Northeast of Quangtri
Date: 15 July 1972
By JOSEPH B. TREASTERSpecial to The New York Times
S Vietnamese marines trying to complete encirclement of Quangtri city reptdly fight a 3-hr battle, July 14, 2 to 4 mi NE of city; at same time S Vietnamese paratroops reptdly inch toward city from the south, but repts from field suggest that paratroops had either been unable to advance or had fallen back; S Vietnamese barring of newsmen from Quangtri front makes it difficult to reconcile conflicting repts; a few newsmen manage to slip past the checkpoints; one, A Shimkin, reptd missing and possibly dead in a July 12 frontline incident; enemy pressure mounts on defensive outposts SW of Hue; one outpost, Fire Base Checkmate, hit with 1,300 shells and attacked by enemy troops; series of small clashes reptd in Mekong Delta; little fighting elsewhere in S Vietnam; US planes fly 270 strikes against N Vietnam; B-52s fly 2 raids at targets near Donghoi, N Vietnam; allied officers comment on 2-part plan to recapture Quangtri city; map; illus of civilians carrying bodies of relatives killed fleeing Quangtri city during enemy offensive in May and claimed only now
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Panel in Pentagon Papers Case Opposes War, Questions Secrecy
Date: 15 July 1972
By FRED P. GRAHAMSpecial to The New York Times
Fred GRAHAMSpecial
Boudin tells Judge W M Byrne Jr that D Ellsberg and A J Russo face 'very frightening prospect' of going to trial on charges of violating Govt's security classification system before jury 'loaded with preconceptions and misconceptions' about secrecy classification; prospective jurors J Sirois, R E Mascher, E H Knapp and D M Silver opinions on Govt noted
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Ex-Newark School Aide Says He Saw No Threat to Reporter
Date: 15 July 1972
Special to The New York Times
former sec of Bd of Educ A M Hess testifies on July 15 that defendants R Slappy and R Gilbert, charged with forcibly taking wallet and notebook of F Butterfield, were not same men he saw reaching over shoulder of Butterfield at Newark Bd of Educ meeting in Apr '71; says there was 'nothing unusual' about remarks he had heard Dr Garrett, accused of threatening Butterfield, make to Butterfield and Cervase
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Japanese Ballplayer Dies of Injury
Date: 15 July 1972
19-yr-old Akira Tomon dies of injuries received during Amer-Japan collegiate world series in Tokyo; Tomon was hit on head by thrown ball; incident detailed
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Schenectady OTB Approved
Date: 15 July 1972
NYS Off-Track Betting Comm gives tentative approval to Schenectady's plan to introduce off-track betting; ruling detailed
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