Nixon's Charge of 'Vicious' Reporting On TV to Be Studied by News Council; Asks for Specifics
Date: 31 October 1973
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Natl News Council will look into and appraise Nixon charges; says both White House and networks have been invited to participate in study; council exec dir W B Arthur says council will ask White House for list of specific charges and that it will then examine tapes and other recordings of broadcasts around those dates; ABC News pres E Lower, NBC New pres R C Wald and CBS pres R Salant comment
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Vorster Preparing New Laws to Curb South Africa Press
Date: 31 October 1973
S African Prime Min J Vorster on Oct 30 is pushing ahead with formulation of new laws to curb S African press and has rejected request to discuss issue with country's publishers' assn, Newspaper Press Union; assn, which includes almost all newspapers in S Africa, requested meeting with Vorster after he delivered series of attacks on press in Sept and gave orders to 'put their houses in order'; assn pres L Slater comments
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NIXON IS REBUTTED BY TV NEWS EDITOR
Date: 31 October 1973
Radio-TV News Dirs Assns pres B Johnson says in int on Oct 30 that Pres Nixon was wrong to blame mood of nation on TV networks; says that communications media did not create issues now facing US--they reptd them; says he is concerned that such statements 'may serve to distract the people from the serious issues in Washington right now'; declares that network affiliates retain complete freedom of choice over network news shows
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Vorster's Press Threat
Date: 30 October 1973
ed on recent statement made by S African Prime Min B J Vorster in which he threatened 'drastic' action, including ban on newspapers deemed guilty by Govt of 'racial incitement,' in retaliation for press investigations of gunning down of 11 black miners by S African police; holds that source of light and hope in S Africa has been free press, especially English-language newspapers; says that threats will not intimidate brave editors, who all along have resisted suppression and tyranny in S Africa
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Agnew Aides Said to Seek Activists' Lawyers' Advice; Asked About Strategy Sent Bill for $50
Date: 30 October 1973
By JOHN KIFNERSpecial to The New York Times
J Levine and C Nesson, defense attys in ct cases of Dr D Ellsberg and Rev P Berrigan, say that attys for ex-Vice Pres Agnew sought advice from them in hopes of blocking grand jury investigation of Agnew's financial dealings; this development reptdly found Nixon's Adm's 1-time chief attacker of dissenters and advocate of law and order seeking to learn from defense techniques in 2 of Adm's most celebrated unsuccessful prosecutions of antiwar activists; Levine and Nesson say that earlier Agnew's attys had asked them about motions they made in combating grand jury investigations; Agnew atty M London 1st denied that anyone had reached Levine or Nesson for advice; then says that telephone calls were placed to them but asserts that it 'had nothing whatever' to do with seeking advice; Levine recalls telling Agnew's attys that he felt Agnew did not have much of chance in blocking investigation, telephone int
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GUILD SAYS STRIKE MAY COME MONDAY; News or Times the Target If Agreements Fail Various Jobs Covered.
Date: 30 October 1973
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
NY Newspaper Guild on Oct 29 warns that it will strike either NY Times or Daily News on Nov 5 if it is not able to work out acceptable agreements by then; guild exec vp J E Deegan says that com composed of 2 top guild officers and 2 union reprs from both Times and News units will make decision prior to Nov 5 on which newspaper will be struck; repts guild has no plans at this time for walkout against Post, where he says more progress has been made; expresses hope that new contracts will be reached through intensified negotiations and mediation efforts of Fed mediators M Wye and G V Byrnes; newspaper officials and negotiators for ITU Local 6 are scheduled to meet on Oct 30 with Fed mediator T W Kheel
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White House Officials and David Eisenhower Continue President's Attack on the News Media; Policy Decision Seen
Date: 31 October 1973
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELANDSpecial to The New York Times
Douglas KNEELANDSpecial
Adm campaign against media appears to observers to be result of White House policy decision; deputy press sec G L Warren on Oct 29 spent time talking with reporters about responsibility of press and defending Nixon's Oct 26 attack on media; K Clawson, head of White House Office of Communications, has been putting forth various people to speak to media in Nixon's defense; among these are D Eisenhower, who appeared on NBC Today show, to say there is too much 'reptg without applying any perspective to it at all'; Eisenhower adds that irresponsibility' of media 'has been matched by the irresponsibility of the people they may quote'
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Newark Star-Ledger Ends Election Endorsements
Date: 31 October 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Newark Star-Ledger says on Oct 30 it will no longer endorse pol candidates
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PRINTERS IN TRUCE WITH TWO PAPERS; Dec. 31 Deadline Set, With Kheel as Pact Mediator Confrontation Threat Lifted Printers Informed
Date: 31 October 1973
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
labor mediator T W Kheel on Oct 30 says he will devote his full efforts to promoting passage of NYS transportation bond issue
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WATERGATE ROLE OF C.I.A. SCORED; Special House Unit Reports Activities 'Had No Support in Reason or Law' Watergate Role of C.I.A. Scored In Special House Unit's Report Evaluation of Data
Date: 31 October 1973
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUMSpecial to The New York Times
David ROSENBAUMSpecial
HR Armed Services Com Special Subcom on Intelligence, in 1st formal rept of a Cong panel investigating Watergate scandal, says unanimously on Oct 30 that CIA operated in way that 'had no support in reason or law'; says CIA and its highest officials were unwitting dupes for purely domestic White House staff endeavors that were beyond realm of CIA authority; com concludes that it was 'abuse of CIA facilities' for orgn, at insistence of top White House officials, to prepare psychological profile of Dr D Ellsberg; that CIA did not know it was being used for improper purposes and resisted later efforts to involve agency; that ex-White House counsel J W Dean 3d put 'tremendous pressure' on FBI and CIA to limit early Watergate investigation; that ex-White House aides H R Haldeman and J D Ehrlichman also tried to 'deflect' FBI's work 'by invoking nonexisting conflicts with CIA operations'; that requests from top-level White House aides in present Adm were, almost without exception, taken as orders from people who were speaking for Pres; that these aides avoided then-CIA Dir R Helms and dealt instead with his deputies, Gen R Cushman and later Gen V Walters; both of whom owed their positions to Pres Nixon; subcom says it is preparing legis that will prohibit CIA from participating in any domestic functions without personal authorization of Pres; illus of Com Chmn L N Nedzi
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