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Date: 04 February 1973
By GORDON T. THOMPSON
Gordon THOMPSON
Morgue of defunct newspaper Brooklyn Eagle located in basement of main branch of Bklyn Public Library is being neglected; state of old clipping and picture file results from shortage of funds; history of newspaper; sketch; illus
Date: 05 February 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
Cong hearings are scheduled to begin on Feb 5 on more than 25 measures intended to prevent cts, grand juries and other govt authorities from forcing newsmen to testify about their confidential sources of information; hearings come in wake of several jailings and contempt citations against newsmen who refuse to honor subpoenas; will be held by Subcom Number 3 of HR Judiciary Com; Sen subcom counsel L Baskir details various measures that com will debate; Assoc Justice B R White por
Date: 05 February 1973
By HENRY TANNERSpecial to The New York Times
7 journalists on Feb 3 are dismissed from Arab Socialist Union, in action that is believed to be beginning of major pol purge conducted by Govt of Pres Sadat; purged newsmen automatically lose their jobs in newspapers; Sadat, in speech to Natl Assembly, speaks accusingly of Egyptians who gave information to foreign journalists; several newsmen were thought to have been in frequent contact with foreign correspondents
Date: 04 February 1973
Special to The New York TimesBy MARTIN ARNOLD
jury in Pentagon papers trial returns to ct on Feb 6 after having 1 wk off while ct argued over exculpatory evidence and allegations that Govt had attempted to supress it; evidence consisted of portions of Govt's own analyses to determine whether disclosure of papers and 2 other top-secret documents have damaged natl defense
Date: 04 February 1973
At least 6 people are killed and 17 are reptd wounded on Feb 4 during night of violence in Belfast, as Brit troops fought gunmen of IRA and sectarian assassins roved streets; deaths bring number of persons slain in N Ireland in last wk to 15; bomb badly damages Wellington Park Hotel in Belfast; 25-minute warning was given and no casualties are reptd; bomb damages part of Deer Park Hotel at Antrim; warning was given
Date: 05 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Comment on life-style of 'Ellsberg people', those who are involved in defense of D Ellsberg and A J Russo, and have been forced to take up residence in Bunker Hill Towers, Los Angeles, near site of trial; notes that much of out-of-ct action takes place in Ellsberg home with confs between defendants and their attys; illus of Ellsberg, Russo and wives, and attys D Donovan, L I Weinglass, C R Nesson and H P Young at conf
Date: 04 February 1973
By Theodore Draper
Theodore Draper
T Draper article on selective declassification of classified documents and favoritism notes that he had no access to such documents when he wrote book on Dominican Revolt in '68 but that Prof P J Slater, Center for Strategic Studies at Georgetown Univ, A F Lowenthal and J B Martin who subsequently published books on same subject, were allowed to see secret documents although they were not allowed to quote directly; says he attempted to see same material but that Asst State Sec C A Meyer refused to allow it as it was against regulations and that he was unwilling to assume responsibility for remedying actions of predecessors; charges that present system of classification withholds too much for too long and it is unfair and inequitable; says real culprits are high officials who use classified documents as pol weapons; cites examples; suggests that nothing should remain classified if classifiers themselves do not abide by system of classification and that classification should stop at borders of personal interest and partisan pol; illus
Date: 04 February 1973
D M Lightman, Baltimore Evening Sun reporter charged with contempt of ct for refusing to reveal his sources in story written about open sale of marijuana in pipe shop in Ocean City, Md; contends he is being harrassed by local law enforcement officials because of embarrassment over article; asks Sup Ct to exempt him from testifying before grand jury
Date: 05 February 1973
By ALVIN SHUSTERSpecial to The New York Times
article on career of newspaper magnate Lord Thojson of Fleet cites recent North Sea oil strike by Thomson Organization Ltd in collaboration with Getty Oil Co, Allied Chemical Co and Occidental Petroleum Corp; Thomson says oil field, of which he owns 20%, will bring co hundreds of millions of dollars in future; illus