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Date: 10 February 1973
Special to The New York Times
US spokesman announces on Feb 9 that at request of Laotian Govt, Amer sources in Laos will no longer provide newsmen with information on mil situation; links request to current sensitive stage in peace negotiations; curb on reptg also believed intended to obscure losses, resulting from Communist offensive under way for 2 weeks
Date: 09 February 1973
ed scores US Postal Service for threatening survival of magazines and other pubs through increases in 2nd-class postage rates; hails Sen G Nelson's bill to reduce rate for 1st 250,000 copies of each issue of pub to level existing on Jun 1, '72
Date: 09 February 1973
By WARREN WEAVER Jr.Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
ex-Justice A J Goldberg urges Cong to rewrite new Fed rules of evidence promulgated by US Sup Ct and to take away Justices' power to make such changes, HR Judiciary (Hungate) Subcom; says new code was prepared without adequate consultation with public, represents legis by judicial branch and threatens, unconstitutionally, to wipe out state laws of evidence; warns new code threatens newsmen's privilege laws in 18 states; A K Helerstein, repr of NYC Bar Assn, concludes reluctantly that new code is less satisfactory than rules developed case by case by Fed Cts themselves; C R Halpern and other spokesmen for Washington Council of Lawyers attack code; Hungate subcom shows signs of increasing support for postponing effective date of new rules until end of '73 Cong session; Sen, on Feb 7, approved bill providing for such delay
Date: 09 February 1973
Newspaper Deliverers Union and NYC's 3 major dailies, Daily News, NY Times and NY Post, meet for discussions on new contract to replace one expiring midnight Mar 30; C Levy, pres of Newspaper Deliverers, comments
Date: 09 February 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLERspecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERspecial
Univ of Michigan Prof V A Blasi, who has surveyed more than 1,200 newsmen, contends on Feb 8 that, contrary to what press has been saying, reporters need only partial immunity from forced testimony to prevent their confidential sources from drying up, HR Judiciary Com Subcom Number 3; says that key factor influencing sources' fears is neither scope of immunity nor specific language of legis, but rather frequency and number of subpoenas issued; R C Wald, pres of NBC News, calls for absolute immunity; subcom chmn R W Kastenmeier and Repr T F Railsback praise Blasi's proposal
Date: 09 February 1973
Internatl Press Inst says, Feb 8, that restrictions imposed on foreign newsmen by Saigon Govt violate cease-fire provision guaranteeing freedom of the press
Date: 09 February 1973
Sens E M Kennedy and B Goldwater, Feb 8, introduce legis to extend 127% postal rate increase on magazines and newspapers over 10-year period; Postal Service plans to increase rate over 5 years; bill provides that pubs with circulation of less than 250,000 be given reduced rate
Date: 10 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Brig Gen P F Gorman, major prosecution witness in Pentagon papers trial, says on Feb 9 that as far as he is concerned, geography book, public opinion polls and transcripts of Cong hearings, all public information, could be helpful to foreign intelligence analysts; under cross-examination by defense atty L I Weinglass, says that about 200,000 US Govt employes are privy to top secret information; Weinglass shows Gorman 'exec message' from Joint Chiefs of Staff dated Nov 10, '66, extract from Pentagon papers; Gorman previously testified that its disclosure, even as late as '69, would damage natl defense; Weinglass then shows Gorman rept by Adm U SG Sharp Jr, commander in chief of Pacific Forces in '65-'68, that was made public in '69 and had more detail about same 'exec message' than Pentagon papers had; Gorman says that Sharp's rept could have been 'useful' to foreign intelligence but would not have been an 'advantage' to foreign nation
Date: 09 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Brig Gen P F Gorman, prosecution witness in Pentagon papers trial, reads from one vol of papers, under cross-examination, that 'loss of even all of Indochina is no longer considered to lead to the loss of all Asia to the Communists'; statement seen contradicting one of major justifications US used to continue the Vietnam war; Gorman is also made to read from Natl Intelligence Bd estimate that Saigon Govt would not be able to defeat the Communists in a countrywide election; also reads from other documents on US role in war
Date: 10 February 1973
By HEDRICK SMITHSpecial to The New York Times
unofficial sources rept that Soviet secret police (KGB), widening their yr-old campaign to stop publication of dissident pub The Chronicle of Current Events, question on Feb 9 wife of Soviet dissident writer A Amalrik, who is now finishing term in Siberian labor camp; say other dissident intellectuals have been threatened with arrest if another issue of pub appears; new issue is overdue; other sources say Amalrik's wife was called to Lefortovo Prison for questioning by KGB following seizure of number of lrs and documents at Amalrik's Moscow apt during police search; KGB's stepped up campaign against pub reptdly followed Central Com Dec '71 order that its publication be halted; recent arrests of P I Yakir, V Haustov and I Belogorodskaya recalled; warning issued to A Yakobson that he would be arrested if another issue of pub appears noted