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Date: 02 March 1973
Special to The New York Times
S H Hasan, publisher and editor of Turkish wkly Minority Postman, who wrote that Turkish minority in Greece was oppressed by authorities, is found guilty Feb 28 of violating press code; sentenced to 3 1/2 yrs in jail, fine of $6,000 and loss of permit to work as journalist
Date: 03 March 1973
By Marya Mannes
Marya Mannes
M Mannes article on implications of terms 'bias' and 'elite', which were used by Govt to describe press and broadcast media
Date: 02 March 1973
Superior Ct Judge C S Vogel dismisses on Mar 1 taxpayer's suit by 3 fellow newsmen seeking order against use of public funds to jail reporter W T Farr (Los Angeles Times); says no issue of fact exists on which case can be tried
Date: 03 March 1973
columnist J Anderson and his asst L Whitten on Mar 2 ask Fed ct, Washington, DC, to order FBI to relinquish records of every long-distance call made to and from Anderson's office for 6 mos prior to Jan 19 and for calls to and from his home for 6 mos before Jan 22 in connection with FBI's arrest of Whitten on charges of possession of Govt property stolen from Washington Bur of Indian Affairs in Nov, '72; contend that FBI has far overstepped const protections of free press
Date: 02 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
chief prosecutor in Pentagon papers case D R Nissen on Mar 1 questions defense witness retired-Rear Adm G LaRoque in attempt to impugn his credibility; LaRoque has refuted testimony of 2 prosecution witnesses by saying that release of '68 Joint Chiefs of Staff memo did not injure natl security; Nissen asks LaRoque, who heads Center for Defense Information, private orgn that collects defense information and disseminates it to public, if it is true that center opposes nuclear aircraft carriers, Navy shipbuilding program, foreign mil assistance and foreign aid; LaRoque says that center is not opposed to any of mentioned programs; Nissen in his cross-examination of LaRoque implies that LaRoque and defense have done many clandestine things together to prepare for case; asks LaRoque what documents he has carried to trial from Washington; LaRoque says he brought along copy of Const; admits that he flushed some of his notes on case down toilet bowl
Date: 03 March 1973
BY MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Repr McCloskey, testifying on Mar 2 at Pentagon papers trial, says that disclosure of 1 of volumes of Pentagon papers, Evolution of the War, Marine Combat Units Go to Da Nang, March, 1965', could not have been used to the injury of US or to the advantage of foreign nation; says that under Govt's own rules volume should not have been still classified 'top secret' in '69; says he believes Freedom of Information Act should be overhauled; defense seeks to use McCloskey as expert on Govt's system of classifying secrets because he is chmn of HR subcom on Govt Information; US Dist Ct Judge W M Byrne Jr does not allow McCloskey to testify about Govt's classification system, but defense atty C R Nesson finally manages to get Sec 1 of Exec Order 10,501 into evidence; retired Rear Adm G LaRocque testifies that nothing US did in Vietnam has any bearing on US natl defense
Date: 02 March 1973
Special to The New York Times
Vice Pres Agnew on Mar 1 says last election had shattered 'stereotypes' of voting blocs; says 'elitists' have seized control of Dem party and that their goals run counter to those Americans who built Dem party, speech at dinner for Repr Paul Cronin
Date: 03 March 1973
S Vietnamese Govt spokesman Pham Duong Hien says on Mar 2 that Govt will be forced to deal severely with foreign journalists who deliberately violate 'our rules and regulations', news conf for foreign and domestic newsmen; says he is making his comments on questions asked by newsmen in Washington at news briefing by Pres Nixon's press sec R L Ziegler
Date: 02 March 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLERSpecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERSpecial
Washington Star-News ed N Noyes says 4 of pub's reporters will answer subpoenas but will not violate public's guarantee of free press by revealing any privileged information; Washington Post exec ed B C Bradlee says Post considers that subpoenas blatantly disregard First Amendment; Time Inc vp D Wilson says subpoena recd by Time reporter D Fisher does not show that material demanded is necessary to resolution of ct case
Date: 03 March 1973
Saigon daily newspaper Doc Lap on Mar 2 repts that it has been fined 1-million piasters, or about $2,300, for contravening Govt's press law by printing int with disabled S Vietnamese veteran in which he complained about length of war and his own fate; Saigon mil ct rules that article should have put blame on Communists for war because story could lead people to believe that S Vietnamese Govt was responsible for disabled soldier's suffering; Hoang Chau, publisher, is given 1 yr's suspended prison sentence