DELETION REPORTED IN PLUMBERS' MEMO
Date: 25 February 1974
Time (pub) on Feb 24 repts that White House documents given to Watergate special prosecutor Leon Jaworski were altered to delete written authorization by former White House aide John D Ehrlichman for plumbers unit to obtain material from Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding; says it has learned that 1 of documents being studied by FBI is memo to Ehrlichman from plumbers Egil Krogh and David Young, suggesting ways of getting more information on Ellsberg; says also removed was Ehrlichman's penciled notation of approval of covert action 'if done under your assurance that it is not traceable'
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Appeals Court Reinstates Ban On Strike by Printers at Times
Date: 26 February 1974
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
NY Ct of Appeals on Feb 25 reverses Appellate Div ruling and reinstitutes permanent no-strike injunction against NY Times typographical employes; reinstates earlier judgment of Sup Ct Justice Vincent A Massi which Appellate Div upset in Jan; negotiations between union and Times, NY Daily News and NY Post are continuing with meeting scheduled for Feb 27 and 28 (M)
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C.B.S. CITES 'MISUSE' IN ARCHIVE CASE; Opposes News-Tape Editing in Letter to Vanderbilt U.
Date: 26 February 1974
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS, responding to criticism of its suit to enjoin Vanderbilt Univ from recording newscasts and renting tapes to public, has explained that is does not oppose idea of TV news archive but rather 'unauthorized duplication and editing' of broadcasts; holds that this removes from network control over its own product; CBS pres Arthur R Taylor, in Feb 22 lr to Vanderbilt chancellor Dr Alexander Heard, endorses proposal by Sen Howard H Baker Jr to establish library of TV and radio broadcasts at Library of Cong for use by scholars and researchers
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Mr. Nixon and the Press
Date: 26 February 1974
ed on infrequency of Pres Nixon's news confs holds reasons Pres has offered for his self-imposed isolation from press are hardly plausible when contrasted to performance of his predecessors; holds Nixon has done disservice to US and to himself by not being more available to reporters; holds public has right to know what Pres thinks about various problems and that by cutting himself off from press, Nixon has created impresion of drift and indifference, thereby contributing to diffuse sense of public malaise
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2 Groups Reported Investigating Possibility of Perjury by Gray
Date: 26 February 1974
Special to The New York TimesBy JOHN M. CREWDSON
Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski and Sen Judiciary Com subcom headed by Sen E M Kennedy are reptdly investigating possibility that L Patrick Gray 3d committed perjury when he denied last yr, during hearings on his nomination to become FBI Dir, any knowledge of FBI wiretaps on newsmen and Govt officials (S)
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NIXON ASSERTS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE IS REQUIRED FOR AN IMPEACHMENT; HE DOES NOT EXPECT HOUSE TO ACT; Transcript of news conference will be found on Page 22. Constitution Cited by President in Refusal to Give Testimony JURY BID BARRED NIXON DEFINES VIEW ON OUSTER
Date: 26 February 1974
Special to The New York TimesBy JOHN HERBERS
Pres Nixon asserts in his 1st White House news conf in more than 3 mos that he does not expect to be impeached and that he will not resign (L)
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Chou Stresses Ideological Campaign
Date: 25 February 1974
By FOX BUTTERFIELD
Fox BUTTERFIELD
Premier Chou En-lai, in Peking speech at banquet for Zambian Pres Kaunda Feb 25, makes unusual public ref to current ideological campaign in China, lauding it as continuation of Cultural Revolution, but without any of fiery attacks on Western culture and contacts that have marked recent newspaper articles; Hong Kong analysts speculate on significance of his speech
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