Ellsberg Witness Says He Took 'Secret' Papers Without Leave; Third Day on Stand
Date: 24 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
former Defense Dept official Dr M H Halperin testifies on March 23 at Pentagon papers trial that he did not either have written or oral permission to take 'top secret' documents with him when he left Govt service; says although he had agreed to return all classified material to Defense Dept upon leaving office he had not understood that such agreement included documents he considered to be part of his private papers; defense is attempting to prove that Govt officials from Pres on down customarily take many documents with them when they leave office
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Press Club Bids Congress Pass Absolute Shield Law
Date: 23 March 1973
NY Press Assn pres J Shanahan in lr to Sen S J Ervin Jr on March 22 urges Cong to pass legis 'that recognizes the right of newsmen absolutely to protect their confidential sources and information'
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Cahill Tells Press It Needs System of 'Self-Discipline'; What Is a Reporter?'
Date: 24 March 1973
By JOSEPH F. SULLIVAN
Joseph SULLIVAN
Gov Cahill declines to comment on reporters questions concerning exec privilege for White House personnel, saying he has not studied question, Press Inst luncheon, NJ; illus
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Pentagon Papers Expert Says Disclosures Didn't Harm U.S.
Date: 23 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to the New York Times
Dr M H Halperin, who supervised assembling of Pentagon papers, testifies on March 22 at Pentagon trial that in his opinion release of papers was not injurious to US because group that compiled papers did not have access to White House papers on war, nor to minutes of White House meetings, nor to memorandums between then Sec of State D Rusk and Presidents Kennedy and Johnson; holds papers do not present authorative view of thinking at highest levels of Govt about Vietnam war; says most high Govt officials express their true personal views of war in 'private conversations' or in memorandums circulated to only 2 or 3 persons; says that 1 of themes that ran through papers was what Govt had to tell Amer public 'to maintain support of the war'; says another theme was US's reluctance to begin negotiations to end the war; repts after papers were 1st disclosed in NY Times in June he turned over his set of them to Natl Archives
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JOURNALISM AWARDS ARE PRESENTED HERE
Date: 23 March 1973
NY Times reporter L Oelsner on Mar 22 receives G Polk Memorial Award for outstanding journalistic achievement for her series of articles on criminal justice system in NYS
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Letters to the Editor; Mideast: The U.S. as Peacemaker Where No One Carries a Gun Fleet Street Game Mr. Nixon and Watergate Our Abused Jurors Our Profligate 'Pilots' ROBERT C. BICKFORD To Save the Cities: It Takes Money to Bootstrap Oneself
Date: 23 March 1973
THOS. C. SCHULLERE. D. COGANHERMAN SCHWARTZTHOMAS O'FLAHERTYISADORE CANDEUB
lr from T O'Flaherty, who recently served on NYS jury, criticizes 'waste of human resources' in jury system; proposes some measures to cut 'abuse' of jurors' time; jurors illus
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Pennsylvania Court Adopts Bar's CurbsOn Pretrial News
Date: 23 March 1973
Penna Sup Ct, in ruling made public on Mar 22, orders law enforcement officials to stop releasing criminal records of suspects to news media, prohibits officials from telling media that an accused has confessed or made any statement about crime or that he might plead guilty, bans 'inflammatory statements' by law officials on merits of case or character of accused and forbids accused to pose for pictures at or near scene of crime; new rules, outlined in A D Pierce case, follow almost verbatim standards recommended by Amer Bar Assn on pretrial publicity
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