Legal Maneuvers Delay Gravel-Ellsberg Inquiry Another Week
Date: 19 January 1972
By ROBERT REINHOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Judge A Julian temporarily quashes subpoenas of Prof N Chomsky, Prof R A Falk and R Stavins, witnesses in Fed grand jury investigation, Boston, of leak of Pentagon papers to press by D Ellsberg; Prof S Popkin appears in ct but refuses to answer any substantive questions; Sen Gravel's attys' appeal to Sup Ct to extend protection granted Jan 7 barring testimony about Gravel's activities connected with his reading of papers to cover his republication of papers through Beacon Press is denied; Ellsberg's atty C R Nesson obtains temporary stay of ct proceedings from Judge B Aldrich to allow ct to consider Ellsberg's contention that Boston grand jury might be illegally gathering evidence for use in Los Angeles conspiracy trial; Govt atty W P Reese says Ellsberg's contention is unfounded; says Govt is looking into 2 separate conspiracies; ct rulings delay investigation at least 1 wk
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GUILD AND A.P. REACH A TENTATIVE ACCORD
Date: 20 January 1972
Wire Service Guild and AP reach tentative agreement on 2-yr contract to be submitted to union members for ratification
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NEWARK PRESSMEN REJECT PROPOSAL
Date: 20 January 1972
Special to The New York Times
Internatl Pressman's local pres J Schofield repts union turned down proposed agreement under which some pressmen formerly employed by Newark Eve News would work for Newark Star-Ledger
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Dimension in Credibility
Date: 20 January 1972
WILLIAM C. ROGERS
William ROGERS
Lr holds credibility of Pres vital to US foreign policy but stresses responsibility of press in handling matters of confidence with other nations
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Nixon's Visit to China Will Be Telecast Live
Date: 20 January 1972
By JAMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
Nixon's visit to China to be given instant TV coverage via communications satellite; White House aides Ziegler and J A Scali seek to counter any accusation Nixon seeks to dominate TV screens just prior to 1st Pres primary of '72; it is noted however that when Ziegler went to China preparatory to Nixon's visit, the only newsmen accompanying him were TV men
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U.S. Stand on India
Date: 19 January 1972
JOHN BATHGATE
John BATHGATE
lr comments on differences between US Amb to India K Keating's view of US policy in regard to India-Pakistan conflict and policy as formulated by Nixon Adm, in light of Jan 6 lr defending US policy; lauds Times handling of J Andersons's revelations of secret Adm moves during conflict
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Newsmen at the U.N.
Date: 20 January 1972
AGHA ABDUL HAMID
Agha HAMID
UN Asst Sec Gen Hamid defends withdrawal of accreditation from Nationalist Chinese correspondents at UN T C Tang and Chen-chi Lin on grounds they represented Nationalist Govt, now officially ousted from UN, lr on Jan 7 lr by J H Sheldon and Jan 8 ed; says accreditation of reprs of private news agency from Taiwan would be considered
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4 Newspapers in Florida Purchased by The Times
Date: 20 January 1972
NY Times purchases Fla newspapers including Sebring News from W L Matthew and O L Taylor; names J H Harrison head of corp to own papers and E C Walthall exec vp
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Stanton Proposes Debates On Campuses by Nominees
Date: 20 January 1972
CBS exec Stanton proposes series of coll campus debates by major parties' Pres nominees to bring candidates together on broadcast media without violating Fed equal-time restrictions; says debates will be news events that will not be carried in their entirety by radio or TV but will be open to regular broadcast news coverage of pol events
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