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Date: 20 December 1972
The Washington Star-News
Pres Nixon's re-election campaign com reptdly returned $50,000 in donations from C A Smith, San Diego, Calif, banker, who faces Fed investigations, including antitrust suit to block merger of airline in which Smith has financial interests
Date: 20 December 1972
Special to The New York Times
White House press sec R Ziegler on Dec 19 repts that while he does not 'hold a great deal of respect for the journalistic approach' of Washington Post, 'they will be treated fairly' with respect to press pools; statement is made in light of rept in Post and Washington Star-News that reporter D McCardle (Post) was barred from 3 White House social events over weekend and was barred yesterday from participating in pool coverage of party for children of diplomatic corps; Ziegler rejects contention that White House has 'local press'; Post exec B Bradlee says Post has generally been included in press pools for White House social events because it is 'hometown' as well as nationally oriented paper
Date: 21 December 1972
By WALTER RUGABERSpecial to The New York Times
US Appeals Ct on Dec 20 allows Los Angeles Times Washington bur chief J F Lawrence to remain out of jail while he appeals contempt citation arising from his refusal to turn over tapes of int with A C Baldwin 3d, Govt witness in Watergate case, conducted by Times reporters J Nelson and R J Ostrow
Date: 21 December 1972
By JOSEPH B. TREASTERSpecial to The New York Times
US mil spokesman, Dec 21, repts a 4th B-52 plane downed by antiaircraft fire as US bombing continues in N Vietnam; says pilot steered plane over NE Thailand before he and 5 other crewmen bailed out; all are rescued; Hanoi radio on Dec 20 claimed 5 B-5 2s were downed; in Dec 21 broadcast says Hanoi and Haiphong were bombed again and that 7 more B-52s and 6 fighter-bombers were downed; Hanoi radio has, in the past exaggerated its claims, but in the latest series of raids, the initial repts of US plane losses came from Hanoi and then were confirmed a day or so later by the command in Saigon; US mil spokesman is silent on scope and nature of the latest air attacks, on number of participating planes, their targets or any of the results--information made public in the past; USN cancels 2 visits by newsmen to aircraft carriers operating off Vietnam that had been scheduled for Dec 26 and 29; despite officials silence, other mil sources say that more than 100 B-52s and perhaps as many as 500 smaller planes struck N Vietnam Dec 18, 19 and 20; US mil spokesman refuses to give mil justification for official silence on newest raids
Date: 21 December 1972
Los Angeles grand jury on Dec 20 orders reporter J Mitchell (KFWB) to produce tapes and notes of recent ints he conducted related to bail bond practices regardless of whether material was broadcast; station gen mgr A Schreiber says station has made available material that has been broadcast but that request for material that has not been broadcast raises 'serious First Amendment questions'; key int is with Superior Ct Judge L G Sanchez, 1 of 3 judges accused by grand jury of signing blank prisoner release forms and furnishing them to bail bondsmen; Superior Ct Judge D A Thomas on Dec 20 rejects argument of 3 newsmen that jailing of reporter W T Farr (Los Angeles Times) for refusing to name news source for article he wrote for Los Angeles Herald Examiner on C Manson murders is illegal expenditure of public funds; refuses to issue preliminary injunction sought by newsmen
Date: 21 December 1972
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
L B Boudin, atty for defense of D Ellsberg in Pentagon papers case, on Dec 20 accuses Govt of illegally using grand jury subpoena issued in Boston to give FBI leads in investigating case in Los Angeles; charges that FBI has examined bank records of Ellsberg and wife, and then visited persons to whom they had sent checks, including Mrs Ellsberg's dentist, who was asked for her dental records; Boston grand jury issued subpoena for records of NY Telephone Co pertaining to phone calls made and recd by Ellsbergs; Boudin charges that instead of turning co records over to grand jury, records were held at phone co office for FBI agent to examine; says that FBI then collected names of persons that Ellsbergs spoke to and questioned them; some of those questioned will probably be witnesses in trial; US Dist Ct Judge W M Byrne Jr orders that Govt file affidavit advising what phone records have been subpoenaed by what grand jury and what happened to them, and also whether Govt has in its possession phone records of various defense counsel; repts that he has examined 2d wiretap involving member of defense team that Govt has admitted to having and found that it is not relevant to Pentagon case; cautions Govt that he will not tolerate interference with defendants' Sixth Amendment rights; orders that Govt again file affidavit listing offices and premises of defense counsel and consultants of record with assurance that they will not be wiretapped; Boudin introduces to ct airmail envelope addressed to his wife from Ellsberg's son, which he alleges has been opened in transit and resealed; asks Byrne to have lr examined by experts to determine whose fingerprints might be on it, implying that prints of Govt agents would show up; Byrne declines but says that Boudin can submit lr with some affidavit tending to prove that Govt tampered with his mail and then he will investigate matter; denies 5 motions challenging jury selection system that were argued by defendant A J Russo's atty L Weinglass; sets Jan 3 for start of new jury selection
Date: 20 December 1972
By WALTER RUGABERSpecial to The New York Times
Fed Dist Ct Chief Judge J J Sirica on Dec 19 orders that J F Lawrence, Washington bur chief of Los Angeles Times, be held in custody on contempt of ct charge for his refusal to surrender tape recordings of int with A C Baldwin 3d, principal witness in alleged bugging of Dem Natl Com hq in Washington's Watergate complex; Times reporters J Nelson and R J Ostrow, who conducted int, turned tapes over to Lawrence as 'security measure' and Lawrence as paper's chief repr became central figure in ct proceedings; T B Dyk, Los Angeles Times atty, says Baldwin's int was obtained on promise that parts of it might be held confidential if Baldwin so requested; holds that forcing paper to break agreement could inhibit its ability to make similar off-the-record arrangements with important sources and could restrict flow of information; H J Miller, atty for Times reporters, warns Sirica that failure to quash subpoenas would set precedent leading to 'veritable flood' of them; Sirica and attys for Watergate defendants assert that situation surrounding Baldwin int is unusual in that Baldwin was named in Times articles so that, unlike other 1st Amendment cases, identity of sources was not sought; Lawrence is freed pending appeal after being held for 2 hrs in detention area of courthouse by order of Judges D D L Bazelon, E A Tamm and H Leventhal; Lawrence por
Date: 21 December 1972
ed on contempt citation and brief incarceration of Lawrence; calls jailing serious infringement on 1st Amendment guarantee of free press
Date: 21 December 1972
By TILLMAN DURDINSpecial to The New York Times
Philippines Pres Marcos on Dec 20 orders suspension of martial-law restraints on debate on proposed new const, drafted over 1 1/2 yrs by const conv and being submitted to vote of electorate on Jan 15; Marcos's martial-law orders of Dec 1 allowed for free debate but many opponents of const have feared to speak out and govt-controlled media have carried only bare mention of opposition views; media now ordered to print all forms of propaganda, whether in favor of or against const; Govt repr says order means that press consorship will be lifted regarding material dealing with const; Marcos illus addressing munic officials at Manila palace
Date: 20 December 1972
ed scores White House Telecommunications Policy Office Dir C T Whitehead's recent speech announcing Nixon Adm's intent to sponsor legis making local TV stations directly responsible for network programs they carry; contends speech will encourage stations to censor major news programs and documentaries that offend Adm; holds proposed legis is example of censorship and suppression through abuse of power to license