ELLSBERG TO TRY TO SHIELD PAPERS; Cables on Press Briefings Will Challenge the Pentagon on Stolen Documents
Date: 08 December 1974
Daniel Ellsberg says private papers stolen from his home in Mill Valley, Calif, on Oct 1 are his personal property and he will resist in ct any effort by Fed Govt to examine them; says that stolen papers are being held by Mill Valley police as evidence in burglary case; says that large number of papers were taken and although he does not know all contents they do include copies of 2 cables sent by US State Dept to US Embassy in Vietnam and 2 sent from embassy; says cables were marked either secret or confidential and dealt with press briefing to be given in late '67 by Gen William Westmoreland; says he wants investigation of note found on his desk after burglary warning him not to tell anyone about it; Allan Brotsly, Ellsberg atty, comments; US Atty James L Browning Jr has had Pentagon atty Frank M Bartino flown in from Washington to examine stolen papers so that Pentagon can confiscate any documents that were classified or secret (M)
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WOMEN IN MEDIA HOLD PARLEY HERE; See Employment and Image as Main Focus in Industry
Date: 08 December 1974
By JUDITH CUMMINGS
Judith CUMMINGS
ABC newscaster Marlene Sanders speaks on women's role in media at meeting at NYU sponsored by Media Women's Assn to publicize book Rooms With No View--A Woman's Guide to the Man's World of the Media; book will be distributed by Macmillan; journalist Claudia Dreifus reads statement for assn's steering com protesting series of recent dismissals at Macmillan, charging they were in retaliation for 'feminist and trade-union activities'; says that action by Macmillan is in direct contradiction to spirit and intent of book; others commenting include Grace Glueck (NY Times) and Priscilla Toumey (CBS) (M)
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OPPOSITION LOSES SUIT IN SINGAPORE; Government Also Charges 3 for Report on Case
Date: 08 December 1974
Special to The New York Times
controversy continues over Sigapore High Ct's decision against Newsweek correspondent Pang Cheng Lian and magazine's distributors C R Dasartha Rahad and Victor Santhanam in libel and slander case involving article published in Newsweek criticizing Singapore ct system; Newsweek, apparently worried about further legal trouble, removed from latest issue of magazine, part of page that apparently discussed ct ruling (S)
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Reporting The Private Lives of Public Men
Date: 08 December 1974
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Comment on trend in press reptg to keep private lives of public figures out of news; notes exception of Repr Wilbur Mills, who himself exposed his affairs with strip tease dancer Annabella Batistella; holds that most reporters believe that private habits of politician should only become public if they affect his public work; drawing (M)
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No Further Contempt for Coast Writer
Date: 08 December 1974
Calif Superior Ct Judge Earl C Broady rules that jailed reporter William T Farr (Los Angeles Times) cannot be held in further contempt after he again refused to answer questions on testimony he gave in '71 regarding Manson murder case; also dismisses perjury charges against Manson defense atty Daye Shinn (S)
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