F.T.C. TO RELEASE DATA ON INQUIRIES; 'Public Interest' Cited
Date: 24 February 1974
FTC chmn Lewis A Engman on Feb 23 announces that comm has decided to make public a broad range of actions previously kept secret, which includes investigations into acts or practices that involve health or safety, speech, Natl Press Club; says communications with other Govt agencies will be made public after 3 yrs or at 'appropriate time'; says comm's internatl documents involving investigations will be made public eventually 'unless some specific reason makes a public disclosure contrary to the public interest'; discloses that all members of its staff will have to maintain record in future of all contacts related to investigations under way (S)
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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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Peronist Rightists Open Fire On a Newspaper Building
Date: 24 February 1974
Buenos Aires police on Feb 23 cordon off area surrounding leftist newspaper El Mundo after about 60 members of Peronist Youth of the Argentine Republic fire on newspaper bldg for about 15 mins; 1 reporter is pistol-whipped by group; police arrest 2 men carrying rifles (S)
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NIGERIA'S PRESS LARGE AND ACTIVE; Papers Change Dramatically
Date: 24 February 1974
Special to The New York Times
Recent news stories in Nigerian press criticizing Govt exemplify freedom that is allowed newsmen; Nigerian Tribune carried lengthy indictment by Dr Tai Solarin charging that things were worse in Nigeria now than they have been since independence in '60; Herald editors went on to condemn Solarin and insist that Govt is progressive and corruption-free; Nigeria has 16 daily newspapers, 1/2 of which are owned by state govts, and more than 60 other nongovernmental periodicals, which give Nigeria Africa's largest and most active press; Ernest Meyer, dir of Internatl Press Inst, comments (M)
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Spear-Carrier for Nixon, and 'Proud of It'; The "Canuck" Letter
Date: 24 February 1974
By R. W. APPLE Jr
R. APPLE
Article discusses diligence, persistence and views of Kenneth W Clawson, new communications dir for White House; Clawson calls himself 'spear-carrier' for Pres Nixon; his handling of press relations noted; career sketch; illus (L)
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Nixon Said to Have Balked Charges in Secrets Theft; Nixon Is Said to Have Balked Prosecution in Purloining of Secrets
Date: 24 February 1974
Special to The New York Times
White House source on Feb 23 says that former chief counsel to Pentagon J Fred Buzhardt Jr had strongly recommended against prosecution of Yeoman Charles E Radford because of lack of evidence and concern over extent to which documents would have to be declassified in order to begin court-martial; says Buzhardt also recommended earlier in '71 that Daniel Ellsberg not be prosecuted for his alleged role in obtaining Pentagon papers (S)
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4 Seized and 2 Policemen Hurt At a Pro-Nixon Rally in Queens
Date: 24 February 1974
By THOMAS P. RONAN
Thomas RONAN
Pres Nixon's special deputy asst Bruce Herschenshon on Feb 23 charges that 'non-elected coalition of power groups' has sought to bring pressure on US to get rid of Nixon; names as members of group NY Times, Washington Post, Jack Anderson and WCBS newsmen Walter Cronkite
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