Virginia Court to Hear Colson Disbarment Case
Date: 23 November 1974
Va Sup Ct will hear arguments Dec 2 on request for disbarment of Charles W Colson; Colson was sentenced to 1 to 3 yrs in prison and fined $5,000 June 21 after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in case involving break-in at office of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding
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Dinosaurs In the Jungle; FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Date: 23 November 1974
By C. L. Sulzberger
C. Sulzberger
C L Sulzberger comments on recent study conducted by Le Monde of state of news media in various countries, including France, Brit, Italy, W Ger, Switzerland and Belgium; finds that there is notable tendency toward concentration, depolitization and intrusion of big capital into control of information business; notes increase in price of papers, TV's rivalry and drop in ad
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Concluding' My Lai
Date: 22 November 1974
ed noting release last wk by Army Sec Howard H Callaway of portions of Pentagon rept on My Lai massacre cover-up lauds rept and scores Army's shunting into early retirement of Lt Gen William R Peers, who ran probe; revs rept's charge that actions were taken at every command level within Americal Div to suppress data about war crimes committed against Vietnamese civilians at My Lai; notes rept was dated Mar 14, '70, but was not released until 6 days before parole of Lt William Calley, only man convicted of any of crimes; revs actions taken against others involved in cover-up; questions system under which so few are punished for massive crime
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Senate Defeats 2 Ford Vetoes, Matching House Action on Bills; Previous Court Ruling
Date: 22 November 1974
US Sen, 90-1, overturns Pres Ford's veto of measure to aid handicapped; Sen William L Scott alone supports Ford; dispute over bill involves Cong mandate to take program out of Soc and Rehabilitation Service of HEW and put it in new agency under HEW Sec; bill will also extend program another yr with $851-million authorization and attempt to settle dispute between blind vendors in Fed bldgs and employe welfare groups that operate vending machines in bldgs; blind vendors would be given percentage of revenue from machines (M)
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New Jersey Briefs; Insurance-Rate Hearing Law Urged Ticketed Mayor Tells Police to Ease Up Bill Seeks More TV News on State Edison College to Award B.A. Degrees Lionel Trains to End Run in Jersey
Date: 22 November 1974
NJ officials to draft law requiring public hearings on requests for all major ins rate increases; decision comes after Ins Dept grants auto insurers increases of from 3.3% to 19.4% (S)
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day
Date: 23 November 1974
article corrects Nov 22 story, which identified John E Bierwirth as former Natl Distillers & Chem Corp chmn; notes Bierwirth still holds position (S)
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