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16th of April 1973 News
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The Missing Newsmen
Date: 17 April 1973
By Richard Dudman
Richard Dudman
R Dudman article on 19 newsmen, including 5 Amers, missing since Apr and May '70 when they were captured at the time of the US and S Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia; various repts on the fate of the men detailed; missing Amers are S Flynn, W Hangen, T L Reynolds, A Shimkin and D Stone; Shimkin was captured in S Vietnam; Dudman says that fact that some of these men were reptd held in some of the areas being bombed by US planes is one more reason to halt the bombing
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F.B.I. TOLD TO STOP CHECK ON NEWSMAN
Date: 17 April 1973
US Dist Ct Judge J J Sirica on Apr 16 issues temporary injunction ordering FBI to stop using phone records to trace identity of columnist J Anderson's sources; ruling follows hearing in which FBI agent, E Leary, testified that his agency had traced identity of 96 callers by using subpoenaed toll records
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RIO PUBLISHER HELD FOR DEFYING CENSOR
Date: 16 April 1973
Brazilian fed police on Apr 15 arrest F Gasparian, publisher of wkly Opiniao, for defying censorship order; also arrest 2 other editors of paper; men are held for 7 hrs and then released
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Ellsberg Asserts He Acted To Prod Congress on War; Testimony Flows Smoothly ELLSBERG GIVES MOTIVE FOR ACTS Opposed Answering Doubts Compromise Copied One Set
Date: 17 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDBy MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin MARTIN
D Ellsberg tells jury on Apr 26 for 1st time that he had disclosed Pentagon papers to 'give Congress the confidence to act' to end the Vietnam war, in response to question asked by defense atty L B Boudin as to why he copied papers and why they were important to him; says he had learned from reading papers that French effort in Vietnam would have failed had not US provided money, materials and bombs; says Govt that US supported in Vietnam was 'narrow based, corrupt and unrepresentative and that it had no support other than the soldiers and officials on the United States payrolls'; says there could be no victory without US 'destroying every piece of that country'; Fed Dist Judge W M Byrne ruled that Ellsberg could not answer direct question of why he copied papers for 2 reasons--one, because it was not material, and two, because it would open up what he did with copies, an issue, Byrne said, that he would not allow to be contested before jury; Ellsberg is allowed to answer question indirectly; says he believed that US codes, agent's covers and nuclear weapon information had not been compromised by release of papers
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Repression in Rhodesia
Date: 16 April 1973
Ed discusses recent sentencing of Rhodesian journalist P Niesewand to hard labor; notes outcry in GB, even from Tory members of Parliament who previously defended Prime Min Smith; notes harsher treatment, including death penalty, has been ordered for other alleged enemies of regime; holds action is indicative of nervousness that has afflicted Smith Govt in recent mos, suggesting action surely destroys hope for talks on proposed settlement terms of Rhodesia's legal independence; describes 'series of blunders' by Smith in reaction to guerrilla forces in areas bordering Mozambique and Zambia; urges US to repeal amendment, which puts country in violation of mandatory UN econ sanctions
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'Splinter' Analysts Will Admit The Press to Closed Meetings
Date: 17 April 1973
By VARTANIG G. VARTAN
Vartanig VARTAN
Security Analysts, who in past have been criticized for their closed meetings, decide to permit press attendance; pres D Norr comments; society members belong to approximately 30 'splinter groups', which have no formal affiliation with soc but hold meetings restricted to specific industries
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Silurians List Winners I Of '72 Journalism Awardsl
Date: 16 April 1973
Soc of Silurians announces winners of awards for outstanding journalism in '72; winners include P Doyle, W King and P Santora (NY Daily News), M Kranes (LI Press), F Lombardi (Hackensack Record), R Frehm (AP), D F Holway (NY Times), WNET, D Levin (WCBS), M Roberts (WRFM) and D Smith (UPI)
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Israel Holds Arab Editors On a Censorship Charge; Emotional Editorial Israelis Startled
Date: 17 April 1973
By TERENCE SMITHSpecial to The New York Times
J Nasr, editor and publisher, and J Hamad, asst editor, of East Jerusalem Arabic wkly Al Fajr are arrested by Israeli police on Apr 16 on charges of evading censorship and inciting revolution among residents of west bank of Jordan River; Nasr and Hamad are 1st such editors to be arrested on political grounds since '67 Arab-Israeli war; are taken into custody after publishing article asserting that Israeli and Jordanian intelligence officers met and exchanged information before Israeli commando raid directed against Arab guerrilla hq in Beirut, Lebanon, on Apr 10; Israeli officials dismiss rept as fabrication; ct orders editors held in custody for 15 days while prosecution prepares its case; police spokesman says editors published article without submitting it to censor; Israeli law requires that all press material be submitted to mil censor for examination before publication; in addition to news rept, Al Fajr ran emotional editorial on front page mourning death of M Y Najjar (A Yussef) and K Nasser, leaders of Palestine Liberation Orgn, and K Adwan, organizer of guerrilla activity on west bank, who were assassinated by Israeli commandos during Beirut raid; Israeli Min P Sapir says that fiction of gradual reconciliation between Israelis and west bank Arabs 'has crashed up against the wall of cruel reality'
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N.B.C. Leads Networks in Emmy News Nominations
Date: 17 April 1973
Natl TV Arts and Sciences Acad on Apr 16 announces its nominations for Emmy awards in news and documentary categories
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Radio; Talks, Sports, Events News Broadcasts
Date: 17 April 1973
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