Justices Decline to Upset Stay of the Ellsberg Trial; High Court, in a Poll by Burger, Rejects Government Plea for Special Session on Delay in Pentagon Papers Case
Date: 06 August 1972
By FRED P. GRAHAM
Fred GRAHAM
case of Pentagon papers on Vietnam war seen as a legal curiosity, as it is the first trial ever to be blocked by a Sup Ct Justice after the jury was sworn in; Justice Douglas stayed it 48 hr on July 31 so defense could appeal a wire-tap controversy; Chief Justice Burger, Aug 5, announces Sup Ct declines to upset the stay
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Field Day for The Legal Eagles; Ellsberg:
Date: 06 August 1972
-- FRED P. GRAHAM
comment on Justice Douglas's stay of Pentagon papers trial
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The Government Playing With Its Subpoenas; The Last Word
Date: 06 August 1972
By JOHN LEONARD
John LEONARD
article on recent Govt attempts to subpoena records of Beacon Press in connection with its pub of Sen Gravel's version of Pentagon papers; lauds Beacon Press's continued effort to publish meaningful literature
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G.O.P. Asks Air Time
Date: 07 August 1972
Repub Natl Com chmn Sen Dole formally asks ABC, NBC, CBS and MBS networks for free TV and radio time to respond to Aug 5 TV speech by Sen McGovern
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. . . The Hidden War
Date: 06 August 1972
ed says shift from ground to air war by US has meant a shift from units based in S Vietnam to groups from air bases in Thailand and carriers at sea, resulting in a drastic cut in the visibility of the war to the Amer people, who must still bear the moral and financial burdens of the war; charges Thai restrictions on US newsmen visiting 7 US air bases in Thailand keep US pub from knowing more about the massive air action in Vietnam being carried out by US
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The American Newsreel, 1911-1967; By Raymond Fielding. Illustrated. 392 pp. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. $9.95. Newsreel
Date: 06 August 1972
By MARTIN A. JACKSON
Martin JACKSON
Fielding, Raymond: Book The American Newsreel, 1911-1967, by R Fielding revd by M A Jackson
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Dole Plans to Ask Time To Reply to McGovern
Date: 06 August 1972
(Equal-Time Issue--Sen Dole Asks Free TV Time for Repubs) Repub Natl Chmn Sen Dole says on Aug 5 that party will demand free TV time to respond to Sen McGovern's 15-minute broadcast address announcing his selection of S Shriver as his running mate; charges that McGovern made 'obvious misuse' of public service broadcast time because Shriver announcement acctd for only small portion of time used
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The News For a Change Is Good; Radiation:
Date: 06 August 1972
-- DAVID A. ANDELMAN
Comment on findings at Brookhaven Natl Lab, US, and in Denmark and USSR that levels of radiation in man have decreased since '63 nuclear test ban, prohibiting tests in atmosphere; cesium, a product of nuclear explosions, was element measured
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MOVES FOR AMITY SET BACK IN KOREA; Delay of Red Cross Talks Is Depressing News in Seoul
Date: 06 August 1972
By RICHARD HALLORANSpecial to The New York Times
new movement toward improving relations between N and S Korea stalled by indefinite postponement of meeting between reprs of N and S Korean Red Cross; S Korean officials hopeful that meetings, on reunion of families, will be resumed within next mo; Koreans in North and South see delay playing into hands of hard-liners on both sides who oppose unification; S Koreans speculate on N Korean objectives in delaying meetings
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