INQUIRY ON MIAMI HALTED BY A SUIT; News Notes Demanded Wiretap Order Challenged--Newsmen Subpoenaed
Date: 11 March 1973
Special to The New York Times
inquiry into alleged corruption in Dade County, Fla, cts and local govt has been halted, at least temporarily, by legal action in Tallahassee; halt will be in effect until Fla Sup Ct rules, probably early next wk, on suit challenging legality of wiretap on which yr-long inquiry has been primarily based; also next wk, several local newsmen will ask US Dist Ct to quash subpoenas served on them; subpoenas call on newsmen to produce their notes on inquiry into alleged 'fixing ct cases and zoning bd cases'; inquiry was begun secretly last yr by Sheriff E W Purdy and Miami Police Chief B Garmire; has centered on activities of F Martin, 71-yr-old service station owner who is reputed to have considerable pol influence; police informer worked for almost yr at Martin's gasoline station, which is frequently visited by local judges and elected officials; Purdy and Garmire, acting on information provided by informer, requested 2 wiretaps on Martin's telephone; taps were authorized by Sup Ct Justice J Adkins and Gov R Askew; early in Feb, news about investigation reached public when newspaper articles and special TV shows gave many details; Askew, reptdly angered by disclosures, named special out-of-town investigator, Volusia County State Atty S Boyles; inquiry has also been transferred to jurisdiction of Volusia grand jury; Miami Mayor D Kennedy and F Cobo, his adm asst, who have recd wiretap notices, filed suit in Tallahassee challenging under Fla law constitutionality of Adkins's wiretap authorization; Volusia Chief Judge J Nelson, advised that Fla Sup Ct had accepted suit, instructed Boyles to suspend investigation; lawyers for Rev T Wright, also recipient of wiretap notice, will go to ct next wk seeking temporary restraining order to prevent public release of further information about inquiry; 5 reporters for The Miami Herald and 2 TV reporters have been subpoenaed in case; D Paul, atty for Herald reporters, indicates that reporters will not surrender their notebooks and tapes
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Some Sweetness...; ... and Light
Date: 12 March 1973
By Spiro T. Agnew
Spiro Agnew
Vice Pres Agnew, in speech in Lowell, Mass, comments on news media's approach to Nixon Adm's decisions on foreign affairs; says media has not digested Nixon's 3 definitive repts objectively and has led people to believe Govt is trying to deceive them on internatl matters; excerpts
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DAILY NEWS OBJECTS TO A LONDON PAPER
Date: 11 March 1973
NY Daily News objects on Mar 11 to use of logotype by Sunday Times of London, whose magazine supplement last week used cover made to look like Daily News front page as introduction to article about violence in NYC; Times art dir M Rand says no disrespect had been intended and that mock-up of Daily News front page was good way to illustrate strong article about violence in NY
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Saigon Yields to Press On Seeing Communists
Date: 11 March 1973
S Vietnamese Govt on Mar 10 agrees to expand press representation at meeting next wk with Communist peacekeeping delegates; Dir of Public Affairs Pham Duong Hien says that each news orgn will be allowed to have 1 repr visit Vietcong and N Vietnamese officials in their compound at Tan Son Nhut air base next Saturday; says all subsequent wkly press meetings with Communists will be limited to 16-member 'pool' of newsmen
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Bill in Rhode Island Calls For Names on Editorials
Date: 11 March 1973
RI House approves bill Mar 9 that would require all eds in newspapers and periodicals published in state to carry name of writer; measure sent to Senate where prospects for passage appear uncertain
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U.S. Newspapers Increased In 1972 Despite Loss of 3
Date: 11 March 1973
Editor & Publisher (Pub) repts on Mar 9 that total number of newspapers in US increased by 12 and daily circulation rose by almost 300,000 in '72; total circulation was at record 62.5-million
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TV's Top Anchormen Assess White House Policy Toward Network News; Anchormen Assess White House TV Policy
Date: 12 March 1973
NY Times editors and reporters question network TV's leading news anchormen, J Chancellor (NBC), W Cronkite (CBS) and H Reasoner and H K Smith (ABC) at roundtable discussion held at Times; discussion includes issues of relationship between Nixon Adm and TV news medium, proposed changes in Govt policy, charges by White House Office of Telecommunications Dir C T Whitehead of bias in TV news reptg, and need for Fed legis to give journalists privilege to withhold from grand juries either confidential information obtained during news-gathering activities or source of that information; newsmen illus
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The Nation; MARTIN ARNOLD Look Who's Helping The Defense Holding Out For 'Peace With Honor' Wounded Knee Ellsberg Congress vs. Nixon But Does It Have The Will? A Deal On F-14 Grumman The $200,000 Misunderstanding Watergate et al. Shadows on The White House Confrontations
Date: 11 March 1973
DOUGLAS E. KNEELANDJAMES NAUGHTONROBERT J. COLEJOHN M. CREWDSON
Douglas KNEELANDJAMES
suit against R L Vesco, former bd chmn of IOS, and 41 others on charges that they systematically looted 4 IOS mutual funds of at least $224-million discussed in light of recent revealation during course of investigation that H L Sears, former Vesco atty, and another former Vesco assoc personally delivered $200,000 in cash that Vesco had secretly donated to Finance Com to Re-Elect the Pres; SEC's efforts to show improper attempts to influence its investigation by questioning Sears, including disclosure that Sears met with Atty Gen Mitchell to discuss Vesco investigation noted
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day
Date: 12 March 1973
Bermuda acting Gov I Kinnear quoted; warns about implications if rule of gun becomes way of life in Bermuda
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