Poll Indicates Ethical Rules for Newspapers Differ; Teaching Acceptable
Date: 29 April 1973
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Poll conducted by professional standards com of AP Managing Editors Assn concerning whether newspapers allow their reporters to moonlight or to accept free gifts indicates that general prerequisite is that reporters are not allowed to work for competing newspapers; results of poll are presented to ANPA on Apr 28 during its 87th annual meeting; rept notes that major criticism by managing editors of pol involvement on part of their reporters is not that reporter would be biased but that public would sec him that way
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Ellsberg Lawyers Weigh New Motion for Dismissal; Ellsberg's Attorneys May Enter Another Motion to Dismiss Case Source of Name Unclear
Date: 30 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Defense attys in Pentagon papers case are considering move for dismissal of case against D Ellsberg and A J Russo Jr because of rept that office of D Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr L J Fielding had been broken into by men associated with Govt; Ellsberg says on Apr 29 that at this late stage he would rather have case go to jury than have it dismissed by Judge W M Byrne Jr; Byrne will be presented with affidavit on Apr 30 confirming that Fielding's office was broken into; none of Ellsberg's records were missing and it is assumed that burglars copied or photographed them; defense has obtained affidavit from Fielding that says that his office was visited twice during last part of July, '71, and that he on both occasions refused to discuss Ellsberg with agents pleading doctor-patient relationship
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Mr. Smith's Regime
Date: 30 April 1973
By Judith Todd
Judith Todd
J Todd article discusses Smith regime's repressive methods of detaining those that oppose Govt; discusses imprisonment of P Niesewand, Rhodesian journalist who has been found guilty under Rhodesia Official Secret Act although charges are not known; cites detention of herself and her father G Todd, former Prime Min; holds situation is critical; asserts continuing UN mandatory sanctions and revocation of US decision to import Rhodesian minerals are kind of pressures that may lead Rhodesian leaders to negotiate with African leaders
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Watergate Spills Over To Ellsberg; Getting Worse
Date: 29 April 1973
MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Rev of events surrounding disclosure during Pentagon papers trial that office of D Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr L J Fielding was broken into by convicted Watergate conspirators E H Hunt Jr and G G Liddy, thus linking Pentagon papers trial to Watergate investigation
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Drew Pearson; An Unauthorized Biography. By Oliver Pilat. Illustrated. 372 pp. New York: Harper & Row. $10. The Sol Hurok of the Washington press corps
Date: 29 April 1973
By WILLIAM V. SHANNON
William SHANNON
Pilat, Oliver: Book Drew Pearson, by O Pilat, revd by W V Shannon
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Watergate Case Believed to Have Weakened Ellsberg Prosecution
Date: 29 April 1973
Special to The New York TimesBy MARTIN ARNOLD
Sources close to Pentagon papers trial rept that public disclosure many mos ago of Watergate bugging apparently had effect of softening Govt's courtroom efforts to convict D Ellsberg and A J Russo Jr; strategy reptly planned by Govt to prosecute Ellsberg, which consisted of attacking Ellsberg's character, with hints to jury that Ellsberg had disclosed Pentagon papers merely for personal gain rather than to get information in papers to Cong as he contended, fell apart after Watergate disclosures
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Ellsberg Says His Trial Now Seems to Be Political; ELLSBERG LINKS TRIAL TO POLITICS
Date: 29 April 1973
By The Associated Press
D Ellsberg says on Apr 28 that newly reptd link between Watergate conspirators and his Pentagon papers trial, involving disclosure of break-in at office of his former psychiatrist Dr L J Fielding, has convinced him that Pentagon papers prosecution was related to efforts to reelect Pres Nixon, int; cites alleged attempt to have him attacked by 2 Cuban nationals and called a traitor when he delivered speech at antiwar rally in Washington in May '72; 2 Cuban exiles say in int in Miami Herald that they had accompanied 4 of Watergate conspirators to Washington twice during last May on what they were told was CIA mission to disrupt antiwar demonstrations; say that Ellsberg was particular target of 1st trip on May 2, on which they were allegedly told to disrupt demonstrations during funeral of former FBI dir J E Hoover
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