3 TOP POLITICIANS CURBED IN GREECE; Accused of Inciting Student Revolt, They Are Placed Under Police Guard Visitors Barred Fatalities at 12
Date: 21 November 1973
Special to The New York Times
3 leading Greek politicians are put under police guard on Nov 20 after being repeatedly accused in Govt statements of instigating students revolt in Athens; G Marvos, acting leader of Center Union party, telephones newspaper correspondents on Nov 20 to rept that he has been placed under house arrest; asserts that he was told by P Canellopoulos, former Premier and leader of rightist Natl Radical Union, that he and his wife are forbidden to leave their apt; I Zigdis, another leading member of Center Union who is in hosp after surgery, asserts he was told by 2 policemen that he could not have any visitors except his family; army relaxes its tight security in Athens as threat of renewed disorders recede; curfew time is switched from 7 PM to 10 PM in province of Athens by order of Gen D Zagorianakos, chief of armed forces; 52 Amer tanks that were rushed to Athens from central Greece to help local armored garrison and police quell revolt of students and workers against Pres G Papadopoulos's 1-man rule return to base; few tanks are seen at key Govt bldgs and intersections, but tank patrols are reduced; soldier and police cadets continue to guard Papadopoulos's office on Const Square; Premier Markezinis tells gathering of mil leaders that Papadopoulos and he congratulated troops for fine job in 'protecting internal order'; adds that Papadopoulos and he agreed to call in army to quell revolt of 'anarchists and fellow-travelers,' and 'establish fully a normal pol life in Greece after complete and lasting restoration of order'; Zagorianakos stresses that troops sent in to restore order made 'no use of arms'; adds that contrary to some repts, tank that crashed barricaded iron gates of Polytechnic had not crushed several students to death; fatalities in 4-day street battles rise to 12 when it is confirmed that former member of Parliament, S Kondomaris, died of heart attack brought on by fumes from tear-gas bomb that exploded near him; unofficial repts put number of dead higher than 12; official spokesman repts that total number of persons detained is now 250 and that they are in custody of civilian and mil police; journalists' unions send joint message to Markezinis urging lifting of preventive press censorship imposed as part of martial law; at least 2 Athens dailies unsympathetic to regime, morning Vima and afternoon Nea, have not published; Labor Ministry says this is due to printers' strike, but martial law is known to have banned strikes; managing editor of another newspaper, Vradyni, is reptd to be under pressure to surrender editorship to pro-Govt colleague
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Radio and TV News in Spain Accents Positive at Home but Negative Abroad; No Word of Conflict Greater Press Latitude National Security Terms
Date: 21 November 1973
By HENRY GINIGERSpecial to The New York Times
article contends that Govt-owned radio station in Spain gives listeners impression that Spain is haven of peace and contentment in world of conflict and unrest
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'Slap' or 'Pat' or 'Tap' by Nixon Stirs New Controversy With Some in Press; 'Rumor and Gossip' 'The Greatest Honor'
Date: 20 November 1973
By R. W. APPLE Jr.Special to The New York Times
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White House officials are enraged after learning of dispatches describing incident in which Pres Nixon slapped or patted M Sgt E Kleizo on face on Nov 17 as he was saying goodby to small group of well-wishers at McCoy Air Force Base near Orlando, Fla, after his news conf; privately describe articles as attempt to give false picture of Nixon's mental health
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Jerusalem Paper Attacks Policy on War Information
Date: 20 November 1973
Israeli Eng-language newspaper The Jerusalem Post on Nov 19 attacks Israel's policy on war information and calls for reorganization of its information services; says that dangerous 'credibility gap' has developed in country during war that began on Oct 6; says that Israeli radio and TV came under over-all supervision of army spokesman's office during war, with result that there was no central civilian direction or planning of information
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TRIAL LAWYERS UNIT BACKS CURB ON F.C.C.
Date: 20 November 1973
Assn of Trial Lawyers on Nov 19 recommends that power to regulate program content on radio and TV be removed from jurisdiction of FCC since 'Congress and the courts must return to the First Amendment and apply it for the benefit of all the media,' rept on freedom of press released by Roscoe Pound American Trial Lawyers Foundation; maintains argument that broadcast stations must be regulated because of their scarcity no longer applies because radio and TV outlets presently outnumber daily newspapers by approximately 8 to 1
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AmidAttacks on Press, Richardson Order Is Seen as One Bright Spot; Mitchell Guidelines Baton Rouge Case
Date: 21 November 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Reporters Com for Freedom of Press in its latest newsletter documents unprecedented Fed ct ruling that gave ex-Vice Pres Agnew's attys right to subpoena reporters in attempt to find out where they were obtaining their information--even before Agnew was accused of crime
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Experts Ask Changes to Ease Flow of Information to Public
Date: 20 November 1973
By ROBERT REINHOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Panel of 58 attys, journalists, scholars and other specialists recommend establishment of independent Govt agency to review natl security documents to determine if classification system is being abused, rept released by H H Bennett following annual Chief Justice E Warren conf on Advocacy held last June
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Nixon Statements and the Record; The Missing Tapes The Uncover-up The Equipment Watergate Version Seems to Conflict With Testimony Assumptions The Ellsberg Case Income Taxes Speeding Up Independent Prosecutor F. Donald Nixon Campaign Spending Milk Fund
Date: 20 November 1973
By JAMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
analysis of Pres Nixon's news conf at AP Managing Editors conv notes that Nixon insisted during conf that he had ordered increase in Fed milk price supports because Cong 'had put a gun to our head'; discusses Mansfield's comments on Nixon's handling of milk issue
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