Reluare sâmbătă, 17 februarie 1973

30 Cases Cited in Which Police or Courts Allegedly Threatened Free Press; News Room Searched The Watergate Case SUBPOENAS Block-Busting at Issue Unused Tapes Sought POLICE ACTION AND CRIMINAL CHARGES COURT ORDERS

Date: 18 February 1973

Special to The New York TimesBy DAVID K. SHIPLER

Reporters Com for Freedom of Press compiles list of 30 recent cases in which subpoenas, ct orders or police action have allegedly threatened 'free flow of news to the public'; J Landau (Newhouse News), member of com, told HR subcom recently that he was especially concerned about attempts to identify reporters' confidential sources; holds if reporters violate their confidentiality they may not be able to operate effectively in their news-gathering pursuits; list of recent cases in which newsmen and scholars resisted subpoenas or ct orders, or were objects of police action or criminal charges involving their ability to gather and publish information

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Brazil Imposes Sweeping Press Curbs and Installs Censors in Newsrooms of the Few Papers That Resist; Some Censor Themselves The Banned Subjects Most Papers Comply The Miracle's Other Side

Date: 17 February 1973

By MARVINE HOWESpecial to The New York Times

comment on current status of press freedom in Brazil; Brazilian newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo is leader of small group of newspapers, which includes Estado de Sao Paulo, Jornal da Tarde, Tribuna da Imprensa, Opiniao, Politikan and Pasquim, that refuse to comply with official press prohibitions; as consequence, policemen are assigned to their offices; gen press prohibitions include protests against censorship, any discussion of successor to Pres Garrastazu Medici, campaigns against Govt's special powers by decree and sensational news that might hurt Brazilian image; most controversial order, issued by Min of Justice in Sept, bans all news, comment or ints on pol relaxation of regime, on democracy for Brazil and on econ and financial situation in gen; J de Mesquita Neto, publisher of O Estado de Sao Paulo, M F de Nascimento Brito, publisher of Jornal do Brasil and R R Pereira, reporter for Opiniao, comment

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ACCESS TO PAPERS AT RAND OUTLINED; Witness Says 5 Persons Could Look at Files A Model Employe Access Given in Letter

Date: 17 February 1973

By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times

Former Rand Corp consultant R H Moorsteen testifies on Feb 16 at Pentagon papers trial that he knew of no 'special arrangement' at Rand regarding Pentagon papers; says that only 'narrow' list of people had access to papers at Rand, and that as far as he was concerned papers were always within regular security machinery; defense contends that copy of Pentagon papers that Ellsberg in turn later copied and helped make public was in fact private papers of 3 Defense Dept officials, P C Warnke, L Gelb and M H Halperin, who gave Ellsberg and Moorsteen primary access to them; holds papers were not in regular Rand security system; Moorsteen says that he did not know of lr from Warnke, Gelb and Halperin that defense has submitted as evidence and which defense says gave Ellsberg special access to Pentagon papers; says he learned mos later from J Butler, Rand top security control officer, that he (Moorsteen) had access to documents

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GIBSON PRESSES BID ON A NEWARK PAPER

Date: 18 February 1973

Newark, NJ Mayor K A Gibson says on Feb 17 that he has asked 80 publishers across US to start 2d newspaper in Newark, but has recd almost no favorable response, speech, North Jersey Press Assn; Newark has had only 1 paper, Newark Star-Ledger, since Aug 31, '72, when Newark Evening News ceased publication; Gibson repts that he has so far been contacted only by NY Post and paper is still undecided

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British Paper Wins a Right-to-Print Case; Series Was Published No Jury Involved

Date: 17 February 1973

By ALVIN SHUSTERSpecial to The New York Times-

London appeals ct on Feb 16 overturns lower ct decision and allows London Sunday Times to publish article about children and their families who were affected by deforming drug thalidomide; ruling rejects lower ct decision that pub of article would jeopardize negotiations between Distillers Co, which manufactures drug, and families of deformed children; does not clear way for article's publication because Distillers has brought new legal action contending that article represents 'breach of copyright' because it quoted from internal co documents; Lord Denning, 1 of judges, says there is no doubt that article was intended to bring pressure on Distillers to increase its offer to families of children, but that pressure is legitimate in light of all events

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AN ITALIAN DAILY USES FACSIMILE; U. S. Papers Use System Savings Anticipated System Explained Many Are Subsidized After a Fight, Turin Paper Transmits Rome Edition

Date: 18 February 1973

Special to The New York Times

La Stampa, newspaper of Turin, Italy, starts facsimile edition in Rome which involves transmitting of 20-page newspaper over 400 miles of telephone circuits; La Stampa dir G Giovannini says that acceptance of venture by organized labor and publishers of local dailies marks advance in Ital press history; says he had to persuade unions one by one; printers union sec A Giampietro says unions are not against technological innovations on condition that that mgt guarantees employment level and pays for training workers in new methods; La Stampa expects to save almost 1/2 cost of shipping copies dailies by air from Turin to Rome

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Saigon Tells Newsmen M.P.'s Shoot Intruders

Date: 18 February 1973

Special to The New York Times

S Vietnamese authorities, Feb 17, warn newsmen they could be shot for seeking to int Communist reprs on Joint Mil Comm at their base at Tan Son Nhut Airport; cites incident of NBC TV crew using pass improperly to enter base in attempt to film party being given by Vietcong delegation; crewmen were stopped and ejected

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New Political Front Is Formed by Saigon

Date: 18 February 1973

Special to The New York Times

Saigon Govt announces, Feb 17, formation of a natl pol body, People's Front to Safeguard Peace and to Realize the People's Right to Self-Determination, to oppose the Natl Liberation Front in the coming pol struggle; new orgn came into being at a meeting under the chmnship of Pres Nguyen Van Thieu; Govt spokesman Pham Duong Hien stresses that non-Communist Opposition to Thieu was represented at the meeting and had joined in unanimous approval; a number of Opposition legislators privately make known their opposition and their disbelief in the pol universality of the new group; Phan Huy Quat, who attended meeting, says he believes Thieu felt need to broaden the base of his support; says some speakers had called on Thieu to loosen govt restrictions on the activities of pol parties and the press, but received no assurances from him; Thieu indicated that new orgn will play role in natl elections called for in the Paris cease-fire accord and in choosing Govt members of the Natl Council of Natl Reconciliation and concord, to be established by Saigon, the Vietcong and neutralists

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A Milwaukee Columnist Wins Ernie Pyle Award

Date: 17 February 1973

Scripps-Howard Foundation on Feb 16 names B Stokes (Milwaukee Journal) winner of 20th E Pyle Memorial Award; cites G McEvory (Orlando Sentinel) and B Greene (Chicago Sun-Times) for hon mention

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KISSINGER MEETS MAO FOR 2 HOURS; Accord on Trade Reported Specific Results Expected Atmosphere 'Unrestrained,' White House Says

Date: 18 February 1973

Peking correspondent of Tokyo Asahi Shimbun repts on Feb 17 that Kissinger and Chou have agreed in Peking confs on establishment of a permanent US trade office in China and an exch of newsmen

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