NEWS COUNCIL PICKS EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Date: 17 July 1973
Natl News Council, formerly known as Press Council, established by 20th Century Fund to monitor performance of media, names W B Arthur exec dir, R J Traynor chmn and N Schnurman assoc dir; names as council members J G Cooney, T B Curtis, I Dilliard, A Gore, D R Height, Rev J M Lawson, R B McKay, S Roberts, L F Ghiglione, M T Ivins, R M Otwell, R Renick, W A Rusher and R P Straus
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KROUGH PLEADS 5TH AT HOUSE INQUIRY; First Watergate Witness to Invoke the Amendment Dean Testimony Recalled Assistant to Haldeman
Date: 18 July 1973
By MARJORIE HUNTERSpecial to The New York Times
E Krogh Jr, ex-White House aide, invokes 5th Amendment on July 17, refusing to answer queries of HR Armed Services subcom; he is 1st of dozens of witnesses called before several Watergate investigating panels on Capitol Hill to invoke amendment; Repr Nedzi says that Krogh invoked amendment in response to 50 queries, answering only routine questions about personal and professional background; Krogh's atty S N Shulman tells subcom that Krogh is under investigation by grand jury in Los Angeles looking into Ellsberg break-in and by grand jury in Washington looking into break-in at Dem Natl Hq in Watergate
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Freedom of the Press in Britain and U.S.: A Contrast; " We have the extreme legal position in this country. You have the extreme public position in the United States. The best system is somewhere in the middle." -William Rees-Mogg, editor, The Times In Order to Insure a Fair Trial " We operate under severe inhibitions. We could never have followed the American example in reporting a Watergate case." -Harold Evans, editor, The Sunday Times Freedom of the Press in Britain and U.S.: A Contrast Peril of Prosecution Hoped for Relaxation Ministers and Gardeners Better Not to Know' Many Difficult Areas
Date: 17 July 1973
By ALVIN SHUSTERSpecial to The New York Times
Article on freedom of press in GB notes that 80-yr-old Official Secrets Act, which applies to all officials from mins to gardeners in public parks, has served to keep out of press virtually any information Govt does not want published; says Brit Prime Min Heath recently called nation's editors to explain Govt plans for revising secrets law and eliminating 'unnecessary secrecy'; notes 1 editor complained that Heath made argument for more closed society
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News U.S. Envoy Is in Saigon
Date: 18 July 1973
G A Martin arrives in Saigon on July 17 to take over as US Amb to S Vietnam
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Britons Worry About Losing Privacy- to Europe, Computers, Detectives and Press; Europe Entry Unpopular
Date: 18 July 1973
By RICHARD EDERSpecial to The New York Times
Article on recent flurry of debates, repts and investigations about threat to Brit privacy from computers, detectives and press; notes focus of problem last wk was in House of Commons, which debated rept drawn up 1 yr ago by comm headed by Sir K Younger; says Younger rept is extensive study of current dangers to privacy; notes Brit Home Affairs Min R Carr said that Govt would propose legis in line with number of points in rept, including criminal and civil penalties for illegitimate forms of surveillance
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Letters to the Editor; Watergate and the Importance of a Free Press Mitchell's Dilemma Nonpolluting Fluoride Drug Pushers: The Chinese Solution Checking on the C.I.A. France vs. the Rule of Law
Date: 17 July 1973
BARBARA C. FoxMICHAEL D. GORDONSAUL M. SACKS, D.D.S.ABRAM H. KALISHROBERT F. DRINANLLOYD WHITE
Barbara FoxMICHAEL
M D Gordon lr on ex-Atty Gen Mitchell's testimony before Sen Watergate com questions validity of Mitchell's dilemma between his responsibilities toward Pres Nixon's re-election and his responsibilities to US laws which he had sworn to uphold
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day Watergate Investigation International National Metropolitan The Other News International Government and Politics General Quotation of the Day Going Out Guide Page30 CORRECTIONS
Date: 18 July 1973
dispatch from the Bahamas published on July 11 incorrectly identified Bahamian Finance Min; he is A D Hanna
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