Mailers Step Up Contract Talks With Publishers of 3 City Dailies
Date: 20 March 1973
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
Mailers Union Local 6 on March 19 intensifies negotiations with NY Daily News, NY Times and NY Post in effort to reach early contract agreement; local pres G E McDonald comments; Typographical Union Local 6 pres B A Powers says that no one of 10 newspaper unions has any priority in being 1st in settling
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Rhodesia Begins the Trial Of Journalist in Private
Date: 20 March 1973
Special to The New York Times
freelance journalist P Niewsewand goes on trial on March 19 in Salisbury, Rhodesia, for allegedly violating Rhodesia's Official Secrets Act, which makes it crime to collect, publish or transmit any information considered useful to an enemy; Magistrate J Hamilton refuses Niese wand's request that hearing be open, and bars press, public and Niewsewand's wife; Niewsewand has been held in jail since his arrest Feb 20
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LON NOL ORDERS STERN MEASURES; Suspends Press and Holds Some in House Arrest After Bombing Attack Lon Nol Suspends the Press, Orders Arrests After Attack
Date: 19 March 1973
By HENRY KAMMSpecial to The New York Times
Cambodian Pres Lon Nol on March 18 suspends publication of all newspapers and periodicals except those published by Govt as 1 of series of stern measures taken after attempt was made to assassinate him in bombing raid on Pres palace
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Cahill Vetoes 'Shield' Bill For the Press as Extreme; Cahill Vetoes Newsmen's 'Shield' Bill as Giving the Press Too Much Power
Date: 20 March 1973
By RONALD SULLIVAN
Ronald SULLIVAN
US Sup Ct on March 19 declines to rev contempt conviction of reporter P J Bridge (Newark Evening News) who was jailed for 21 days for refusing to disclose source of article he wrote; decision leaves standing lower ct rulings that 1st Amendment does not provide reporters with any privilege to remain silent when questioned about thier sources and that NJ 'shield' law in effect is inoperative if name of source appears in paper; Bridge illus
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Cahill Vetoes 'Shield' Bill' For the Press as Extreme; Cahill Vetoes 'Shield' Measure For the Press as Going Too Far Review Is Denied
Date: 20 March 1973
By RONALD SULLIVANSpecial to The New York Times
NJ Gov Cahill on March 19 vetoes bill that would have effectively granted absolute immunity to newsmen in NJ, allowing them to refuse to disclose any news information, confidential or otherwise, to such bodies as grand juries, investigating comms or legis coms; bill was widely heralded as strongest news-source-protection legis in US; veto is expected to have impact on Cong efforts to draft parallel Fed news-source protection law in Washington; supports NJ's existing law that protects reporters from disclosing confidential news sources to investigative bodies; Cahill contends that new proposal goes too far; says there are other well-accepted rights of citizens that come into conflict with principle of press freedom; NJ chapter of ACLU calls veto 'cruel blow to a free press'; Sen J E Crabiel attacks veto and declares that he will support any legis effort to override it; Sen J H Wallwork says that he is disappointed with veto but does not intend to lead any fight to override it; says he will push for legis study of over-all problem of news-source protection, as urged by Cahill; rev of jailing of reporter P J Bridge for refusing to disclose his source; illus of Wallwork
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' Top Secret' Label Discounted By a Witness at Ellsberg Trial; Uncertain About Labeling
Date: 20 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Defense consultant, W G Florence, who has served 22 yrs in Army and Air Force as specialist in classification of secrets, testifies on March 19 at Pentagon papers trial that label 'top secret' on documents would be given little weight by foreign country because US Govt has 'ruined the integrity of the classification system'; says an analyst would know that classification was put on 'many times by an individual with no authority and by individuals for personal reasons'; says analyst would know that information might have been very outdated, that it could have been declassified long before and that 'much more information is classified than is ever declassified'
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Ex-Inmates Sing The Blues; IN THE NATION
Date: 20 March 1973
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
T Wicker, noting plight of former convicts and convicted criminals, notes that C Watson of Denver was denied press card ostensibly because he had been convicted of felony at 1 time; Watson contends that denial stemmed from fact that he was instrumental in barring of '76 Winter Olympics in Denver
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Briefs on the Arts; Sunshine Boys' Sold to Screen
Date: 20 March 1973
S Hurok to be honored for his 60 yrs as impresario at Met Opera House; gala will benefit Performing Arts Research Center of NY Public Library
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Sports News Briefs; Pearson Captures Carolina 500
Date: 19 March 1973
Carolina 500: D Pearson (Mercury) wins Carolina 500 stock car race on Mar 18 in Rockingham, NC
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