U.S. Sees Ellsberg Issue As Simple Case of Theft; Basic Case Outlined Leaks Charged
Date: 18 January 1973
Special to The New York Times
opening statements in Pentagon papers trial are delivered by defense atty L B Boudin and prosecutor US Atty D R Nissen on Jan 17; Govt is charging simple case of theft of classified documents by D Ellsberg and A Russo; defense seeks to broaden issue to prove not only that Pentagon papers were not stolen but also that documents involved should not have been classified and information in them has been long in public domain; documents involved are 18 volumes of Pentagon papers, '68 memo written by then Chmn of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen E C Wheeler, and '54 Geneva Accord memo
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Ellsberg Jury Told Data Could Have Aided Enemy; Jury Told Data Could Have Aided Hanoi Spy Charges at Issue
Date: 19 January 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Lt Gen W G DePuy testifies on Jan 18 that 1 of documents released through publication of Pentagon papers, '68 Joint Chiefs of Staff study, could have helped N Vietnamese and Vietcong plan last yr's Tet offensive; concedes, under cross-examination, that parts of document in question had been made public without injuring US mil position in Vietnam; reads sections of rept that he feels would damage natl security; says that section of study entitled 'enemy capabilities' could indicate to N Vietnamese if Amer and S Vietnamese intelligence is competent
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Bills to Protect Newsmen Gain Support in Congress
Date: 19 January 1973
Cong effort to protect newsmen from forced disclosure of their sources gains momentum on Jan 18 with introduction of bill by Sens Mansfield, Hatfield, Cook and Young that would protect newsmen from ever disclosing to legal authorities names of their sources, except when newsmen were being sued for libel; Repr C W Whalen Jr and 50 co-sponsors plan to introduce bill that would allow Fed ct to order newsman to name his source for story if it is relevant to specific crime
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Judge in Pentagon Papers Trial; William Matthew Byrne Jr. 'Only Sexy Figures'
Date: 18 January 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Biog sketch of Fed Dist Judge W M Byrne Jr, who is presiding over Pentagon papers case; por
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Maryland Governor Plans Measure to Aid Reporters
Date: 18 January 1973
Special to The New York Times
Maryland Gov M Mandel announces on Jan 17 plans to strengthen state law protecting confidentiality of reporters' sources; existing state law allows reporter to refuse to identify his sources but does not cover information gathered by reporter or identity of persons who provide information without knowing they are talking to reporter
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Press Executives Get Tour of the City; Bankers' Tour Recalled The Tax Problem
Date: 18 January 1973
By MAURICE CARROLL
Maurice CARROLL
NYC news media officials, on NYC Finance Dept tour of Govt facilities, visit Talisman Island sewage treatment plant; illus
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