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CURB ON WAR PAPERS IS UPHELD BY SENATE

Date: 03 May 1972

Sen critics of Vietnam war, in lengthy and unusual secret Sen session, are defeated, May 2, in attempt to place into pub record recently disclosed Nixon Adm study questioning effectiveness of large-scale bombing in Vietnam; Sen Gravel had called closed-door session in attempt to persuade his colleagues to allow pub in Cong Record of '69 Natl Security Council study; Sen R C Byrd discloses that secrecy classification of study had not been lifted

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RAND TOLD TO GIVE DATA ON ELLSBERG

Date: 03 May 1972

Fed dist Judge W Byrne Jr on May 2 orders Rand Corp to produce documents that D Ellsberg's defense counsel hopes will show that Pentagon papers were never Govt property; limits number of documents that Rand must produce to those dealing with distribution of Pentagon study and outlining personnel information about Ellsberg and codefendant A Russo Jr when they were Rand employes

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PRISON TERMS FOR 8 DISCLOSED IN TAIWAN

Date: 02 May 1972

Special to The New York Times

Nationalist China discloses May 1 that 8 persons, arrested over 1 yr ago, were convicted of sedition by mil tribunal in Mar on charges of belonging to 'rebel orgn', reptdly 1 urging Taiwan independence from both Nationalist and Communist China; noted writer Li Ao, editor of liberal Wen Hsing until it was closed in '65, among 8; gets 10-yr jail term

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SECRET-DATA RULE HELD STEP AHEAD; Nixon Aides Say Directive Streamlines Classification

Date: 03 May 1972

Deputy Asst Sec of State W D Blair Jr and Pentagon gen counsel J F Buzhardt defend Pres Nixon's Mar 8 Exec order on declassification of documents from attack by Reprs Moorhead and Moss, Govt Information Subcom (Moorhead); Buzhardt says order would make rules for classifying documents more restrictive, substantially cut number of depts and people empowered to classify information and set timetables for automatic declassification of documents; Blair says yr-long study shows that existing system is too complicated and grants too much authority to too many people; holds system creates conditions contributing to growing lack of respect in and out of Govt for classification system; Moss and Moorhead hold that new directive's terms are at odds with Freedom of Information Act; maintain that Adm is moving too slowly in preparing guidelines for operations

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PUBLISHERS TOLD OF CENSOR PERIL; Editor Cites Prosecution in Pentagon Papers Case

Date: 02 May 1972

By HENRY RAYMONTSpecial to The New York Times

Doubleday & Co pres K D McCormick urges publishers not to assume that recent Sup Ct rulings insure const guarantees of freedom of press against further assaults from Govt and private agents, May 1 s to Amer Publishers Assn; cites recent Justice Dept investigation of Beacon Press of Boston, which issued 4-vol ed of Pentagon Papers; calls on assn to counter campaign by 2 private groups, called Citizens for Decent Literature and Morality in Media, to have state legislatures reverse Sup Ct rulings that protect books; cites other examples of repression and censorship

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Sheehan of Times Among 10 Given Sidney Hillman Awards

Date: 03 May 1972

ACWA S Hillman Foundation award to N Sheehan (NY Times) for his role in Times pub of Pentagon papers; ACWA pres J S Potofsy says papers' pub is landmark in development of 1st Amendment freedoms; Sheehan is major speaker at awards luncheon on May 2

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Pentagon Papers Still Controversial

Date: 02 May 1972

By TERENCE SMITHSpecial to The New York Times

rev of events surrounding NY Times's pub of Pentagon papers in light of its receiving '72 Pulitzer Prize

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Women's Group Challenges WABC-TV's Renewal

Date: 02 May 1972

By GEORGE GENT

George GENT

Natl Women's Orgn (NOW) NY chapter announces that it has filed petition with FCC challenging license renewal application of WABC-TV, alleging 'sexism' in station's program and employment practices, May 1 news conf at Center for Const Rights; charges station has consistently failed to cover serious women's issues and has presented 'disparaging portrayal of women's role in soc' through its regular programming and commercials; petition, prepared with help of Dr B Sang, includes material gathered over 18 mos; singles out Eyewitness News anchorman R Grimsby for 'snide comments' about women

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COLUMNIST URGES SECRET-DATA CURB; Anderson Also Says F.B.I. Conducted Sex Inquiries

Date: 02 May 1972

Special to The New York Times

J Anderson charges that FBI conducted inquiries into 'sex lives, drinking habits and personal affairs' of 'prominent Amers'; says FBI dir Hoover has demonstrated 'intense interest in who is sleeping with whom in Washington'; says former Pres Johnson appreciated stories about love affairs of public figures; in his column of May 2 lists names of various personalities who have been investigated by FBI

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The Times Wins a Pulitzer For the Pentagon Papers; THE TIMES WINS PULITZER AWARD

Date: 02 May 1972

By PETER KIHSS

Peter KIHSS

72 Pulitzer Prizes to B W Tuchman for Stilwell and the American Experience in China (nonfiction); J P Lash for Eleanor and Franklin (biog); W Stegner for Angle of Repose (fiction); C N Degler for Neither Black nor White (history); J Wright for Collected Poems (poetry)

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