U.S. Abandons Blackout Of TV at War Briefings
Date: 11 March 1972
US mil command abandons new policy of barring TV cameras from daily briefings on the war; Assn of Foreign Correspondents in Vietnam called bar a 'steady and purposeful reduction in the flow of news' about the war; Col Stevens denies he removed ban because of 'pressure'
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VIOLENCE MARKS EL MUNDO STRIKE; Guild Action Against Paper in San Juan a Month Old
Date: 12 March 1972
Special to The New York Times
Newspaper Guild on stike against Puerto Rican newspaper El Mundo for 1 mo accuses co of importing strike-breakers from Miami; despite strike co publishes 16-page paper without ad
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The Word Now Is: 'Easier on That Stamp'; Classification:
Date: 12 March 1972
-- RICHARD HALLORAN
comment on Nixon's Exec order aimed at curbing use of top secret, secret and confidential classifications on Govt documents and to speed up declassification process; Cong criticism noted; illus of classifying stamp
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Eyes Only
Date: 12 March 1972
By RUSSELL BAKER
Russell BAKER
R Baker humorous comment on Pentagon's efforts to develop new type of paper that cannot be Xeroxed or otherwise duplicated in order to stop Govt secrets from leaking to newspapers
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Nixon Order to Relax Secrecy Called 'Restrictive' at Hearing; But Moorhead, House Panel's Chairman, Hails Statement Accompanying Directive
Date: 11 March 1972
By RICHARD HALLORANSpecial to The New York Times
Repr Moorhead criticizes Nixon's Exec order limiting secrecy surrounding Fed documents, opening of HR Govt Information Subcom hearings; lauds Nixon's statement accompanying order for 'emphasizing past abuses of classification system'; holds order does not live up to statement's goals and seems to be order 'written by classifiers for classifiers'; says that under provision calling for declassification of top secret documents after 10 yrs, Pres could stay in office for 2 terms and make it possible for his Vice Pres or other supporter to succeed him without public knowing details of major policy errors; Asst Atty Gen Erickson testifies before subcom on requests to Justice Dept for access to its records under Freedom of Information Act; in hearing before HR Armed Services subcom, Deputy Asst State Sec Blair continues Adm's effort to explain Exec order and head off bill to establish joint exec-Cong-judicial comm to rev secrecy in Govt; he concedes too much material is classified and too much of that is overclassified; says that in central foreign policy files since '50 alone, there are more than 8-million documents, at least 1/2 of them classified; says it would take 10 yrs to declassify them, while more papers pile up
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11 Newspapers Seized By the Police in Saigon
Date: 12 March 1972
Saigon police seize 11 Vietnamese-language newspapers for carrying articles alleged 'harmful to natl security'
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Anderson Says Errors Are Labeled Top Secret
Date: 11 March 1972
J Anderson says Americans are losing confidence in Govt which censors news by classifying it; says 'secret' designation is used to hide Govt mistakes
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Woman Wins Point
Date: 11 March 1972
ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
Natl Wildlife Fed meets, Mex City, 1st conf outside US; names Gov R W Peterson of Delaware as 'conservationist of yr' for Delaware's '71 coastal zoning law prohibiting any new indus on Delaware's 100 mi of coastline beaches
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Blacks at Parley Divided On Basic Role in Politics; Blacks at Parley Divided on Basic Role in Politics
Date: 12 March 1972
By THOMAS A. JOHNSONSpecial to The New York Times
Thomas JOHNSONSpecial
black nationalist delegates to Natl Black Pol Conv are seeking to make issue of racial balance busing important factor in conv; are opposed to busing, choosing instead to support community control of schools and bldg of separate black soc
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AWARDS ANNOUNCED BY PUBLISHER GROUP
Date: 12 March 1972
NYS Publishers Assn annual contest for distinguished ed writing award to NY Times
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