Town Rallying to Aid Crusading Editor
Date: 25 August 1972
Special to The New York Times
D Hicks Jr, editor of recently burned down paper Monroe County Democrat, says he will not have to close down paper because people in town have helped him move into another bldg and have lent him equipment
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Fire Ruins Crusading Editor's Plant
Date: 24 August 1972
Special to The New York Times
Monroe County Dem newspaper plant in Tenn is burned down on Aug 23 in latest of series of violent acts against editor D Hicks Jr in last 5 yrs; Hicks says he is unsure whether he can continue publishing because he has been unable to get ins on plant; has stirred controversy on topics such as parking meters and alleged pol corruption; illus of Hicks at burned down plant
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JUSTICES GET APPEAL ON PENTAGON PAPERS
Date: 24 August 1972
Attys for D Ellsberg and A J Russo in Pentagon papers case ask Sup Ct on Aug 23 to rule on wiretapping issue involving defense's allegation that Govt used electronic eavesdropping device to listen in on phone conversation of defense team member
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2 REPORTERS FOUND WRONGLY CONVICTED
Date: 24 August 1972
US Ct of Appeals overturns contempt convictions of L Dickinson (Baton Rouge Morning Advocate) and G Adams (State-Times), ruling that 'censorship in any form' is incompatible with free press; reporters defied order of US Dist Judge E G West not to publish accounts of testimony given in connection with conspiracy charges
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HEARING ADJOURNED IN TIMES LABOR CASE
Date: 24 August 1972
NYS Sup Ct on Aug 23 adjourns hearing on application by NY Times for preliminary injunction against NY Mailers Union Local 6 until Aug 29; Judge N T Helman continues temporary stay against mailers' work stoppage, which prevented paper from pub Aug 21 edition
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Bond, Here, Bids Blacks Unite And Drive Nixon Out of Office
Date: 25 August 1972
Ga legislator J Bond urges blacks on Aug 24 to unite in effort to expel Nixon from office; says Nixon Adm promises that black people would be included in nation's econ and soc life have not been carried out
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News Club Changes Name
Date: 25 August 1972
NYC Newspaper Reporters Assn votes on Aug 24 to change name to NY Press Club
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Marathon Route Protested
Date: 24 August 1972
US Olympic marathon runner K Moore files formal complaint on Aug 23 concerning route that has been selected for 26-mile race in Olympic Games; complains that part of route is covered with either gravel or rutted paths
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8 N.A.I.A. Schools Disciplined
Date: 24 August 1972
Natl Assn of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) on Aug 23 places 8 schools on probation, 6 for violation of assn's participation policy and 2 for violation of eligibility rules
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Action Taken to Silence Hull
Date: 25 August 1972
Chicago Black Hawks of NHL file suit in US Dist Ct, Chicago, asking that B Hull be prohibited from making statements to press or lending his name to promotion for Winnipeg Jets of WHA
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