Reporter Was 'Spy' For Democrat Foes, Weicker Declares
Date: 14 March 1976
Special to The New York Times
US Sen Lowell P Weicker Jr, Conn Repub, charges that Dem 'spy' acting as newspaper reporter had attempted to infiltrate his re-election campaign; contends that Brenda Brody interviewed him extensively after identifying herself as reporter for wkly Westport (Conn) News; notes he discovered later that Brody is 'member of the Dem Party's top policy-making body,' State Central Com; Brody asserts that her only purpose was to obtain story (M)
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Rehiring Now Key Issue In 16-Week Press Strike
Date: 13 March 1976
By DEIRDRE CARMODY Special to The New York Times
Deirdre Special
Comment on difficulties faced by Delaware County Daily Times, Chester, Pa, which was struck by Newspaper Guild on Nov 24; paper is being published by editors, their wives and newly hired employees; since strike began principal negotiator for each side has resigned, Times had sued guild for $1-million in punitive damages and $700,000 for loss of ad revenue and loss of circulation, and guild has brought $1-million libel suit against newspaper; Central States Publishing Corp pres Ralph Ingersoll and negotiator William Brown comment (M)
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Echoes From the Nixon Wiretaps Are Dissonant
Date: 14 March 1976
ex-Pres Nixon's and State Sec H A Kissinger's differing accounts about decision on whom to wiretap in effort to end leaks of natl security information revd; both implicitly say late FBI Dir J Edgar Hoover could confirm 1 version or the other; State Dept leak of Kissinger's secret conversations with Middle East leaders to Edward R F Sheehan and subsequent reprimand of Asst State Sec Alfred L Atherton Jr and Harold H Saunders revd (S)
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Reagan and Aide in Illinois Denounce Ford Campaign
Date: 13 March 1976
By JON NORDHEIMER Special to The New York Times
Jon Special
Ronald Reagan, during TV int, complains that Pres Ford's advantages extend to news manipulation, and cites Ford's invitation to 4 Chicago TV anchor men to int him in White House; int was televised over local stations on Mar 11; when interviewer Phil Donohue asked Reagan if he had asked for equal time from 4 stations, Reagan said he would; time was granted to him (S)
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KISSINGER GIVES REPRIMANDS TO 2; High Aides Disciplined for Having Disclosed Secret Mideast Conversations
Date: 13 March 1976
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Sec Kissinger has reprimanded 2 of his closest State Dept associates for having disclosed without specific authorization excerpts from Kissinger's secret conversations with Middle East leaders; officials were disciplined for 'error in judgment' in providing material from secret memorandums of conversation to Sheehan (M)
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Nixon Perceived A 'Sovereign's' Right to Illegality
Date: 14 March 1976
Nixon's reply to questions posed by Com (S)
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Carey Did Not Intercede for His Brother, House Inquiry Finds; Agency Held at Fault Critical of the Press
Date: 14 March 1976
By CHARLES MOHR Special to The New York Times
Charles Special
Rept by Subcom on Oversight and Investigations of HR Com on Interstate and Foreign Commerce finds no evidence to support allegations made in '75 that Gov Carey had exerted influence while in Cong to obtain oil export licenses on behalf of his brother; devotes considerable space and attention to, and is implicitly critical of, newspaper treatment of story, which was 1st reptd in June of '75 by Jean Heller, then reporter for Cox Newspapers; discloses that former official of Office of Cong Affairs at FEO, John Venners, acknowledged to investigators that he was source of articles written in NY Times by Martin Tolchin (M)
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