PRINTERS AT NEWS INTERRUPT WORK; But Resume After Court Issues Temporary Writ
Date: 12 March 1974
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
NY Daily News on March 11 obtains restraining order enjoining members of Typographical Union from interfering with operations through work stoppages or other job actions; union pres Bertram A powers was holding 3d chapel meeting of day in composing room of News when he was served with order; sasy he welcomes ct action by news because it provides union with opportunity to contest publishers' position
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Defense at Break-In Trial Reportedly Planning to Call Kissinger
Date: 12 March 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Sources rept that Sec Kissinger will be subpoenaed to testify for former White House aides charles W Colson and John D Ehrlichman in their trials on charges involving break-in at office of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding; attys for former White House aides are known to be eager to demonstrate that defendants were motivated by what they believe to be serious threat to natl security when they participate in activities by White House plumbers against Ellsberg in mid-'71; number of Washington attys rept that there are no const bars or procedural rules prohibiting subpoenaing of Kissinger; Ehrlichman and Colson are known to be ready to testify that Kissinger was instrumental in White House decision to begin investigating Ellsberg after pub of Pentagon papers; no date has been set for Ellsberg break-in trial to be held before Judge Gerhard A Gesell
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Douglas Says Reporters Need Not Invade Privacy
Date: 11 March 1974
US Sup Ct Justice William O Douglas on March 10 says that although investigative reptg is necessary, reporters need not resort to invasions of privacy to uncover truth, speech, Decalogue Soc of Lawyers, March 9
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2 Coast Charges Dropped For Ehrlichman and Aides
Date: 12 March 1974
Special to The New York Times
Los Angeles County Dist Atty Joseph Busch, after meeting with special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski, on March 11 agrees to seek dismissal of burglary and conspiracy charges against John D Ehrlichman, G Gordon Liddy and David R Young Jr arising from break in at office of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding; not included in arrangement are perjury charges against Ehrlichman resulting from his appearance before grand jury in Los Angeles
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Shanghai Voice of Radical Left, Once Strident, Has Gone Silent
Date: 12 March 1974
Special to The New York Times
travelers arriving in Hong Kong from China during past wk rept Shanghai radical leftist magazine Hsueh Hsi yu Pi Ping has suddenly disappeared from bookshops in Peking, Canton and Shanghai; copies of recent issues available in Hong Kong show magazine has been stripped of its title, inscribed in handwriting of Chmn Mao, a mark of highest hon; magazine, it is noted, carried 1st attacks on Confucius, last Sept; specialists in Hong Kong suggest magazine is instrument of party leaders including Wang Hung-wen, Chang Chun-chiao, Yao Wen-yuan, all closely allied with Chiang Ching, Mao's wife; wonder if magazine's disfavor reflects move by moderate leaders, usually associated with premier Chou En-lai, to restrain their rivals (M)
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Nixon and the Indicted 7; Interests of President and Ex-Aides Are Viewed as Possibly Overlapping
Date: 11 March 1974
By LESLEY OELSNERSpecial to The New York Times
Analysis of events of Watergate affair during wk of March 10 notes instance in which Pres's legal interests have complemented those of former White House aide occured several wks ago during Calif prosecution against former White House aide John D Ehrlichman in case of burglary of office of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding; Ehrlichman demanded Nixon's presence as witness and Nixon refused to appear; litigation over whether or not Nixon should be compelled to testify is still pending; Nixon, by refusing, may be giving Ehrlichman opportunity to have charges against him dismissed on ground that he is being denied his 6th Amendment right to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor' (S)
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One Wall St. Item Rising: Journal Will Cost More Subscription and newsstand
Date: 12 March 1974
Dow Jones & Co repts that subscription and newsstand prices of Wall St Journal will be increased April 1 to compensate for rise on gen cost of doing business and for rises in cost of newsprint and postage; annual subscription price will rise from $35 to $38 and newsstand price from 15c to 20c a copy
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High Court to Rule on Right to Reply to Press Attack
Date: 12 March 1974
By WARREN WEAVER Jr
Warren WEAVER
US Sup Ct will rule in Apr on const of Fla statute that requires newspapers to print reply written by any candidate whose personal character or official record is attacked in any of its articles; case, which involves Miami Herald and State Repr candidate Pat L Tornillo Jr, revd (M)
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