Nixon Concedes Weighing Hush Payments for Hunt; Special to The New York Times. Says He Rejected Idea in 1973 Meeting With Dean as Possibly Producing 'The Worst of Both Worlds'
Date: 30 April 1974
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM
David ROSENBAUM
Pres Nixon on APril 29 concedes that at his March 21, '73, meeting with John W Dean 3d he openly considered ordering payments to keep Watergate conspirator E Howard Hunt from disclosing 'sensitive national security matter,' reptdly concerning fact that Hunt was member of Plumbers unit and had participated in Ellsberg burglary (S)
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Strauss Protests Time. Networks Gave Nixon
Date: 30 April 1974
Dem Natl Com Chmn Robert S Strauss asks 3 major TV networks to reconsider their grant of air time for Pres Nixon's address on Watergate; says he feels it questionable that Nixon be provided with free air time on demand to offer his explanation of why he will not forthrightly comply with HR Judiciary Com's subpoena; CBS News pres Richard S Salant says CBS will carry speech because it is newsworthy; NBC and ABC offer com Chmn Repr P W Rodino Jr 30 mins of TV time to respond to Nixon (S)
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Colson Asserts Kissinger Wanted Ellsberg Stopped; Special to The New York Times
Date: 30 April 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERS
Former Pres aide Charles W Colson, in 1st public account of his involvement with White House plumbers unit, declares on April 29 that Henry A Kissinger had played major role in initial high-level concern over Daniel Ellsberg; says, in affidavit made public by Fed judge, that Kissinger was even more alarmed over leaks than Nixon and believed that they must be stopped at all costs; places Kissinger at 1 of 3 high-level Pres meetings in which Nixon authorized plumbers unit; says meeting took place on July 15 on helicopter returning from Los Angeles to San Clemente following Nixon's announcement of Kissinger's trip to China; asks ct for access to a number of highly classified documents to which Ellsberg apparently had access
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Bill on Secrecy Is Planned
Date: 29 April 1974
Sens Jacob K Javits and Sen Edward S Muskie on April 29 will intorduce legislation intended to gove Cong role in determining what Govt information can be kept secret for natl security reasons; bill will set up Cong monitor over security classification and create natl registrar of classified documents
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Newspaper Endorsements Held Influential in Voting
Date: 30 April 1974
Univ of Mich's Inst for Soc Research study dir John P Robinson says even though US public ranks TV as its major source of campaign news, newspaper endorsements carry more weight in outcome of Pres elections and are consistently related to Pres votes (S)
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PUBLISHERS CONFER TO REVIEW POSITION
Date: 30 April 1974
publishers of NY Times, NY News and NY Post on April 29 meet to rev their position in contract dispute with printers in preparation for resumption of bargaining talks on April 30; News repts it lost 32 pages of ad in April 30 paper because of printers' slowdown; ITU Local 6 pres Bertram Powers comments
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Right of Reply (Cont.)
Date: 30 April 1974
By James O. Powell
James Powell
Ark Gazette ed dir James O Powell article discusses Fla statute requiring newspapers to publish replies of pol candidates who are criticized editorially; declares Gazette is 'passionately' opposed to 'right-of-reply' law (M)
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NEWSPAPER TALKS OFF TILL TOMORROW
Date: 29 April 1974
negotiation session between ITU Local 6 and NY Times, NY News and NY Post, scheduled for April 29 is postponed until April 30 by Fed mediator Theodore Kheel
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