Ellsberg Judge Planning To Dismiss Jury Monday; ELLSBERG JUDGE TO DISMISS JURY
Date: 09 December 1972
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Fed Dist Ct Judge W M Byrne Jr on Dec 8 says that he plans to declare mistrial on Dec 11 because US Ct of Appeals in San Francisco has said that it is 'foolish' to proceed with current jury in Pentagon papers case; jury was empaneled 4 mos ago; Byrne says it is his intention to discharge jury and proceed with selection of new jury; says he believes Ct of Appeals is advising that there is substantial danger that case tried by this jury might be disturbed on appeal; says that in view of case's high cost to taxpayers he does not want to take risk; Byrne postpones officially declaring mistrial until Dec 11 because defendant P Ellsberg is not present in ct; says he wants to assure himself personally that Ellsberg understands what it means to waive his protection against double jeopardy; when Ellsberg and Russo 1st asked for mistrial on ground that jury must have become influenced during trial's hiatus, 1 of Govt's contentions was that under double jeopardy mistrial could mean that neither defendant could be tried again; Ellsberg and Russo then waived double jeopardy rights and Russo does so again on Dec 8
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Forced Testimony
Date: 09 December 1972
SHIRLEY R. LEVITTAN
Shirley LEVITTAN
Judge S R Levittan lr on Nov 25 A Lewis comment on incarceration of Prof S L Popkin for his refusal to disclose names related to release of Pentagon papers; holds that issue is not question of Popkin's privilege to be silent, but rather of proper self-abnegation on part of govt
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Date: 09 December 1972
W Burchett, Australian journalist, repts on Dec 7 that new Australian Labor Govt has returned his passport, which had been taken away from him 17 yrs ago
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Paper in Hong Kong Buys Far East Economic Review
Date: 10 December 1972
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's major English-language paper, repts on Dec 8 that it is taking over Far Eastern Econ Rev
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Plan for Printing College Courses In Papers to Widen
Date: 10 December 1972
Special to The New York Times
Natl Endowment for Humanities repts on Dec 9 that it plans to expand its project to offer college level courses through newspapers; dir of research programs for endowment W Emerson repts that project will be open to any newspaper in US wishing to print courses; Copley News Service will distribute lectures without charge to any interested newspapers; program detailed
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Contempt Charge Dropped Against Memphis Newsman
Date: 09 December 1972
Sen F O Berry, chmn of Tennessee Sen Welfare and Environment Com, on Dec 8 drops contempt charges against newsman J Weiler (Knoxville Commercial Appeal) in light of ruling by state Atty Gen's Office; Weiler refused to name sources for series of articles on alleged child abuse at Arlington Hosp and School for Mentally Retarded
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R.I.P. -- Life
Date: 09 December 1972
ed on demise of Life (pub) holds that rapid growth of casuality list of both newspapers and magazines represents menacing trend in democracy; says that trend will not be reversed unless all factors involved in communications cooperate in checking runaway spiral of costs
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On Protecting the Social Scientist's Sources
Date: 10 December 1972
HANS J. MORGENTHAU
Hans MORGENTHAU
Prof H J Morgenthau lr disagrees with Dr H M Wriston's Dec 3 lr on jailing of Harvard Univ Prof S L Popkin, in which Wriston asserts that scholar has duty to reveal sources
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News of the Camera World
Date: 10 December 1972
By BERNARD GLADSTONE
Bernard GLADSTONE
new group of slide projectors, called Hush-A-Matics, designed to operate more quietly than previous models, introduced by GAF Corp; low-light capacity movie cameras are introduced by Sankyo and Bell & Howell, the LXL 250 and Focus-Matic 672-XL, respectively
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