SELECTION GOES ON FOR ELLSBERG PANEL
Date: 16 January 1973
Special to The New York Times
Process of selecting alternate jurors in Pentagon papers case continues on Jan 15, with expectation that it will be completed by Jan 17; jury of 10 women and 2 men were seated on Jan 12
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FREED AUSTRALIAN REACHES HONG KONG
Date: 16 January 1973
Australian journalist F James, detained for more than 3 yrs in China on charges of spying, is freed on Jan 16 and collapses after walking across border into Hong Kong; reporters and TV cameramen are barred from scene at request of Australian Comm, which had been concerned about condition of James
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8 U.S. Journalists Enter China for a 3.Week Tour
Date: 16 January 1973
8 Amer journalists and writers on Jan 15 cross into China for 3-wk tour of Peking, Shanghai, Canton and other major cities; group includes J Powell (Arkansas Gazette), M Ethridge Jr (Detroit Free Press), R Murphy (Atlanta Constitution), E A Neilan (Copley News Service), R Rodale (Rodale Press), E Payne (Chicago Daily Defender), CBS, S Sontag and P Stern
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Small Saigon Paper Sole Key toThieu Views; Grandfather a Journalist
Date: 16 January 1973
By FOX BUTIERFIELD
Fox BUTIERFIELD
Tin Song, small pro-Govt Saigon afternoon newspaper is virtually the only source of information about what Pres Thieu and his Govt are thinking and doing; Saigonese rarely buy the paper, but all the foreign embassies and news orgns rush to get copies; paper quotes what it variously describes as 'observers in the pres palace' or 'authoritative sources'; it has repeatedly scooped the rest of the Saigon press corps and surprised the US Embassy in recent wks with a series of exclusive repts; paper's success believed to come from close tie between its publisher, Mrs Phung Thi Hanh, and Hoang Duc Nha, Thieu's cousin and closest confidant, just named Comr Gen of State for Information; details on Mrs Hanh's career and anti-Communist views; paper's composing room illus
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A DU PONT AWARD TO MIKE WALLACE; He Wins for '60 Minutes'-N.B.C.'s Freed Also Cited Program on Education A Minority View'
Date: 17 January 1973
By ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
A I du Pont-Columbia Univ Awards in broadcast journalism are presented to M Wallace and R Markowitz (CBS), F Freed (NBC), Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Co), J Drimmer (WNJT), WTVJ, T Batten (WNET) and R T Watkins (WABC)
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The Times Bars Support to Panel for Monitoring News Media; Premise Is Questioned
Date: 16 January 1973
By DAVID SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
Sulzberger says on Jan 15 that paper will refuse to cooperate with press council being set up by 20th Century Fund to monitor performance of natl news media
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SENATORS PRESS NIXON ON SECRECY; Democratic Group Votes to Compel President's Aides to Appear Before Panels to Appear Before Panels
Date: 17 January 1973
By JAMES M. NAUGHTON
Sen Dem Policy Com tentatively approves resolution on Jan 16, limiting Nixon Adm's use of exec privilege, that would require any White House aide or Cabinet member to 'appear and answer all questions' unless Sen com formally consented to written plea from Pres to excuse official from testifying; under doctrine of exec privilege, White House staff members and, in some instances, officials of Cabinet rank have been shielded from Cong interrogation on ground that their confidential communications with Pres are 'privileged' because disclosure would impair orderly functioning of Govt; under resolution, Adm official who did not wish to testify and cited doctrine of exec privilege would still have to appear before Sen com, barring Pres explanation for his refusal to answer questions
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