DOUGLAS DELAYS ELLSBERG TRIAL; U.S. SETS APPEAL; Officials to Ask High Court to Overturn Order That Upheld Defense Plea DOUGLAS DELAYS ELLSBERG TRIAL
Date: 30 July 1972
By FRED P. GRAHAMSpecial to The New York Times
Fred GRAHAMSpecial
Justice Douglas on July 29 stays opening of Pentagon papers trial; Justice Dept spokesman J Hushen repts dept will file application with Sup Ct to countermand Douglas's order; Douglas's stay allows defendants to appeal to Sup Ct their assertion that Govt should be required to disclose details of wiretapped conversation involving defense atty or consultant; Solicitor Gen Griswold reptdly will not ask Justices to reconvene from summer recess, but will leave it to Chief Justice Burger to decide what procedures will be followed
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Oh, What A Tangled Web . . .; Wiretaps:
Date: 30 July 1972
rev of US Govt's efforts to resist demands of Ellsberg's and Russo's defense attys, who hold that Govt must disclose information on phone conversation involving member of defense team that was wiretapped; Govt has asked that Justice Douglas's decision to stay beginning of Pentagon case until wiretap issue is resolved be overturned by special session of Sup Ct
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DOUGLAS ENTERS ELLSBERG TRIAL; Holds Hearing on Plea for Stay but Delays a Ruling
Date: 29 July 1972
By FRED P.GRAHAMSpecial to The New York Times
Fred GRAHAMSpecial
Assoc Justice Douglas, in his decision whether to delay Pentagon papers trial until wiretap controversy is resolved, says on July 28 that a Justice normally grants stay only if he thinks 'there are 4 votes on the Ct to hear a case,' enough to grant rev; Govt atty D R Nissen says that wiretap is foreign intelligence' device installed on authority of Atty Gen without ct warrant; says it was placed on phone by someone not involved in case who phoned member of defense but did not discuss case; Douglas says Sup Ct does not hold that warrantless wiretaps are legal 'because some foreigner is involved'
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The Effete Conspiracy; And Other Crimes by the Press. By Ben H. Bagdikian. 159 pp. New York Harper & Row. $6.95.
Date: 30 July 1972
By THEODORE J. JACOBS
Theodore JACOBS
Bagdikian, Ben H: Book The Effete Conspiracy by B H Bagdikian revd by T J Jacobs
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22 U.S. Editors to Visit China This Fall
Date: 29 July 1972
By TAD SZULCSpecial to The New York Times
Chinese-US contacts to be stepped up later this yr as 22 Amer newspaper editors visit China and Chinese med team visits US; Nixon Adm sources rept Chou told Kissinger during his latest trip to Peking that China was considering granting visas to Amer newsmen for periods of 3 to 6 mos; Amer officials see China slow in sending her nationals to US lest it appear as support for US Govt during Indochina war
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Nixon Trade Envoy In Japan Hopeful
Date: 30 July 1972
By The Associated Press
Pres Nixon's special trade repr W D Eberle says he has received assurances from Japanese Min Nakasone that Japan plans to purchase additional several hundred million dollars worth of Amer goods, July 29 news conf, Tokyo
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