Barker and Martinez Trial Starts in Capital Today; ' What Can We Do?'
Date: 26 June 1974
Special to The New York Times
Ct trial of Bernard L Barker and Eugenio R Martinez, accused of breaking into office of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding, is scheduled to begin on June 25; Barker repts that during trial they will be living in modest boarding house in Washington; says they do not even have enough money to pay for meals, int before leaving Miami for Washington; Martinez complains of immunity granted to Howard Hunt who allegedly recruited men for break-in; says he does not blame anyone for his plight; John D Ehrlichman and G Gordon Liddy will also stand trial (M)
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Colson Is Disbarred By Court in Capital
Date: 26 June 1974
Charles W Colson on June 25 is disbarred by US Dist Ct for Dist of Columbia; order prohibits Colson from practicing law
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JAWORSKI ALTERS TACTICS ON TRIAL; Won't Seek to Prove That Ehrlichman Tried to Hide Ellsberg Burglary Role Request for Notes Security Issue Ruled Out
Date: 25 June 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSHSpecial to The New York Times
Watergate prosecutor's office on June 24 tells Fed Judge Gerhard A Gesell that it is changing its tactics in upcoming trial and will no longer try to prove that John D Ehrlichman attempted to conceal his alleged involvement in unlawful burglary in '71; says they will attempt to prove only that Ehrlichman and 3 other defendants in case conspired to enter and search office of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist; Gesell had ruled previously that natl security could not be used to justify break-in; prosecutor's brief holds that govt believes concealment is essentially collateral to far more serious question of unlawful entry into Fielding's office; holds that to pursue this phase of conspiracy may necessitate time-consuming litigation on eve of trial concerning production of presumptively privileged materials; adds that prosecutors are electing not to introduce evidence or request jury instruction relating to grand jury's charge that part of conspiracy was to conceal
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Typical Disagreements
Date: 25 June 1974
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
R Baker humorous column on negative reader reactions to subjects he has dealt with in his column
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El Diario Will Shift Printing Out of City Under Million Pact
Date: 25 June 1974
Negotiators for 80 craft employes of El Diario-La Prensa agree on June 24 under $1-million settlement to let newspaper move its printing operations to subcontractors plant in Stratford, Conn; paper has been having financial problems and had threatened to close unless it could farm out its printing; under settlement small number of ITU Local 6 employes will continue to work at paper's main office; Mailers Union Local 6 pres George F McDonald comments
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Priest Calls on Drinan To Speak Up on Beaks
Date: 25 June 1974
Dr John McLaughlin, Jesuit priest who is White House asst, calls on HR Judiciary Com member Repr R F Drinan, who is also Jesuit, to deny under oath that he is leaking secret information in impeachment inquiry to news media; says if Drinan leaked information or condones such leaking, he should be disqualified from com, censured by HR and brought to trial by law-enforcement authorities; says ex-White House aide Charles W Colson was sentenced to jail for 1 to 3 yrs for doing essentially same thing (S)
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Ford Tells A.M.A. of Concern For Doctor and Patient Privacy
Date: 26 June 1974
By MARJORIE HUNTERSpecial to The New York Times
Vice Pres Ford expresses grave concern over what he terms growing tendency to violate privacy of drs and patients, address to AMA conv; does not cite examples of such incidents, but is obviously referring to '72 break-in at office of Dr Lewis Fielding by White House 'plumbers' to obtain med records of Dr Daniel Ellsberg; invasion of patients' rights of privacy has become major issue at AMA; AMA leaders are split over issue of peer rev (M)
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Rules for the Candidate Under Attack Called Freedom Curb; JUSTICES UPSET 'RIGHT TO REPLY' Comments on Decision
Date: 26 June 1974
By WARREN WEAVER Jr.Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
Lee Hills, chmn and exec officer of Knight Newspapers, publisher of Miami Herald, says on June 25 in response to Sup Ct decision striking down Fla law that ruling is victory for Amer people; Tornillo says he is surprised by decision and that law giving public access to overwhelming power of newspapers is needed; chmn of Freedom of Information Com of ASNE, William Hornby, lauds decision (S)
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Rules for the Candidate Under Attack Called Freedom Curb; JUSTICES UPSET 'RIGHT TO REPLY' Comments on Decision
Date: 26 June 1974
By WARREN WEAVER Jr.Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
US Sup Ct strikes down '13 state law requiring newspapers to print replies from pol candidates attacked in their columns; case, which involved pol candidate Pat L Tornillo Jr and Miami Herald, revd (M)
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