JAWORSKI TO APPEAL A RULING BY GESELL
Date: 22 August 1974
Special to the New York Times
Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski files notice on Aug 21 that he will appeal order by Judge Gerhard A Gesell setting aside guilty verdict in 1 of 3 counts of perjury of which John D Ehrlichman was convicted on July 12; Gesell upheld jury's verdict of guilty on 2 counts of making false statements and 1 of conspiring to violate civil rights of Dr Lewis Fielding, Dr Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist, by breaking into his office in search of files relating to Ellsberg (S)
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Coast Bar Suspends Krogh for 9 Months
Date: 22 August 1974
Egil Krogh Jr, former white House aide convicted of authorizing break-in at offices of Dr Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist, suspended from practicing law in Washington State for 9 mos (S)
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Press Body Bids Cypriotes Free 9 Turkish Newsmen
Date: 22 August 1974
Special to The New York Times
Internatl Press Inst calls on Cyprus Pres Glafkos Clerides to arrange release of 9 Turkish newsmen reptd held by Greek Cypriote forces (S)
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Freedom-of-Information Statute Still Lacks State Ground Rules
Date: 23 August 1974
Special to The New York Times
NYS Com on Access to Public Records sec Almerin C O'Hara says that although new freedom-of-information law designed to make public records more easily available to reporters, ordinary citizens and public-interest groups takes effect in 10 days com, which will administer it, must still define what is meant by public record; 7-member com is headed by Columbia Journalism School Dean Elie Abel and com staff is headed by Louis R Thomson; law outlined (M)
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Chicago Today Spokesman Bars Comment on Demise
Date: 23 August 1974
Special to The New York Times
Chicago Today spokesman Thomas O'Donnell declines to confirm or deny WBBM-TV rept that newspaper is scheduled to cease operations by mid-Sept and Chicago Tribune will begin publishing afternoon edition after Today folds (S)
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Dan Rather Picked For 'CBS Reports' As Its Anchor Man
Date: 23 August 1974
CBS White House correspondent Dan Rather, who won reputation as sharp critic of Nixon Adm, will be replaced by Bob Schieffer (S)
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Chicago Paper Said to Plan To Discontinue Publication
Date: 22 August 1974
WBBM-TV repts Chicago Today, 5th largest afternoon newspaper in US, will cease publication on Sept 13 and morning Tribune will begin operating as both morning and afternoon paper on Sept 16 (S)
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