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Date: 13 February 1973
By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY
Philip DOUGHERTY
Ithaca College students H Zvansky, B Levine, E Gray create 60-second TV spot for American Red Cross; theme fund-raising spot is 'Whenever and wherever disaster strikes, the Red Cross strikes back'
Date: 13 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Prosecution in Pentagon papers case on Feb 12 attempts to show that defendants, Ellsberg and Russo, had access to classified documents and had signed various pledges to respect security of documents they had access to; attempts to prove that defendants not only violated security of papers but also knew exactly what they were doing; Rand Corp's top security officer R H Best testifies on responsibilities and agreements defendants made while they worked at Rand
Date: 13 February 1973
Columnist J Anderson, L H Whitten, one of Anderson's associates, and Indian lawyer H Adams on Feb 12 are asked to testify before Fed grand jury investigation on theft of documents from Bur of Indian Affairs; Whitten refuses on advice from his atty to say whether he will appear before panel; 3 were not subpoenaed but asked by lr to testify; Whitten and Adams were arrested on Jan 31 by FBI and charged with unlawful possession of Govt documents
Date: 13 February 1973
By ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
NBC, accused by AMA of having shown 'over-all bias' in TV news special called What Price Health?, on Feb 12 turns down AMA demand for free, equal air time for rebuttal; NBC News pres R C Wald, in lr to AMA exec vp Dr E B Howard, says he believes charge and request are completely without basis; Howard, in lr to NBC pres J Goodman, had charged that news special, presented on Dec 19, 'only rarely' attempted 'constructive criticism or objective journalism'; calls show 'pitch for Kennedy-Griffiths health ins proposal'; AMA spokesman says there will be no comment on NBC's refusal of rebuttal time until Wald's lr has been studied; FCC has recd dozens of complaints about program from individual physicians and Repr Devine has formally requested that comm investigate complaints to determine whether program was factually accurate; Howard details more than 15 instances in which he says NBC gave misleading or inaccurate information about health problems and health care during course of program, including statistics on drs' incomes, comparisons of health care in US and in other countries, med ins practices and statement that each yr 2-million unnecessary operations are performed; Wald says that each of documentary's statements questioned by AMA had been documented with material based on Govt studies and repts, data from AMA and 'other equally reliable sources'
Date: 12 February 1973
Special to The New York Times
D Lawrence, columnist, founder and editor of US News & World Report magazine, dies on Feb 11 at age of 84; career revd; biog sketch; por
Date: 12 February 1973
W R Fletcher (NY Times) wins 9th consecutive Dog Writers' Assn of Amer award