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Date: 05 May 1973
excerpts of testimony by E H Hunt Jr given before Fed grand jury looking into Watergate bugging affair and released on May 4 at Pentagon papers trial; testimony involves Hunt's admitted connection with burglary of office of psychiatrist of D Ellsberg, Dr L J Fielding
Date: 05 May 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Judge Byrne releases testimony of E H Hunt Jr given before grand jury investigating Watergate break-in, concerning plot to break info office of D Ellsberg's psychiatrist Dr L J Fielding; Hunt's testimony says that break-in was conceived, supervised and paid for in White House, and CIA supplied camera and disguises; says operation was personally directed by White House staff members D Young and E Krogh Jr; CIA spokesman repts agency had no advance knowledge of any break-in at Fielding's office or of Watergate incident; says all information on contacts with persons involved in such incidents 'has been fully reported to the Justice Dept' and all inquiries should be directed to dept; Byrne denies defense motion for dismissal based on his own visits with J D Ehrlichman; takes under submission motion to dismiss on ground of Govt misbehavior for suppressing evidence and for burglary; refuses to hear arguments on whether case has been 'tainted'; says he is convinced that 'nothing has compromised my ability to act as a fair and impartial judge in this case'
Date: 05 May 1973
Typographical Union Local 6 and NY Times, NY Daily News and NY Post have scheduled bargaining sessions on new contract for May 7, 9 and 11; union pres B A Powers says that negotiations so far have dealt only with secondary issues while wages and automation issues are held for future discussions; talks between Pressmen's Union Local 2 and newspapers are temporarily in recess; Stereotypers Union Local 1 members are scheduled to meet on May 5 to hear rept on status of their union's negotiations
Date: 04 May 1973
By GLENN FOWLER
Glenn FOWLER
R J Traynor, chmn of Natl News Council, says on May 3 that editors and publishers who oppose council, formed by 20th Century Fund to monitor media performance, 'may be very shortsighted', int, Center Magazine; says that media are more vulnerable to attacks by govt figures if public respect for media is low; says he cannot believe that council, completely detached from govt and without any power to impose any sanctions whatever other than publicity, can be in any way threat to press freedom or encourage atmosphere of regulation; 20th Century Fund pres M J Rossant says that full membership of council will be announced on May 7
Date: 04 May 1973
By CHARLES MOHRSpecial to The New York Times
Rhodesian journalist P Niesewand is released from jail May 3 and forced to leave on plane to London; action seen as submission of Prime Min I D Smith Govt to Brit and internatl demands that Niesewand be freed; Rhodesian Govt issues statement on release saying Min D Lardner-Burke had decided not to revoke detention order but had decided to issue permit for Niesewand's departure under certain conditions; Niesewand says he has not renounced his Rhodesian citizenship; his detention in solitary confinement and subsequent conviction revd
Date: 05 May 1973
By ANDREW H. MALCOLMSpecial to The New York Times
Andrew MALCOLMSpecial
funeral services are held on May 4 for L Lamont, 2d Indian to die during 66-day seige of Wounded Knee (SD); Rev P Steinmetz presides at RC ceremony before flag-draped coffin and 35 Indians; service interrupted by dispute between Fed officials and Indians; Mrs A Lamont, Lamont's mother, wants a funeral open to all mourners; Fed officials, however, say they will allow only 6 to 10 'close family members' to attend so long as armed confrontation continues; pending further talks, Mrs Lamont schedules burial for May 5; in another development, Deputy Asst Atty Gen Hellstern says he is awaiting word from Indians of their desire to negotiate; announces that 3 more Indians have been arrested, including high ranking Amer Indian Movement leader S Holder, who was apprehended while trying to enter Wounded Knee; FBI agents at roadblock briefly take into custody 5-man camera crew from CBS when men emerged from 1-night stay in Wounded Knee; men had sneaked into town after nightfall 1 day earlier; FBI seized 1,300 ft of their film exposing some of it, but later released crew without charges and returned film; Hellstern says that no CBS repr will be allowed on reservation in future regardless of importance of news event; holds that access to media by town's occupiers did not help negotiations between Indians and Govt
Date: 04 May 1973
By ANDREW H. MALCOLMSpecial to The New York Times
Andrew MALCOLMSpecial
Natl Council of Chs on May 3 asks Fed Govt to permit shipment of 1 wk's supply of food and med into Wounded Knee (SD) at council expense; offers to assist in insuring appearance in ct of any insurgent who might be arrested; emphasizes that it is concerned, but not partisan'; fears that Justice Dept might be running out of patience and might resort to violence
Date: 04 May 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Judge Byrne orders that grand jury testimony E H Hunt Jr gave on May 2 in Watergate case be turned over to him immediately; Hunt reptdly testified that he and G G Liddy, convicted in Watergate conspiracy, personally took part in break-in at office D Ellsberg's psychiatrist Dr L J Fielding on night of Sept 3-4, '71; Fed Dist Judge J J Sirica, presiding over Watergate trial, orders that 37 pages of testimony by Hunt be sent to Byrne; Byrne reiterates that 'burden is on the Government' to prove that neither Justice Dept nor White House nor Watergate conspirators had interfered with const rights of defendants Ellsberg and A J Russo and therefore 'tainted' Pentagon case; discloses that number of former high-ranking Govt officials have refused to be int by FBI in ct-ordered inquiry into link between Watergate affair and Pentagon papers trial; Ellsberg's defense attys read in open ct article in Washington Post saying that Pres Nixon had been consulted before rept of break-in at Fielding's office was turned over to Byrne, and that Atty Gen Kleindienst made desision to consult Nixon; article says that because Nixon had to be consulted there was 10-day delay between time Justice Dept admitted to learning of break-in until it was finally reptd to Byrne; attys read another Post article saying that Hunt and Liddy supervised wiretapping of at least 2 NY Times reporters in '71 as part of their investigation of Pentagon papers publication, and that this wiretapping had been authorized by then Atty Gen J N Mitchell; defense continues questioning of former Rand Corp pres H Rowen; Rowen says that set of Pentagon papers that Ellsberg and Russo are accused of Xeroxing were not logged into Rand Corp's top secret control system until Dec 31, '70, long after papers arrived at Rand; information would tend to prove Ellsberg's contention that papers had been given special treatment at Rand and that he had been given access to them; Los Angeles County Dist Atty J P Busch repts he is conducting investigation into break-in at Fielding's office
Date: 04 May 1973
Reporter J L Hess (NY Times) wins Columbia Univ's M Berger award