REBUTTAL OPENS IN ELLSBERG TRIAL; Testimony by Final Defense Witness Is Barred Denies Uselessness F.B.I. Agents Called
Date: 20 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
D Ellsberg and A J Russo Jr rest their defense on Apr 19 in Pentagon papers trial, and Govt immediately starts its rebuttal; defense case ends after Fed Dist Judge W M Byrne Jr refuses to allow final defense witness, Prof R A Falk, to testify that war in Vietnam is illegal and that therefore Ellsberg and Russo had 'right and duty' to disclose Pentagon papers; Rear Adm L R Vasey, 1st Govt rebuttal witness, testifies that disclosure of some of mil plans in 1 of volumes of Pentagon papers could have damaged natl defense in '69 even though some of plans were several yrs old
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Key Opposition Men Seen Joining Lon No1 Cabinet; Real Power Demanded He Attacks Press Hanoi Sees Deterioration U.S. Pleased by Step
Date: 19 April 1973
By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York Times
Malcolm BROWNESpecial
Cambodian Pres Lon Nol says on Apr 19 that current difficult situation in Cambodia is partly fault of 'certain segment of the national and foreign press'; holds that Vietnamese Communists have been able to 'buy' this segment of press and that it and 'subversive agents' have 'caused the masses to believe they would come to the end of our resistance on the occasion of Chaul,' the Cambodian New Yr festival
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Ellsberg Completes His Testimony on Pentagon Papers, Charging That They Depicted American War Crime; Cites Nuremberg
Date: 19 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
D Ellsberg completes his testimony in Pentagon papers trial on Apr 28 telling jury that papers contained 1,000 pages depicting Amer war crimes and illegal actions--not by troops in Vietnam, but by high Govt officials; says actions were committed by 'patriotic' although misled men; says he believes his testimony gives him opportunity to explain to jury what he feels, which starts from premise that no man is above law in US-'not me, not even the President of the United States'; tells jurors that he is not charging high Govt officials with conspiracy, but rather with 'conspiratorial style' to keep truth from Amers
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PRESSMEN SETTLE NON-MONEY ISSUES
Date: 20 April 1973
W K Kennedy, pres of Pressmen's Union Local 2, says on Apr 19 that non-econ issues have been resolved in contract negotiations with NY Daily News, NY Times and NY Post; J Kennedy, pres of Stereotypers Union Local 1, repts that his union's talks with publishers have reached stalemate and that union has requested mediation assistance from R E Kennedy of FMCS and V D McDonnell, Chmn of State Mediation Bd
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Ellsberg in the Dock; IN THE NATION
Date: 20 April 1973
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
T Wicker comment on testimony of D Ellsberg at Pentagon papers trial concerning reasons he copied Pentagon papers; holds that Ellsberg's fate may hang on Judge W M Byrne's final instruction to jury on meaning of phrase 'relating to the national defense' as it applies to degree that natl security was affected by release of papers
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Cambodia Terms Foes 'Vietnamese Communists'
Date: 19 April 1973
Special to The New York Times
Cambodian Information Min Keam Reth, Apr 18, directs foreign newsmen to refer to enemy troops in future dispatches not merely as 'Communist forces' but as 'Vietnamese Communists'; censors have been insisting on this form for some time deleting newsmen's repts that Cambodian insurgents are also involved in the war
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Raymond F. Waters Dead; A Picture Editor at News
Date: 20 April 1973
Special to The New York Times
Waters, Raymond F
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day International National Metropolitan The Other News Quotation of the Day CORRECTION
Date: 20 April 1973
correction to Apr 17 story notes exhibit of B Holiday memorabilia at NY Jazz Museum is open daily except Monday from noon to 7 PM through July
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