APPEAL REJECTED ON STOCK TOUTING; Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Editor's Case
Date: 22 June 1971
Sup Ct refuses to hear appeal of V C Vollmer, ed of Indiana Investor and Business News, who was convicted in '67 of accepting $2,500 for pub story in his paper promoting stock of Air & Space Underwriters; case details
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8 JUDGES TO SIT; Appeals Court Calls Vietnam Study Case of Key Importance WASHINGTON POST WINS A DECISION
Date: 22 June 1971
By FRED P. GRAHAM
Fred GRAHAM
3-judge panel of US Appeals Ct extends restraining order against Times to permit all 8 members of ct to hear case next day; Chief Judge Friendly announces move because of 'extraordinary importance' of issue; Justice Dept to urge ct to rule that free-press guarantee of First Amemdment no longer applies once exec branch designates information as secret; Times's brief stresses Gurfein's finding that Govt failed to prove that information could harm the nation; case seen reaching US Sup Ct, its 1st test in US history of Govt's power to halt press publications on 'natl security' grounds
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Letter From Head of Pentagon Panel
Date: 22 June 1971
Special to The New York Times
text of Jan 15, '69 lr to Sec Clifford from L H Gelb, head of task force that wrote Pentagon study; lr gives his views on study and how it was prepared; calls study 'not so much a documentary history, as a history based solely on documents'
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The Vietnam Papers
Date: 21 June 1971
ed says study on which Times series was based showed how decisions affecting US role in war were executed while their far-reaching pol effects were either deliberately distorted or withheld altogether from the public; says study shows that no one in upper ranks of Adm 6 or 7 yrs ago considered if Saigon Govt's control of S Vietnam was of such vital interest to US that it warranted open-ended mil involvement; says Times published series on study because Amer public had right to have it
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The Classified Minds
Date: 21 June 1971
By ARCHIBALD MacLEISH
Archibald MacLEISH
A MacLeish scores Govt action against Times
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3 Judges Will Rule on Secret Papers; TIMES CASE GOES TO APPEALS COURT
Date: 21 June 1971
By FRED P. GRAHAM
Fred GRAHAM
3-judge Fed Appeals Ct to hear arguments on Govt's appeal from Gurfein's decision in favor of the Times; losing side to appeal to US Sup Ct
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Excerpts From the Government Brief
Date: 22 June 1971
excerpts from Govt brief in NY Times case
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RULING FOR POST; Capital Paper Wins in Trial, but Curb on Series Stands Court of Appeals Restrains The Times Again and Full Bench Will Hear Case Today PANEL OF 3 JUDGES PUTS MATTER OVER 'Extraordinary Importance' of Question Cited -- Early Move to High Court Seen
Date: 22 June 1971
By RICHARD HALLORANSpecial to The New York Times
3-judge panel of US Appeals Ct extends restraining order against Times to permit all 8 members of ct to hear case; Govt is appealing Judge Gurfein's decision; Seymour files brief shifting Govt's legal argument to contention that 1st Amendment's free-press guarantee no longer applies after exec branch classifies information secret; holds that Gurfein decision sanctioned disclosure of defense information in violation of Freedom of Information Act and Espionage Act; Times attys file brief stressing Gurfein's finding that information pub by Times could harm nation; ACLU gen counsel N Dorsen and V Rabinowitz of Natl Emergency Civil Liberties Com ask permission to file friend-of-ct briefs
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Mitchell Explains Position
Date: 22 June 1971
Atty Gen Mitchell says Amer pub should get full information on the war, but information should be made public only 'at the appropriate time and in appropriate circumstances,' int, Phila; says Govt is not attacking Bill of Rights or freedom of the press, 'but those rights are not absolute in all circumstances'
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Reaction to Pentagon Studies
Date: 22 June 1971
REED J. IRVING
Reed IRVING
lrs on Times pub of Pentagon documents
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