November 18, 1970

US Appeals Ct, San Francisco, rules that Govt must show 'compelling need' for evidence before ordering newsman to testify in secret grand jury proceeding, decision supporting refusal of reporter E Caldwell (NY Times) to testify in grand jury investigation of Black Panther party; reverses Fed Dist Judge Zirpoli's June 5 contempt judgment against Caldwell and order requiring Caldwell to appear before grand jury; holds that if jury has power to compel newsman to make his data available to it, then jury and Justice Dept have power to appropriate his findings to their own behalf, thus making newsman an 'investigative agent' of Govt; says newsmen should be free to make own investigations and to protect their own methods; decision appears to follow Atty Gen Mitchell's Aug guidelines for subpoenaing newsmen except that ct rather than Atty Gen would decide whether conditions were met; Caldwell's atty A Amsterdam comments

Govt opens case against Calley; describes him as slayer of unarmed and unresisting civilians, including women, children and old men; Daniel relates Govt's version of incident in hamlet in 'stark' 24-min recital of how Calley's platoon allegedly rounded up more than 100 civilians and without provocation exterminated them in apparently mindless slaughter; Calley, sitting at defense table, breaks into wide grin when Daniel says Calley and Meadlo shot in cold blood some civilians who tried to escape execution; Calley stops smiling and shows no further expression as Daniel charges Calley ordered large group of civilians to be pushed into ditch and killed; says Calley ordered Mitchell to 'finish off the rest' after returning to scene, which he had left briefly; says Mitchell killed those who escaped initial volley of fire; says Calley hit with his rifle butt old man who was pleading for his life; says Calley killed child who was trying to run away; stresses all killings were committed despite fact Calley's platoon met no resistance in its sweep through hamlet; says Calley and his men at no time were fired upon; other details on Daniel account of incident, which mentions participation of Meadlo and Conti, who were reluctant to carry out Calley's orders; Calley illus

Sen, 82-3, approves compromise version of bill; bill gives Labor Sec authority to set occupational health and safety standards for workers in interstate commerce businesses; standards would be enforced by Sec and by new quasi-judicial comm to be set up in Labor Dept and apptd by Pres; comm provided for in Javits amendment, approved by Sen, 43-38; represents compromise with Adm and business interests; was initially opposed by labor, whose attitude may decide fate of legis in HR; proposals for such legis revd; bill as passed excludes no type of concern, thereby including farms using hired help; Saxbe amendment to require Fed ct permission for 'imminent danger' closures of plants rejected by Sen, 42-40; entire pkg opposed only by Sens Eastland, Ervin and Thurmond

Italian Line says it plans to withdraw all passenger ships on NYC-Eur runs within next few yrs; will be 1st line to abandon trans-Atlantic field entirely; move to affect liners Michelangelo, Raffaello, Leonardo da Vinci and Cristoforo Colombo; is linked to econ reasons stemming from drop in Atlantic demand and upsurge in cruise field and to need for larger Govt subsidies; Raffaello and Michelangelo illus; ships to offer 41 trans-Atlantic round trips in '71; Trans-Atlantic Passenger SS Conf reptd 330 crossings in '69 compared to 466 in '68; trans-Atlantic passenger vol in '69 totaled 285,478, down 8%

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