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...Soviet move against the two newsmen, the New York Times's Craig R. Whitney and the Baltimore Sun's Harold D. Piper, was unwarranted and unprecedented. The complaint charged them with slander in their coverage in May of Dissident Zviad Gamsakhurdia's purported confession of anti-Soviet activities, even though their dispatches appeared only...
...human rights, had advocated secession of his native Republic of Georgia from the Soviet Union. Tried and convicted of anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda, he was sentenced to three years in prison. As part of its coverage of the trial, Vremya broadcast a taped confession by Gamsakhurdia. Whitney and Piper both wrote stories quoting Gamsakhurdia's friends as contending that the broadcast confession did not reflect his real views and seemed to have been fabricated...
During a 15-minute court hearing, Piper and Whitney were given two days to prepare written answers and a list of defense witnesses. Back in court at week's end, they protested to Judge Lev Almazov that they had not had time to obtain lawyers or analyze the charges. Almazov, who appeared irritated because prolonging the case would delay his vacation, set the trial for July 7. Complained Whitney after the hearing: "The way we were treated raises serious doubts about whether participating in this trial is advisable. If we are not able to defend ourselves, then...
District Redlining--Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wisc.), Piper Auditorium in Gund Hall...
Culver's colleague, Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wisc.), will speak on "District Redlining," the policy of some banks to refuse loans to residents of certain rundown neighborhoods, in Gund Hall's Piper Auditorium Saturday...