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...Ernest Gruening '06, former United States Senator from Alaska, says Daniel Ellsberg '52 "should be given the equivalent of a Congressional medal of honor" for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the press. 4 - The University releases an affirmative action plan to comply with Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) regulations. Although increasing the number of minority employees, the plan draws criticism for keeping the hiring of women at a constant level. 5 - In his first major move as President, Bok lowers the male-female ratio for the Class of 1976 from...
...Associate Professor of Government Samuel J. Popkin is subpoenaed to testify before a Boston grand jury in the Ellsberg case. Popkin refuses to answer questions, claiming that to do so would compromise his sources and his future in academia. He is jailed, prompting Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz to lead a petition effort on Popkins' behalf. Popkin is eventually released...
DIED. JOHN EHRLICHMAN, 73, pugnacious Nixon domestic-affairs adviser and leak plugger who was imprisoned for his role in Watergate; after a battle with diabetes; in Atlanta. Disbarred for his crimes, which included planning the break-in at the office of the psychiatrist who treated Vietnam War critic Daniel Ellsberg, Ehrlichman later wrote novels, worked at an engineering firm, and often insisted the scandal was overblown...
...time Harvard students return to campus, the government begins preparation for the prosecution of Ellsberg and his associate, Anthony Russo...
...Pentagon Papers trial isdismissed after charges surface against Nixonaides who break into the office of Ellsberg'spsychiatrist...