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OTHER NEWS - Aug. 13, 1991

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Journal Sources on P&G; Stories Sought: Law enforcement authorities in Cincinnati are investigating the source of leaks to the Wall Street Journal about Procter & Gamble Co., the newspaper reported. Authorities have used a subpoena to get telephone records of calls from Cincinnati, where P&G; has its headquarters, to the Journal’s Pittsburgh bureau and the Pittsburgh home of Journal reporter Alecia Swasy, who covers P&G.; The investigation was launched after P&G; filed a complaint with Cincinnati police alleging trade secrets were illegally being disclosed to the Journal.

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