Economic Scene; Is the Press More Equal?
Date: 25 May 1978
Leonard Silk
Leonard Silk
L Silk examines freedom of speech issue regarding press and corps; US Sup Ct struck down in Bellotti case Mass law restricting corps' 1st amendment rights of press held by publishing cos to all other corps; does not indicate that press is correct in assertion of special rights; Chief Justice Warren Burger commented on media power of publishing and broadcasting corps in his concurrent opinion; Silk dispels concern that Burger sought to narrow rights of press in his Bellotti opinion; drawing (M)
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Dwindling Faith in the Press
Date: 24 May 1978
By John B. Oakes
John B Oakes editorial comment on changes in Amer press; holds that current attacks on press freedom, especially in cts, find their wellspring in underlying public disenchantment with press, resentment that could fatally undermine 1st Amendment protection; drawing (M)
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POST NOTIFIES GUILD IT IS DISMISSING 18; Paper Cites the Need for Savings as Junior Employees Are Dropped Financial Losses Incurred
Date: 24 May 1978
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
Names William J Kennedy Jr pres (S)
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JUSTICE DEPT. BACKS NIXON WIRETAP VIEW; Tells Court He and Aides Should Be Immune From Lawsuits Court Error Alleged
Date: 24 May 1978
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK Special to The New York Times
Justice Dept supports view that former Pres Nixon and his chief aides should be immune from lawsuits for ordering wiretaps of 17 Govt officials and newsmen in early 70's; files brief in Morton H Halperin's appeal of civil judgment awarded to him as 1 of targets of Nixon wiretaps; Halperin is seeking further damages (M)
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GUNMAN IN MOSCOW SEIZED IN SHOOTOUT; He Is Driven From Finnish Airline Office After Demanding Plane to Leave the Country Recent Soviet Hijackings Recalled Identified as Convict From Kazakhstan Finn Heard 18 to 20 Shots Fired
Date: 25 May 1978
By DAVID K. SHIPLER Special to The New York Times
David SHIPLER
Bernard Redmont of CBS repts as he was trying to take TV film of scene following gun battle in Moscow he was jostled by plainclothesman; says he and Charles Bremmer of Reuters were taken to cafe and Redmont was ordered to turn over his film; contends action was violation of Helsinki accord (S)
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Reporter in Curare Case Refuses To Tell How He Got Key Document; Memo Produced The Farber Testimony
Date: 25 May 1978
By DAVID BIRD Special to The New York Times
David Special
NY Times reporter M A Farber repeatedly declines, citing reporter's privilege, to answer questions in ct about how he obtained document that led Bergen County Prosecutor in '75 to reopen case of sudden deaths at Riverdell Hospital; Farber cites NJ shield law that allows reporters not to divulge their sources, and 1st Amendment (S)
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Witness Tells of Reopening the Curare Investigation
Date: 24 May 1978
By DAVID BIRD Special to The New York Times
David Special
former Prosecutor Joseph C Woodcock Jr testifies at murder trial of Dr Mario E Jascalevich that he had no idea where NY Times reporter M A Farber obtained document that led to reopening of case; says that before Farber had shown him '66 Jascalevich statement he had given Farber access to Jascalevish file; says he did not understand that Farber was doing article specifically on Riverdell and Dr Jascalevich (S)
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World News Briefs; U.S. Said to Return Peace Reply to Cairo Cairo Again Suppresses An Issue of Leftist Paper Offices in Lima Reopen After General Strike 3 Czechs Shot at Border In Hijacked School Bus
Date: 25 May 1978
Special to The New York Times
Muhlbach border guards shoot 3 gunmen who hijack school bus carrying 45 children and attempt to bring it across border into W Ger (S)
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Ford, in New York for a Degree, Is Critical of Congress and Carter; Two Who Are Missing
Date: 24 May 1978
Ex-Pres Gerald Ford gets 1st humanitarian award (S)
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