Reporters Vie for Seats at Trial
Date: 30 January 1976
By LACEY FOSBURGH Special to The New York Times
Lacey Special
between 300 and 400 reprs of press throughout world are covering trial of Patricia Hearst in San Francisco; 4 mos of meetings and confs were held to decide what newspapers would be given reserved seats; media people commenting include Helmut Voss (Axel Springer), Bernard Mayes (BBC) and Lucien Nahum (Agence France Presse) (M)
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ROSENTHAL WARNS ON CURBING PRESS
Date: 31 January 1976
Warns that recent judicial rulings restricting press constitute 'latest and perhaps most dangerous threat to the existence of the free press,' speech, Fordham Law Alumni Assn; disputes assertion made by many judges that there is conflict between 1st Amendment right of free press and 6th Amendment right of fair trial (S)
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Mailers Ratify Contract With The Times and News
Date: 30 January 1976
Mailers Union members on Jan 29 vote to accept 3-yr contract with NY News and NY Times; vote is 2d taken on agreement; local pres George McDonald comments (S)
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Newspaper Guild Bars Punishing of Washington Post Dissidents
Date: 30 January 1976
By BEN A. FRANKLIN Special to The New York Times
Ben FRANKLIN
Newspaper Guild internatl exec bd, in move to head off loss of 800-member unit of guild at Washington Post, votes on Jan 29 to block union charges of 'strike-breaking' against Post guildsmen who have crossed picket lines during 4-mo strike by pressmen; union co-chmn Judy Nicol and natl union pres Charles Perlik Jr comment (M)
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Ruling May Speed, Fed Data Release; RULING MAY SPEED FED DATA RELEASE
Date: 30 January 1976
Fed Dist Judge Joseph C Waddy ruling raises possibility on Jan 29 that monthly decisions on monetary policy of Fed Reserve System's key Open Mkt Com may have to be made public on day of com's meetings instead of 45 days later, current practice; decision comes in case brought by Georgetown Univ Inst for Public Interest Representation on behalf of law student (S)
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Permanent Censorship Approved in Indian Parliament
Date: 30 January 1976
By WILLIAM BORDERS Special to The New York Times
William Special
Indian lower house of Parliament on Jan 29 approves sweeping legis expected to insure that Govt censorship of India's newspapers remains permanent feature of soc; Erasmo de Sequeira, ind member of Parliament, condemns move; Information Min V C Shukla, during bill's debate, defends measure; opposition member Virendra Agarwala comments; kinds of articles forbidden noted; Prime Min Gandhi has said she was reluctant to impose rules but that censorship had kept country calm; US news correspondent Lawrence S Lifschultz leaves country on Jan 29 under Govt order after Govt declined to renew his visa (M)
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Spanish Use the Press to Discuss Government's Plans for Reform
Date: 30 January 1976
By HENRY GINIGER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Display of adverse reaction to speech by Spanish Prime Min Carlos Arias Navarro indicates that press under 2-mo-old monarchy has taken lead as principal forum of public opinion with at least tacit Govt approval (S)
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How to Reform C.I.A.
Date: 30 January 1976
Ed on CIA's assuming powers that have become increasingly immune to restraints of dem govt; holds that recent attempts by Ford Adm to build impenetrable wall against public information about US clandestine involvement in Angola illustrate damage that could be done if Cong members did become de facto partners in any conspiracy of silence
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Press, TV and Politics; Iowa Caucuses Point Up the Roles In Deciding Who Won and Who Lost
Date: 31 January 1976
By JOSEPH LELYVELD Special to The New York Times
Joseph Special
Joseph Lelyveld analysis of how media can affect pol results; notes that Iowa Dem precinct caucuses were 'media event,' in which discussion of results overwhelmed and obscured relative unimportance of event; recalls headlines proclaiming Jimmy Carter as 'newest media star,' when in reality Carter won fewer than 1/3 of votes of 1/10 of Dems in small state of Iowa; predicts that question of what is media event and what is pol reality will be staple of entire '76 campaign; notes press appears to be more self-conscious about its role in selection process than ever before (M)
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