Defense in Mosque Murder Trial to Get Taped Interview With Witness
Date: 23 September 1976
By CHARLAYNE HUNTER
Charlayne HUNTER
NY Post on Sept 23 agrees to turn over to defense tape recordings of Post reporter Joyce Wadler's int with key prosecution witness in murder trial of Lewis 17X Dupree, member of Black Muslim mosque in Harlem; Wadler was officially subpoenaed along with 'any other Post reporter' by defense attys to produce any materials relating to int (S)
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SOUTH AFRICAN NEWSMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN UNREST
Date: 23 September 1976
Brit journalist David Rabkin, arrested by S African security police, pleads guilty to having written and distributed pamphlets on behalf of several banned orgns; faces mandatory sentence of 5 yrs; co-defendant Jeremy Cronin also pleads guilty on both counts; Rabkin's wife pleads guilty to Internal Security Act charge, which carries minimum penalty of 1 yr in jail (S)
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House Panel Ends Schorr Inquiry After Rejecting Any Punishment; HOUSE PkhEL ENDS INQUIRY INTO SCNORR
Date: 23 September 1976
By RICHARD D. LYONS Special to The New York Times
HR Ethics Com on Sept 22 rejects 3 proposals to punish Schorr and ends its investigation into his unauthorized disclosure of HR intelligence com rept; com members moved to either cite Schorr for contempt or have HR bring charges against him in Fed ct, or deprive him of his HR press credentials; further vote absolved Schorr and 3 newsmen, Aaron Latham, Clay S Felker and Sheldon Zalaznick, who testifed before com of further compliance with subpoenas that had been served on them; Schorr hails decision as press freedom victory; Repr Thomas S Foley comments (M)
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FORD AND CARTER, IN FIRST DEBATE, TRADE CHARGES ON ECONOMIC ISSUE; TONE IS RESTRAINED President Depicts His Rival as a Spender Democrat Calls Him Weak Leader Ford and Carter Debate Economic Issue
Date: 24 September 1976
By R.W. APPLE Jr
R. APPLE
Pres Ford and Jimmy Carter meet in 1st TV debate; debate staged at Walnut St Theater in Phila (S)
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Schorr's Job Status Uncertain Despite Gain Over Ethics Panel
Date: 23 September 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Schorr's status with CBS remains uncertain; Schorr repts he was contacted by CBS News vp Sandy Socolow (M)
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Decent Is as Decent Does
Date: 23 September 1976
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
A Lewis comment on Pres Ford's Presidential record so far; notes that although Ford recently praised 'sunshine law,' 1 of his early actions as Pres was to veto improvement of Freedom of Information Act (S)
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