Lawsuits Involving the Press Raise New Questions; Five Areas of Consideration Libel Comes to the Forefront Confidentiality of Sources Must Seek Information Elsewhere
Date: 17 July 1978
By DEIRDRE CARMODY Special to the New York Times
Deirdre Special
Media Law Reporter, new magazine, has compiled almost 900 pages of cases affecting press in '78; on both Fed and state levels there has been explosion in number of cases affecting newspapers, magazines and broadcasting; basic issue in most of these cases is how to reconcile 1st Amendment rights of free press with rights of individuals; main areas into which these cases fall are libel, confidential sources, access to pretrial hearings, restraints on trial participants by judges and privacy; past cases revd (M)
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Editor Who Brews Controversy
Date: 16 July 1978
By FRANCES CERRA
Frances CERRA
Article on influence of Suffolk Life, newspaper published twice wkly by David J Willmott (M)
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SHCHARANSKY TRIAL BREAKS NEW GROUND; Soviet Attacks Routine Activities, Previously Not Punished, of Emigration Movement The Secret Session The Two Themes Not According to Plan
Date: 17 July 1978
By DAVID K. SHIPLER Special to The New York Times
David SHIPLER
Communique covering 1st morning of secret session supposedly devoted to specifics of espionage charge against Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky repeated previous assertions in Soviet press that Shcharansky had had contacts with foreign correspondent who was 'agent of one of the Western mil intelligence services'; name reptdly mentioned was Robert C Toth of Los Angeles Times (S)
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Crime Story Fed to Press By Police Is Found False
Date: 16 July 1978
Del police, in effort to crack burglary ring, plant false story about theft of valuable paintings from home of retired Judge John Biggs Jr; action was criticized by Wilmington News-Journal, which reptd story in April (S)
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White House Groupie
Date: 16 July 1978
By NORA EPHRON
Nora EPHRON
McClendon, Sarah: My Eight Presidents revd by Nora Ephron
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Follow-Up on The News; Sewer Mystery Jinxed Skyscraper Explosive Cooking Atomic Dud
Date: 16 July 1978
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
Formal bd of inquiry on explosion in Bronx sewer hopes to hold its 1st hearing on July 20 (S)
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