Disclosures Straining Press Relations at Supreme Court; Erred About Justice Stevens
Date: 29 May 1979
By LINDA GREENHOUSE Special to The New York Times
Linda Special
Recent unauthorized disclosures of Supreme Court decisions and new security restrictions with which Court responded have further strained already tense relationship between Court and reporters who cover it and have provoked something of press room debate about how Court should be covered; Chief Justice Warren E Burger has responded to disclosures by ordering printer, Government Printing Office employee named John Tucci, transferred out of Court's print shop; also ordered that police officer be stationed on ground floor lobby of Supreme Court Building, with direct view of press room; Fred Graham of CBS and Carl Stern of NBC News comment (M)
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Shift of Portrait at City Hall Is a Matter of a President's Pants
Date: 29 May 1979
NYC Art Comm, at suggestion of Mayor Koch's office, replaces James Monroe painting in Blue Room of City Hall with painting of Martin Van Buren; illus; official Donald J Gormley explains that TV cameras filming news confs in room showed up Monroe's white trousers and stockings in background (S)
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In Rare Attack, Justice Marshall Says Court Erred; In Rare Attack, Justice Marshall Assails High Court for 2 Rulings Limit on Discussion Foreseen Instructions to Jury Panel Discussions on Press
Date: 28 May 1979
By TOM GOLDSTEIN Special to The New York Times
Tom Special
Justice Thurgood Marshall, at judicial conference in Buck Falls, Pa, criticizes April Supreme Court ruling in Herbert v Lando that journalists do not have 1st Amendment protection in libel suits against inquiries into their thoughts and newsroom conversations with colleagues; says preserving climate of free interchange among journalists is essential to sound editorial decision-making; issues relating to 1st Amendment are debated by lawyers and journalists who participated in panel discussions following Marshall's speech; NY Times executive editor A M Rosenthal says editorial process is under serious attack by judges who have become overseers of essential decision-making processes of press; William Rusher, publisher of National Review and lawyer Floyd Abrams comment (M)
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At Jordan Bridge, A Tough Check on Arabs; Soberingly Severe Security American of Egyptian Origin
Date: 29 May 1979
By YOUSSEF M. IBRAHIM Special to The New York Times
many Arabs say they are humiliated by strict security enforced by Israel at bridge; individual searches take at least 3 hours and sometimes half a day; map (M)
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World News Briefs; Calls for Calm and Action Follow Spanish Violence
Date: 28 May 1979
over 1,200 Vietnamese refugees arrive, Hong Kong, aboard 15 fishing boats as officials question 1,400 others who beached Panamanian freighter on May 26; freighter passengers say they paid $4,000 each to leave Vietnam; police suspect a syndicate was involved in voyage (S)
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For Networks, Summertime Is a Harbinger of Fall; Entertainment and News Specials Movies to Be Repeated Public TV Lists Repeats
Date: 28 May 1979
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Article on summer programming schedules of ABC, CBS and NBC; illus (M)
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Greece in Common Market: Risky Phase for Europe; News Analysis Neither Easy Nor Automatic A Caution From Jenkins Greece to Admit Imports
Date: 29 May 1979
By PAUL LEWIS Special to The New York Times
Paul Special
Analysis of admission of Greece as 10th member of EEC; holds event signals risky new phase in Western Europe's postwar quest for greater unity and influence in world affairs; says it represents hazardous decision to consolidate Europe by linking poorer and less stable southern countries with more prosperous economies in north
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World News Briefs; U.S. Envop to Central Africa Recalled over Death Reports Spain's Armed Forces Back Crackdown Against Terror Mauritania Names Minister As Its Acting Premier
Date: 29 May 1979
Col Ahmed Salem Ould Sidi is named acting Prime Min (S)
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