Secret Miami City Council Parley Disputed
Date: 15 February 1977
Secret meeting that was held in Jan by Miami (Fla) City Comm prompts grand jury investigation of comm and brought into open smoldering controversy between Mayor Maurice A Ferre and several local news orgns; could strongly influence results of Nov munic election in which Ferre and several comrs plan to run; at Jan 26 meeting, arranged by Ferre, all 5 comm members voted in private to buy less land than they agreed to purchase at previous meeting; dispute that followed disclosure of secret meeting revealed deep concern about observance of state's sunshine law, which requires that meetings of govt bodies be open to public (M)
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More Newspapers Change Hands, With the Role of Chains Increasing; Group Ownership Reported Gaining Nationwide Money, Not Power, Is the Goal of Buyers
Date: 15 February 1977
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
More newspapers are changing ownership, with role of chains increasing; Editor & Publisher says that in '76, ownership of 72 daily newspapers changed hands and that principal acquistors were newspaper chains, signaling new era in Amer journalism in which more newspapers are ending up in fewer hands; transactions of Booth Newspapers, NY Post, Kan City Star Co, discussed; Knight-Ridder chmn Lee Hills, newspaper analyst John Morton, newspaper critic Ben H Bagdikian and Minn Univ Prof Everette Dennis comment (L)
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Spain Lifts Some Press Curbs Imposed to Combat Terrorists
Date: 16 February 1977
Govt lifts ban on news repts of police investigations into kidnappings of Oriol and Villaescusa; maintains blackout on reptg of investigations into Jan murders of 5 Communists and student; Anti-Communist Apostolic Alliance took responsibility for killings (S)
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Carter and Daughter May Do a TV Special
Date: 15 February 1977
Pres Carter and daughter Amy may do children's special for NBC (S)
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Home Fashions League Presents Award to Publisher of The Times
Date: 16 February 1977
NY Times publisher Arthur O Sulzberger receives Big Apple Award for 'outstanding commitment to NYC' from league's NYC chap (S)
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REPORTER DETAINED AT CZECH FRONTIER; West German Is Taken Off Vienna Express and Is Searched
Date: 16 February 1977
Yugoslav newspaper Borba accuses West of injecting issue of human rights in attempt to 'poison the atmosphere' before summer rev of Helsinki Agreement (S)
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