Economic Scene; Is the Press More Equal?
Date: 25 May 1978
Leonard Silk
Leonard Silk
L Silk examines freedom of speech issue regarding press and corps; US Sup Ct struck down in Bellotti case Mass law restricting corps' 1st amendment rights of press held by publishing cos to all other corps; does not indicate that press is correct in assertion of special rights; Chief Justice Warren Burger commented on media power of publishing and broadcasting corps in his concurrent opinion; Silk dispels concern that Burger sought to narrow rights of press in his Bellotti opinion; drawing (M)
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News Voids Parts Of Guild Contract; Union Quits Talks
Date: 26 May 1978
NY Daily News formally terminates key provisions of its labor agreement with Newspaper Guild; says 3 provisions of contract that expired Mar 30 would no longer be in effect: requirement that certain employees be members of guild, that union dues automatically be checked off and that grievances go to arbitration (S)
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Hot and Cold
Date: 26 May 1978
NY Times editorial bids farewell to hot type, facing switchover to cold type
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GUNMAN IN MOSCOW SEIZED IN SHOOTOUT; He Is Driven From Finnish Airline Office After Demanding Plane to Leave the Country Recent Soviet Hijackings Recalled Identified as Convict From Kazakhstan Finn Heard 18 to 20 Shots Fired
Date: 25 May 1978
By DAVID K. SHIPLER Special to The New York Times
David SHIPLER
Bernard Redmont of CBS repts as he was trying to take TV film of scene following gun battle in Moscow he was jostled by plainclothesman; says he and Charles Bremmer of Reuters were taken to cafe and Redmont was ordered to turn over his film; contends action was violation of Helsinki accord (S)
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Reporter in Curare Case Refuses To Tell How He Got Key Document; Memo Produced The Farber Testimony
Date: 25 May 1978
By DAVID BIRD Special to The New York Times
David Special
NY Times reporter M A Farber repeatedly declines, citing reporter's privilege, to answer questions in ct about how he obtained document that led Bergen County Prosecutor in '75 to reopen case of sudden deaths at Riverdell Hospital; Farber cites NJ shield law that allows reporters not to divulge their sources, and 1st Amendment (S)
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World News Briefs; U.S. Said to Return Peace Reply to Cairo Cairo Again Suppresses An Issue of Leftist Paper Offices in Lima Reopen After General Strike 3 Czechs Shot at Border In Hijacked School Bus
Date: 25 May 1978
Special to The New York Times
Muhlbach border guards shoot 3 gunmen who hijack school bus carrying 45 children and attempt to bring it across border into W Ger (S)
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Letters; First Amendment: A Dangerous Distinction 'New York Is the Greatest at Only One Thing' How to Spur the Middle-Class Exodus To Save a Wallet Puerto Rico's 'Alternative to Self-Destruction' Mideast: The Plane Deal And Carter's Pledge Terror and the Media
Date: 26 May 1978
WILLIAM C. EVERETTWILLIAM POLINGHARRIS L. PRESENTLEON BRINJAIME BENITEZI. USHER KIRSHBLUMWILLIAM H. WELLS
William EVERETTWILLIAM
William H Wells lr questions responsibility of news media in reporting acts of terrorism; editor replies
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Mobil Urges Protection Of Constitution for Ads; Deduction of Expenses Cited Department 'Totally Independent'
Date: 26 May 1978
Mobil Oil Corp vp Herbert Schmertz, testifying before HR Gov operations subcom, asserts that paid ads by oil cos are as valid as newspaper editorials; says that newspapers are profit-making corps that deduct their expenses, such as employees' salaries and production costs; says that there are no limitations in Fed tax code on editorials or news articles that serve financial interests of newspapers; notes that NY Times owns various businesses, including timber, pulp and paper mills, magazines and TV station; NY Times Co legal dept spokesman Alex Greenfeld says it is not appropriate to draw analogy with newspaper's editorials; says Times editorials are written on basis of what is in public interest (S)
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PRESIDENT TO OPPOSE ANY FURTHER LIMITS ON RIGHT TO GIVE AID; WORRIED OVER REDS IN AFRICA In Chicago, He Warns Congress Neutrals Might Turn to Soviet --Assails Cuban Actions Additional Restrictions Feared Carter Will Oppose New Curbs on Right to Give Aid
Date: 26 May 1978
By TERENCE SMITH Special to The New York Times
Terence Special
Pres Carter says he will oppose any further legis restrictions on his ability to provide econ and mil assistance to friendly nonaligned nations, news conf, Washington; cites crisis in Zaire and inability of US to provide aid (M)
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