Law Religion Astronomy; National Security and the Press: A Riddle Inside a Hard Case Publishers Have Heard This Song Before
Date: 18 March 1979
By ANTHONY LEWIS
Anthony LEWIS
A Lewis comment on Progressive case discusses late Alexander Bickel's views on prior restraint (M)
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South Africa's Angry Press Is in a No-Win Situation
Date: 18 March 1979
By JOHN F. BURNS
John BURNS
rev of situation involving S African Govt and opposition English-language press; they have come into acute conflict over newspapers' hinting at future revelations about influence-buying scandal surrounding Information Ministry; wk's main development is rare victory for newspapers, ct ruling freeing Rand Daily Mail and Cape Times to continue publishing disclosures of Eschel M Rhoodie until scandal brought him down in '78; illus (M)
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Physicist Challenges Agency
Date: 18 March 1979
Special to The New York Times
Theodore A Postol, staff physcist at Argonne Natl Lab in Ill, has challenged, in affidavit filed in Fed Dist Ct, Justice Dept contention that article written for The Progressive on hydrogen bomb contains information that is not in public domain; had been asked in Feb to rev article for magazine (S)
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Furor Over H-Bomb Article Astonishes Magazine Editor; Secrecy as an Issue
Date: 18 March 1979
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND Special to The New York Times
Douglas KNEELAND
The Progressive magazine editor Erwin Knoll says magazine did not set out to test secrecy statutes; says he was not even aware of sweep of Atomic Energy Act; says he does not think article contains any secrets; says magazine has not seen any classified documents; says article was shown to MIT Prof George W Rathjens who thought it might contain restricted data and showed it to Energy Dept; illus (M)
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Follow-Up on the News; 'Suicide' in Iran
Date: 18 March 1979
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
Alex Parker, owner of tower at 1 Times Sq, who had turned off moving electric news sign on bldg to protest conditions in Times Sq area, has turned sign off again; had turned sign back on after obtaining 100,000 signatures on petition demanding cleanup of area, but says no improvements have been made (S)
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Letters; A U.S. Plan to 'Aggravate' East-West Tension The Secret 10% in a Recipe for the Hydrogen Bomb What U.S. Senators Earn and Deserve Toward Children's TV Without Ads
Date: 18 March 1979
SERGEI TAROVTREVOR BARNESARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR.FAYE LEVINEKATHRYN MOODY
Sergei BARNESARTHUR
Trevor Barnes lr on temporary restraining order imposed on Progressive; drawing
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Around the Nation; Surgical Team in Wisconsin Gives Woman Second Heart
Date: 18 March 1979
Norfolk, Va, Ledger-Star reporter David Chandler is sentenced to jail and fined for contempt of ct for refusing to disclose his sources to Va grand jury investigating irregularities in Va purchasing dept; wrote series of news articles last Oct alleging that Va Div of Purchases and Supply frequently bought office equipment without asking for bids and favored certain suppliers; sentencing was done by Circuit Ct Judge James B Wilkinson (S)
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News Summary; International National Metropolitan
Date: 18 March 1979
chronology of events leading up to prospective Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty; illus (M)
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