COURT IN MINNESOTA REVERSES PRESS BAR
Date: 17 April 1976
Minn Sup Ct, overruling Jackson County Judge Hurley Holtan's order barring public and press from murder trial of James Stewart, holds public and press cannot be excluded from jury selection process in murder case; Stewart is accused of murdering Ali Morad Sadeghian (S)
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Top Editor of Ms. Finds Press Remiss On Women in News
Date: 16 April 1976
Ms (pub) managing editor Pat Carbine, addressing ASNE meeting, says news about women is seriously under-reported; says that reptg on '75 Internatl Women's Yr conf consisted of photograph of 2 women vying for microphone accompanied by condescending caption; singles out NY Times (S)
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Courts Increasing Challenges To a Free Press, Editors Told; Times Aide Says That if Supreme Court Upholds Nebraska Judge's Gag Order 'We're in Very Bad Shape'
Date: 17 April 1976
By DEIRDRE CARMODY Special to The New York Times
Deirdre Special
ASNE ends its 4-day annual meeting in Washington, DC, on Apr 15 on note of warning that press freedom under 1st Amendment is under increasing challenge from cts around US; NY Times exec vp James C Goodale and CBS correspondent Fred Graham comment (S)
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SUFFOLK TO STUDY AUDIT ON SEWERS; Legislative Review to Focus on Stories That a Critical Report Was Toned Down
Date: 17 April 1976
By PRANAY GUPTE Special to The New York Times
Pranay Special
Suffolk Legislature presiding officer Floyd S Linton on Apr 16 announces that Legis will conduct 'full-scale review' of news articles asserting that county's Dept of Audit and Control had allegedly toned down critical rept on Southwest Sewer Dist that charged improprieties and possible kickbacks in $700-million project (S)
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