Botha, Stung by Scandal, Vows Wider Press Curbs; Would Go Beyond Previous Curbs Millions for Secret Projects
Date: 12 December 1978
Special to The New York Times
Prime Min Botha says 'gossip mongering' of kind that characterized much of reptg on scandal will be curbed by legis in '79; new press bill will go well beyond dozens of existing statutes that restrict press freedom; newspaper disclosures show that $73 million had been spent in 5-yr period on secret projects aimed at creating climate of acceptance for apartheid (L)
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U.S. Aide Suggests Two Papers In Cincinnati Be Operated Jointly
Date: 12 December 1978
Justice Dept's antitrust div recommends that Cincinnati Enquirer be permitted to operate jointly with Cincinnati Post; says Post has shown it is failing newspaper which should be exempt from antitrust restrictions; next step will be recommendation by Judge Donald R Moore; final decision is up to Atty Gen Griffin B Bell; atty Gerald L Connell comments (S)
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A Fair Trial Is More Important Than a Free Press, Judge Says
Date: 12 December 1978
Superior Ct Judge John M Greaney says right of criminal defendants to fair trial must take precedence over freedom of press when 2 const guarantees collide; tells Hampden County Civil Liberties Union that reporters should be forced in some cases to hand over confidential notes and tape recordings (S)
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JEWISH GROUPS DENY THEY MISLED PRESS; Activists in Affair of Jessica Kats Say They Reported Medical Progress in Newsletter No Contact With News Agencies Campaign Began Early in Year No Further Mention Until October U.S. Doctor Reported Improvement
Date: 12 December 1978
By MICHAEL KNIGHT Special to The New York Times
Michael Special
Jewish groups responsible for publicity in case deny creating misinformation; bulletins on child in Soviet Jewry Rept quoted; NY Times repts began noting child's improvement in May but also published news agency repts on her ill health (M)
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Newspaper Strike Hurt City Sales; Appreciably Exceeded Gains Retail Store Sales Found Hurt by Newspaper Strike
Date: 11 December 1978
By ISADORE BARMASH
Isadore BARMASH
According to sales data furnished by controllers of 6 of area's largest retail cos, newspaper strike apparently hurt big-store retailing in NYC, interrupting pattern in which city units of major dept stores had consistently outperformed their suburban branches; Gimbels chmn Elliott Stone, B Altman vp-sales promotion George M Hanley and Lord & Taylor chmn Joseph E Brooks comment (M)
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Paper Surrenders Reporter's Notes in Murder Trial; Wanted 'Clear-Cut' Case Asked Judge to Delay Calls Note of Little-Value
Date: 11 December 1978
Special to The New York Times
Notes of Traverse City Record Eagle reporter Kathleen Stocking, subpoenaed by prosecution in murder trial of Jeannette Smith, have been turned over to prosecutor as well as defense after 4 mos of ct battles; Kalkaska County prosecutor Philip Crowley issued subpoena on Aug 24 for notebooks containing Stocking's int of Smith; paper began legal efforts to quash subpoena; newspaper's editor John Kinney says notes were turned over to Circuit Ct Judge William Porter as requested in Sept because there was nothing confidential in them (M)
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Seeking a Voice on Television
Date: 11 December 1978
Ed holds responsible TV journalism, not Govt regulation, is best way to obtain greater public access to airwaves (M)
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Around the Nation; 5 Killed as Cargo Plane Crashes Near Army Base Key Agreement Is Reached In St. Louis Press Strike Child Restraint Seat Law Is Hailed by Health Officer Sniper Kills 2 Riding in Cars Near Airport in Irving, Tex. 22 Are Arrested in Capital In Protest Over Indigents
Date: 11 December 1978
Steven T Gaulden, 12, and Raymond Andrews shot to death, Irving, Tex, by sniper (S)
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