Rhodesia to Set Up Panel With Power Over Press
Date: 23 September 1975
Rhodesian Govt has announced new emergency powers to control press; regulations give Law and Order Min power to prohibit and regulate printing and publishing of any pub inside Rhodesia as well as prohibit possession, sale or distribution of any pub brought into country (S)
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INDIA COURT BACKS FREEDOM OF PRESS
Date: 23 September 1975
New Delhi ct on Sept 22 upholds freedom of press in case involving controversial dismissal of B G Verhese, editor of Hindustan Times; some journalists charge that paper's proprietor K K Birla, who discharged Verhese, was acting at Govt's behest (S)
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Paper's Indictment Raises Question of Duty to Police
Date: 23 September 1975
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Fla ct case involving Ft Myers News-Press is raising question of what obligation press has to cooperate with law enforcement officials in criminal investigations; case involves tape recordings that News-Press reporter made of 2 conversations with suspect in murder case; tape recordings were later erased; after erasures newspaper was indicted on charge of destroying evidence, which is felony; authorities contend that evidence could have been used to prosecute suspect; Frances D Williams, reporter involved in case, did testify before grand jury under grant of immunity from prosecution; so, too, did 4 of her editors; Dan Paul, Miami atty for newspaper, said that if he had been involved in case from beginning, he would not have allowed reporter or editors to testify, and would have challenged Sup Ct to rule again on that legal point; Paul has attributed dispute to pol motives, because newspaper has published some hard-hitting articles about local law enforcement officials; newspaper's defense is based on 1st Amendment guarantee of press freedom; state is using Watergate precedent to support its argument; maintains that if Pres Nixon was forced to reveal his tapes, newspaper should not be allowed to destroy its tapes with impunity; prosecutor Joseph P D'Alessandro has said that Watergate proved that privilege has to yield to orderly running of Govt (M)
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Morton Refuses Data on Arab Boycott
Date: 23 September 1975
Repr John E Moss, chmn of HR Subcom on Oversight and Investigations, threatens to cite Commerce Sec Rogers C B Morton for contempt of Cong after Morton refuses to give names of US cos that were contacted by Arabs about boycotting Israeli trade; says subcom will decide soon on whether to cite Morton; at issue are repts that US concerns have been filing with Commerce Dept since '68 telling of any instances in which Arab nations asked for information about cos trading with Israel; subcom is seeking to determine how much pressure was applied to boycott Israel and how many concerns complied; Morton says he ignored com subpeona for cos' repts after Atty Gen Edward H Levi gave him legal opinion that law barred disclosure of such 'proprietary information' unless natl interest required it; Amer Jewish Cong files suit against Morton, seeking to force his dept to make public names of US cos that complied with Arabs; suit, filed in US Dist Ct under Freedom of Information Act, seeks injunction to bar Commerce Dept officials from withholding their files on US cos that were asked to comply (M)
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TV Braces for Logistics of the Democratic Convention
Date: 24 September 1975
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Television networks are gearing up to cover Dem natl conv in NYC; are bracing themselves for what they expect to be 'horrendous logistics,' including physical limitations of Madison Square Garden, overlapping of union jurisdictions, city's traffic conditions, tall bldgs, all of which contribute to production hardships; comments from some network officials; Repub and Dem convs are expected to cost NBC and CBS around $10-million each for gavel-to-gavel coverage, and ABC $6-million for limited coverage (M)
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World Reaction to the Shooting Varied
Date: 24 September 1975
Reactions of various countries to Sept 22 assassination attempt on Pres Ford noted; Paris newspaper France-Soir displayed photo of attempt across 1/2 of front page; Rome left wing newspaper Il Paese gave news 6-column headline; Communist countries had little coverage; Moscow radio broadcast brief rept on incident; East Ger news agency distributed 9-line rept on attempt; West Ger news agency said any doubts about US stability are superfluous; Cairo newspaper editor Mustafa Amin termed incident 'tragic phenomenon' (S)
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Knight Papers Fill 2 Posts
Date: 24 September 1975
Philadelphia Daily news names F Gilman Spencer editor, succeeding Rolfe Neill, who is apptd pres and publisher of Charlotte Observer and News (S)
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American Roulette
Date: 24 September 1975
By William V. Shannon
William Shannon
W V Shannon comment on 2 recent attempts on life of Pres Ford; holds that newspapers, magazines and TV, on voluntary basis, might try to avoid agitating other disordered minds by withholding photographs of would-be assassins and playing down detailed coverage of their private lives; holds that Time and Newsweek showed regrettable judgment in placing on their covers face of woman who tried to shoot Ford (S)
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