Philadelphia Papers Publish
Date: 06 July 1974
Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Bulletin on July 5 resume full publication schedules after dissident delivery truck drivers decide to halt wildcat work stoppages in protest against approved contract (S)
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Judge Backs 2 Newsmen On Their Refusal to Talk
Date: 07 July 1974
Judge Joseph Ford has ruled that Lowell (Mass) Sun newsmen Kendall Wallace and Frank Phillips cannot be compelled to disclose who gave them details of grand jury investigation of alleged bribery involving Dracut officials; dismisses petition brought by Dist Atty John J Droney (S)
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Colson Says He Thought He and Colleagues Were 'Above the Law'; At Ease
Date: 07 July 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Charles Colson in int says that Amer press is at times too skeptical to accept things it should accept; says he is not as upset by investigative reptg as he is by press bias
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53% in a Gallup Poll Consider Watergate Coverage Excessive
Date: 07 July 1974
Gallup Poll taken in June '74 finds that 53% of 1,509 persons polled believe that news media coverage of Watergate is excessive; says 13% believe there is too little coverage and 30% believe coverage is just right; similar poll in June '73 found that 44% believed media was providing too much coverage; table shows change by groups in percentage who said Watergate coverage was 'too much' (M)
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An Argument for Eliminating Broadcasting's Fairness Doctrine
Date: 06 July 1974
BY William s. Paley
CBS Inc chmn William S Paley article on possibilities of eliminating broadcasting's fairness doctrine; says that struggle has centered largely on whether problems of fairness should be left, under 1st Amendment principles, to broadcasters, answerable to their audiences, vulnerable to their competitors and exposed to constant public criticism, or whether under doctrine problems should be left to FCC; holds that danger implicit in latter course lies in giving Govt agency power to judge news orgn's performance
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Letters; The right to suicide New York Law School Mailer's work
Date: 07 July 1974
NAME WITHHELDSTEPHEN HOCHBERGEDWARD MEADOWS
Name HOCHBERGEDWARD
Anonymous lr on David Dempsey's June 23 article on the Living Will and right to euthanasia and death with dignity; suggests right to suicide be made use of by terminally ill patients; relates incident of his wife's suicide after bout with cancer
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' PLUMBERS' JUDGE REFUSES TO QUASH CALL TO KISSINGER; Directs Him to Be Ready to Testify for Defense-Prosecution Rests Case ' Unduly Oppressive' Kissinger Told to Be Ready to Testify First Defense Witness Psychiatrist Testifies
Date: 06 July 1974
By LINDA CHARLTONSpecial to The New York Times
lawyers for Kissinger, in motion to quash subpoena requiring him to appear July 5 to testify in conspiracy trial of John D Ehrlichman and others in White House 'plumbers' case, contend appearance would cause Kissinger to abruptly terminate his official mission abroad, including briefings to W Eur and NATO officials on Nixon's Moscow trip (S)
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The World/Continued; Testing Franco's Press Law
Date: 07 July 1974
summary of Brit White Paper outlining new proposal to end pol and religious strife in Northern Ireland and calling on people of Ulster to devise settlement themselves; solution seen unlikely because of extremists on both sides (S)
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