UNESCO Is Accused on Freedom of Press
Date: 01 July 1976
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
Freedom House on June 30 charges that repts by 2 groups of experts brought together by UNESCO had proposed new govt controls over news media in developing nations, starting in Latin Amer; UNESCO terms charge unjustified; says charge is based on personal opinions of experts never officially distributed by UNESCO; repts that were criticized were preparatory papers that emerged from meetings of 16 experts from 13 countries in July '74 in Bogota, Colombia and of 19 experts from 16 countries in June '75 in Quito, Ecuador; UNESCO makes public working paper calling for increased public and private investment in communications; Freedom House exec dir Leonard R Sussman and vice chmn Roscoe Drummond comment (M)
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Pentagon Papers Ruling Issued Five Years Ago
Date: 01 July 1976
comment on publication of Pentagon papers on occasion of 5th anniv of event (S)
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Schorr Inquiry to Be Onen
Date: 02 July 1976
HR Ethics Com votes on July 1 to open to public its hearing into how secret CIA rept was leaked to CBS News correspondent Daniel Schorr (S)
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Court Upholds a Paper's Merger Rights
Date: 02 July 1976
3-judge Fed Ct on July 1 rules that newspapers do not violate law solely because they merge without prior approval from Justice Dept; decision reverses Dist Ct decision and upholds Justice Dept's interpretation of Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970; suit was filed by Newspaper Guild contending Newspaper Preservation Act required Govt approval of all newspaper acquisitions by other papers; contended that law barred even mergers |awful under antitrust laws unless Justice Dept approved; judges included Edward A Tamm and Carl McGowan (S)
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Summary of Actions by Supreme Court; CIVIL RIGHTS
Date: 01 July 1976
Sup Ct declines to hear appeal by nonminority group member challenging ct-approved settlement of 2 civil rights lawsuits alleging discrimination in employment in newspaper and publications delivery indus in NYC; 1 suit was brought by minority employes of various publishers; 1 was brought by US Govt; defendants were some 50 distributors and publishers of publications, including NY Times, and union having jurisdiction over delivery employes (S)
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Excerpts From High Court's Opinions on Press Gags
Date: 01 July 1976
Sup Ct, in acting on 3 press cases, refuses to rev lower ct rulings; in 2 of cases lower cts had upheld contempt conv of journalists who had refused to disclose sources of news articles; restrictive orders on ct personnel in to ensure in those cases, trial judges had imposed fair trials, and had sought to determine frm reptrs whether their orders had been violated (S)
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SCHORR WON'T BE AT CONVENTIONS; CBS Reporter Not Included in Network's Coverage
Date: 01 July 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
comment on newsman Daniel Schorr, who has not been included in CBS News plans for coverage of either Dem or Repub natl convs, apparently as result of Schorr's leaking HR subcom rept on CIA to Village Voice; Schorr considers his exclusion from conv coverage ominous clue to his future status with CBS; CBS News sr vp William Small comments (M)
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Guild Parley Averts Washington Post Showdown
Date: 02 July 1976
By BEN A. FRANKLIN Special to The New York Times
Ben FRANKLIN
delegates to annual conv of Newspaper Guild avert const crisis on July 1 over status of union's rebellious membership at Washington Post; Brian Flores, adm officer of Washington-Baltimore guild local, offers resignation moments before scheduled vote on proposal of Post dissidents, backed by guild pres Charles A Perlik Jr (S)
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AWARD ESTABLISHED IN SCRIPPS MEMORY
Date: 01 July 1976
Scripps-Howard Foundation on June 30 announces establishment of annual journalism award for 'outstanding public service in the cause of 1st Amendment guarantee of free press'; judges noted (S)
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Press Freedom Upheld
Date: 01 July 1976
ed lauds US Sup Ct ruling striking down gag order issued in Neb murder trial as significant step toward protecting freedom of press against already alarming erosion
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