SENATE PASSES BILL TO BAR BUGGING IN U.S. WITHOUT COURT ORDER; FOLLOWS A DECADE OF DEBATE Measure's Future May Depend on a Case in Which President Ordered Surveillance 'Erode Support for Legislation' Resolving Constitutional Issues SENATE PASSES BILL TO LIMIT U.S. BUGGING Using Media Members as Agents
Date: 21 April 1978
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK Special to The New York Times
CIA Dir Turner says he should have power to recruit from among people in news business if emergency conditions dictate it, testimony before HR intelligence subcom (S)
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SOME UNIONS ASSAILED BY MURDOCH AS CORRUPT
Date: 21 April 1978
NY Post owner Rupert Murdoch says that newspapers are facing number of threats, including ones by some unions that 'are corrupt and intransigent and self-destructive', speech, Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Assn; says his co has made study of 30 major US newspapers and estimates that on avg it takes 9 employees to produce 1,000 lines of type; says Post has 17 news-gathering employees for every 1,000 lines (S)
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F.C.C. to Study Rates For Newswire Lines
Date: 21 April 1978
FCC agrees to reopen its inquiry into whether newswire services should be granted preferential private phone line rates; FCC decisions had halted as illegal use of bulk line telephone system called Telpak; seeking preferential rate are AP, UPI, Commodity News Service, Reuters Ltd and Amer Newspaper Publishers Assn (S)
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Tapes Replayed at Jascalevich Trial; Found in 'Dirty Locker'
Date: 20 April 1978
By DAVID BIRD Special to The New York Times
David Special
defense in murder trail of Dr Mario E Jascalevich brings to witness stand recording co employee, John F Fischer, who testifies that NY Times employee M A Farber, who conducted investigation of Riverdell Hospital deaths, had arranged for recording device that was used by Prosecutor's office; recordings of 1st ints with Jascalevich were made on device called Walkie Recordall that is no longer used in Prosecutor's office (S)
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Now, It Develops, Pulitzer for News Photo Went to Wrong Man, First Time in History; First Time for Such an Error
Date: 20 April 1978
Richard T Baker, Pulitzer Prize admr, says prize for photography went to wrong man because of mix-up in film of 3 photographers who had covered same story; recommends to advisory bd that prize be taken away from Jim Schweiker of UPI and given to John W Blair; Blair por (S)
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Good News for Connecticut's Cities
Date: 21 April 1978
Ed praises Conn's approval of $67 million in new assistance to munics as part of $2.1 billion '79 budget
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News Summary; International National Metropolitan Business/Finance
Date: 20 April 1978
ed focuses on internatl ramifications of action
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