Strike at Post Is Averted; Kheel to Draft Settlement
Date: 06 January 1976
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
threatened strike at NY Post is averted when negotiators for Newspaper Guild agree to have Kheel recommend 'best procedures' for achieving settlement (S)
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NEWS GUILD TOLD TO PUT OFF TRIALS; Judge Enjoins Hearings in Washington Post Case
Date: 07 January 1976
By BEN A. FRANKLIN Special to The New York Times
Ben FRANKLIN
Fed Judge Charles R Richey on Jan 6 orders postponement until at least Jan 15 of union disciplinary trials (M)
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Two in Symbionese Group Ask Damages
Date: 06 January 1976
Hearst, Patricia: ACLU files suit in Fed Dist Ct, Los Angeles, on behalf of alleged Symbionese Liberation Army members Emily and William Harris demanding $30-million in damages from 24 law enforcement officials who Harrises say systematically leaked to news media prejudicial information designed to deny them a fair trial; suit essentially charges that state and Fed law enforcement agencies sought to connect Harrises in public mind with wide variety of violent crimes for which they never have been charged (M)
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When Money Talks but Doesn't Shout
Date: 07 January 1976
By Morris Udall
Morris Udall
Article by Dem Pres aspirant Morris K Udall claims media coverage of aspirants' campaigns is critically important now that new campaign finance law restricts amts they may receive and spend on their campaigns
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Reporters Refuse to Enter Courtroom in Nebraska; They Had Avoided Making an Agreement to Withhold Information at Trial
Date: 07 January 1976
reporters refuse to attend ct session and avoid making prior agreement to withhold information (M)
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JUDGE RESCINDS NEW 'GAG' ORDER; Reverses Stand on the Jury Selection in Nebraska
Date: 06 January 1976
Lincoln (Neb) Dist Ct Judge Hugh Stuart, who approved defense motion that questioning of prospective jurors be closed to press and public in murder case of Erwin Charles Simants, reverses himself on Jan 5 and opens jury selection proceedings to press and public; action comes after closed door arguments on behalf of news media by lawyer Alan Peterson and after fears of possibly prejudicial material arising during jury selection process apparently failed to materialize; Simants is charged with murdering 6 members of Henry Kellie family on Oct 18 (M)
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Judicial Editors
Date: 07 January 1976
ed calls for definitive expression by US Sup Ct on growing problem of ct ordered prior restraint, censorship, of Amer newspapers; holds that new outbreak of judicial editing through 'gag orders' is causing total confusion for both press and bench, as well as abridging right to publish under 1st Amendment; says prior censorship, while directly violative of 1st Amendment, cannot insure fair trial but can destroy individual and civil liberty (M)
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