U.S. May Offer Proposal to Protect Third Parties From Police Searches; Law Vary in the States Press Groups Prefer Subpoenas
Date: 20 December 1978
By DEIRDRE CARMODY Special to The New York Times
Deirdre Special
Pres Carter has asked Justice Dept to study possibility of proposing legis that would protect 3d parties from surprise searches by law enforcement officials looking for evidence relating to crime; Asst Atty Gen Philip B Heymann, who drafted recommendations relating to news orgns, told Sen subcom on Const at hearing that Justice Dept had decided to propose 1st Amendment bill instead of broader 3d-party bill because of 'serious problems' presented by trying to formulate gen prohibition against searches of 3d parties; Jerome B Falk Jr, who was lead counsel for Stanford Daily in case before Sup Ct, says ramifications of ct's decision go beyond press (M)
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Carter Leads in Week's TV Ratings; 'All in the Family' Leads NBC Film Its Best Offering March 3 Concert to Help Symphonicum Europae TV RATINGS
Date: 20 December 1978
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Pres Carter's address announcing opening of diplomatic relations with China draws estimated 55 million TV viewers (S)
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31 Dissidents in Soviet Assail Times Editorial In Jessica Kats Affair
Date: 19 December 1978
Special to The New York Times
31 USSR pol dissidents, in public statement, score Times ed which apologized to USSR for Kats uproar and criticized Jewish orgns for 'crying wolf (S)
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The City; Clogged Flue Kills 3 in Bronx Family $80 Million Suit On Bus Shelters Teachers' Walkout Averted at P.S. 198 DeSalvio Quitting His Assembly Post Associated Press Makes Offer to Guild Police Blotter
Date: 19 December 1978
Convenience and Safety Corp files $80 million damage suit against Bustop Shelters Inc, charging conspiracy to delay award of bus shelter franchise to plaintiff (S)
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News Summary; International National Metropolitan
Date: 20 December 1978
Sen Daniel Moynihan says he is unsure of advantages that may result from reestablishment of diplomatic relations, news conf, Washington; notes some econ benefits (S)
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Unwavering Environmental Aide Eckardt Christian Beck; Man in the News
Date: 20 December 1978
By DENA KLEIMAN
Dena KLEIMAN
Biog; full name is Eckardt Christian Beck; he was born May 21 '43; his por (M)
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Inquest Leaves Many Questions on Jonestown Unresolved; News Analysis Start of Plot Against Ryan Crimes of Greed
Date: 19 December 1978
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK Special to The New York Times
Analysis of Guyana tragedy holds coroner's inquest leaves many questions on Jonestown unresolved
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Law Center Gives Deaf a Voice in Court; Interpreter Was Barred Some of the Problems 'Why Not the Local News?"
Date: 19 December 1978
By SHARON JOHNSON Special to The New York Times
Sharon Special
Southern Calif Center for Law and the Deaf helps deaf people with legal, job discrimination and other problems (M)
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World News Briefs; I.R.A Takes Responsibility For Explosions in London Indira Gandhi's Backers Protest as Vote Nears Hanoi Sets Drastic Change In Land Policy in the South Belgian Premier Resigns, Saying Vote Solved Nothing
Date: 19 December 1978
2 bombs explode and 3d is defused in London; IRA claims responsibility (S)
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