Mets Open the Door for Women; Will Exercise Caution Yankees Weigh Decision
Date: 28 March 1979
By STEVE CADY Special to The New York Times
Steve Special
Mets announce they will grant female reporters full access to their clubhouse dressing areas at Shea Stadium; policy follows what appears to be majority opinion among baseball's 26 big league clubs
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Judge Bars Hydrogen Bomb Article After Magazine Rejects Mediation; Court's 'Awesome Responsibility'
Date: 27 March 1979
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND Special to The New York Times
Douglas KNEELAND
Fed Dist Ct Judge Robert W Warren, acting after his suggestion far attempt at out-of-ct settlement is turned down, grants Govt's motion for preliminary injunction to keep The Progressive magazine from publishing article about hydrogen bomb; becomes 1st Fed judge ever to issue injunction imposing prior restraint on press in natl security case; magazine's attys say they will file appeal shortly with US Ct or Appeals for 7th Circuit in Chicago; Warren acknowledges he considers decision 'awesome responsibility'; says mistake in ruling against magazine will seriously infringe 1st Amendment rights; says he does not believe magazine requires 'objected-to material' to 'ventilate its views on Govt secrecy and the hydrogen bomb'; urges Judtice Dept and magazine to accept proposal by Fed of Amer Scientists in friend-of-ct brief; scientists suggest Warren appt panel of scientific and press reprs to attempt to work out compromises in deletions Govt insists must be made from article to keep it from violating 'restricted data' sections of Atomic Energy Act of '54; Warren says many elements of press see grave risk of permanent damage to 1st Amendment freedoms if case goes forward magazine editor Erwin Knoll says he thinks it presumptous of Warren to speak for Amer press (M)
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Curb on H-Bomb Article; Legal Issues Are Not Clear, And There Is No Clue To How U.S. Supreme Court May Act on the Case
Date: 28 March 1979
By WARREN WEAVER Jr. Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
Analysis of ruling by Milwaukee Fed Dist Judge Robert W Warren; holds decision is measure of how little recent law exists in area of prior restraint of publication in that Warren cited only 2 directly applicable decisions in his 15-page opinion: 1931 case barring closing of newspaper as public nuisance and 1971 decisions permitting continued newspaper publication of Pentagon papers; notes Warren found statutory authority in only handful of restrictive sections of Atomic Energy Act of 1954, indicating that Cong has not felt it necessary to legislate in area of prior restraint; differences between Pentagon papers case and Progressive case outlined; Warren illus (M)
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Guests at the State Dinner Wore Ethnic and Political Ties; Some Press Figures Excluded
Date: 28 March 1979
By MARTIN TOLCHIN Special to The New York Times
Martin Special
Among notable reporters not invited to Washington dinner celebrating Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty are Frank Cormier (AP) and Lesley Stahl (CBS News) (S)
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The City; School-Bus Drivers Press Job Security
Date: 27 March 1979
Newspaper Guild files unfair labor practice charges against NY Times; negotiators have been unable to complete agreement to replace contract that expired on March 30, 1978; guild holds that Times has refused to bargain on 2 issues: sick leave and minimum wage rates for new employees; Times told Guild it is still awaiting outcome of negotiations between Guild and Daily News on those issues (S)
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The City; New Proposal In Milk Strike 17 Held on Charges Of Bribing Police Prostitutes Given A Second Chance 2 Lotteries Added Rapist, 15, Given Maximum Jail Term Paper Deliverers Reach an Accord
Date: 28 March 1979
Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union reaches tentative agreement on 3-yr contract with 16 wholesalers who distribute newspapers and magazines throughout met area; settlement averts threatened strike; pact is subject to ratification by union members (S)
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Head of CBS News to Move to NBC
Date: 28 March 1979
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Richard S Salant, who will step down as pres of CBS News on Apr 30 under network s mandatory retirement policy, will join NBC as vice chmn (M)
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World News Briefs; New Prime Minister Named By the Afghanistan Regime Bonn Now Agrees to Allow Troops to Serve With U.N. Pakistan, Shunned by U.S., Buys 32 More French Jets China Reports Agreements With Soviet on Navigation Tass Gets French Computer Of Type the U.S. Withheld
Date: 28 March 1979
press agency Tass says it has signed contract with French cos for computer similar to one Pres Carter barred Amer co from selling in '78 (S)
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