U.S. Releases 200 Pages Of Pentagon Papers Data
Date: 29 July 1976
Justice Dept makes public more than 200 pages of documents that had been submitted under seal to cts revg Pentagon Papers case in '71 and kept sealed since then; sought ct order after receiving requests for material under Freedom of Information Act (S)
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LIGHT TERMS ASKED FOR FOUR NEWSMEN
Date: 29 July 1976
brief is filed in Fresno County Superior Ct on July 27 arguing that 4 Fresno Bee newsmen facing indeterminate jail sentences for refusing to divulge news source should receive sentences of no more than 5 days each; Phillip C Fullerton, atty for paper's managing editor James H Bort Jr and 2 reporters William K Patterson and Joe Rosato, says he will argue at hearing on July 30 that punitive instead of coercive citations should be imposed; says coercive contempt citations are used to force witness to obey order of ct and terms are indefinite; Judge Denver C Peckinpah found 4 guilty of contempt after they had refused to reveal how they obtained copies of sealed grand jury transcript (S)
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NEW CURB PLACED ON MEXICAN EDITOR
Date: 29 July 1976
Scherer Garcia has been told he cannot leave country; Excelsior announced it is taking legal action against Scherer and other dismissed execs for alleged misuse of co funds (S)
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Photographers Film Trial. In an Alabama Courtroom
Date: 29 July 1976
Ala State Sup Ct allows WKRG-TV and WALA-TV cameras and Mobile Press Register photographer to film murder trial proceedings for 1st time in Ala courtroom; earlier in July, ct approved plan drawn up by Judge Joseph M Hocklander that allows news orgns to film ct proceedings in Mobile circuit cts if all parties in trial agree to filming (S)
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CONVENTION NEWS SUBJECT OF POLL; 85% of Those Asked Want Networks to Rotate.
Date: 29 July 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Roper poll finds that 85% of Amers would prefer that one TV network at a time cover pol convs, 7% favor current simultaneous coverage by all 3 major networks and 8% have no opinion; Burns W Roper notes that even among persons classified as pol and socially active, only 13% approve of current system while 81% wanted single network coverage; earlier Roper poll of televised summer events most eagerly anticipated found pol convs ranking poor 3d behind Olympics and Bicentennial specials on July 4; Nielsen ratings have borne out Roper findings (M)
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