Basis for Accord Is Reached In Times of London Strike; Recommended by Union
Date: 09 March 1979
By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr. Special to The New York Times
in major breakthrough, negotiators in dispute have agreed on formula that could lead to reappearance of paper on April 17; Times deputy editor Louis Heren comments; Natl Graphical Assn recommends new formula to its members and they endorse it overwhelmingly; union gen sec Joseph Wade comments (M)
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MAGAZINE HAS HAD A STORMY HISTORY; Publication, Founded in 1909 by La Follette, Turned Monthly After 1947 Fiscal Crisis
Date: 10 March 1979
Special to The New York Times
comment on history of The Progressive; assoc editor John McGrath comments on unpublished article by Howard Morland (M)
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U.S. Judge Bars Use of an Article On the H-Bomb; Issues Temporary Order in First Amendment Case
Date: 10 March 1979
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND Special to The New York Times
Douglas KNEELAND
Fed Judge Robert W Warren issues temporary restraining order prohibiting The Progressive magazine from publishing article that, Govt contends, describes 'how a hydrogen bomb works'; rules that although magazine argued 1st Amendment forbids 'prior restraint' of publication such guarantee is 'not absolute and unlimited'; says he found enough evidence that article could cause 'irreparable harm' to temporarily restrain publication; order sets stage for 1st ct battle over Govt authority to prohibit publication of material in newspapers or magazines since it lost Pentagon papers case in '71; Warren schedules hearing for Mar 16 on Govt's request for permanent injunction to prohibit defendants, Progressive, editor Erwin Knoll, managing editor Samuel H Day Jr, and article's author Howard Morland from ever publishing it; Warren, in brief statement before his ruling, says contrary to NY Times case, 'you have specific expression of public policy'; Thomas S Martin, Deputy Asst Atty Gen who presented Govt's case, says that when editors of Progressive were asked to make some deletions so they would not violate law, they refused; Govt has not charged that Morland obtained any of information he used in article illegally; Knoll illus (M)
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News Council Criticizes Murdoch; Intervention With Editor
Date: 10 March 1979
Natl News Council says that Rupert Murdoch, New York magazine publisher, had 'misled the public' in insisting that he had adopted 'hands-off' stance toward highly critical article about labor mediator Theodore Kheel that magazine published in Jan; makes its statement in response to complaint by Kheel; says it has 'no clear proof' that Murdoch personally ordered article about Kheel revived, and therefore cannot find that he used magazine as instrument of reprisal; says, with regard to Kheel's charge that magazine refused his ad, that requirements of fairness were satisfied by extensive space editors of magazine made available to Kheel to challenge what he regarded as errors of fact and interpretation; Kheel comments on council's decision (S)
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Progressive Magazine: New Court Test; Attorney General's Powers View on Prior Restraints
Date: 10 March 1979
By LINDA GREENHOUSE Special to The New York Times
Linda Special
1st ct battle in almost 8 yrs over Fed Govt's power to prevent publication in magazine or newspaper of what it calls natl security secrets is taking place; Justice Dept has argued that Progressive case is unique and extraordinary' and so should not be governed by Ct's legal analysis in Pentagon papers case; factual differences and legal significance of differences noted; past cases involving former CIA agents Victor L Marchetti and Frank W Snepp noted (M)
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South African Retracts Threat to Sell Scandal Secrets; Ex-South African Official Retracts His Threat to Sell Scandal Secrets
Date: 10 March 1979
By JOHN F. BURNS Special to The New York Times
John BURNS
For last 5 mos, investigations by reporters have been effectively blocked by Govt, which apptd special judicial comm to hear secret testimony on S Africa's influence-buying operations in foreign countries and warned newspapers against printing anything that dealt with matters before panel; editor and deputy editor of Rand Daily Mail were convicted of contempt of comm and fined, and other journalists have been called in for questioning by police; Sunday Express pol correspondent John Matisonn is sentenced to 14 wks imprisonment for refusing to reveal source of story about scandal; appeals decision and expects to remain free until appeal is heard (S)
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U.S. Moves to Bar Article on Bomb
Date: 09 March 1979
Justice Dept announces it has filed civil suit in Fed ct in Madison, Wis, to prevent The Progressive magazine from publishing article entitled How a Hydrogen Bomb Works; suit seeks temporary restraining order against magazine to block article, which 'contains secret restricted data' that 'would help other nations develop thermonuclear weaponry, and injure the US,' according to Justice Dept statement; named as defendants are magazine's parent firm, The Progressive Inc, editor Erwin Knoll, assoc editor Samuel H Day Jr and article's author Howard Morland (S)
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