U.S. Offers Trust Study Of Ownership of Papers
Date: 27 May 1979
Justice Department lawyers specializing in antitrust matters have offered to explore with Congress whether new laws are needed to curb concentration of ownership in news-gathering organizations; meanwhile, FTC has announced that it will study concentration of news media ownership and consider possible courses of action; Asst Atty General John Shenefield, speaking for Justice Department's antitrust division, says that situation merits 'serious attention' but should be approached cautiously, testimony before Senate Small Business Committee; Jerry W Friedheim, executive vice president and general manager of American Newspaper Publishers Assn, and James K Batten, vice president of Knight-Ridder Newspapers, comment (S)
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Kaufman Concerned About Recent Rulings Adverse to Jaurnalists
Date: 27 May 1979
Chief Judge for US Court of Appeals, Irving R Kaufman, says it appears that recently and with greater frequency courts are wielding cutting edge against press; says press is looking increasingly to executive and legislative branches for protection; says legislatures may modify April decision by US Supreme Court that journalists do not have 1st Amendment protection in libel suits against inquiries into their thoughts and their newsroom conversations with colleagues; remarks were prepared for delivery at conference of judges, lawyers and professors from NY, Connecticut and Vermont (M)
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Steinbrenner: Martin Back in '80
Date: 26 May 1979
NY Yankees owner George Steinbrenner says Billy Martin will return to team as manager in '80 (S)
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An Amateur's Contribution; Dr. X
Date: 27 May 1979
By NORA EPHRON
Nora EPHRON
Lifflander, Matthew: Final Treatment. The File on Dr X reviewed by Nora Ephron
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Photographer 'Stunned' By His Photos of Crash
Date: 27 May 1979
Michael Laughlin, pilot who took dramatic photograph of American Airlines Flight 191 plunging to destruction, describes his stunned feeling at having witnessed crash; sold exclusive rights to photograph to Chicago Tribune for $5,000; Tribune sold picture to UPI and AP (S)
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Follow-Up on the News; Himalaya Radiation
Date: 27 May 1979
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
News follow-up notes atomic spy device, lost by Indian-US intelligence team in Himalaya's in '65, and which was intended to eavesdrop on China's missile development, has never been recovered (S)
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