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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In Rare Attack, Justice Marshall Says Court Erred; In Rare Attack, Justice Marshall Assails High Court for 2 Rulings Limit on Discussion Foreseen Instructions to Jury Panel Discussions on Press
Date: 28 May 1979
By TOM GOLDSTEIN Special to The New York Times
Tom Special
Justice Thurgood Marshall, at judicial conference in Buck Falls, Pa, criticizes April Supreme Court ruling in Herbert v Lando that journalists do not have 1st Amendment protection in libel suits against inquiries into their thoughts and newsroom conversations with colleagues; says preserving climate of free interchange among journalists is essential to sound editorial decision-making; issues relating to 1st Amendment are debated by lawyers and journalists who participated in panel discussions following Marshall's speech; NY Times executive editor A M Rosenthal says editorial process is under serious attack by judges who have become overseers of essential decision-making processes of press; William Rusher, publisher of National Review and lawyer Floyd Abrams comment (M)
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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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NEWS ANALYSIS; The White House Is Wooing New Jersey
Date: 27 May 1979
JOSEPH F. SULLIVAN
Joseph SULLIVAN
Article on Carter Adm efforts to woo New Jersey Democrats in preparation for '80 campaign; Vice Pres Mondale's many trips to state recently noted (M)
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