REPORTER PLANS HIGH COURT PLEA; Declines to Name Sources Jailed for Manson Article
Date: 10 August 1975
US Ct of Appeals for 9th Circuit upholds decision of state ct that reporter William Farr, who refused to divulge source of story in Los Angeles Herald Examiner on Charles Manson murders, could receive maximum punitive sentence of 5 days in jail and $500 fine, which was imposed by Judge Charles H Older; Farr's atty Mark Hurwitz says decision will be appealed under 1st Amendment on grounds that Const protects reporter's right of confidentiality; appellate ct ruled that where case concerned in notorious one, paramount interest to be protected is that of power of ct to enforce its duty; holds Farr was therefore not constitionally protected in his refusal to identify those who violated order of ct (M)
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Rome Draws Up Bill to Let Newsmen Withhold Sources
Date: 09 August 1975
Ital Justice Min Oronzo Reale announces that Ital Govt on Aug 8 has approved draft of bill that would allow journalists not to reveal sources of their articles even in criminal trials; bill, drawn up by Justice Ministry, is expected to go before Parliament in Sept (S)
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Legislature Lauded On Open Meetings
Date: 10 August 1975
By RONALD SULLIVAN Special to The New York Times
Ronald Special
Common Cause issues assessment of 2-yr record of NJ Legis, citing its approval of open-meetings bill as Legislature's most significant accomplishment in opening govt to public scrutiny; chmn Richard Zimmer comments; his por (S)
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British Government Supports Daily Broadcasts of Parliament
Date: 09 August 1975
Brit under sec of Privy Council Office William Price tells House of Commons that Govt hopes Parliament will approve permanent daily radio broadcasting of proceedings in Commons in '76; final decision is up to Commons, which has had special subcom assessing matter since 1-mo experiment ended in July; Govt's backing, with generally favorable reaction among MP's, means virtually certain approval; both BBC and independent radio news network that supplies 13 commercial stations say they welcome Govt's support; however, several major questions remain; 1 involves financing; another involves scope of operation (M)
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LETTERS
Date: 10 August 1975
Lrs from Nicholas Spilotro, Frederick Madeo, Linda M Anzalone, Dean A Delia Volpe, Lynn Garafola, Mrs Irving Berler, Nick Calcagno, Phil Foglia and Ruth Gurshman commenting pro and con on Rev Andrew M Greeley July 27 article on TV's stereotyping of Italian police (L)
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India Enacts Measure Shielding Leaders From Courts
Date: 09 August 1975
By WILLIAM BORDERS Special to The New York Times
William Special
US on Aug 8 lodges protest with Indian Govt for expelling correspondent Edward Cody (AP); Foreign Ministry officials say that Information Ministry had complained that Cody had violated self-censorship rules (S)
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It Depends On Where You Look
Date: 09 August 1975
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
R Baker on journalism's belated heeding of ex-Pres Nixon's advice to dwell on what is good about Amer; says result is spate of print from Amer places where life is good; cites examples and flaws in such places; stresses problems of cities
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Book Sales Dip in Portugal, but Best Sellers Are Still on Politics and Sex
Date: 10 August 1975
By MARVINE HOWE Special to The New York Times
Marvine Special
book sales in Portugal, which boomed after Apr '74 revolution with lifting of censorship on pol and erotic works, are now slumping; end to novelty, sharp rise in book costs and drop in spending money are factors; wkly newspaper Expresso repts record low sales at annual summer book fair; notes repts of imminent bankruptcies in publishing indus (M)
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