Article 3 -- No Title
Date: 22 January 1975
Illus of USSR reporters and photographers meeting with NJ Gov Byrne in Trenton on Jan 21; present are Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Nikolay Kiporenko, Nikolay Sokolov, Anatoly Voronov, Yuriy Shaposhnikov and Aleksei Burnistenko
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Democratic Senate Will Let Newsmen Sit In on Sessions
Date: 23 January 1975
NJ Dem Sen leadership agrees for first time to open majority caucus to newsmen, but Sen Pres Frank J Dodd says private meetings will still be held if any Sen requests them (M)
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Strike Closes Italy's Press
Date: 23 January 1975
Journalists and printers on Jan 22 stage 24-hr strike on Jan 22 that will leave Italy without daily newspapers on Jan 23, when gen strike for wages, pensions and other demands is scheduled (S)
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Press Freedom: Legal Threats
Date: 22 January 1975
By E. Barrett Prettyman Jr
E. Prettyman
E Barrett Prettyman Jr article warns that Dickinson doctrine is posing serious threat to traditional view of 1st Amendment; doctrine holds that reporter must, on penalty of being held in criminal contempt of ct, obey order not to publish accounts of open ct proceedings, even if that order is ultimately ruled unconst by appellate ct; article holds rule should be that press publishes at its peril in face of prior restraint until order is cither upheld or overturned; notes media are beginning to demand hearing, right to present evidence and argument, written order and immediate appeal when faced with gag order; calls for Sup Ct to overrule Dickinson doctrine; illus (M)
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HELMS REJECTED C.I.A ACTION IN U.S.; Told Senators in 1973 That Domestic Surveillance Was Not Agency Duty
Date: 22 January 1975
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH Special to The New York Times
Rev of previously published testimony shows then-CIA Dir Richard Helms assured Sen Foreign Relations Com 2 yrs ago that domestic surveillance of antiwar activists was not a proper function for CIA; Helms to testify before com Jan 22 about this and other possible conflicts in his testimony, taken in '73 when he was undergoing confirmation hearings on his nomination to be Amb to Iran; Sen J O Pastore introduces resolution, to create 11-member bipartisan select com to investigate all domestic and foreign operations of CIA and other Govt intelligence units; Sen M Mansfield comments (M)
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Brezhnev Case Typifies Moscow's Secrecy; Reasons for Secrecy
Date: 23 January 1975
By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN Special to The New York Times
Christopher WREN
Article on pol secrecy and censorship policies in USSR cites recent mystery surrounding absence from public view of Soviet party leader Leonid Brezhnev as typical of Govt's obsession with secrecy; notes some Western diplomats in USSR suggest that Kremlin imposes its blanket of secrecy to enhance mystique of ruling Politburo and to discourage public discussion about its conduct of policy; holds others note that such secrecy permeates other areas of Soviet soc, where most information becomes available on need-to-know basis; discusses Govt's censorship policy (L)
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Women Reporters Break the Ice
Date: 22 January 1975
Women reporters Robin Herman (NY Times) and Marcelle St Cyr (CKLM Radio) accept open-door invitation from coaches of Natl Hockey League All-Star game to conduct postgame ints in locker room, Montreal; comment (S)
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Washington Star Brief Urges Paper Get Control of Stations; The Basic Argument
Date: 23 January 1975
Special to The New York Times
Joe L Allbritton, who recently purchased Washington Star-News, files brief on Jan 22 with FCC that reveals that loan of $5-million he made to paper was consumed by operating expenses in less than 3 mos; says in affidavit accompanying brief that transfer of associated broadcast properties to his control is necessary if newspaper is to survive; attys for Washington Star Communications, parent co, and Perpetual Corp of Delaware, headed by Allbritton, earlier filed legal briefs with comm asking that FCC dismiss petition by John P McGoff who also sought to buy paper, and Concerned Citizens for Balance in News Media; petition asks that FCC deny its approval of transfer to Allbritton of control of 3 TV and radio stations operated by Washington Star Co; argument was that allowing transfer would give Allbritton too great a share of Washington area communications outlets; Allbritton's Jan 22 brief notes that operating losses in '74 were more than $7.7-million (M)
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