Oakland Publisher Seeks Supremacy in 'News Biz'
Date: 24 November 1975
By MARTIN ARNOLD Special to The New York Times
Martin Special
Joseph W Knowland, publisher and editor of Oakland Tribune since '74, comments on his plans for making paper 24-hr operation and then converting it from afternoon to morning daily; paper has daily circulation of about 186,000 and sells about 218,000 copies on Sunday (M)
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Judge Guided By Blackmun In Maintaining Press Gag
Date: 25 November 1975
Shonka, Elder: Neb Dist Judge C Thomas White, basing his judgment on opinion issued last wk by US Sup Ct Justice Blackmun, partly maintains 'gag' order on press coverage of murder trial of Mrs Elder Shonka, accused of murdering her husband; Judge White also forbids press from divulging any information concerning existence, if any, of prior criminal record of defendant (S)
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Broadcasting Rules and Right to Reply Are Issues in Suit Over Attack in Radio Talk Show
Date: 24 November 1975
By LESLEY OELSNER Special to The New York Times
Lesley Special
Ct of Appeals Judges Skelly Wright, Malcolm R Wilkey and Harold Leventhal have heard oral arguments on Straus Communications' appeal of FCC finding in suit involving radio station WMCA, technically Straus Communications, whose host, Bob Grant, made derogatory response concerning Repr Benjamin S Rosenthal, leader of nationwide meat boycott; Rosenthal, who declined to appear on show, was called 'coward' by Grant; suit involves 1st Amendment and procedures of administrative agency; raises question of extent of broadcaster's duty to give right of reply to subjects of personal attacks on air waves; judges were asked to decide whether comm was right in its finding about WMCA and to decide whether personal attacks rules are consistent with 1st Amendment; Straus, represented by Prof Benno C Schmidt Jr, argued that FCC was wrong in case and that personal attack regulations, in view of their adm, should be invalidated because of their inhibiting effect on editorial freedom; FCC, represented by Charles H Bell Jr and Rosenthal, represented by Collot Guerard of Media Access Project, took opposite view on each point (M)
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Open the Doors
Date: 24 November 1975
Ed on struggle for open govt lauds Sen-approved bill that requires Cong coms and Fed regulatory agencies to open their meetings to press and public except in certain specific cases
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Blackmun v. Press: A Bad Case
Date: 25 November 1975
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker article scores US Sup Ct Justice Blackmun's ruling (M)
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Letters to the Editor
Date: 24 November 1975
lr says that bankruptcy legis for cities should not disregard principal that bankruptcy based on fraud is not dischargeable
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TV: CBS News Is Presenting Two Hour-Long Programs on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Date: 24 November 1975
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor rev of CBS News 4-part series on The American Assassins; 1st 2 installments deal with assassination of Pres Kennedy; others will examine assassinations of Sen R F Kennedy, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and shooting of Gov G C Wallace; Dan Rather narrates series
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