LABOR DENOUNCED BY GEORGE-BROWN; Controversial Briton Asserts He Quit Party Because It Stifles the Individual
Date: 04 March 1976
By BERNARD WEINRAUB Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Lord George-Brown to leave Brit Labor Party because of Labor Govt's bill to impose closed shop in newspapers and publishing that would virtually bar freelance contributions from nonmembers of union, BBC int with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Some Mild Banter Eases Pomp at Soviet Congress
Date: 05 March 1976
By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN Special to The New York Times
Christopher WREN
Communist reporters have been allowed into Kremlin to attend formal sessions of 25th Communist Party Cong, but non-Communist reporters can get no closer than Soviet press center in downtown Intourist Hotel (S)
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HOUSE PANEL BACKS BILL TO END SECRECY
Date: 04 March 1976
HR Govt Operations Com on Mar 2 approves bill designed to end Govt secrecy except in most sensitive security cases; would require that meetings of 47 Govt agencies be open to public except under limited circumstances, transcripts of meetings be made available and scheduled meetings be publicly announced at least 1 wk in advance; com rejects repeated attempts by Repub members to exempt SEC, Fed Reserve Bd and Export-Import Bank from disclosure provisions (S)
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5-Month Inquiry Foreseen In Leaking of Pike Report; Some Top Secret Papers House Vote Scheduled
Date: 05 March 1976
By RICHARD D. LYONS Special to The New York Times
HR Ethics Com chmn John J Flynt on Mar 4 says that com's investigation of leaking of Pike rept could take 5 mos and might branch out into reptd loss of 232 secret documents that CIA had lent to HR Select Com on Intelligence; Repr Robert McClory says he believes Ethics Com should investigate '200 missing documents as well as the Village Voice' (S)
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F.C.C. Study Finds New Jersey in Need of More Local TV Service
Date: 05 March 1976
By LINDA CHARLTON Special to The New York Times
Linda Special
FCC on Mar 4 announces that investigation it had made shows NJ in need of 'additional locally oriented TV program service,' but FCC has not yet decided best way to provide it (S)
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House Votes Wide Powers For Inquiry on Spy Report; Wide Power Is Voted for House Inquiry
Date: 04 March 1976
By RICHARD D. LYONS Special to The New York Times
HR investigation gains momentum on Mar 3 as Reprs vote overwhelmingly to broaden subpoena powers that will be used during inquiry; Repr Stewart B McKinney says that this is real issue; inquiry may wind up as ideological battle between left and right over freedom of press and depth to which investigation may go (S)
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TV News Slumps in Aftermath Of Watergate, Survey Reports
Date: 04 March 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Alfred I DuPont-Columbia Univ survey of radio and TV news finds that Watergate aftermath has produced 'news slump'; observes that commitment to serious news by broadcasters has lessened in recent mos; notes that local newscasts and certain network news programs had increased their reliance on outside news consultants and mkt researchers who tend to recommend 'attention-getting devices' and tabloid-news techniques over responsible news judgments; findings of rept, written by Marvin Barrett, noted (M)
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