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Date: 18 July 1978
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
T Wicker comment on recent Sup Ct rulings including 1 in which Ct ruled that press has no greater right of access than gen public to such govt facilities as jails and prisons; holds that in practice press does usually have more access to govt activities than gen public; holds access is needed so that public may be informed about what Govt is doing (M)
Date: 17 July 1978
By DEIRDRE CARMODY Special to the New York Times
Deirdre Special
Media Law Reporter, new magazine, has compiled almost 900 pages of cases affecting press in '78; on both Fed and state levels there has been explosion in number of cases affecting newspapers, magazines and broadcasting; basic issue in most of these cases is how to reconcile 1st Amendment rights of free press with rights of individuals; main areas into which these cases fall are libel, confidential sources, access to pretrial hearings, restraints on trial participants by judges and privacy; past cases revd (M)
Date: 17 July 1978
By DAVID K. SHIPLER Special to The New York Times
David SHIPLER
Communique covering 1st morning of secret session supposedly devoted to specifics of espionage charge against Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky repeated previous assertions in Soviet press that Shcharansky had had contacts with foreign correspondent who was 'agent of one of the Western mil intelligence services'; name reptdly mentioned was Robert C Toth of Los Angeles Times (S)
Date: 18 July 1978
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
NYS Sup Ct Justice Harold J Rothwax orders NY Times reporter M A Farber to appear in ct for hearing on whether he should be required to go to NJ and comply with subpoena demanding that his news file on Dr Mario E Jascalevich be submitted to judge presiding at dr's murder trial in Hackensack (S)
Date: 18 July 1978
former NYC Councilman Matthew J Troy Jr is ordered to stand trial in State Sup Ct in Queens on charges of having embezzled more than $35,000 from estates of 2 sisters who were clients of his law firm; Appellate Div denies contention by Troy that trial would constitute double jeopardy; Troy had argued that, in case based on same facts, he had already pleaded guilty in Fed Dist Ct, Bklyn, to charges of income tax fraud and had served prison term (S)
Date: 17 July 1978
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor revs ABC TV news program that de-emphasizes role of anchor man; commentators on program include Peter Jennings, Frank Reynolds and Barbara Walters; illus (M)
Date: 18 July 1978
By SHEILA RULE Special to The New York Times
Sheila Special
Hongisto career; por (M)