Strikers Released in Pakistan
Date: 08 August 1978
Provincial authorities release 33 journalists, trade union workers and students who had been held after staging hunger strike at Karachi Press Club during last 2 wks; journalists' demands included reinstatement of 30 journalists arrested during April hunger strike and withdrawal of laws restricting press freedom (S)
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Strike Authorization Is Voted by Pressmen At Major City Papers; Given a '50-50 Chance'
Date: 07 August 1978
NYC Pressmen's Union authorizes strike; pres William J Kennedy Jr says strike will be automatic if new work rules are posted; Newspaper Publishers Assn exec dir H J Kracke says new work rules will be posted tomorrow despite 551-1 vote unless new contract is agreed to; Kennedy says there is 50-50 chance of settling on new contract before deadline; says union will strike any or all papers that post new rules; expects support of all unions except printers (S)
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A.C.L.U. Supports Group Fighting Passaic County Weekly Newspaper; Other Affidavits Cited
Date: 08 August 1978
By ALFONSO A. NARVAEZ Special to The New York Times
Alfonso NARVAEZ
ACLU files friend of ct brief supporting right of group of residents to urge city to halt legal ad in Independent Prospector weekly newspaper, Passaic County Superior Ct; orgn aide Steven R Nagler notes that while citizens have right to petition, City Council would violate newspaper's const rights if it halted legal ad because of paper's ed content (M)
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S.E.C. Rebuked On Disclosure
Date: 07 August 1978
Special to The New York Times
Sen Lawton W Chiles Jr scores SEC for refusing to provide press and public with documents necessary to follow proceedings at comm's meetings, hearing; Chmn Harold Williams replies that SEC is taking steps to improve information released, but cites meetings are primarily business oriented and not classrooms '(S)
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Talks Intensify as Threatened Pressmen's Strike Nears
Date: 08 August 1978
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
negotiators for pressmen's union and for 3 major daily newspapers intensify efforts to resolve contract dispute over press manning and avert strike threatened for Aug 8; John C Zancanaro, natl repr of Fed Mediation and Conciliation Service, is mediating dispute; is assisted by Hezekiah Brown (M)
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Moynihan Sees Need For Bill to Guarantee Freedom of the Press; Cranston Urges Action
Date: 08 August 1978
By MARJORIE HUNTER Special to The New York Times
Marjorie Special
Sen Daniel Patrick Moynihan, deploring jailing of NY Times reporter M A Farber, says that Cong might have to act to assure continued freedom of press, speech to Sen; Sens Alan Cranston and Edward Kennedy and Repr Philip M Crane share Moynihan's concerns (M)
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The Farber Case; ABROAD AT HOME
Date: 07 August 1978
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
A Lewis on Farber jailing
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California Reporter Wins Jail Stay; First Arrested as Suspect
Date: 08 August 1978
Special to The New York Times
Calif Appeals Ct grants indefinite stay of contempt order against Sacramento reporter John M Hammarley, who was ordered to surrender tapes and notes of conversations with key witness in murder case; Hammarley wrote series of articles in Dec '77, which appeared in The Sacramento Union and New West magazine, that were from ints with Edward Carlos Gonzales, witness in slaying of Ellen Delia on Feb 17, '77 (M)
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Education Board to Reverse Closed-Meeting Policy; Policy Based on Lawyer's Advice
Date: 08 August 1978
By MARCIA CHAMBERS
Marcia CHAMBERS
Educ Bd opens its 'briefing sessions' to public and press; State Sec Cuomo and Advocates for Children orgn had threatened suit if meetings were not opened; bd atty Harry Siegal had contended sessions were not meeting because no agenda was given or minutes kept; confidential documents disclosed agendas and minutes; bd pres Stephen R Aiello, vp Joseph Barkan and Chancellor Macchiarola urged move (S)
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