PRESS IS UNEASY IN SOUTH AFRICA; Detention of 4 Journalists Causes 'Discomfiture'
Date: 04 August 1976
By JOHN F. BURNS Special to The New York Times
John BURNS
South African press faces new anxieties following detention of 4 journalists by security police; journalists include Patrick Weech (Rand Daily Mail), Anthony Holiday (Cape Times), David Rabkin (Cape Argus) and Harry Mashabela (Johannesburg Star); they may be being held under section of Terrorism Act; Gen Michael Geldenhuys, chief of security police, says that some of those detained will be charged with specific offenses within 2 wks (M)
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BYRNE CRITICIZES F.C.C. NEWS PLAN; Considers Court Action on Coverage by Networks
Date: 04 August 1976
NJ Gov Bryne on Aug 3 criticizes Fed Govt's recommendation that 1 news crew and 1 correspondent be assigned to NJ by each TV network affiliate in NYC and Phila; says he has asked attys to explore possibility of appealing FCC decision in Fed cts; FCC also postpones until Sept 13 decision on whether to require each station to maintain studio facilities in NJ (S)
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Lord Thomson Dies; Built Press Empire; Lord Thomson of Fleet, a Canadian Who Built a Worldwide Publishing Empire, Is Dead in London at 82
Date: 05 August 1976
Lord Thomson of Fleet, who built vast and influential publishing empire crowned by London Times and Sunday Times, dies; was 82; career revd; por
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4 NEWSMEN GIVEN JAILING REPRIEVE; Coast Court Will Decide on Granting a New Hearing
Date: 05 August 1976
Calif Sup Ct on Aug 4 issues stay of Superior Ct Judges Hollis Bests' order that would have jailed indefinitely 4 newsmen on Fresno Bee; ct says it is issuing stay so it can have time to decide if it should grant men hearing on issue of whether reasonable likelihood exists that confinement in jail would make them talk; men assert such jailing constitutes 'coercive' rather than 'punitive' sentence; appeal relies on decision issued by state ct in case of reporter William Farr (M)
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Business Briefs; British Economists Optimistic Idle Railway Capacity Found F.C.C. Defers Press-Wire Inquiry
Date: 04 August 1976
FCC on Aug 3 announces it has dismissed petitions by several news services to modify issues in its investigation of preferential press communication rates; says it will hold investigation in abeyance pending outcome of proposals relating to domestic private line services; petition was filed Feb 11 by AP, UPI, Reuters, Commodity News Service and Amer Newspaper Publishers Assn (S)
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Letters to the Editor
Date: 05 August 1976
Dr Irwin Hoffman lr on NYC fiscal problems suggests that OTB bettors accept all or part of winnings in MAC bonds
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