Judge Fines Publisher on Refusal To Answer Questions on Funds; Denies Being Foreign Agent
Date: 01 August 1979
Special to The New York Times
Federal District Judge Charles B Renfrew fines newspaper publisher John McGoff $10,000 for not answering questions about source of funds for his '74 purchase of Sacramento Union; fine comes at pretrial hearing, at which McGoff is not present, on $43 million antitrust suit filed by McGoff against Sacramento Bee in early '78; suit charged that Bee monopolized Sacramento news media market; Bee attorneys, earlier in July, won court approval to question McGoff about funds he used to buy Union; move came after report was released in June by South African Government stating that secret government propaganda fund had provided McGoff with $11.5 million for purchase of newspapers in US (S)
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CORRECTION
Date: 02 August 1979
Correction on July 31 article which incorrectly identified lawyer handling appeal of Pamela O'Shaughnessy, reporter convicted of contempt for refusing to identify confidential source; lawyers who represented O'Shaughnessy were Vincent Ferrell and Herald Price Fahringer (S)
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On Carter and the Washington Press Corps; News Analysis
Date: 02 August 1979
By TERENCE SMITH Special to The New York Times
Terence Special
Analysis of apparent conclusion reached by Carter Administration that Washington press corps is more hindrance than help in getting Carter's message across; variety of means devised for Carter to 'get with the people' noted, including regional news conferences and back-porch conversations with citizens; George E Reedy, onetime press secretary to Pres Johnson, comments (M)
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Notes on People; The Queen Mother Takes Over at the Five Ports
Date: 02 August 1979
Barbara Basler Albin Krebs
Barbara Albin
Larry Swindell, book editor of Philadelphia Inquirer, is forced to resign 2 weeks ago after admitting he had sold several cartons of books, all free review copies, to Strand Book Store; sales were disclosed to Swindell's superiors by Michael Cordts, reporter for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, who was working on forthcoming series about how newspapers handle review copies; Strand president Fred Bass, calls firing harsh (S)
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World News Briefs; Editor for Opposition Party Arrested in South Korea Italian Police Bar Guards From Attacking Prisoners French Police Seek Bandits After Armored-Car Holdup Sadat Weighs Visit to China In September After Japan
Date: 01 August 1979
South Korean Government appears to be intensifying its pressure on opposition New Democratic Party by seizing copies of party's newspaper, Democratic Front, and jailing editor Pu Shik (S)
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Kissinger's Revival of the 'Linkage' Issue; News
Date: 02 August 1979
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Analysis of former State Sec Kissinger's revival of 'linkage' as political and foreign policy issue by proposing that future strategic arms negotiations with USSR be halted if Russians do not practice military restraint around world (M)
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Baden Ouster Highlights Pressures on Medical Examiner; News
Date: 02 August 1979
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Lawrence ALTMAN
analysis; illus of Chief Medical Examiner's seal (L)
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Notes on People; Kissinger to Face Questioning by Frost Buyer of 'Haunted House' in Amityville Not Dispirited Dr. Teller Attributes Ill Health to Foes of Nuclear Power Ottinger to Marry Russell Means Released 'Officer Obie' (Continued)
Date: 01 August 1979
Barbara Basler Albin Krebs
Barbara Albin
To marry Sharon Frank, Washington consumer advocate (S)
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