Opposition Newspaper in Nicaragua Attacked With Bomb and Gunfire
Date: 22 April 1978
Unknown assailants throw bomb and fire shots into offices of Govt opposition newspaper La Prensa; bomb does not go off and no one is injured; bombs explode in several parts of capital, as anti-Govt demonstrators rally; Natl Guard repts 3 persons killed (S)
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British Reporter Dies in Fighting
Date: 22 April 1978
Cecil, Richard Valentine (Lord)
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SENATE PASSES BILL TO BAR BUGGING IN U.S. WITHOUT COURT ORDER; FOLLOWS A DECADE OF DEBATE Measure's Future May Depend on a Case in Which President Ordered Surveillance 'Erode Support for Legislation' Resolving Constitutional Issues SENATE PASSES BILL TO LIMIT U.S. BUGGING Using Media Members as Agents
Date: 21 April 1978
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK Special to The New York Times
CIA Dir Turner says he should have power to recruit from among people in news business if emergency conditions dictate it, testimony before HR intelligence subcom (S)
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SOME UNIONS ASSAILED BY MURDOCH AS CORRUPT
Date: 21 April 1978
NY Post owner Rupert Murdoch says that newspapers are facing number of threats, including ones by some unions that 'are corrupt and intransigent and self-destructive', speech, Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Assn; says his co has made study of 30 major US newspapers and estimates that on avg it takes 9 employees to produce 1,000 lines of type; says Post has 17 news-gathering employees for every 1,000 lines (S)
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In Rhodesia, Connections and Attitudes Are Keys to Covering the War; Rhodesian Reaction to Baughman
Date: 22 April 1978
By JOHN F. BURNS Special to The New York Times
John BURNS
comment on news coverage of Rhodesian war; notes that most foreign newsmen, numbering about 50 at any time, have been reduced to reptg war from Govt statement and by scouting among people, such as soldiers on leave, who have come closer to fighting; notes exceptions made for well-connected newsmen and for those considered sympathetic to Rhodesian cause; case of late Lord Richard Valentine Cecil and Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer J Ross Baughman noted (M)
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Russian Denied Visit to U.S. Inmate; Wide Attention in Soviet Union
Date: 22 April 1978
Special to The New York Times
NY-based Soviet journalist Iona Andronov (Literaturnaya Gazeta) is denied permission to int Johnny Harris, black who is on death row in Ala's maximum security prison near Atmore for murder of prison guard in '74; Andronov says Warden Joe Oliver acknowledged that he would not allow int because he felt Soviet Union was exploiting case for pol purposes; case revd (M)
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F.C.C. to Study Rates For Newswire Lines
Date: 21 April 1978
FCC agrees to reopen its inquiry into whether newswire services should be granted preferential private phone line rates; FCC decisions had halted as illegal use of bulk line telephone system called Telpak; seeking preferential rate are AP, UPI, Commodity News Service, Reuters Ltd and Amer Newspaper Publishers Assn (S)
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Pulitzer Photos From Rhodesia Are Now Subject of Controversy; Falsification Is Denied
Date: 22 April 1978
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
participants in Pulitzer Prize selection process rept advisory bd overturned nominations of 5 of its 10 juries in making its '78 journalism awards; rept 5 reversals also occurred in '77 in journalism category (S)
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Good News for Connecticut's Cities
Date: 21 April 1978
Ed praises Conn's approval of $67 million in new assistance to munics as part of $2.1 billion '79 budget
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