NEWS GUILD TOLD TO PUT OFF TRIALS; Judge Enjoins Hearings in Washington Post Case
Date: 07 January 1976
By BEN A. FRANKLIN Special to The New York Times
Ben FRANKLIN
Fed Judge Charles R Richey on Jan 6 orders postponement until at least Jan 15 of union disciplinary trials (M)
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Pro-West Angolan Group Says It Needs U.S. Arms
Date: 08 January 1976
2 whites who identified themselves as French journalists are being held in mil jail at Silva Porto hq for Total Ind of Angola; men were brought in by guards evidently by mistake along with Cuban prisoners from cells to be photographed; 1 of prisoners claimed to work for Gamma photo agency in France and had been held for about 2 mos (S)
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When Money Talks but Doesn't Shout
Date: 07 January 1976
By Morris Udall
Morris Udall
Article by Dem Pres aspirant Morris K Udall claims media coverage of aspirants' campaigns is critically important now that new campaign finance law restricts amts they may receive and spend on their campaigns
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Reporters Refuse to Enter Courtroom in Nebraska; They Had Avoided Making an Agreement to Withhold Information at Trial
Date: 07 January 1976
reporters refuse to attend ct session and avoid making prior agreement to withhold information (M)
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Judicial Editors
Date: 07 January 1976
ed calls for definitive expression by US Sup Ct on growing problem of ct ordered prior restraint, censorship, of Amer newspapers; holds that new outbreak of judicial editing through 'gag orders' is causing total confusion for both press and bench, as well as abridging right to publish under 1st Amendment; says prior censorship, while directly violative of 1st Amendment, cannot insure fair trial but can destroy individual and civil liberty (M)
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C.I.A AID REPORTS EVOKE FORD ANGER; President Said to Suspect Congress Members Told of Activities in Italy
Date: 08 January 1976
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH Special to The New York Times
White House press sec Ron Nessen says there is strong suspicion in White House that allegations about CIA's funneling money to anti-Communist politicians in Italy had 1st been relayed to reporters by members of Cong who had recd classified briefings on CIA operations; adds that Pres Ford believes that 'mere publication of allegations, whether true or false' damages foreign policy (S)
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REPORTERS' TRAVEL IS EASED BY MOSCOW
Date: 07 January 1976
USSR, citing 'full and strict adherence' to Helsinki agreement on East-West relations, on Jan 6 formally announces easing of domestic travel restrictions on foreign correspondents living in Moscow (S)
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It's News to NBC: N Is for Nebraska
Date: 07 January 1976
By RICHARD F. SHEPARD
Richard SHEPARD
Clash of corporate imagery has given NBC virtually same symbol that Nebraska Educ TV Network came up with through its art dept; Lippincott & Margulies devised symbol for NBC for reptd $750,000; Nebraska Educ TV exec Ron Hull says network spent about $100 to develop symbol, which is abstract N; NBC's N is red and blue while Nebraska's N is all red and has been used against white or gray background; NBC introduced symbol on New Year's Day; Nebraska telecasters have been projecting symbol for last '3 or 4 mos'; Walter Margulies, pres of Lippincott & Margulies, comments; illus of NBC and Nebraska Educ TV symbols (M)
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