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Date: 19 August 1979
Michael Scammell, founder and publisher of London-based periodical Index on Censorship, says that press restrictions have cased in key countries in '70s, but that growing worldwide awareness of human rights has made situation seem worse than it is (S)
Date: 18 August 1979
Members of Local 3 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers vote to ratify 3-year contracts with NY Times and Daily News (S)
Date: 18 August 1979
Editorial on Supreme Court's decision closing certain court proceedings to public and press holds decision seems to have distressed Chief Justice Burger; notes Burger's statement to reporters that many judges are 'misreading' Court's decision; notes he suggested that perhaps judges 'are reading newspaper reports of what we said'; holds comment adds to newspapers' dual burden of trying to report news while arguing for access to forums of justice
Date: 19 August 1979
By ANTHONY J. PARISI
Anthony PARISI
Profile of Petroleum Intelligence Weekly and its publisher, Wanda Jablonski; por (M)
Date: 18 August 1979
Says its shareholders have approved company's acquisition by Midcontinent Telephone Corp for about $28.1 million (S)
Date: 19 August 1979
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
Martin Greenwald, college teacher who won right to sell excess power generated by his windmill to Orange & Rockland Utilities, is not happy with contract that utility has proposed (S)
Date: 18 August 1979
By FLORA LEWIS Special to The New York Times
Flora Special
Analysis of French military policy says 1 clear decision made by Government is to maintain and modernize nuclear arsenal, although most of questions concerning its shape and function remain unresolved (S)