Journalists Ruled Not Professionals
Date: 06 April 1976
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM Special to The New York Times
David ROSENBAUM
NLRB on Apr 5 rules that newspaper journalists are not 'professional' employees as defined by Fed law; decision means that reporters, columnists and editors cannot be automatically excluded from collective-bargaining units; NLRB prohibits professional employees from being assigned to bargaining unit with nonprofessionals unless majority of professionals vote to join; case decided by NLRB involved Express-News Corp, publisher of San Antonio Express and News, and Local 172 of ITU, which sought to organize editorial employees at 2 newspapers; bd ruled in favor of union; similar cases involving newspapers in Phila, Wilmington and other cities are now pending before bd; bd chmn Betty Southard Murphy filed dissent (S)
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Schorr to Receive Award By National Headliner Club
Date: 06 April 1976
Natl Headliner Club achievement award to CBS correspondent Daniel Schorr for his rept on CIA (S)
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WABC-TV Wins Appeal on Report on Children's Home on S.I.
Date: 06 April 1976
By MORRIS KAPLAN
Morris KAPLAN
NYS Appellate Div affirms Apr 5 WABC-TV right to show videotape depicting conditions in St Michael's Home; says nothing on tape warrants prior restraint on its broadcast; stays broadcast for 5 days to permit home to file appeal; film shows children being questioned in their rooms by TV reporter John Johnson; case revd (M)
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Leaders in Albany Say 'Sunshine' Bill Has Support of Majority in Both Houses
Date: 05 April 1976
By IVER PETERSON Special to The New York Times
Iver Special
NYS legis leaders agree on new 'sunshine law' that would require all govt meetings at all levels to be open to public unless unit meeting votes to conduct exec session; Sen Majority Leader Warren M Anderson and Assembly Speaker Stanley Steingut comment (S)
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Times Unifies Its News and Sunday Departments
Date: 06 April 1976
NY Times names Sunday editor Max Frankel editor of editorial page on Jan 1, succeeding John B Oakes, who is named sr editor (S)
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Byrne Tells Prosecutors They Have Organized Crime 'on the Run'
Date: 05 April 1976
By JOSEPH F. SULLIVAN Special to The New York Times
Joseph SULLIVAN
Dept of Public Advocate has filed 1st civil suit under provisions of NJ's new 'sunshine law'; suit detailed (S)
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Issues '76: Liberty
Date: 06 April 1976
Ed on proposed new Fed criminal code; holds code requires close scrutiny because of its many questionable sections that are incompatible with 1st Amendment; holds its harsh provisions could abridge freedom of speech, restrict right of peaceful assembly, and clamp down on right to publish information of public interest
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Barbara Walters Meets With ABC on News Show
Date: 06 April 1976
ABC Evening News (TV Program): Barbara Walters, co-host of NBC's Today Show, meets with ABC officals to discuss possibility of co-anchoring ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner (S)
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