Press and Public Role in Petrial Hearing Argued; Doubt Over Gannett View
Date: 08 November 1978
By LINDA GREENHOUSE Special to The New York Times
Linda Special
US Sup Ct begins hearing arguments on question of whether judge can eject public and press from pre-trial hearing; case is appeal by Gannett Co newspaper chain from decision by NYS Appeals Ct holding that many pretrial hearings are presumptively to be closed unless press can show legitimate reason for proceedings to take place in public (M)
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The Doctor and the Press
Date: 09 November 1978
ed, commenting on acquittal of Jascalevich and on release from jail of Farber, holds there remains basis for Times's claim that confidential materials should be demanded of newspapers only when they are absolutely necessary, relevant to judicial proceeding and when they cannot be obtained from other, less sensitive sources; notes Sup Ct has never defined const privilege for press
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'Glitch' in Computer Complicates Calling Early Victors in Election; 'A Program Failure' 'Can't Trust a Computer'
Date: 08 November 1978
Efforts by broadcast stations to 'call' early winners and of morning newspapers to produce accurate and relatively up-to-date early editions are complicated, and in some cases, totally frustrated by computer breakdowns; computers run by News Election Service, election-tabulation service for wire services and TV networks, decline for some reason to accept numbers pouring into them from voting pcts nationwide (S)
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Letters; Strategic Arms: A 'Biased' East-West Study
Date: 08 November 1978
O.B. KISTIAKOWSKY
Betsy Flagler lr recalls recent incident in which her son was 'lost' in NYC subway system and aid was given to her by NYCTA and NYC police (S)
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COMPANY NEWS; Household Is Weighing Raising American Offer
Date: 08 November 1978
US Steel to acquire Arco Chem's Pasadena ethylene and styrene facilities (S)
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Sports News Briefs; Nancy Lopez Captures Japanese Golf Crown
Date: 08 November 1978
US Tennis Assn repts computerized survey finds Jimmy Connors world's top player, Bjorn Borg 2d (S)
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COMPANY NEWS; Gas Consortium Agrees To New Pipeline System
Date: 09 November 1978
Polaroid Corp terminates lawsuit that sought to prevent turning over of co trade secrets to EPA after agency agrees to change its rules for handling the data (S)
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