News Gets Court Order On P.B.A. Disruptions
Date: 20 July 1978
NY Daily News says it has obtained temporary restraining order barring PBA and any of union's members from disrupting deliveries of newspaper; order is signed by Justice Hyman Korn of NYS Sup Ct; Mayor Koch decries earlier disruption as violation of 1st Amendment free speech guarantees; News publisher James comments (S)
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3D TENTATIVE PACT WITH P.B.A. REACHED AS CITY EASES STAND; DELEGATES' VOTE TODAY IS SET Progress Comes as Mayor Drops Two Demands, on Sick Leave and Flexible Work Shifts Two Prior Accords Rejected A TENTATIVE ACCORD WITH P.B.A. REACHED How It Averages Out
Date: 20 July 1978
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
New tentative contract accord between PBA and NYC is announced after Mayor Koch withdraws proposed curb on sick-leave abuses and more flexibility in working shifts; Koch explains reason for changes; assn pres DeMilia to recommend that delegate assembly accept accord; calls off demonstrations; Koch denounces some police demonstrators who blocked delivery of Daily News temporarily; orders suspension and disciplinary proceeding against demonstrators and any officer who failed to enforce law against such illegal actions; illus of Koch, Deputy Mayor Paterson and Comr McGuire (M)
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Liberty's Sentry Can't Sleep
Date: 21 July 1978
By Elizabeth Holtzman
Elizabeth Holtzman
Article adapted from Repr Elizabeth Holtzman's speech to ACLU conv on free speech; stresses need for vigilance; notes that even though Richard Nixon is gone, his Sup Ct just reached decision which in effect declared open season for police and prosecutors on newspaper offices; notes Carter Adm's Justice Dept seems to be endorsing use of wiretaps of newsmen and pol surveillance by FBI (M)
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Notes From a Losing Office
Date: 20 July 1978
ed on 'paranoia' in news indus resulting from recent actions against newsmen including criminal contempt charge against Farber
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Times Reporter Balks at Pleading Before Jersey Court; Legal Representation Questioned Judge Admonishes Lawyer Judge Notes His 'Frustration'
Date: 20 July 1978
By LESLEY OELSNER Special to The New York Times
Lesley Special
Farber declines in Superior Ct in Hackensack to plead either not guilty or guilty to charge of criminal contempt of ct based on that refusal; acts on advice of attys, who contend that ct does not have jurisdiction over Farber on this matter; attys believe that legal papers that initiated contempt proceedings were not properly served on Farber; Judge Theodore R Trautwein then enters not guilty plea for Farber; Trautwein holds hearing on whether same attys can continue to represent both Farber and NY Times in proceedings involving subpoena; says he is concerned there might be conflict of interest; also seeks to learn whether Farber would agree to appear in ct whenever ct wanted, even if Farber's attys should advise against it; Farber resists answering (M)
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Seeking a Postal Alternative; Big Mailers Test Private Deliverers Big Mailers Seek Alternative to Postal Delivery 14 Cities Being Added 400% Increase for Books Savings Seen for Future
Date: 20 July 1978
By N.R. KLEINFIELD
N. KLEINFIELD
Nation's biggest mailers are increasingly looking to private delivery systems as alternative way of getting their publications to subscribers; publishers of newspapers, magazines and books have been hardest hit by steep ascent of postal rates; illus of John Sweeney Jr, Sweeney News Distributors gen mgr; chart shows rise in 2d-class mail rates (M)
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