COURT RESTRICTS NEWS SUBPOENAS; Declares Government Must Show 'Compelling Need' Court Curbs News Subpoenas, Saying Government Must Show Compelling Need
Date: 18 November 1970
By WALLACE TURNER Special to The New York Times
Wallace Special
US Appeals Ct, San Francisco, rules that Govt must show 'compelling need' for evidence before ordering newsman to testify in secret grand jury proceeding, decision supporting refusal of reporter E Caldwell (NY Times) to testify in grand jury investigation of Black Panther party; reverses Fed Dist Judge Zirpoli's June 5 contempt judgment against Caldwell and order requiring Caldwell to appear before grand jury; holds that if jury has power to compel newsman to make his data available to it, then jury and Justice Dept have power to appropriate his findings to their own behalf, thus making newsman an 'investigative agent' of Govt; says newsmen should be free to make own investigations and to protect their own methods; decision appears to follow Atty Gen Mitchell's Aug guidelines for subpoenaing newsmen except that ct rather than Atty Gen would decide whether conditions were met; Caldwell's atty A Amsterdam comments
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Papers Spurn Arbitration
Date: 19 November 1970
Rockford, Ill, papers reject FMCS bid to submit to binding arbitration
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U.S. Reports 500 Complaints on Bias in 'Desegregated' Schools
Date: 18 November 1970
By FRED P. GRAHAM Special to The New York Times
Fred GRAHAM
Asst Atty Gen J Leonard reptdly says that Justice Dept has probed about 500 complaints of discrimination within desegregated Southern school dists since classes began in Sept; calls discrimination within these dists significant problem; notes dept has filed somewhat fewer than 100 motions in cts to halt practices
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ISRAEL EASES CURB ON REPORT OF TALKS
Date: 18 November 1970
Israeli mil censorship eased resulting in speculation on repts of high-level contacts with Jordan; no further comments beyond denials of recent meetings between Hussein and Allon have been forthcoming; Israeli MP U Avneri initially reptd meeting between Hussein and Allon in Knesset s; issues that 2 reptdly possibly could have discussed outlined; probe on now rept of meeting was able to appear in Time is underway
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Two Writers Win Awards
Date: 18 November 1970
Hentz award for financial journalism to H S Fiske (Inst Investor)
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F.B.I. HEAD SCORED BY RAMSEY CLARK; Hoover Held Ideological Justice Committee Formed
Date: 18 November 1970
By FRANCIS X. CLINES
Francis CLINES
Com for Pub Justice, orgn of prominent private citizens concerned that nation has entered what it calls period of pol repression, issues statement citing alleged abuses including Fed blacklisting of scientists; details
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