Pulitzer-Winning Paper Resisting Synanon Bid
Date: 10 June 1979
David Mitchell, co-publisher of Point Reyes Light, says he will resist subpoena from Synanon Foundation for his notes and records; subpoena was issued in connection with $32 million damage suit brought against Synanon by Paul Morantz, Los Angeles lawyer who was attacked last Oct by rattlesnake in his mailbox; Synanon's founder, Charles Dederich, and 2 of group's members have been charged in connection with incident (S)
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Photoengravers' Union Ratifies 3 Year Pact With 2 Newspapers
Date: 11 June 1979
members of Photoengravers Union 1P vote to ratify new 3-year agreement with NY Daily News and NY Times; vote is announced by Stanley Aslanian (S)
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OPEN SEASON ON 'OPEN GOVERNMENT'; F.O.I.A.
Date: 10 June 1979
By Allen Weinstein
Allen Weinstein
Allen Weinstein article on '74 amendments to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); holds that few of legislators who passed amendments foresaw that over next 5 years they would create what some critics are now calling 'openness excesses'; holds that amendments have created conflict between democratic ideal of freely flowing information and pragmatic realities of running government; notes that currently more than 3 out of every 5 Freedom of Information Act requests are filed by business community and law firms that represent it; requests from imprisoned felons or people under active criminal investigation now represent 40% of Drug Enforcement Administration's FOIA caseload and more than 15% of FBI's; other complaints about FOIA noted; Weinstein recounts his own experience with FOIA when in '72 he sued FBI for its files on Alger Hiss case for use in connection with books be was writing (L)
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TV VIEW; What's New With Newscasts
Date: 10 June 1979
JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
John J O'Connor article on efforts of ABC, CBS and NBC to improve quality and ratings of their news programs (M)
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NEWS ANALYSIS Bus-Takeover Plan Runs Into Trouble
Date: 10 June 1979
JOSEPH F. SULLIVAN
Joseph SULLIVAN
NJ trial lawyers oppose Byrne proposal (S)
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Follow-Up on the News; Retooling Ph.D.'s 'Opium' Battle The Deer Slayers
Date: 10 June 1979
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
Update on NYU's program to convert some holders of doctorate degrees in humanities to business people in view of PhD surplus; notes most of 50 students who enrolled in program last year have been 'retooled and refitted' as valuable assets for industry (S)
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World News Briefs; Thais Are Said to Return 16,000 Cambodian Refugees
Date: 10 June 1979
Christian militiamen clash with Dutch UN forces at village checkpoint in southern Lebanon (S)
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