INDIA NEWS AGENCIES COMPLETE MERGER
Date: 03 April 1976
India's 4 domestic news services on Apr 2 merge into single natl agency as part of govt-supported restructuring of Indian press; Indian Express editor-in-chief Sri Mulgaokar says he is being ousted from his job because of Govt pressure (S)
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Ali Amin of Cairo Is Dead at 62; Began a Leading Daily in Egypt
Date: 04 April 1976
Ali Amin, founder of Cairo daily newspaper Al Akhbar, dies; was 62 (S)
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The Press And Freedom
Date: 04 April 1976
By MARTIN WALDRON
Martin WALDRON
Comment on recent limitations imposed on NJ newspapers by Judges Wilfred Diana and H S Moore concerning reptg of events in ct trial; compares incidents to press restrictions imposed in 1774 and 1775 (M)
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Jacksonville Police Are Barring Press From Some Reports
Date: 04 April 1976
Jacksonville, Fla, police, at request of State Atty T Edward Austin, adopt policy of refusing to allow press to see certain police repts that were previously available to them as part of move to prevent defense attys, particularly public defenders, from getting information they need to prepare for criminal trials; say public defenders have been very successful in using police rept to impeach witnesses (S)
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CENSORS OF INDIA CONFUSING PRESS; Tendency Toward Overkill of Anything Even Remotely Critical Is Reported
Date: 04 April 1976
By WILLIAM BORDERS Special to The New York Times
William Special
Incident involving deletion of detail in newspaper account of welcome recd by Prime Min Gandhi in Bombay illustrates new trend that India's editors discern in strict press censorship; other instances noted (M)
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But Justice Stewart Has Warned What the Constitution 'Establishes the Contest, Not Its Resolution'; Jefferson Would Have Argued for Schorr
Date: 04 April 1976
By NATHAN LEWIN
Nathan LEWIN
Nathan Lewin comment on Schorr's leak; compares incident to release of Pentagon papers to press; says that both situations involve conflict between govt claim that its operations and records require secrecy and assertion by press that public has need and right to be informed (M)
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HOUSE UNIT BEGINS C.I.A. DATA INQUIRY; Asks Members of Pike Panel How Schorr Got Report
Date: 03 April 1976
By RICHARD D. LYONS Special to The New York Times
HR ethics com investigators on Apr 2 informally int several members of HR Select Intelligence Com; inquiries mark 1st time that staff of ethics com, Com on Standards of Official Conduct, has questioned anyone who might be connected with affair since HR voted to conduct investigation 2 mos ago; Repr Dale Milford is reptdly scheduled to be 1st witness; had demanded that com find out who made disclosures; Repr Otis G Pike says he was visited by 2 investigators including former FBI inspector David Bowers; others who were questioned include Repr Morgan F Murphy (M)
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Argentine Junta Makes Basic Changes
Date: 04 April 1976
By JUAN de ONIS Special to The New York Times
Juan de ONIS
Argentine newspapers are ordered to submit all material for prior censorship before publication on 1st day of mil coup; receive directions to avoid sensationalism, sexual obscenity and violence (S)
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