Editor of H-Bomb Article Says U.S. Acts to Stifle Press; Intimidation Charged Affidavit by Schlesinger
Date: 15 March 1979
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND Special to The New York Times
Douglas KNEELAND
Erwin Knoll, editor of The Progressive magazine, accuses Justice Dept of having made 'sweeping attack on 1st Amendment rights of Amer people'; reacts to supplemental brief filed with ct by Justice Dept in connection with hearing scheduled for March 16 on its request that Judge Robert W Warren hand down injunction against publication of article; insists that unpublished article by Howard Morland, cause of controversy, does not contain any information that is not in public domain, and that its publication will not damage US interests; Govt has submitted several affidavits from purportedly expert witnesses avowing that work of Morland contains information and conclusions about manner in which hydrogen bombs work that are restricted and have not been previously made public; affidavit written by Sec of Energy James R Schlesinger noted; Morland por (M)
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Schlesinger Says Article Would Impair Security
Date: 14 March 1979
Energy Sec James R Schlesinger says it will 'irreparably impair the natl security' if The Progressive magazine is allowed to publish article; comments are made in affidavit filed in Fed ct in Milwaukee, along with statements from other officials in Energy Dept and nuclear weapons experts, in support of Govt's request for preliminary injunction barring article's publication (S)
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Tribunal Interrogates Former Iran Premier, Key Adviser of Shah; EX-PREMIER IN IRAN CALLED BY TRIBUNAL Battle Shapes Up Over News
Date: 15 March 1979
By JOHN KIFNER Special to The New York Times
John Special
Battle between Islamic and secular forces is developing over censorship and control of news; radio and TV workers had struck against Shah and in 1st flush of revolution had provided coverage of all shades of opposition opinion; but Sadeqh Ghotbzadeh, who came to Iran from France in entourage of Ayatollah Khomeini and who controls radio and TV, has purged 124 employees, banned Western programs and made news adhere strictly to revolutionary line; there have been protests that he suppressed news of demonstrations by women objecting to what they view as attacks on their rights by new Islamic regime (S)
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Paper Deliverers Warn of a Shift On Wholesalers' Strike Deadline
Date: 14 March 1979
Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union warns that it may move date up; union pres Douglas La Chance says bargaining situation has deteriorated (S)
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World News Briefs; Soviet Renews Criticism Of U.S. Correspondent Ex-South Africa Aide Loses Passport in Scandal Inquiry South Africa Loses a Plane In Raid on Camp in Angola Fiat Executive Is Wounded By Red Brigades in Italy 30 Are Killed in Greece As Bus and Truck Collide
Date: 15 March 1979
Baltimore Sun reporter Harold Piper, who was convicted in USSR of having libeled Soviet Govt's State Com for Radio and TV, comes under renewed attack when Govt newspaper Izvestia accuses him of having reptd recent elections for Supreme Soviet with 'visceral hostility to everything Soviet' (S)
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Bill Jorgensen Quits As WNEW-TV Newsman
Date: 15 March 1979
Bill Jorgensen quits as WNEW-TV news anchor man (S)
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COMPANY NEWS; American Stores Agrees to Takeover
Date: 15 March 1979
is acquired by Skaggs for for $309 million (S)
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