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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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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U.S. SAYS BOMB DATA WERE IN PUBLIC VIEW; Concession on H-Bomb's Secrets Could Lead to Settlement of Case on Banning Article Adds No Significant Information
Date: 09 June 1979
Special to The New York Times
Government acknowledges for 1st time that concepts it has called basic to secret of hydrogen bomb were available to public for 3 years in Los Alamos Laboratory, NM; concession could lead to settlement of case in which Government had sought to prevent The Progressive magazine from publishing article on hydrogen bomb; stipulations that could serve as basis for resolving case were signed by attorneys for Justice Department and for magazine and were sent to Judge Robert Warren of Federal District Court in Milwaukee (S)
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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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Polish Church and State: A Careful Balance; News Analysis
Date: 09 June 1979
By DAVID A. ANDELMAN Special to The New York Times
David ANDELMAN
Analysis of balance between church and state in Poland notes that Government needs persuasive power of church to back number of potentially unpopular economic reforms it believes it must soon undertake (M)
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