Paris Editor Seriously Hurt in Bombing
Date: 14 June 1975
Agence France Presse managing ed Bernard-Joseph Cabanes, apparently mistaken for sr ed of newspaper Le Parisien Libere, whose name is same, is seriously injured on June 13 in bomb explosion; police link bombing to tense situation at Le Parisien Libere where printers are staging sit-in protest against threatened dismissal of 500 employes; Parisien Libere ed says he has been victim of much harassment by anonymous phone callers; Interior Min Michel Poniatowski comments (S)
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Fifth-Graders Make 'Zenger Connection'
Date: 14 June 1975
By JAMES FERON Special to The New York Times
James Special
Heathcote School, Scarsdale, NY, 5th-graders, under direction of Ruth Friendly, wife of journalist Fred W Friendly, dramatize exploits of John Peter Zenger in school production entitled The Zenger Connection; Ruth and Fred Friendly comment; illus (L)
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The Rocky Report: Better Than Expected; IN THE NATION
Date: 13 June 1975
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
T Wicker lauds Rockefeller CIA comm rept as being better than expected in exposing illegal CIA programs and procedures and in condemning such actions; says it remains to be seen how much comm learned about CIA involvement in murder plots against foreign leaders as that part of rept has been withheld from publication; says rept did not fix responsibility on individuals, its recommendations do not go far enough and it affirmed need for CIA operating substantially as always, save for illegal domestic operations; cites some recommendations
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Workers Stage a Protest March Through Paris; Complaints Include the Use of Police Dogs to Guard Strikebound Factories
Date: 13 June 1975
thousands of French workers, protesting layoffs, plant closings and use of teams of private detectives with police dogs to guard strikebound factories, march through Paris streets; demonstration is sponsored by country's major labor feds; worker sit-in at Le Parisien Libere newspaper over threatened dismissal of 500 employes as part of effort by management to curb rising costs continues; strikes by prostitutes in Paris continues; Interior Min Michel Poniatowski's role in police actions against strikers described (S)
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Justice Aide Opposes Information Bill
Date: 13 June 1975
By WARREN WEAVER Jr. Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
Asst Atty Gen Mary C Lawton says Justice Dept opposes legis designed to encourage Fed employes to make public any evidence of waste and corruption in Govt agencies without fear of retaliation by their superiors, Sen Subcom on Adm Practice hearing; Ralph Nader and Reporter's Com for Freedom of Press testify that bill does not go far enough in eliminating bureaucratic obstruction of information and insuring 'truth in govt'; Nader calls for stronger penalties for Govt officials who suppress legitimate public information; says Sen E M Kennedy's bill serves to counteract proposed revision of Fed Criminal Code; reporter's com dir Jack C Landau calls for broader legis that would permit release of information that an official or agency was disobeying laws or Const or that Govt was taking actions that were contrary to its public policy statements; Sen H D Scott suggests civil servants 'go through the system first' (S)
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Senate Ponders TV Coverage As Way to Add 'Life' to Debates
Date: 14 June 1975
By RICHARD L. MADDEN Special to The New York Times
Richard MADDEN
Several New Hampshire residents says they will withhold part of their Fed income taxes because state has only one US Sen as result of disputed election (S)
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Leaflet Ban Is Called Unconstitutional
Date: 14 June 1975
By TOM GOLDSTEIN
Tom GOLDSTEIN
const law experts express belief that long-established const doctrine that forbids governmental interference with freedom of expression was violated by NYS Sup Ct Justices Moses H Weinstein and Louis B Heller when they ordered policemen and firemen not to distribute 'Fear City pamphlets to visitors to city (M)
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