Dow Jones Buys Out Information Service
Date: 02 May 1979
Dow Jones & Co says it has bought Bunker Ramo Corp's half of computerized news retrieval service formed as joint venture by 2 concerns in '71 (S)
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2nd of May 1979 News
Nyheder, som de udkom på forsiden af New York Times på 2. maj 1979
Study Suggests Readers Want Newspapers That 'Care'; 12 Groups of Readers Overwhelmed by Information Ballet to End Convention
Date: 02 May 1979
By DEIDRE CARMODY
Deidre CARMODY
ASNE names to board of directors Anthony Day, Michael Gartner and Charles Rowe; Clayton Kirkpatrick, Claude Sitton and John Quinn are re-elected to board; William Hornby is named president, succeeding John Hughes (S)
Editors Debate Support for Magazine on Bomb Article; Supreme Court Outlook
Date: 03 May 1979
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
One of most troublesome questions facing ASNE as it winds up annual convention in NYC is whether to support Progressive magazine in its fight against Federal court order prohibiting it from publishing article describing how to build hydrogen bomb; board of directors is to consider recommendation from 1 of its committees that group file brief as friend of court on behalf of Progressive on ground that Government has failed to meet heavy constitutional burden implicit in case; dilemma that editors face is that while Progressive case is 1 of most serious 1st Amendment challenges in recent years, most of them would not have published article in their own newspapers and many have serious doubts about merits of piece; 1 of difficulties in case is that much of testimony is sealed, so that it is not precisely known how Government contends material would endanger national security; Anthony Day (Los Angeles Times) and A M Rosenthal (NY Times) comment (M)
Americans Appeal to Argentina To Let Detained Editor Visit U.S.
Date: 02 May 1979
group representing International Freedom to Publish Committee of Assn of American Publishers and NYC Bar Assn delegation ask Argentina to let former newspaper editor Jacobo Timerman visit NYC as guest of Columbia School of Journalism (S)
G.O.P. Leaders In Albany Make Tax-Cutting Bid; Senate Conference Backs Some Carey Proposals Governor Welcomes Move Other Reductions Proposed Transportation Authority Senior Citizens Day
Date: 03 May 1979
BY ARI L. GOLDMAN Special to The New York Times
Ari GOLDMAN
Senate Republican Conference agrees on 7-part tax-reduction program that incorporates several elements included in Governor Carey's budget, including institution of publishers' income allocation, effective January 1980, that would permit magazine and newspaper publishers operating in NYS to allocate for tax purposes proportionate amount of their revenue from advertising on basis of subscriber location (S)
News Summary; National Metropolitan
Date: 03 May 1979
Campaign for British Parliament ends, with Prime Min Callaghan asserting that his Govt has wrought 'an economic near miracle' during its term in office; illus (M)
Silurian Award to Blum And Buder of The Times
Date: 02 May 1979
Receives Society of Silurians award (S)
Military Draft: An Issue That Doesn't Fade; News Analysis
Date: 02 May 1979
By DREW MIDDLETON
Drew MIDDLETON
Illus of space shuttle orbiter, Enterprise, non-launchable training craft for its sister ship, Columbia, at Cape Canaveral, Fla
World News Briefs; Uganda Plans New Army And a Rebuilt Police Force
Date: 02 May 1979
Ahmed Sultan, former deputy prime minister, is indicted for accepting $322,000 in bribes from Westinghouse Electric (S)