Judge Reaffirms Ban on an Article On H-Bomb but Withholds Reason; U.S. Filed Civil Suit
Date: 16 June 1979
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND Special to The New York Times
Douglas KNEELAND
Federal District Court Judge Robert W Warren denies motion to vacate preliminary injunction that has kept The Progressive magazine from publishing article about hydrogen bomb; takes unusual step of having his written opinion, explaining reasons for his decision, sealed from public; magazine managing editor Samuel H Day says ruling will be appealed; attorneys for ACLU, who are representing Day and magazine editor Erwin Knoll, say they will ask US Court of Appeals for 7th Circuit in Chicago to expedite its hearing on case, which is now scheduled for Sept 10 (S)
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TV Reporter Is Seized Filming Coupon Story
Date: 16 June 1979
Steve Wilson, WCBS-TV reporter, is taken into police custody on complaint by American Airlines while taping report about 1/2-fare coupons at La Guardia Airport; is charged with 'loitering to solicit'-and told to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court; says he received permission from American to do reporting (S)
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A FIREMAN IS KILLED IN BLAZE AT MACY'S; 14 Persons Hurt at Herald Square Store--Cause Undetermined
Date: 15 June 1979
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
Firemen, fighting blaze at Macy's, attempt to prevent news cameramen from filming them carrying out body of fireman killed in fire; TV soundman is kicked and firemen's helmets are hurled at TV crews; illus (S)
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Iran Prints Draft of a Constitution For Islamic State Under President; Complaints from the Leftists
Date: 16 June 1979
By JONATHAN KANDELL Special to The New York Times
Jonathan Special
Iranian Government announces draft constitution aimed at giving Iran political system based on Islamic law has been forwarded to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; among key points in draft is that there is to be freedom of press and speech; pornography, 'insults to religious beliefs' and libel will not be tolerated (S)
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The City; Landlords Propose New Rent Increases
Date: 16 June 1979
Strike against AP wire service by 250 technicians and operators who are members of United Telegraph Workers, AFL-CIO, is averted when management negotiators agree to partially continue seniority benefits determining filling of vacancies nationally that AP had sought to eliminate (S)
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Chinese Are Disclosing Unsavory Side of Their Society; Notes on China A Failure of Discipline Elitist Schools Scrapped
Date: 16 June 1979
By FOX BUTTERFIELD Special to The New York Times
Fox Special
Comment on political scene in China notes that in period before Mao Zedong died and his radical followers, the Gang of Four, were arrested in 1976, analysts of Chinese affairs used to monitor provincial press for clues to factional rivalries; though radicals had seized control of national press in Peking, their opponents maintained degree of independence outside capital; since overthrow of radicals, development-minded officials around Deputy Prime Minister Deng Xiaoping have exerted virtual monopoly over press, both in Peking and provinces; during last month, Hunan's press and radio have challenged Deng's line on education, foreign policy, agriculture and proper attitude toward Mao's legacy (S)
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Around the Nation; 9 of 12 Klansmen Are Guilty On Charges of Terrorism Federal Employees Protest Plan to Limit Raise to 5.5% Article on Atomic Energy Prompts Inquiry by F.B.I. Nixon's Winter Compound Razed for Colombian Buyer
Date: 15 June 1979
FBI is investigating Energy Department charges that Daily Californian illegally published classified information on atomic energy; on June 13 newspaper published text of letter from 4 scientists at Argonne National Laboratory criticizing department's system of classifying documents; excerpts of letter were published by newspaper and by Oakland Tribune and San Jose Mercury on June 11, and newspapers were reportedly advised by department on same day that letter was classified (S)
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News Summary; International Energy National Metropolitan
Date: 15 June 1979
Truckers' strike is reported to have spread to 37 states (M)
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