High court extends press freedom and libel rules
The Supreme Court handed down rulings expanding press immunity and shaping libel law. A Florida-style requirement to print politicians’ replies was struck down, and private citizens may sue for libel but must show negligence and actual injury. The decision lets states set negligence standards and keeps editors’ editorial discretion, while other rulings touched peace symbols, CIA expenditures suit limits, and transit ad policies.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Florida
Warren E. Burger
Mississippi
Burger
Lewis F. Powell Jr
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Supreme Court strikes down Florida right to reply law
Excerpts show Chief Justice Warren Bulger and Justices White Brennan and Rehnquist upholding First Amendment protections. The decision says compelled printing chills editorial judgment and shifts power from government to regulate content. The ruling emphasizes press freedom over mandated rebuttals and notes retractions laws are unaffected. Public notices list local theater showings and drive-ins alongside the legal decision.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Florida
Warren Bulger
Miami Herald
Byron White
Jefferson
William J. Brennan Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Experts view sale of reactors to Egypt risks nuclear weapon use
Cambridge experts including George Kistiakowsky warn Nixon plan to sell nuclear reactors to Egypt could enable a weapons program. They note Egypt’s potential to produce plutonium and the broader dangers of supplying peaceful facilities in a volatile region. The signatories urge abandoning the agreement.
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UPI
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Manhattan Project
Nixon
Henry Kendall
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Defense
India
Canada
Egypt and Israel threaten new Middle East war
Egypt warned it may send its air force to Lebanon if asked to defend Lebanon against Israeli strikes while Israel said it could declare a new Middle East war to protect itself. Palestinian refugees fled Lebanon as Arab leaders prepared action and the United Nations considered responses amid ongoing cross border clashes and recent guerrilla attacks in Nahariyya.
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Israel
Middle East
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Sayyad
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Sadat
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Ramahaneh
Palastine al Thawra
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Palestinian Revolution
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Iraq
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United Nations
Yosef Tekoah
Security Council
Golan Heights
Syria
Henry A. Kissinger
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