Court rules newsmen protected from secret grand jury tests
A federal appeals court barred forcing journalist Earl Caldwell of the New York Times to testify before a secret grand jury unless the government proves a compelling public need. The 9th Circuit reversed a contempt citation, stating the First Amendment right to inform could be jeopardized and sources could fear disclosure. Caldwell welcomed the ruling as a victory for journalism.
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San Francisco
U.S
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Earl Caldwell
New York Times
Alfonso Zirpoli
U.S. District Court
Caldwell
Charles M. Merrill
Black Panther Party
Hotline Not Bugged by Scott Says Governor
Gov. Bob Scott says the hotline emergency telephone in his office has not been bugged and was never used. Investigators from the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation and a Southern Bell employee checked the line at his request and found no evidence of listening devices.
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Raleigh
Bob Scott
Dan Moore
Scott
North Carolina Bureau of Investigation
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Charlotte Murder Trial A Hit Debate Unfolds In Court
In Charlotte, James Westbrook and Johnny Frazier testified over the June 18 shooting of Carla Underwood, 17, at South Park shopping center. Westbrook claimed a phrase "a hit" could mean anything loved or liked. Frazier denied sole responsibility, stating Westbrook fired in the parking lot then twice more in the woods. Both men dispute who delivered the fatal shots as jurors near closing arguments and jury instructions.
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Charlotte
N. C
Allen A. Bailey
James Nathaniel Westbrook
Westbrook
Johnny Frazier
Carla Jean Underwood
South Park
Frazier
Indicted Trio Tied To Boxing Fan Robbery in Atlanta
Three men in the $500000 post fight party robbery of about 200 boxing fans were indicted by a Fulton County grand jury. Houston Hammonds, McKinley Rogers Jr., and James Henry Hall face six counts of armed robbery. Hammonds in custody, others at large. Victims were duped at a birthday party for Mr Toby, coerced to surrender jewelry and cash, some disrobed, with one shotgun found nearby. authorities say 5 to 8 people were involved, including a lookout using a transistor radio.
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Atlanta, Ga
Fulton County
Atlanta
Muhammed Ali
Jerry Quarry
Houston
Jimmy
Hammonds
McKinley Rogers Jr
Brunswick
James Henry Hall
Birmingham
Ala
Fight Fang
Toby
Hudson
Amos
Publishers Name New President
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association will name Joe D. Smith as chief leader today, elevating him from vice president. Smith, publisher of the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, succeeds Ralph Callahan of the Anniston Star as Chairman of the Board and plans SNPA modernization and a foundation to train reporters and editors.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Joe D. Smith
Alexandria
Daily Town Talk
Ralph Callahan
Anniston
Ala
Star
Smith
Air Corps
SNPA
West Virginia
Texas
Snpa Foundation
MacDonald Plans California Medical Practice After Army Release
Green Beret Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, cleared by the army of murder charges in his wife and two daughters deaths, says he will practice medicine in California after leaving the service in two weeks. He has accepted a physician role in a Long Beach hospital ER and intends to work until July to pay about $20,000 in legal fees before resuming Yale medical school orthopedic surgery studies. His commander ruled last month that a closed hearing's testimony was not enough for court martial.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
Green Beret
Jeffrey MacDonald
Army
California
MacDonald
Pentagon
Washington
Long Beach
Yale University Medical School
Tear Gas Used at J. L. Mann High as Racial Disorder Surges
In Greenville South Carolina a cafeteria disturbance at J. L. Mann High School spilled into the street and prompted tear gas deployment. A Negro boy and a Negro girl were arrested amid broader unrest involving about 100 students at multiple schools. Police confiscated weapons near the hangout known as The Gate.
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Greenville
S. C
J. L. Mann High School
J. L. Mann
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Associated Press
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J. D. Hudson
J. H. Amos
New York
Drew West
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