Courtroom access dispute lingers after Gannett ruling
Washington reports that the Supreme Court may soon act to clarify lower court confusion over press access following the Gannett vs DePasquale decision. The Richmond Newspapers appeal challenges a Virginia law allowing total exclusion of the press and public from an entire criminal trial.
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Supreme Court
Gannett
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Harry A. Blackmun
Blackmun
James C. Goodale
The
New York Times
Goodale
National Law Journal
Richmond Newspapers Inc
Richmond
Virginia
High Court
Virginia Supreme Court
Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press
Associated Press
Jack Landau
Reporter’s Committee
Houchins
KQED
Zurcher
Stanford Daily
Hutchinson
Readers Digest
Liquor Price Fixing Back In Operation
The Kansas Supreme Court suspended indefinitely a Shawnee County ruling striking down minimum liquor retail markups. The move keeps price fixing in effect pending appeal while allowing the 1979 liquor franchise law to begin, with 264 franchise agreements filed and eight wholesalers active. The appellate timeline targets mid November for a decision.
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Kan
Shawnee County
Kansas Supreme Court
High Court
Kansas
State Revenue Department
Michael Barbara
Division of
Alcoholic Beverage Control
ABC
Thomas Kennedy
D.A. Winter and Sons of
Wichita
Kennedy
Barbara
Supreme Court
Jaycees Gird For Fight Over Female Memberships
Tulsa Jaycees president J Terryl Bechtel leads a staunch campaign against allowing women in the all male club amid nationwide lawsuits and factional splits. Alaska, Massachusetts, Minnesota and other chapters face charters revocation as court cases loom.
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J. Terryl Bechtel
Jaycees
Bechtel
Jaycee
White House
Jaycees Board of Directors
National
Alaska
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Washington
D.C
Philadelphia
Linda Berge
Alaska Jaycees
Penny May
Bernie Garostiague
Anchorage
Jaycee Action
Jayceettes
Freed Puerto Ricans Rally in Chicago After Clemency
Four Puerto Rican nationalists Rafael Cancel Miranda Oscar Collazo Irving Flores Rodriguez and Lolita Lebron freed after 25 years in prison for terrorism arrive in Chicago and declare Puerto Rico will be free. They praised President Carter for clemency calling it humanitarian though one member blasted the act as convenient.
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Chicago
Puerto Rico
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Cancel
Oscar Collazo
Irving Flores Rodriguez
Lolita Lebron
Flores
Ms. Lebron
U.S. House of Representatives
Collazo
Harry S. Truman
Carter
NAACP backs talks with PLO for Palestinian homeland
The NAACP urged the United States to start negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization as part of a broader push for a Palestinian homeland. The board affirmed support while demanding strong U S backing for Israel and questioned President Carter over Ambassador Andrew Young's resignation. Benjamin Hooks announced efforts to improve black Jewish relations through the Kaplan Institute.
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New York
Middle East
NAACP
Palestine
United States
Palestine Liberation Organization
Board of
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Israel
Naacp Board
Carter
United Nations
Andrew Young
Young
PLO
Benjamin Hooks
Eivie Kaplan Human Relations Institute
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
As Chrysler Goes So Goes Detroit
A federal Department of Transportation study warns Detroit would suffer long lasting economic damage if Chrysler Corp collapsed. It cites doubled unemployment, higher racial tensions and potential bankruptcy of suppliers, with impacts greater and faster than the 1973 oil embargo recession.
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Chrysler Corp
Department of Transportation
Motor
Detroit Free Press
Washington
Chrysler
Transportation Department
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