Three Newsmen Sentenced On Refusal to Name Source
Date: 22 April 1975
Fresno Bee managing editor George Gruner and reporters William Patterson and Joseph Rosato receive indefinite jail sentences on Apr 21 for refusing to disclose source of grand jury transcript; Superior Ct Judge Denver Peckinpah orders sentences stayed until May 23 (S)
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NEWSMAN BACKED ON CONFIDENTIALITY
Date: 23 April 1975
Bklyn Sup Ct Justice M Michael Potoker issues ruling that reporter has right to protect confidentiality of news sources; issues ruling in quashing subpoena for Thomas Raftery, NY Daily News reporter; Raftery had been subpoenaed Feb 27 by attys for Henry Marahan and son Henry, who has been arrested 1 yr ago on charges of illegal possession of weapons; Raftery, in article published in News on Apr 26, '74, had written that police had acted on anonymous phone tip; defendants' attys issued subpoena to get Raftery to disclose who in Police Dept had told him of tip; Potoker held that defendants were not seeking information dealing directly with criminal act (S)
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SCRIPPS FUND GIVES REPORTING PRIZES
Date: 22 April 1975
Scripps-Howard Foundation on Apr 21 names winners in its 4 annual competitions: Milwaukee Journal, WABC-TV, David Johnston (Detroit Free Press), John R Harrison (Lakeland Ledger) and William D Montalbano (Miami Herald) (S)
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Net of New York Times Co. Down 20%; Quarter Revenues Up by 6% to a Record
Date: 23 April 1975
NY Times repts consolidated net income for qr ended Mar 31 fell to $3.81-million, while consolidated revenues rose to record $97.58-million; repts most of earnings decrease was caused by Times newspaper, which earned 6c a share in 1st qr; Cyrus R Vance is named new dir; shareholder Wilma Soss nominates Sally Reston as dir and Evelyn Y Davis nominates Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; Reed J Irvine, chmn of Accuracy in Media, accuses Times of practicing advocacy journalism; Times pres and publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger acknowledges that Times is studying 6-column format; shareholders vote to ratify apptmt of Haskins & Sells as co's auditors; 1st-qr ad and circulation revenues rose 6% while ad linage declined by about 10%; pre-tax income from magazines fell to $1.63-million; equity in earnings of co's 3 Canadian newsprint associates rose to $1.81-million; Vance por (M)
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Carey Threatens to Veto Bills Not in His Fiscal Plan
Date: 23 April 1975
By ALFONSO A. NARVAEZ Special to The New York Times
Alfonso NARVAEZ
Gov Carey warns unless NYS fiscal '75-76 budget deficit is erased state will be unable to help Mayor Beame eliminate $641.5-million deficit in city's fiscal '76 expense budget, special budget message to Legis (S)
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Sports News Briefs; Mexico Firm on S. Africa Ban Vandals Damage Superdome Dental Technician Marathon Victor Killanin Begins Montreal Inspection Barn Fire Kills 36 Race Horses
Date: 23 April 1975
Lord Killanin, Internatl Olympic Com pres, begins, Apr 23, 5-day personal assessment of plans and facilities for '76 Olympic Summer Games (S)
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