Giving Amin an H-Bomb
Date: 26 March 1979
By Gerard Piel
Gerard Piel
Article by Scientific American publisher Gerard Piel on Govt's prior restraint order involving The Progressive magazine; notes that in 1950 Atomic Energy Comm threatened same action in attempt to stop publication of article about bomb in Scientific American; notes that magazine acceded to cuts made by AEC agents on security grounds and published article; questions what hazard can publication pose to mil secrecy and natl security; drawing (M)
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Judge Bars Hydrogen Bomb Article After Magazine Rejects Mediation; Court's 'Awesome Responsibility'
Date: 27 March 1979
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND Special to The New York Times
Douglas KNEELAND
Fed Dist Ct Judge Robert W Warren, acting after his suggestion far attempt at out-of-ct settlement is turned down, grants Govt's motion for preliminary injunction to keep The Progressive magazine from publishing article about hydrogen bomb; becomes 1st Fed judge ever to issue injunction imposing prior restraint on press in natl security case; magazine's attys say they will file appeal shortly with US Ct or Appeals for 7th Circuit in Chicago; Warren acknowledges he considers decision 'awesome responsibility'; says mistake in ruling against magazine will seriously infringe 1st Amendment rights; says he does not believe magazine requires 'objected-to material' to 'ventilate its views on Govt secrecy and the hydrogen bomb'; urges Judtice Dept and magazine to accept proposal by Fed of Amer Scientists in friend-of-ct brief; scientists suggest Warren appt panel of scientific and press reprs to attempt to work out compromises in deletions Govt insists must be made from article to keep it from violating 'restricted data' sections of Atomic Energy Act of '54; Warren says many elements of press see grave risk of permanent damage to 1st Amendment freedoms if case goes forward magazine editor Erwin Knoll says he thinks it presumptous of Warren to speak for Amer press (M)
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Some Physicists, Knowledgeable on Weapons, Oppose Publication of Article Detailing Hydrogen Bomb; 'Classified at Birth'
Date: 26 March 1979
By WALTER SULLIVAN
Walter SULLIVAN
number of physicists privy to design of hydrogen bombs and familiar to varying degrees with article submitted to The Progressive magazine on hydrogen bomb are deeply concerned lest magazine publish it; they do not accept argument of magazine's editors and of physicists supporting them that article contains only information that is common knowledge among scientists; ruling in favor of Govt, they fear, would set precedent for future censorship; 2 groups have proposed that Judge Robert W Warren, presiding over case, seek advice from panel of independent specialists; proposals for independent resolutions of factual issues have been submitted by ACLU and Federation of Amer Scientists; Govt attys have rejected both proposals, which are still under study by Judge Warren; Progressive maintains that Howard Morland article adds little to what is disclosed in treatment of subject written for Encyclopedia Americana by Dr Edward Teller; Dr Theodore Taylor, designer of various atomic weapons, is opposed to article's publication (M)
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The Bomb's A Secret?
Date: 26 March 1979
By Howard Morland
Howard Morland
Howard Morland comment on natl controversy over his article; been available to foreign govts for even longer; holds his article demonstrates point; says affidavit he prepared opposing Govt's efforts to suppress article documents public availability of information in article (M)
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Transcript of Carter's Replies to Queries at Broadcasters' Convention in Dallas; 1. Developing Gas Alcohol
Date: 26 March 1979
Pres Carter, in remarks to Natl Assn of Broadcasters in Dallas says, on issue of 1st Amendment privileges, he would not give 'same identical freedom' to broadcasters and newspapers because of wide differences between them (S)
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The City; School-Bus Drivers Press Job Security
Date: 27 March 1979
Newspaper Guild files unfair labor practice charges against NY Times; negotiators have been unable to complete agreement to replace contract that expired on March 30, 1978; guild holds that Times has refused to bargain on 2 issues: sick leave and minimum wage rates for new employees; Times told Guild it is still awaiting outcome of negotiations between Guild and Daily News on those issues (S)
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PRESIDENT OUTLINES PROGRAM TO REVISE REGULATORY SYSTEM; CONGRESS TO GET PLAN TODAY In Speech to Broadcasters' Group Carter Says Reform Effort Is 'Call for Common Sense'
Date: 26 March 1979
By STEVEN RATTNER Special to The New York Times
Steven Special
flies to Dallas to address Natl Assn of Broadcasters conv
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