CRIME NEWS CURB HELD AMBIGUOUS; Radio Stations' Counsel Tell Baltimore Court Press Has Right to Quote Officials PERIL TO FREEDOM SEEN Federal, State Constitutions Held Violated -- Bar Rebuttal Says Press Needs Limits
Date: 28 January 1949
By KALMAN SIEGELSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES
defense hold code invalid under Md and US Consts; 1 cites police comr's statement for pub and Lane wire as violations not cited for contempt; another holds broadcasting is interstate commerce and outside state control; Amer Newspaper Bds Soc and Natl Broadcasters Assn briefs submitted; Baltimore Bar Assn offers rebuttal