Protect Both Press and Privacy
Date: 24 June 1978
ed on Sup Ct ruling that police may search newspaper offices and other premises even when occupants are not suspected of wrongdoing; notes that critics of decision agree that newsroom searches should be circumscribed by special procedures, magistrates should not issue warrants for this kind of search unless there is proof that less drastic methods, such as subpoenas, will not do
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Hearings Begun by Senate Panel For Curb on Newsroom Searches
Date: 23 June 1978
Sen judiciary subcom opens campaign to reverse Sup Ct ruling that permits searches of news orgns without showing some evidence that crime has been committed; is headed by Sen Birch Bayh; among those testifying in support of new limits on local and Fed search warrants are Sens Robert Dole and H John Heinz and Reprs Robert F Drinan, Andrew Jacobs Jr and Daniel Quayle (S)
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Newport News Ship Is Laying Off 1,000
Date: 24 June 1978
Newport News Shipbldg says it is laying off 1,000 of its 25,000 employees (S)
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A Hijacked Truck in Connecticut Is Removed to Police Barracks; News Spread Quickly
Date: 23 June 1978
By MATTHEW L. WALD Special to The New York Times
Matthew WALD
Conn State Police find hijacked truck containing $1.6 million in silver and gold in woodland pass near Voluntown; illus (M)
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Study Says Co-op City May Require Costly Repairs; News Conference Canceled Emergency Repairs Under Way
Date: 23 June 1978
By JOSEPH P. FRIED
Joseph FRIED
Engineering study commissioned by NYS has found that construction and related improvements costing $50 million to $75 million may be needed because of shifting of land under Co-op City; study was ordered after it was reptd that shifting of filled-in marshland had led to serious structural defects; NYS Housing Comr Victor Marrero comments (M)
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