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Free Press - Fair Trial
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Free Press - Fair Trial (2 of 2)
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Approx. 95 items. Clippings from various newspapers / periodicals on trial press coverage, Calif. Superior Court documents, letters, memos, (1969 booklet) "The Editor's Right to Decide," issue of Nieman Reports of 9/1964, Bulletin of the Amer. Soc. of Newspaper Editors for 7/1/1966, W.'s correspondence with: Robert Notson (Oregonian); J. Edward Murray (Arizona Republic / Amer. Soc. of Newspaper Editors); Murray letter to Sen. Birch Bayh; many letters exchanged with members of legal profession; info. copies of many letters between other editors and attorneys, etc.; letters exchanged with editors in Spokane, San Diego, etc.
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Free Press - Fair Trial
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Approx. 10 items: several speech texts on the topic ; letter, 5/5/1959, from Frank Shea (asst. to Time magazine's Publisher) to NBW on muzzling the US Press ; complete issue, 10/15/1964, Austrian Information ; 13-pp. staple-bound booklet, The Press and the Courts (a series of reprints from LAT, 1964) ; 29-pp. brief (staple-bound) "...State of News Mexico vs. C.N. (Bill) Morris, Defendant, Will Harrison, Respondent and Appellant [in which the American Society of Newspaper Editors was defending Morris and Harrison) ; more.
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Free Press - Fair Trial (1 of 2)
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Approx. 35 items: memos, letters, tear sheets, reprints, legal documents (State of New Mexico vs. Morris & Harrison - see also 1964 file). Notable items: 36-pp. booklet, Fair Trial vs. a Free Press (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions) ; 11-pp. speech transcript, "Free press - fair trial," by Edward S. Shattuck, Pres. L.A. County Bar Assn. ; 14-pp. "Report of Press-Bar Committee, American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1964 - 1965," topic is "Free Press - Fair Trial" - NBW handwritten note to OC on cover sheet ; multi-page article copy, The Atlantic Monthly, "Houston's shackled press," by Ben H. Bagdikian, n.d. shown ; 10-pp. (stapled) "Analysis of the problems of photograph and broadcasting in court proceedings," 12/1/1965, by Robert A. Neeb, Counsel for The Greater L.A. Press Club...20-pp. "Trial by newspaper," by Louis L. Jaffe - "prepared for delivery at the 1965 Annual Meeting of The American Political Science Assn. (9/1965) ; 11-pp. "Talk by Arthur B. Hanson, ANPA General Counsel..." on the topic Free Press and Fair Trial ; more.
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Free Press - Fair Trial
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Approx. 12 items: letters, memos, booklets, legal documents and other material related to the Free press - Fair trial issue in 1971 and 1972. Major items: multi-page reprint from Southern California Law Review, Vol. 45, 1972, "Free Press - Fair Trial - the 'gag order,' a California aberration," by Robert S. Warren and Jeffrey M. Abell ; booklet, approx. 40 -pp., "In the Court of Appeal...The Times Mirror Company vs. Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles...(petition filed by Robert C. Lobdell (Los Angeles Times counsel) and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (et al) ; approx. 17 sheets contain Court of Appeals case USA vs. Dickinson (1972) ; two Freedom of Information Center reports from7/ 1972, "Infiltration of the Press (by police & government agencies)" and "Looking out for the consumer" ; more.
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Free Press - Fair Trial (2 of 2)
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Approx. 50 items. Correspondence, speech texts, published material related to debate over press freedom in reporting of trials and the legal process, etc. Correspondents and subjects: American Society of Newspaper Editors; speech text of Larry Sisk (San Diego Evening Tribune; 1967 annual report of ASNE Press-Bar Committee, titled "Freedom of Information and Press-Bar," Pt. 1 & 2; three U. of Missouri Freedom of Information Center publications (May 1967) No. 003, 180, 181; report by S.J. Archibald, "The Path Through the Paper Jungle"; letter from ASNE to Vincent Jones, Editor, Gannett Newspapers; report from Freedom of Information Center, "Guidelines for Coverage of the Criminal Proceeding"; correspondence from Calif. Freedom of Information Committee; "Fair Trail & Free Press--a Dialogue," booklet from Freedom of Info. Center, additional F of I Center reports; tear sheet of Op-Ed page for 11/8/1967; 18-pp. text of Robert Lobdell speech given at 29th Annual Stanford Editor's Conference, topic was "Crime Reporting and the free press - fair trial problem..."; 12-pp. text of Gladwin Hill speech (chief of NYTimes L.A. bureau) to Lawyer's Club of Los Angeles County, "The Mythology of Free Press and Fair Trial"; 27-pp. text of J. Edward Murray speech to the Amer. Soc. of Journalism School Administrators, "Free Press and Fair Trial in an Open Society"; strongly worded "Answering Statement" by J. Edward Murray of Amer. Soc. of Newspaper Editors, responding to statements of attorney Grant Cooper ("I see no reason to be gentle with him...he has made a career out of defending bad cases," etc. Split into two folders.
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Free Press - Fair Trial (1 of 2)
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Approx. 50 items. Correspondence, speech texts, published material related to debate over press freedom in reporting of trials and the legal process, etc. Correspondents and subjects: American Society of Newspaper Editors; speech text of Larry Sisk (San Diego Evening Tribune; 1967 annual report of ASNE Press-Bar Committee, titled "Freedom of Information and Press-Bar," Pt. 1 & 2; three U. of Missouri Freedom of Information Center publications (May 1967) No. 003, 180, 181; report by S.J. Archibald, "The Path Through the Paper Jungle"; letter from ASNE to Vincent Jones, Editor, Gannett Newspapers; report from Freedom of Information Center, "Guidelines for Coverage of the Criminal Proceeding"; correspondence from Calif. Freedom of Information Committee; "Fair Trail & Free Press--a Dialogue," booklet from Freedom of Info. Center, additional F of I Center reports; tear sheet of Op-Ed page for 11/8/1967; 18-pp. text of Robert Lobdell speech given at 29th Annual Stanford Editor's Conference, topic was "Crime Reporting and the free press - fair trial problem..."; 12-pp. text of Gladwin Hill speech (chief of New York Times L.A. bureau) to Lawyer's Club of Los Angeles County, "The Mythology of Free Press and Fair Trial"; 27-pp. text of J. Edward Murray speech to the Amer. Soc. of Journalism School Administrators, "Free Press and Fair Trial in an Open Society"; strongly worded "Answering Statement" by J. Edward Murray of Amer. Soc. of Newspaper Editors, responding to statements of attorney Grant Cooper ("I see no reason to be gentle with him...he has made a career out of defending bad cases," etc. Split into two folders.
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