Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Veniste and not the new Special Prosecutor, Leon Jaworski, who has been handling the courtroom duels with the White House lawyers over Watergate. During his three weeks on the job, Jaworski has been content to give plenty of leeway to the staff of 80 people, including 38 lawyers, that he inherited from Archibald Cox. In fact, the staff has become an important force on its own in the struggle to get to the bottom of Watergate. Several key members are determined to quit if Jaworski does not continue to press ahead with the investigation...
Since 1970 Boston industries have been required by the EPA to burn fuel with a sulfur level no higher than .5 per cent. As this fuel becomes scarce, industries are being forced to utilize fuel with a pollutant content of 2.2 per cent or higher...
...step toward commercialism not welcomed by PBS. And there will be no help from the government for the duration of this administration, at least. Public television will always be threatened with similar pressure until the united States government is finally prepared to subsidize the arts without censoring political content...
...just-released report on a 65-member conference on "The First Amendment and the News Media" includes proposals for a federal shield law for journalists, the removal of government regulation over TV and radio program content, and greater access to government information...
...conference also recommended that in view of the wide spectrum of radio and T.V. frequencies that the power to regulate program content be removed from the hands of the Federal Communications Commission...