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...months ago Jazz King Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong was gravely ill in a Manhattan hospital, fighting an apparently losing battle for his life. Now the gravel-throated singer and trumpeter has told newsmen: "My playing and singing's O.K. and I feel pretty good." To prove it, he took up his trumpet, blasted into What a Wonderful World, and announced he planned to go back to work. Said Satchmo: "That's what life's all about...
...rare Saturday session in the marble Supreme Court chamber was testimony to the importance of the two cases at issue. Dressed somberly, the opposing attorneys prepared papers for their historic confrontation before the nine robed Justices. All 300 seats in the chamber were full and newsmen stood shoulder to shoulder in the press alcove. At precisely 11 a.m., the red velvet curtains parted, the Justices took their seats, and Solicitor General Erwin N. Griswold, distinguished former dean of Harvard Law School, launched a 53-minute opening argument...
Useful Signposts. Some British newsmen complain that the notices constitute "unofficial censorship." But most editors agree that the warnings provide useful signposts when dealing with stories that might compromise defense security or conflict with the Official Secrets Act, which applies to individuals as well as the press...
...some limits on the extent of their help, and in setting those limits they may have developed a kind of counterguerrilla guide for "raided" businessmen. Shortly after Nader's visit, Wriston told his officers that the investigators should be given the same information as stockholders and newsmen. In particular, he warned them against saying anything that would help the bank's competitors or violate a customer's privacy. Bank attorneys noted that the latter precaution was a legal necessity...
...Stanton offered only the film used and a transcript of the show. He refused to give over other material, claiming that would compromise freedom of the press. Had the show involved confidential sources, Stanton would have been on firmer ground. As it was, he could only argue: "If newsmen are told that their notes, films and tapes will be subject to compulsory process so that the Government can determine whether the news has been satisfactorily edited, the scope, nature and vigor of their news-gathering and reporting activities will inevitably be curtailed...