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Nevada State Journal Thursday January 5 1967 commended and one which by carrying out its responsibility to the people to tell them what had happened and how the country was meeting the crisis ied a reeling nation and a shocked and startled The report said that a study covering a 10 year period from 1955 showed that American newspapers devoted only 3 per cent of their space to crime news In the same period the crime rate rose by 73 per cent is ample evidence that codes would be without value because there is no way to enforce them The responsibility lies with each individual news paper it said It said the committee recog nized the practicality at times of certain procedural restric tions regarding acti vities within a court room and that limitations of space in the coverage of major news events or criminal trials of unusual public interest might make necessary suctr solutions as ington (DC) Star Sam Ragan executive news editor Raleigh NC News Observer and Raleigh Times Vermont Royster editor! Wall Street Journal Arthur Ochs Sulzber ger president and publisher New York Times Robert Taylor president and publisher Philadelphia Bulletin Louis A Weil Jr publisher and editor Lansing Mich State Journal and Robert White president and editor Mexico Mo Ledger him sufficiently 'from massive and prejudicial publicity that attended his prosecution The ANPA 'said the decision in that case had reiterated what had been said many times before the key to the problem of A fair trial lies in the hands of the judiciary who control the trials and court rooms under appropriate con stitutional safeguards "It should be pointed out however here the court was dealing with the unusual and not typical case and the majority opinion eight to one makes it clear that the words are meant to apply to what the trial judge in the Sheppard case should have done not what every judge should do in every case It is obvious that there is no mandate in the Sheppard case (or judges across the The report rejected recom mendations that the press adopt codes of conduct because from a practical standpoint any such NEW YORK (UPI) Hie American Newspaper Publish ers Association Wednesday re leased findings of a study of press coverage of judicial proceedings which concluded that neither the press nor the bar has the right to bargain about the inherent right to know JTie report Press and air prepared over a two year period by a committee of 'top newspaper publishers and editors said the press could not recommend any convenants restricting the accurate report Ing of criminal matters publicity is a deterrent to crime while concealment fosters its growth: Thus rather than curtailing of crime news and reporting it would indeed seem that more such reporting is needed in a day when crime is increasing by alarming propor The committee1 also dealt with the case of Dr Samuel Siheppard whose murder convic tion was reversed by the US Supreme Court because of the trial failure to protect Newsmen Rap to Bargaining pooling of reporters and photo graphers 1 The report was made availa ble in a book of 156 pages Other members of the com mittee were Otis Chandler pblisher Los Angeles Times Jack Howard president Scripps Howard Newspapers Maxwell first vice president and editor Chicago Tribune: Paul Miller president Gannett Newspapers Benjamin McKelway vice president and editorial chairman Wash 4 5 It recommended that the press stand ready to discuss problems of crime reporting with any appropriate individuals or groups and said positive action can be a far greater force for the cause of justice and the general welfare of the people than the negative force of restrictions on basic There "is no "real conflict between the irst Amendment guaranteeing a free and the Sixth 'Amendment guaran teeing a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury the report right to a free press which inherently cm bodies the fight of the people to know is one of our most fundamental rights and neither the press nor the bar has the right to sit down and bargain it it said The committee headed by Tennant Biyan publisher of the Richmond Va Times Dispatch and News Leader was charged bythe ANPA with conducting the study following criticism in the Warren Commission report of the coverage by the press of the assassination of President John Kennedy It coincided with moves by some members of the legal to restrict press information in criminal proceed A study group of the American Bar Association (ABA) last October recom mended tightening the canons of legal ethics to limit sharply the release of information by attorneys in pending criminal cases The ABA also said the restrictions should apply to law enforcement officials and judi cial employes The ANPA report said action by' members of the bar was a matter for them to decide but commented that the tion by some members of the bar" that pre trial news is intrinsically prejudicial is based on conjecture and mot on should be no assup it said an objective juror must be an ignorant juror and it is not only a faulty but a I dangerous assumption that an over riding prejdice comes frdm printed It' quoted a' convict "Hugh Dillon writing in the southern Michigan prison publication: distasteful as adverse publicity may be it is better to be spotlighted momentarily than 2 abused in The report said both public order and protection of the accused are served by bright light5 of truth" A while newspapers may be 'denied access to information of public concern the word of crime will circulate If there is no reliable source of informa tion such as the authentic news story rumor and exaggeration can unduly excite and arose the public Without a calm appraisal of the public might well react jn fear and terror as it has on occasion in the past with a breakdown of law and order as the The ANPA' concluded that the Kennedy" assassination story rather than showing irresponsi was in fact a perfor mance by the press to be Timber Pricing PolicyUrged WASHINGTON MUPI) The 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