5 augustus 1978 was een zaterdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♌. Het was de 216e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Jimmy Carter.
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Date: 06 August 1978
Top-level delegation of Chinese journalists leaves Peking for visit to US at invitation of ASNE; is led by Tseng Tao, dir of Hsinhua; his asst on trip is Chien Chi-chen (S)
Date: 06 August 1978
By DAVID M. SLOAN
Article on increasing number of foreign nations using US pub relations firms to protect their image in American media; Carter's human rights stance, Cong's disillusion with foreign involvements and businesses' rising protectionist sentiments and new ethical restraints seen as spurring activity; firms comment; drawing (L)
Date: 05 August 1978
editorial says Bar Assn should recognize importance of televising courtroom proceedings
Date: 05 August 1978
Newspapers in Israel appear without news pages because of strike by journalists for higher salaries; most dailies print feature articles on their front pages; Jerusalem Post carries news agency repts and dispatches from its Washington correspondent (S)
Date: 06 August 1978
Fed Govt is spending between $1 billion and $1.5 billion annually for all its public information programs (M)
Date: 05 August 1978
By DAVID K. SHIPLER Special to The New York Times
David SHIPLER
Whitney and Piper pay nearly $3,500 in fines and ct costs (M)
Date: 06 August 1978
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
St Paul's Episcopal Church (Mt Vernon, NY): 188-yr-old ch to get Fed Park Service protection; ch is on site where, in 1735, printer John Peter Zenger observed Colonial election he described as rigged; he was tried and acquitted of libel in landmark free-press decision; illus
Date: 05 August 1978
text of Marshall's decision (L)
Date: 05 August 1978
By LESLEY OELSNER Special to The New York Times
Lesley Special
Farber jailed and NY Times begins paying $5,000-a-day fine after US Sup Ct Assoc Justice Thurgood Marshall refuses to stay penalties any longer; Marshall suggests that he sides with Farber and Times on some issues; Farber surrenders to Bergen County sheriff; Times exec editor A M Rosenthal and exec vp James C Goodale accompany Farber; illus (L)