Chf Cn-miviUfNnw greenyilue piedmont Saturday, February 27, 1982' Reagaira assails press ffreedoirinis, speaKer says News staff reports The Reagan administration has mounted an unprecedented cam- The News wins public service award 'Vi 'i K- il i I 1 At 1 Ht 'J A Fessenden Williams Inman withhold information about any criminal activities by their agents. The proposal on legal settlements could result in political influence being used to settle lawsuits without the public's knowledge, Landau said. And regulated businesses want to restrict much more than the "trade secrets" now protected, he said. attempts to plug "news leaks" to prevent release of information the president says is vital to national security even if the label "national security" is misleading in a particular case. requiring that press interviews on foreign affairs or national defense be pre-cleared with the White House.
seeking legislation allowing prosecution of a newspaper for publishing the name of an intelligence officer even if it were in connection with such an officer's breaking the law. budget cuts that make it difficult or impossible for agencies to process all requests for public information. "You do need a certain amount of money to produce information," Landau said. "The theory of this administration seems to be that the government is something separate and apart from the people," he said. On a state level, reporters throughout South Carolina are denied routine crime reports, ordered out of meetings of public, bodies, and kept out of judicial hearings, said John Pittman, executive editor of The Greenville News and Greenville Piedmont and chair man of the SCPA's Freedom of Information Committee.
Pending legislation would make crime reports public information and would tighten limits on when, public bodies can discuss matters irt executive private sessions, Pittman said. Besides being concerned with at-, tacks on press freedoms, newspa pers need to give attention to surviving in the face of higher-than-ever levels of competition, Keith Fuller president of The Associated Press, told press association members. Last fall, Cable News Network owner Ted Turner predicted that cable "would drive print media from the face of the earth," Fuller said. And, Fuller said, "You certainly have it in your power to make Turner's ludicrous proposition come true." The 1970s and early 1980s have 1 seen a decline in large metropolitan afternoon papers, the growth of suburban dailies and an ever-in- creasing amount of books, magazines, movies, and television and radio programming. "The proliferation of information is staggering," he said.
To compete, "we must be meaningful, we must be attuned to the community we serve," he said. In today's mobile society, people travel and are more aware of other communities newspapers, Fuller said. "If yours doesn't measure up then you've got a problem." But, "a well-edited, well-bal- anced enterprising newspaper is as viable as any idea can be," he said. "Turner won't kill you with his all-news network," the AP chief said. "But he (along with other competitors) could hand you the knife to do it yourself." Ironically, cable television can give newspapers another way to compete, speakers involved in newspaper programming over cable said.
Stewart Bryan III, president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and publisher of the Richmond, Times-Dispatch and News Leader spoke at the evening session on the responsibilities of a newspaper publisher. The winter meeting is scheduled to conclude Saturday morning with a breakfast and business session. paign to restrict press freedoms, as if to assert, "We're not accountable to you, the public," press expert Jack. Landau said Friday. "i think that it's pretty clear that thef principle of the free flow of information and news is really headed for its darkest and most difficult period" in many years.
Landau told members of the South Carolina Press Association during the association's winter meeting at the Hyatt Regency Greenville. Landau, a reporter and lawyer who heads The Reporters Committee-for Freedom of the Press a non-profit organization devoted to providing information, legal research and defense to members of the press was one of several speakers who discussed newspaper trends during the meeting. Administration efforts to restrict information should be "strenuously" opposed in the courts, in the legislatures and through report ing the issue to. the public by reporters, editors and publishers, Landau said. "No president has mounted the campaign of restrictions" Reagan has proposed, he said, including: a proposar to "massively restrict and roll back" the federal Freedom of Information Act.
Legislation pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee would severely limit the public's ability to get information from the FBI and CIA, seal records of legal settlements involving the United States government -and restrict documents relating to government-regulated businesses. Although the FBI and CIA say their sources might "dry up" under the fear of having their names revealed through the FOIA, neither agency has ever been forced to reveal properly classified information against' its will, Landau said. The proposed change in the law, he said; would allow the agencies to pljfd i The Greenville News was awarded the South Carolina Press Association's Public Service Award Friday for a series of articles written by capital bureau reporter Ford Fessenden on vThe Price of Law and Order," an analysis of South Carolina's prison system. Gov. Dick Riley presented the award to Fessenden during the opening session of the press association's annual winter meeting at the Hyatt Regency Greenville.
The prison system articles, which were later published by The News in tabloid form, were described by contest judges as "truly courageous." "In straightforward bolstered by extensive research, the stories enlightened readers about the price of punishment, both in terms of tax dollars and affronts to human dignity," the judges said. "The writing was superb," the judges continued. "Many readers probably did not want to know much of what was described in the series. Quite simply, they needed to know it. That's public service at its best." Also during the morning ceremonies, Thomas P.
Inman, editorial page editor of The Greenville News, received the E.A. Ramsaur Memorial Award for the best editorial in a daily newspaper for his piece, "Unwed Mothers a Growing Trend." Commenting on Inman's work, the contest judges said: "This editorial looks clearly and candidly at one of the most Important and most overlooked issues in our society. It defines and appeals to humankind's better instincts" The Greenville News and. Greenville Piedmont won a total of 16 awards in the 1981 competition, including four first-place citations in addition to the Ramsaur and Public Service awards won by The News. Melissa Williams, now of The Greenville News, and News-Piedmont photographer Darrell Hoe mann, won first-place awards for -their work on the special Greenville Piedmont project, "For the Living." Ms.
Williams received Judson Chapman Award for the best single story in support of community service for the piece. Hoemann's photographs won first place in the features category. Jimmy Qornelison of The Greenville News won first place in Cornelison Hoemann Crosby Badge of the FBI;" arid Dan Fos ter of The Greenville News in the spot sports story category for his story, "No. 1 Bulldogs Find a Way." Receiving honorable mentions were photographer James G. Wilson in the J-L- Sims Memorial Award competition for news photos for his photos of a Green-vilte County chemical fire; Jim Tharpe of The Greenville News in the press association's series of articles competition for his stories on co*ckfighting; and The Greenville News in the special section the Lifestyle story category with his piece, "Newry." Photographer David Crosby won first place in the sports photography category for his photo, "Victory Hug." Winning second-place awards were James Kimmell Jr.
of The Greenville News in the spot news reporting category for his story on a Rock Hill plane crash; Mike Hembree of The News in the sports columnsfeatures category tor his "Earnhardt: The New Breed;" AlyCe P. Atkinson of the Gfeenville Piedmont in the Judson Chapman competition for her "Infant Car Seats;" and columnist Jim McAllister of The Greenville News in the columns category. awards went to Cheryl'Segal of the Greenville Piedmont in the Lifestyle category for her story, "Wearing the category for its "Battle of Cow- i i 1 -7 j. 4 pens section. In addition to those 16 awards, The Greenville News received an award for outstanding photo The Associated Press.
Teen's legal status challenged it rf waived up from family court to be tried as an adult after a family court hearing last October. Cox said he "vigorously resisted" the motion, filed by Traxler, to try Anderson as an adult, Anderson was arrested last Sept. 17 and charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of Whitted a week earlier. Also charged at the time was Whitted's wife, Louise Cobb Whit-, ted, and his 16-year-old daughter, Cathy Whitted. Anderson was the key prosecution witness in the trial last week which resulted in the conviction of Mrs.
Whitted on charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He also testified at the Nov. 19 hearing in Greenville County The attorney for Christopher Allen Anderson, the 17-year-old admitted killer of Greenville businessman Charles Edward "Bill" ted, has scheduled a hearing next week to request that the youth's case be returned to the jurisdiction of family court. Attorney Herman Cox informed 13th Circuit Solicitor William B. Traxler Jr.
late Friday afternoon that he will ask Circuit Judge Frank Eppes Wednesday morning-to return Anderson's case to the family court. "He's a juvenile, and I'd like him to be treated as a juvenile," Cox said. "The Whitted girl (Cathy; Whitted) was treated as a juvenile." Anderson, of Travelers Rest, was Family Court which resulted in Cathy Whitted's being placed under, the jurisdiction of the state Department of Youth Services for her part in her father's death. In Mrs. Whitted's trial, Anderson testified that he shot Whitted as heV slept in his Stratford Forest home, last Sept.
9 at the urging of Mrsi Whitted and her daughter and their assistance. Anderson also tes1 tified that he wanted to marry Miss Whitted. Cox said Friday that Anderson' assistance in convicting Mrs. Whitted and her daughter probably will not affect whether his case will be returned to family court. "I don't think that'll have anything to do with it," he said, think it will be strictly up to Judge Eppes." A' fifuntffniHTiYii nil Sufi ptxMofrapher Alan DeVoreey Jake it slow Overwhelmed by the sudden snowfall Friday, the state.
The state Highway Patrol estimated the lUpstate was forced to bring out its tire as many as 80 traffic accidents were related to chains one more this winter. Traffic took the weather conditions, and in Oconee County, its time as residents headed homeward in late officials said 50 wrecks were reported between 3 afternoon along Interstate 85 near the Mauldin and 4 p.m. At least three state residents have Road overpass. The snow, sleet and freezing lost their lives on the slickend highways. rain made driving conditions hazardous across tthc UPrccnuillc Ncu'9 GREENVILLE PIEDMONT P.
O. Box IfifW ZIP CODE 2tti02 .105 SOUTH MAIN ST. Published semi-weeklv nlus hnhdavs Sec Upstate should be The Upstate will have freezing rain, chang ond Class PiistagePaid At. Greenville. Gl ing to rain Saturday morning and ending Satur -4.
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At the coast, there will be occasional rain Saturday, ending Saturday night. There will be decreasing cloudiness Sunday. GREENVILLE COUNTY Sunrise today .....7:03 a.m. Sunset today ...6:23 p.m. in the mid-50s.
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