Leading Black Editor Is Detained 8 Hours by South African Police
Date: 15 December 1976
By JOHN F. BURNS Special to The New York Times
John BURNS
S African security police on Dec 14 detain Percy Qoboza, editor of The World, but release him after 8 hrs of questioning on situation in black township of Soweto; police wanted to know where they could find Khotso Seatloho, Soweto student leader and pres of Soweto Students Repr Council; World published int with Seatloho; sports reporter Derrick Luthay is also detained; deputy editor Gordon Mohlomi is released after several wks in detention (S)
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PEACE FORCE IN LEBANON RAIDS 2 LEFTIST PAPERS
Date: 16 December 1976
Troops of Arab peace force in Lebanon on Dec 15 raid Beirut offices of left-wing newspapers Al Moharrer and Beirut; diplomats say wkly magazine Al Dastour was also raided; Phalangist radio station notes that newspapers sympathized with Iraq; papers' employees say paper will publish on Dec 16 (S)
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Paper on Coast Contends Rival Rules a Suburb
Date: 16 December 1976
By ROBERT LINDSEY Special to The New York Times
Robert Special
Los Angeles Times on Dec 14 accuses Long Beach Ind Press-Telegram of suppressing negative news about Long Beach while systematically controlling city from behind the scenes; Long Beach publisher-editor Daniel H Ridder disputes charges in article in paper (M)
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PROTEST TO SOUTH AFRICA BY FORD AND CARTER URGED
Date: 16 December 1976
mgt com of Amer members of US-S Africa Leader Exch Program urges Pres Ford and Pres-elect Jimmy Carter to protest detention of black journalists by S African Govt; acts after learning of detention of Qoboza; exch program gen sec James Brewer comments (S)
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NEWSPAPER ANNOUNCES IT WILL PUBLISH DEC. 31
Date: 15 December 1976
News World, daily and Sunday paper being financed by Unification Ch Internatl, will begin publication on Dec 31; business agent Tom Miner comments (S)
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Reporters and the Subpoena; The Protection of Their Confidential Sources Is Just One Reason Some Refuse to Testify
Date: 15 December 1976
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Analysis of reporters' attempts to keep their news sources confidential; discusses case involving NY Times reporter Selwyn Raab whose investigative reptg helped find 2 key witnesses whose recantations of testimony given in '67 led to retrial for Rubin Carter and John Artis on triple-murder charges
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