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Date: 29 August 1979
Special to The New York Times
China's newspapers, in unusual campaign, have admitted during past 2 months that they have lied in their news reports for years but are trying to reform; front page confessions by Tianjin Ribao, Peking daily, discussed (M)
Date: 28 August 1979
CBS becomes 1st TV network to present regular West Coast edition of its evening newscast (S)
Date: 29 August 1979
Clyde Haberman Albin Krebs
Clyde Albin
Z M Gemazashvili is dismissed by Soviet Georgian authorities as editor of satirical weekly Niangi for his alleged lack of seriousness (S)
Date: 29 August 1979
Kenneth Drew resigns as member of NYC Commission on Human Rights after ruling by NYC Board of Ethics that he had used his official position to get advertising for NY Voice, weekly newspaper he publishes in Queens (S)
Date: 29 August 1979
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS Inc vice pres William J Small resigns to become pres of NBC News; NBC vice chmn Richard S Salant comments (M)
Date: 29 August 1979
Continental Air Lines gets British permission for service between Los Angeles and Hong Kong via Honolulu and Guam (S)
Date: 29 August 1979
British Rugby Bd invites multiracial S African team for 8-match tour of Britain in Oct (S)
Date: 28 August 1979
San Juan (PR) judge postpones for 2 weeks execution of fine and 6-month jail sentence given to Knight (S)