Vermont Judge Orders Reporters To Yield Notes of Conversations
Date: 22 February 1980
Vermont District Court Judge Lewis Springer orders 5 reporters to hand over their notes of conversations with Orleans County State's Attorney, Leroy Null; order is issued at request of lawyer Duncan Kilmartin, who contends Null disclosed information against client Armand Blais in embezzlement case; 3 of news organizations say they will fight subpoenas: Burlington Free Press, Newport Daily Express and AP; WCAX-TV and WIKE radio, whose reporters were also subpoenaed, say they have not decided what action to take (S)
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Spanish Paper Vendors Strike
Date: 22 February 1980
Newspaper vendors across Spain shut newsstands to protest growing attacks on them, allegedly by rightists; attacks started after magazine identified some alleged Basque rightists by name and 2 were killed soon after; rightists blamed magazine for killings and pledged to attack kiosks selling it (S)
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Newspaper Delivery Union Head Is Indicted on Extortion Charges; Papers Not Accused Newspaper Delivery Union Head Is Indicted on Extortion Charge Alleged Payoffs Listed Rosen Case Recalled
Date: 21 February 1980
By ARNOLD H. LUBASCH
Arnold LUBASCH
Douglas LaChance, president of newspaper deliverers union, is indicted in Manhattan on Federal charges that he obtained $330,000 in cash payoffs from 14 companies that distribute newspapers in NYC area
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Moynihan Will Seek to Eliminate Press Penalties in Intelligence Bill; Open to Discussion Moynihan Acts to Avoid Press Curb Intelligence Bodies Exempted
Date: 21 February 1980
By IRVIN MOLOTSKY Special to The New York Times
Irvin Special
Sen Moynihan says he will try to remove section of pending intelligence bill which would outlaw press disclosure of names of intelligence agents; says it might have 'chilling effect' on news media; says other parts of bill remain intact; thus, if Moynihan is successful, a publication that prints names of agents could not be prosecuted, but person giving names to publication could be (M)
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Sadat's Plan for a Law to Punish Critics Stirs Concern; Political Quandary for Sadat Draft Cause Uneasiness Hecklers Disrupted Speech
Date: 21 February 1980
By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN Special to The New York Times
Christopher WREN
Egyptian jurists, writers and politicians assail Pres Sadat's proposed 'law of shame' that would punish people who criticize Egypt and its political system; Sadat says measure is aimed at several dozen Egyptians, mostly Nasserites and leftists, who have criticized his policies through publications and radio stations supported by Arab countries opposed to Egypt's peace treaty with Israel; proposed law is regarded as idea of People's Assembly Speaker Sufi Abu Taleb; retired jurist Mustafa Marei opposes it (M)
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News Summary; International National Metropolitan
Date: 22 February 1980
Anti-Soviet protest by Afghans closes nearly all businesses in Kabul; protest, bringing commercial life of city to halt, is staged by merchants in response to leaflets' in which Afghanistan's anti-Communist rebels urged them to show 'unanimous condemnation' of all Soviet intervention; follows reports that insurgents control roads along border with Pakistan and are attacking convoys moving along them; illus (L)
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Sports of The Times; Good News on Hockey, Maybe
Date: 22 February 1980
RED SMITH
Red SMITH
Red Smith on US team's chances of winning medal (M)
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COMPANY NEWS; G.M. Cutback Costs Supplier $200 Million
Date: 21 February 1980
Mobil Oil Canada encouraged by test wells drilled to determine extent of oil-bearing formations around Hibernia well off Newfoundland coast (S)
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The Paradox of Unanticipated Cash in New York's Budget; News Analysis A $100 Million Constant Estimate on City's Reserve Continuous Drain on Treasury
Date: 22 February 1980
By RONALD SMOTHERS
Ronald SMOTHERS
analysis examines apparent paradox of financial projections showing that NYC could finish year with $323 million in unanticipated surplus cash while other forecasts project gap-ridden budget (M)
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