Dissident Trial in Taiwan Shows Some Unusual Signs of Openness; Accused of C.I.A. Connections
Date: 20 March 1980
By JAMES P. STERBA Special to The New York Times
James STERBA
unidentified chief military judge says he is investigating how confessions in case were obtained (M)
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Taiwan Dissidents Charge Coercion as Trial Opens
Date: 19 March 1980
By JAMES P. STERBA Special to The New York Times
James STERBA
trial of 8 Taiwan dissidents opens in military court, Taipei, with defense arguments that police interrogators coerced confessions of seditious acts from defendants; 8 are charged with using their publication, Formosa magazine, as legal cover to organize opposition movement to ruling Kuomintang Party; human rights groups observing trial see it providing indicator of level of opposition Kuomintang will tolerate in future (M)
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U.S. Monitoring Board Thrust Into Public Eye
Date: 19 March 1980
Special to The New York Times
reports came from Foreign Broadcast Information Service, little-known branch of Central Intelligence Agency, a monitoring service which publishes reports on activities in all parts of world (S)
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Judge Tells Broadcasters To Yield Synanon Data
Date: 19 March 1980
14 radio and TV stations in California are ordered by Superior Court, Los Angeles, to turn over news broadcasts of alleged Synanon Foundation plot to hide rattlesnake in mailbox of Los Angeles atty Paul Morantz (S)
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Soviet Says the Olympics Are On Despite Any Boycott; Preparations in Full Swing
Date: 19 March 1980
By CRAIG R. WHITNEY Special to The New York Times
Craig WHITNEY
Pravda editorial says US has been trying to spoil Moscow Olympics ever since '78 trial of dissident Anatoly Shcharansky (S)
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Slow Start for Public-TV News Show; Expected Cost Comment From WNET
Date: 20 March 1980
By MICHAEL KNIGHT Special to The New York Times
Michael Special
15-minute news program produced by WGBH-TV (Boston) is being carried by only 4 of nation's 282 public TV stations more than 3 months after it began; program is being televised during 6 month trial period; WGBH executive producer Robert Ferrante and Public Broadcasting Service current-affairs director Barry Chase comment (M)
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News Summary; International National Metropolitan
Date: 20 March 1980
Ronald Reagan appears virtually impossible to beat for Republican Presidential nomination following his victory in Illinois; his major opponents, Repr John Anderson and George Bush, can only hope that he will make major error before Republican national convention; barring that, both camps privately concede that nomination is Reagan's; Reagan illustration riding with commuters on New Haven train; Anderson illustration with wife (M)
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Key Figure in Transit Talks; John Edward Lawe Man in the News Following Quill's Path
Date: 20 March 1980
By DAVID A. ANDELMAN
David ANDELMAN
Biographical sketch of John Edward Lawe, president of Transport Workers of America (TWU) Local 100 and key figure in NYC transit negotiations; por (M)
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News of the Theater 'Sunday Runners' Starts Its Paces; Kerr Comedy Gets Nichols The Mystery of 'Mecca' Here and There
Date: 19 March 1980
By CAROL LAWSON
Carol LAWSON
Will Lieberson, manager of Quaigh Theater, comments on problems resulting from premature advertising of musical Mecca that has not yet been signed to be presented at theater (S)
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