News Agencies' Cooperation Sought
Date: 18 October 1977
By LAURIE JOHNSTON
Laurie JOHNSTON
news agency repts of landing of aircraft carrying W Ger commando squad at Mogadishu airport, reptdly picked up by Israeli monitoring of radio exchs with control tower, were followed quickly with W Ger Govt request that news be withheld lest it jeopardize hostages' safety; agencies involved were Agence France-Presse, Reuters, AP, UPI, NBC-TV and CBS-TV (M)
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Sports Columnist Accuses Cosell of Assaulting Him
Date: 18 October 1977
Stan Hochman, sports columnist for Phila Daily News, accuses Howard Cosell of having assaulted him aboard airplane preparing to leave Los Angeles after World Series Game; Cosell says he only playfully chucked Hochman under the chin (S)
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World News Briefs; Senate Panel Drops Plan For Joint Trip to Panama
Date: 19 October 1977
Egyptian delegate Murad Ghaleb accuses Israel of being new Nazi opPressor, Belgrade conf on Eur security and cooperation; asks Israel to declare readiness to withdraw from occupied Arab territories and to recognize right of Palestinians to establish ind state (S)
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World News Briefs; Three in Prague Court Plead Not Guilty Vietnamese Are Holding 3 Americans on Yacht Castro in Jamaica Speech, Defends African Role
Date: 18 October 1977
Cuban Pres Fidel Castro defends Cuba's intervention in Africa, speech, Montego Bay, Jamaica (S)
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