U.S. Information Act: Difficulties Despite Successes; U.S. Information Law Brings Difficulties Despite Successes
Date: 08 August 1977
By WARREN WEAVER Jr. Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
Survey of information that has been tapped through Freedom of Information Act, in effect for 10 yrs; notes act is powerful lever with which news orgns and private citizens have successfully pried secret facts and figures from Govt; of 150,000 requests thought to have been made in '76, about 25,000 were denied in whole or in part; about 4,200 of those denials produced appeals, and about 3,700 appeals were decided that yr; processing Freedom of Information requests has become heavy burden for some Govt units, with Justice Dept protesting that workload weakens its law enforcement capacity to administer (L)
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Argentine Journalist Kidnapped
Date: 08 August 1977
Argentine journalist Rodolfo Fernandez Pondal, asst editor of wkly newsletter Ultima Clave, has reptdly been kidnapped (S)
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Nagataka Murayama Dies in Japan; Headed Country's Biggest Paper
Date: 09 August 1977
By ANDREW H. MALCOLM Special to THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Andrew MALCOLM
Murayama, Nagataka
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Vance Aide Regrets Identification Of Reporters on Tour as Christians
Date: 09 August 1977
Hodding Carter 3d, spokesman for Vance, expresses regret that all US reporters traveling with Vance were identified as Christians on Saudi hotel registration forms when some are Jewish; says action does not reflect either embassy or US Govt policy (S)
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U.S. Reporters Listed As Christians at Hotel
Date: 08 August 1977
Amer reporters accompanying Vance are presented on arrival in Taif with hotel registration cards with 'Christian' filled in as their religion; some of reporters are Jewish and at least 3 of them changed their cards; US official in charge of reporters says he filled out immigration cards in advance to speed registration at Taif hotel, where Vance will meet Foreign Min Saud ibn Faisal and Crown Prince Fahd during 2-day stay (S)
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Silk Receives Loeb Award
Date: 09 August 1977
Is named '77 recipient of Gerald Loeb Memorial Award
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