Ideas & Trends; The New Rules On Freedom Of Information
Date: 16 February 1975
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
M Arnold comment on 17 amendments to Freedom of Information Act that will go into effect on Feb 19 over objections of Pres Ford; Reporters Com for Freedom of Press estimates that only 6 major press attempts were made to get information under old act; attempt by Carl Stern of NBC-TV noted; press reptdly feels that Cong in new amendments did good job of balancing tension between people's right to know v Govt's need to protect legitimate secrets; illus (M)
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U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh Recommends Limited Evacuation
Date: 17 February 1975
By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG Special to The New York Times
Sydney SCHANBERG
Amer Embassy officials in Cambodia reptdly issue statement 'strongly' recommending that all dependents and other non-essential personnel of Amers in Phnom Penh be evacuated until conditions improve; situation seen as potentially more serious than during previous annual dry-season insurgent campaigns; embassy official says evacuation involves only 30 to 40 Amers; embassy reptdly has classified non-essential personnel such as missionaries and teachers as 'desirables'; non-essnetial hippies and drifters are classified as 'undesirables'; efforts by Embassy officials to get word to 'undesirable' persons of offer of free flights out of country outlined (M)
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MADRID CUTS DOWN JAIL TERMS FOR 10; 4 of Leftists Freed Because New Sentences Exceed Time Already Served
Date: 16 February 1975
By HENRY GINIGER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Spanish Govt has dismissed head of radio and press dept of Natl Movement, Antonio Castro Villacanas, and Antonio Izquierdo, dir of Arriba, movement's newspaper in Madrid; Villacanas was replaced by Emilio Romero Gomez, influential figure in Spanish press who had been publisher of paper Pueblo, official organ of state-run Syndical Orgn (S)
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Reporter's Notebook: Kissinger Seems Optimistic, but Progress Is Not Clear; Reporter's Notebook: A Confident Kissinger
Date: 17 February 1975
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Reporter's Notebook: comments on experiences of newsmen accompanying Sec Kissinger on his 5-day trip through Middle East (L)
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A Court of Appeals Decision on Prior Restraint; And a Threat to That Freedom
Date: 16 February 1975
By ANTHONY LEWIS
Anthony LEWIS
A Lewis article on decision 9 days ago by US Appeals Ct for 5th Circuit that Govt employe who has access to classified information can be forever enjoined from disclosing or discussing it after he resigns; if he denies that something he wants to talk about was in fact classified, judges must give Govt claim the presumption of truth; case is that of Victor L Marchetti and John D Marks, authors of book The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence; Marchetti is former CIA official and Marks is former State Dept official; case revd; Appeals Ct decision was handed down by Chief Judge Clement Haynsworth, who overruled Judge Albert V Bryan Jr
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Legislative Notes; Door to Democratic Caucus Closed Once Again
Date: 16 February 1975
NJ Sen approved bill last wk to protect public from being bilked by fake charities; measure, sponsored by Sen Alexander J Menza, was based upon recommendations of State Investigation Comm; bill's provisions outlined (S)
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Arabs Are Expected to Remove Two U.S. Banks From Blacklist
Date: 16 February 1975
Mohammed Mahgoub, comr gen of Damascus boycott office, says in int that conf of boycott officers from 20 Arab states scheduled to meet on Feb 23 will rev activities of certain Amer information cos, such as CBS and NBC (S)
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Follow-Up on The News; Suicide Bridge
Date: 16 February 1975
Trial of Ulrike Meinhof, Andreas Baader and 87 other alleged gang members who have been in W Ger prison since '72 on charges of bombings, bank robberies and incendiary attacks on stores, is scheduled for May 21 in Stuttgart; delay was reptdly caused by need to gather evidence (S)
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World News Briefs; Divorce Is Eased For Portuguese
Date: 16 February 1975
Vatican and Portugal sign accord Feb 15 permitting Roman Caths who married in ch to seek divorces in Portuguese state cts; accord revises '40 Concordat which outlawed divorce for Caths who married according to ch rules (S)
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