India's Largest Newspaper Chain Goes to Court in Attempt to Get the Government's Lock Off Its Presses
Date: 06 October 1976
Indian Express goes to ct on Oct 5 in attempt to get locks removed from its presses; publication is suspended; Govt says dispute is over munic property taxes owed on newspaper's bldg; paper maintains action is official harassment; Express owner Ram Nath Goenka has incurred Govt's displeasure by strong resistance to attempts to install editors more sympathetic to new directions in which Govt is heading (M)
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Butz Incident Raises Press-Privacy Issue
Date: 07 October 1976
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Questions concerning right of newspaper to print remark made by official obviously not intended for publication have arisen following publication of obscene and racist joke told by Earl L Butz which led to his resignation as Agr Sec; James Bellows (Washington Star) and William F Thomas (Los Angeles Times) comment (M)
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THAI MILITARY TAKES POWER AFTER POLICE BATTLE PROTESTERS; 30 Believed Dead and 1,700 Seized Constitution Is Suspended and Publications Banned Thai Military Takes Power After Police Put Down Student Protesters
Date: 07 October 1976
By DAVID A. ANDELMAN Special to The New York Times
David ANDELMAN
Thailand Defense Min Adm Sa-ngad Chaloryu, following mil seizure of power on Oct 6, says all newspapers and periodicals have been banned (S)
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INDIAN COURT TELLS REGIME IT MUST LET PAPER REOPEN
Date: 07 October 1976
2-judge Delhi High Ct on Oct 6 upholds contention of Indian Express that padlocking of paper on charges of nonpayment of property taxes is improper and orders seals and locks removed; paper resumes publication (S)
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House Panel, in Last Report, Urges New Security Plan on Secret Files
Date: 07 October 1976
By RICHARD D. LYONS Special to The New York Times
HR Ethics Com, in making public its final rept into investigation of unauthorized disclosure of Pike intelligence com rept, urges on Oct 6 that Cong set up new security and classification system for secret documents; rept is critical of security in now defunct HR Select Com on Intelligence Operations headed by Repr Otis Pike; Repr Thomas S Foley comments; majority of com members agree that conduct of Daniel Schorr has been reprehensible; rept reiterates remarks that had been made by Repr John J Flynt that original leak was from someone on or very close to select com staff (S)
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Ousted Lottery Director Sues Daily News, Asking $7.35 Million for Libel
Date: 07 October 1976
Jerry Bruno, dismissed by Gov Carey as NYS lottery dir last Nov, files $7.35 million suit against Daily News for libel and slander in regard to 18 articles he contends were filled with falsehoods concerning him and irregularities in lottery (M)
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CARTER ATTACKS, FORD DEFENDS U.S. FOREIGN STANCE IN 2D DEBATE; A SPIRITED EXCHANGE Democrat Vows to Meet Oil Embargo With One on Arabs Kissinger a Target Carter and Ford Clash on Foreign Policy
Date: 07 October 1976
By R.W. APPLE Jr
R. APPLE
Ford appears to have committed pol gaffe in holding there is no Soviet domination of E Eur; Carter campaign mgr Hamilton Jordan says Carter will make major issue out of it (S)
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