Latin Parley Ready To Back Proposal For News Service
Date: 21 July 1976
proposed Latin Amer and Caribbean news agency, or group of agencies, is approved on July 20 by com at regional communications conf in Costa Rica sponsored by UNESCO; 2 coms, working on some 36 draft resolutions, also approve by consensus proposal that there be internatl right-of-reply to news stories; Guyana joined Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mex, Panama, Peru and Venezuela in sponsoring proposal for regional news agency (S)
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8 MORE INDICTED IN PAPER STRIKE; 15 Pressmen at Washington Post Now Charged
Date: 22 July 1976
By BEN A. FRANKLIN Special to The New York Times
Ben FRANKLIN
8 more former Washington Post pressmen are indicted on July 21 by Fed grand jury; 1 of men was also charged with theft of vital parts of machinery from Post's presses (S)
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Sealing of Mandel Papers Is Overturned on Appeal
Date: 22 July 1976
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
US Ct of Appeals for 4th Circuit in Richmond rules on July 21 that sealing of all ct papers in connection with corruption trial of Gov Marvin Mandel is 'unnecessary prior restraint on freedom of the press' and violates 1st Amendment (S)
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Soviet Lets Foreigners Deal With Official Agencies
Date: 21 July 1976
USSR on July 20 publishes decree that permits Govt officials to deal directly with foreign journalists; decree, dated June 29 and issued by Presidium of Sup Soviet, was published in official gazette as supplement to '74 law on relations between officials and foreign nationals (S)
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Tokyo Court Reverses Acquittal Of Reporter Who Got Secrets
Date: 21 July 1976
Tokyo High Ct reverses lower ct verdict on July 20 and gives former reporter of Mainichi Shimbun, Takichi Nishiyama, suspended 4-mo prison sentence on charges of illegally obtaining secret Foreign Min documents; case concerns disclosure of 3 classified documents by Foreign Min sec Kikuko Hasumi to reporter in negotiations between US and Japanese govt on return of Okinawa to Japan in '72; is 1st time in Japan that reporter has been convicted in newsgathering activities; dispute is also centered on what is state secret protected by Natl Public Service Law and whether 3 ministry cablegrams should be considered state secrets; at 1st trial in '74 Hasumi was accused of disclosing to reporter copies of 3 cablegrams concerning talks between Sec of State William P Rogers and Foreign Min Kiichi Aichi and was given suspended 6-mo sentence (M)
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Latin News Panel Backs Satellite-Relay Controls
Date: 22 July 1976
UN sponsored conf on July 21 approves proposal that Latin Amer and Caribbean govts determine what information should be distributed by satellite in their regions; resolution was offered by Bolivia, Brazil, Honduras and Venezuela; other resolutions included 1 recommending creation of Latin Amer news agency or pool and creation of natl communications policies (S)
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ASPIN TESTIFIES ON SPY REPORT; Representative Tells Panel He Lent Copy to C.I.A. but Not to Schorr
Date: 21 July 1976
Repr Les Aspin, testifying before HR Ethics Com on July 20, says he lent copy of Cong rept critical of intelligence agency activities to CIA and had let Reuters reporter look at few pages of rept; says he does not know who gave rept to CBS correspondent Daniel Schorr; John M Atkisson, former counsel to HR Intelligence Com, testifies that staff's offices 'were crawling' with people from CIA on day Village Voice published rept; says he was not responsible for distributing draft or other copies of final rept and did not know of anyone on staff who had given document to Schorr; says rept may have been leaked by exec branch (M)
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Carey Signs a Bill Mandating Open Meetings by Public Bodies
Date: 22 July 1976
ALBANY, July 21 (AP) Governor Carey has signed into law legislation designed to let the public and press observe almost all governmental bodies at work
Gov Carey signs bill designed to let public and press observe almost all govt bodies at work; so-called Open Meetings Law, which takes effect Jan 1, opens to public most govt meetings, with exception of exec sessions held under certain conditions; bill does not apply to judicial or quasijudicial proceedings, pol com deliberations and caucuses or any matter made confidential by Fed or state law (M)
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Ex-Counsel Asserts Security Was Lax In Intelligence Unit
Date: 22 July 1976
lax security in HR Intelligence Com is described during hearings by HR Ethics Com on matter of who gave rept to Schorr; James Oliphant, counsel to intelligence panel, testifies (S)
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