4 Detained in Cape Town
Date: 30 July 1976
Security police have detained 2 S African journalists, wife of 1 of them and Univ of Cape Town lecturer (S)
Rejouer jeudi 29 juillet 1976
Le 29 juillet 1976 était un jeudi sous le signe astral du ♌. C'était le 210ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était Gerald R. Ford.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 49 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le mardi 29 juillet 2025, il y a 349 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le mercredi 29 juillet 2026, dans 15 jours. Vous avez vécu 18 246 jours, soit environ 437 908 heures, ou environ 26 274 534 minutes, ou environ 1 576 472 040 secondes.
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29th of July 1976 News
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U.S. Cites "Harm' of Pentagon Papers; Gesell Hearing Involved State Dept. Asked Feelers
Date: 30 July 1976
By RICHARD HALLORAN Special to The New York Times
Richard Special
sr US officials cite 3 specific instances of what they characterize as harm to nation's security in '71 caused by publication of Pentagon papers, according to previously confirmed ct documents; assert they had lost contact in Hanoi, that Canadian Govt had expressed concern and that Prime Min of Australia William MacMahon had found disclosures 'appalling'; ct documents, made public by Justice Dept in response to demands submitted under Freedom of Information Act, indicate that balance of Govt's plea to halt further publication of papers is based on speculation over potential, rather than actual, damage; brief written by Erwin N Griswold, who was Solicitor Gen in '71, noted; documents just released detailed (M)
U.S. Releases 200 Pages Of Pentagon Papers Data
Date: 29 July 1976
Justice Dept makes public more than 200 pages of documents that had been submitted under seal to cts revg Pentagon Papers case in '71 and kept sealed since then; sought ct order after receiving requests for material under Freedom of Information Act (S)
LIGHT TERMS ASKED FOR FOUR NEWSMEN
Date: 29 July 1976
brief is filed in Fresno County Superior Ct on July 27 arguing that 4 Fresno Bee newsmen facing indeterminate jail sentences for refusing to divulge news source should receive sentences of no more than 5 days each; Phillip C Fullerton, atty for paper's managing editor James H Bort Jr and 2 reporters William K Patterson and Joe Rosato, says he will argue at hearing on July 30 that punitive instead of coercive citations should be imposed; says coercive contempt citations are used to force witness to obey order of ct and terms are indefinite; Judge Denver C Peckinpah found 4 guilty of contempt after they had refused to reveal how they obtained copies of sealed grand jury transcript (S)
NEW CURB PLACED ON MEXICAN EDITOR
Date: 29 July 1976
Scherer Garcia has been told he cannot leave country; Excelsior announced it is taking legal action against Scherer and other dismissed execs for alleged misuse of co funds (S)
INQUIRY IS ASKED ON EMPRISE CORP.; Haddad Cites Report Sports Conglomerate Is a Front for Organized Crime Investigations Cited Attorney Unavailable
Date: 30 July 1976
By SELWYN RAAB
Selwyn RAAB
William F Haddad, dir of NYS Assembly Office of Legis Oversight and Analysis, and Assemblyman Charles E Schumer say that Fed convictions and Cong inquiry should have provoked stricter scrutiny of Emprise Corp; Haddad says in rept on corp that murder in June of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles 'rekindled interest' in corp (S)
Photographers Film Trial. In an Alabama Courtroom
Date: 29 July 1976
Ala State Sup Ct allows WKRG-TV and WALA-TV cameras and Mobile Press Register photographer to film murder trial proceedings for 1st time in Ala courtroom; earlier in July, ct approved plan drawn up by Judge Joseph M Hocklander that allows news orgns to film ct proceedings in Mobile circuit cts if all parties in trial agree to filming (S)
Legislation Would Require Agencies to Open Meetings
Date: 30 July 1976
HR and Sen have passed bills that would require Fed agencies to open their meetings to public (S)
CONVENTION NEWS SUBJECT OF POLL; 85% of Those Asked Want Networks to Rotate.
Date: 29 July 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Roper poll finds that 85% of Amers would prefer that one TV network at a time cover pol convs, 7% favor current simultaneous coverage by all 3 major networks and 8% have no opinion; Burns W Roper notes that even among persons classified as pol and socially active, only 13% approve of current system while 81% wanted single network coverage; earlier Roper poll of televised summer events most eagerly anticipated found pol convs ranking poor 3d behind Olympics and Bicentennial specials on July 4; Nielsen ratings have borne out Roper findings (M)
News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day International National Metropolitan
Date: 29 July 1976