MADRID REPORTER FACES JAIL TERM; Indicted for Refusal to Name Military Dissidents
Date: 12 February 1976
By HENRY GINIGER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Spanish newspaper Nuevo Diario reporter Rodrigo Bazquez Prada, who refused to identify persons attending clandestine news conf, is indicted on Feb 11 for obstructing justice; affair, which caused uproar in Madrid Press Assn, was linked with imminent trial of 9 Army officers belonging to Dem Mil Union; some press assn members meet to draw up protest (M)
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AN EX-CBS WRITER IS LINKED TO C.I.A.; Former Network Aide Says He Ousted Man in '54 on Learning of Connection In Job 16 Months Possible News Article Letter of Resignation
Date: 11 February 1976
By JOHN M. CREWDSON Special to The New York Times
US intelligence sources and former CBS vp Sig Mickelson identify Austin Goodrich as CIA staff officer who worked in mid-'50, as staff writer for CBS News in NYC while he was serving as deep-cover intelligence operative; Mickelson says he dismissed Goodrich in '54 after learning of his CIA connection; other sources say that Goodrich joined CBS as part-time correspondent in '51 while he was stationed by CIA in Stockholm, where he also reptd for Swedish TV as part of his intelligence cover; Mickelson says that his recollection was that Goodrich returned to Stockholm after his 16-mo stint as writer in NYC because he believed Goodrich was overseas when he was dismissed by CBS in May '54; CBS News head Richard Salant confirms that Goodrich was employed by CBS during period indicated by Mickelson, but says he has no ind corroboration of Goodrich's agency background; Goodrich declines to comment (M)
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Village Voice Publishes Parts of a Secret House Intelligence Report
Date: 12 February 1976
Village Voice on Feb 11 publishes 11 pages of excerpts from what it says was text of still-secret rept of HR Select Com on Intelligence; says it hopes that by publishing it may force reversal of position adopted by HR on Jan 29 to withhold rept from public because of allegedly sensitive information it contains; most of disclosures contained in excerpts published by Voice have previously been reptd by NY Times, CBS News and other orgns; Repr Otis G Pike says following appearance of Voice supplement that he thought rept might have been provided to paper by CIA (M)
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REPORTERS AT POST BAR USE OF BYLINES
Date: 12 February 1976
NY Post reporters on Feb 11 refuse to have their names printed above stories they wrote for paper, and say 'byline' strike will last 10 days; say that strike was agreed upon as matter of principle to protest cancellation by paper's publisher of consumer articles written by reporter Steve Lawrence about supermarkets; 5 such articles have already appeared in recent wks, and more were scheduled but were canceled; reporters hold that because of articles 1 supermarket chain had canceled some ad in Post and several others had threatened to do so; contend that editor-in-chief Dorothy Schiff told them at 2 meetings that newspaper could not afford to offend supermarket advertisers (S)
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Times and CBS Deny Backing C.I.A. Refusal to Name Reporters
Date: 11 February 1976
Special to The New York Times
NY Times and CBS execs on Feb 10 deny that they had expressed to CIA Dir George Bush support for CIA's refusal to give sens names of journalists who had worked for agency in past; events revd (M)
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C.I.A. to Stop Enlisting Agents From the Press and the Church; C.I.A. TO END USE OF JOURNALISTS
Date: 12 February 1976
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK Special to The New York Times
CIA on Feb 11 says it will cease recruiting agents among reporters for Amer news orgns or Amer clergymen and missionaries; sr intelligence officials rept action was taken in response to growing criticism of CIA's use of news media personnel and buying of information from Amer newsmen; action is 1st that is made publicly by CIA Dir George Bush and 1st time CIA has publicly barred particular intelligence-gathering method; sr intelligence official says that less than 20 people will be effected by order; says order will also end practice of sending CIA employee abroad under 'cover' of being accredited repr of Amer news agency (M)
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ANGOLAN AID BAN SIGNED BY FORD; He Asserts Congress 'Lost Their Guts' in Amending $112 Billion Arms Bill Hopeful on Detente ANGOLAN AID BAN SIGNED BY FORD Confident of Victory Group's 10th Anniversary
Date: 11 February 1976
By CLIFTON DANIEL Special to The New York Times
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Pres Ford says no one in his Govt was informed in advance of ex-Pres Nixon's plan to visit China; minimizes diplomatic and pol implications of trip (S)
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