Pakistan Journalists Ask Release Of Colleague Seized by Afghans
Date: 18 February 1980
delegation of Pakistani journalists calls at Afghan Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, with petition calling for Hassan's release (S)
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17th of February 1980 News
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The Editorial Notebook Washington's Armageddon Symphony
Date: 18 February 1980
KARL E. MEYER
Karl MEYER
Karl E Meyer editorial comment on use of hyperbole by public figures in Washington
PRESS IS CONCERNED OVER BILLS ON C.I.A; Proposed Charter Legislation Seen as Threat to Reporters' Lives and Ability to Get News Permission to Burglarize Opposed Credibility of Journalists Cited 1960 U-2 Incident Recalled
Date: 17 February 1980
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Some members of press say proposed charter legislation for nation's intelligence system could endanger lives of American correspondents abroad and inhibit their ability to gather news; cite lack of specific prohibition against use of journalists as intelligence agents, and language in bill that would outlaw disclosure by reporters of identity of intelligence agents or sources; also cite provision permitting intelligence agencies in some circumstances to burglarize residences or to open mail of Americans abroad believed to possess information about foreign governments; lawyer Floyd Abrams has told House Select Committee on Intelligence that provision making it a crime to disclose names of CIA agents would be unconstitutional (M)
F.B.I. COVER-UP SEEN IN 60'S KLAN ATTACKS; Justice Dept. Study Finds Agents Ignored Violence by Informer Study Concludes F.B.I. Agents Covered Up Informer's Role in 60's Klan Attacks Seven-Month Delay Veto on Klan Violence Different Accounts of Slaying Freedom Rider Incident Street Fight With Blacks Messages to Director F.B.I. Inaction Criticized Findings on Alleged Killing
Date: 17 February 1980
By HOWELL RAINES Special to The New York Times
Howell Special
Justice Dept report reveals that FBI agents knew about and apparently covered up involvement of FBI's chief paid informer Gary Thomas Rowe Jr in attacks an blacks, civil rights activists and newsmen in early '60s; department investigators found that Rowe was a leader in KKK beatings of Freedom Riders in '61 which set off 3 years of violent racial conflict in Birmingham; report also criticizes FBI failure to protect Freedom Riders after then-director J Edgar Hoover was notified in advance of planned attack; investigators found no conclusive evidence of Rowe's involvement in racial killings from '60 to '65, including murder of Viola Gregg Liuzzo; investigation began in '78 after NY Times reported that Birmingham police suspected Rowe was involved in '63 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in which 4 black girls died; Atty Gen Griffin Bell also ordered investigators to determine whether Rowe was involved in Liuzzo murder; investigators found no evidence in FBI files linking Rowe to church bombing or suggesting that bureau considered him a suspect; Rowe portrait (L)
The Cronkite That Isn't Heard
Date: 18 February 1980
editorial lauds Walter Cronkite in wake of his decision to step down as CBS Evening News anchorman in '81 and supports his suggestion that broadcast time for evening news programs should be increased
Sahara War: U.S. Rallies Behind Morocco; News Analysis Seen as a Morale Lifter
Date: 18 February 1980
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Analysis of US aid to Morocco and its effects on war; well-placed Moroccans and Algerians say aid involved will not change face of war, which US deems to be stalemate; say arms package is 'morale booster for isolated Morocco' (M)
Realty News Owners Selling Rentals; More Owners Converting Rental Units Across Nation Rockefeller Center Mahwah, N.J.
Date: 17 February 1980
Comment on upsurge in conversion of rental apartments to condominiums and cooperatives; Advance Mortgage Corp reports conversions in '79 increased by 70% to about 145,000 units, level more than triple that of '77; various factors for increase noted (M)
Follow-Up on the News; Sagebrush Squabble Keeping Deer at Bay War Memories Fatal Fun
Date: 17 February 1980
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
Article on restoration of Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'Brien and use of John W Brown as maritime trade school in NY Harbor; vessels are last of 2,742 built during World War II; Brown will be replaced by more modern vessel (S)