NBC Reporter Resigns Over Hostage Interview
Date: 14 December 1979
Ford Rowan, NBC's Pentagon reporter, has resigned over broadcast of interview; calls network's journalism 'inesponsible' (S)
Luke James Steele (born 13 December 1979) is a New Zealand–born Australian musician, singer and songwriter. Steele is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band the Sleepy Jackson and is a member of the electronic music duo Empire of the Sun.
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Date: 14 December 1979
Ford Rowan, NBC's Pentagon reporter, has resigned over broadcast of interview; calls network's journalism 'inesponsible' (S)
Date: 13 December 1979
By Lawrence Lifschultz
Lawrence Lifschultz
Lawrence Lifschultz article on arrest
Date: 14 December 1979
Lawyers for John McGoff turn to appeals court in their bid to quash on 1st Amendment grounds Federal subpoena of documents concerning McGoff's contacts with South African officials; Federal District Judge Gerhard A Gesell sustained SEC's subpoena but barred SEC from seeking information that 'concerns the writing of news stories or news sources' (S)
Date: 14 December 1979
Special to The New York Times
Taiwanese security agencies arrest 14 opposition activitists in move representing apparent shift by Government from its policy of earlier in '79 when it allowed publication of opposition magazines and approved some anti-Government rallies; Government bans publication of Formosa magazine, with which all 14 are connected (S)
Date: 14 December 1979
By JOHN F. BURNS Special to The New York Times
John BURNS
Lord Soames begins asserting his authority as Britain's colonial Governor of Rhodesia; among targets of change by Soames and his staff are press and broadcasting constraints imposed by former Prime Min Ian D Smith's white minority Government; officials are asked to lift bans on most of foreign journalists who have been barred over years and to eliminate political bias in reporting of state-controlled radio and TV (S)
Date: 13 December 1979
Special to The New York Times
Vladimir Vashedchenko, who writes for Tass, accuses NY Times columnist James Reston of using his reputation to lend credence to 'malicious and nonsensical inventions' of American intelligence in regard to situation in Cambodia; column in question was published in Dec 12 edition of Times; Vashedchenko says 1 of 'fabrications' was that USSR was withholding aid from Cambodia and obstructing distribution of relief supplies (S)
Date: 13 December 1979
By THOMAS LASK
Thomas LASK
Roland Algrant, president of Distripress, international organization of distributors and publishers of newspapers, periodicals and paperback books from 70 countries, charges that his organization is meeting opposition in getting Russians to agree to distribution of newspapers and magazines during next summer's Olympics (S)
Date: 14 December 1979
By ADAM CLYMER Special to The New York Times
Adam Special
Adam Clymer analysis of themes emerging in Carter and Kennedy Presidential campaigns; says major issue is less what should be done than who could do it better (M)
Date: 14 December 1979
UNC Resources Inc offers to acquire Texas International Co for about $220 million in cash and stock, prompting NFC Corp to pull out of merger agreement with Texas International (S)