Der 31. Juli 1976 war ein Samstag unter dem Sternzeichen ♌. Es war der 212. Tag des Jahres. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten war Gerald R. Ford.
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Date: 01 August 1976
Sunday Times of London says correspondent Jon Swain, missing in Ethiopia for more than 6 wks, may be in hands of Tigre Popular Liberation Front, guerrilla movement in Tigre Province (S)
Date: 31 July 1976
Justice Roy A Gargano orders jail terms of Frenso Bee newsmen George Gruner, James Bort, William K Patterson and Joe Rosato stopped 2 hrs after Judge Hollis Best imposed open-ended sentences in attempt to coerce newsmen into disclosing their source for 3 articles quoting material from grand jury transcript ordered sealed until completion of bribery trials against councilman and 2 others; newspaper had appealed based on Best's refusal to hold hearing to determine whether sentence was coercive or punitive (M)
Date: 31 July 1976
Fla Sup Ct on July 30 overturns contempt of ct conviction of St Petersburg Times reporter Lucy Ware Morgan, who refused to disclose sources of grand jury information (S)
Date: 01 August 1976
By Jonathan Kozol
Jonathan Kozol
article adapted from Jonathan Kozol speech, given on steps of Capitol on July 4, discusses myth that 'Movement' is dead; holds press responsible for mistaken notion that kids are 'quiet' now; drawing (M)
Date: 31 July 1976
Date: 31 July 1976
Date: 01 August 1976
Date: 01 August 1976
Taser Systems pres Cover says co has stopped mfg taser gun because Fed Bur of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has ruled it must be registered under Title 2 of Natl Firearms Act; says gun design has been modified in hope it can be reclassified under Title 1, covering simple handguns (S)
Date: 01 August 1976
Liane Davis Bidwell lr urges New Yorkers to pressure Repr James Delaney, who is on com, to grant bill a rule