Strike to End at Indian Paper
Date: 22 August 1979
New Delhi Times will reappear on Aug 23, ending 9-week-old strike (S)
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22 Newspapers Forced to Close By Iran Regime; Political Foes Are Ordered to Surrender Their Arms
Date: 21 August 1979
Iran's religious leaders shut down 22 opposition newspapers; among newspapers silenced are official outlets of centrist National Democratic Front, Tudeh, or Communist, Party and Marxist People's Fedayeen guerrilla group; Turkish-language paper is also shut down (M)
Iran Executes 18 Kurdish Rebels; Expels 5 More Western Reporters; Total of 29 Kurds Executed
Date: 22 August 1979
Iranian authorities, in continuing crackdown, order journalists Towyn Mason (BBC), Andrew Whitley (London Financial Times), Jerome Dumoulin (L'Express) and 2 from West Germany to leave country (S)
The Region; Reprisal Fear Denied In Trial on Extortion
Date: 21 August 1979
William Dedrick, vice president of Franklin Bank in Paterson, NJ, has filed suit against WNEW-TV charging his wife's life was unnecessarily endangered in July when news crew followed him as he was meeting her abductors' demands; suit, filed against Metromedia Inc, Mark Monsky, WNEW-TV news director, and 5 unnamed camera-crew members, seeks $200,000 damages on each of 3 counts of unlawful eavesdropping of radio communications (S)
Topics Brighter Benches; Courts With Windows
Date: 22 August 1979
Topics Column editorial lauds trend throughout US of courts opening up their proceedings to TV cameras
West German Newsman Arrested in East as a Spy; Concern Expressed by Bonn
Date: 22 August 1979
Special to The New York Times
East Germany announces arrest of West German journalist Peter Felten on charges of espionage; it is 1st such case to become known since East German Government put into effect 3 weeks ago new restrictions that West Germany has criticized as hampering East-West ties (S)
Nicaragua Issues a Bill of Rights; Vows Orderly Process of Justice; Nicaragua Issues a Bill of Rights; Vows Orderly Process of Justice
Date: 22 August 1979
By RICHARD J. MEISLIN Special to The New York Times
Richard MEISLIN
New Government announces sweeping bill of rights for its citizens, promising them equal rights under law, orderly process of justice and, with some limits, right to free expression; civil liberties exempt from suspension provisions are prohibitions against torture, slavery, imprisonment for debt, use of compulsory methods of changing thought or religious beliefs and arbitrary revocation of nationality; bill becomes effective immediately for all but those people who are under investigation for possible crimes committed during Somoza regime; Government simultaneously announces that order giving it emergency power to rule has been extended for 30 days; bill also abolishes death penalty; other specifics of bill noted (M)
NBC Reported Ousting Its News Chief; Another Post in Division
Date: 22 August 1979
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
NBC vice chmn Richard S Salant reportedly has decided to replace Lester Crystal as pres of news division (M)