Beirut Suffers Heavy Toll In New Surge of Violence; BEIRUT SHELLING TAKES HIGH TOLL
Date: 17 May 1976
By HENRY TANNER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Edouard Saab, editor-in-chief of Lebanese paper L'Orient-le Jour, is killed on May 16 after car he was in was struck by sniper fire at crossing point between Christian and Moslem areas of Lebanon; NY Times correspondent Henry Tanner, who accompanied him, suffered superficial cuts (S)
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8 Unions Plan to Respect Any Guild Action at Post
Date: 18 May 1976
officers of 8 newspaper unions on May 17 meet with Newspaper Guild and promise to respect picket lines of guild if it carries through its threat to strike NY Post; mediator Theodore W Kheel comments (S)
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EHRLICHMAN GUILT UPHELD ON APPEAL IN ELLSBERG CASE; Conviction of Liddy Is Also Affirmed in Break-In at Office of Psychiatrist 2 OTHERS ARE CLEARED Federal Panel Rules,2-1,for, Miamians Who Conducted Raid for the 'Plumbers' Guilt of Ehrlichman Upheld on Appeal
Date: 18 May 1976
By LESLEY OELSNER Special to The New York Times
Lesley Special
US Ct of Appeals on May 17 unanimously affirms conviction of John D Ehrlichman for his role in '71 break-in of office of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding by White House 'plumbers'; unanimously upholds conviction of Ehrlichman's co-defendant G Gordon Liddy; reverses by vote of 2 to 1 convictions of defendants Bernard L Barker and Eugenio R Martinez, who carried out instructions from Liddy and White House aide E Howard Hunt Jr; ct's opinion by Judge Malcolm R Wilkey noted; Ehrlichman's appeal argument noted; Ehrlichman and Liddy pors (M)
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JAPAN WILL CURB 'HOT-ROD' GANGS; Police Get Orders After a Newsman Is Killed in Riot
Date: 18 May 1976
By RICHARD HALLORAN Special to The New York Times
Richard Special
Japan's Natl Police Agency orders nationwide crackdown on young motorcyclists and hot rodders on May 17 after not in Kobe (S)
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One Killed in Kobe Riot
Date: 17 May 1976
News photographer is trampled to death on May 15 when mob riots in Kobe, Japan (S)
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The New Sunshine Law Reported to Be Working
Date: 17 May 1976
By JAMES F. LYNCH
James LYNCH
number of NJ officials and public interest groups believe that 3 1/2-mo-old Sunshine Law is working; Assemblyman Byron M Baer, prime sponsor of law, comments (L)
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...and an Eclipse?
Date: 17 May 1976
Ed observes that threats of gubernatorial veto have cast shadow over hopes in Albany for new 'sunshine law,' which would require govt meetings, at all levels, to be open to public unless unit that is meeting votes to conduct exec session for limited, specified purposes
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CAREY PRESS AIDE LEAVING THE JOB; Laird Will Become Deputy Commerce Commissioner
Date: 18 May 1976
By LINDA GREENHOUSE Special to The New York Times
Linda Special
Press sec Robert W Laird is leaving post to become Deputy NYS Commerce Comr; Laird's successor is strongly rumored to be James Vlasto
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The Government as Bully Is New Issue in Britain
Date: 18 May 1976
By PETER T. KILBORN Special to The New York Times
Peter KILBORN
South Yorkshire County Council decides to provide full information about its activities only to members of Natl Union of Journalists while limiting smaller, more conservative Inst of Journalists to published documents; decision not only restricts some journalists' press freedom but also could insulate council from criticism (S)
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