Singapore Pushing a Stern Drive To Silence Critics and Dissidents; Singapore Is Pushing a Stern Drive to Silence Critics and Dissidents
Date: 09 April 1977
By DAVID A. ANDELMAN Special to The New York Times
David ANDELMAN
Internal Security Dept, under orders from Prime Min Lee Kuan Yew, begins new campaign to repress dissent that has crippled thin pol opposition and fledgling human rights movement; pol candidates, lawyers and journalists, all who have been outspoken in their opposition to or criticism of govt policies, have been arrested during last 3 mos; Lee Kuan Yew por (M)
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The Sunshine Laws Do Not Uniformly Let Sunshine In
Date: 10 April 1977
By ARI L. GOLDMAN
Ari GOLDMAN
Description of varying interpretations of 'sunshine laws' that are made by state agencies and munic bds in NYS; while most conflicts are resolved by local bds some end up in ct; drawing (M)
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The New American Information Revolution
Date: 10 April 1977
By JAMES M. NAUGHTON
Article on information revolution in Washington since Cong liberalized Freedom of Information Act in '74 and need-to-know standard that limited access to Govt documents has been supplanted by right-to-know spirit of law; notes that in '75, almost all of 89,000 people who asked for files from Depts of Defense, Justice and Treas got them; notes difficulty involved in getting files from FBI, where some information is so sensitive that bur has been unable to comply with ct's order to process requests within 40 working days, and has taken as much as 21 mos; drawing (M)
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Notes on People
Date: 09 April 1977
Princess Anne is expecting her 1st baby in Nov illus (S)
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Realty News; Publisher Renews
Date: 10 April 1977
Leases 32,000 sq ft of office space at 750 3d Av for 15 yrs at aggregate rent of more than $3-million (S)
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Weekly News Quiz; Answers to Quiz
Date: 09 April 1977
Carter says that while he considers Rabin's resignation unfortunate, there is no accurate way to predict its impact on Middle East negotiations; Carter illus (S)
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Follow-Up on the News; Airport Story
Date: 10 April 1977
Conn Superior Ct ruling that 6 acres of land on which airport is built belongs to Augustus J Simmons, who was awarded $37,813 in back rent, noted (S)
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