A UPI Employee in Beirut Is Abducted and Murdered
Date: 17 March 1976
Lebanese teletype operator Antoine Atallah, working for UPI in Beirut, is abducted and killed (S)
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17th of March 1976 News
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Athens Prosecutes Editors Over Murder of C.I.A. Chief
Date: 17 March 1976
Dirs of 5 Greek newspapers have been sentenced to 4 mos imprisonment each on charges that they defied ban on news repts connected with assassination of Athens CIA chief Welch (S)
The Way the Government Is Going
Date: 17 March 1976
By Raymond S. Calamaro
Raymond Calamaro
Raymond S Calamaro comment on Govt's attempts to prosecute Govt agencies for their misdeeds; holds Govt seems uninterested in enforcing law against high office holders; says that instead of concentrating on crimes by intelligence officials, HR has decided to investigate Schorr
ABC Seeks Changes to Lift News Rating
Date: 18 March 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Rise of ABC-TV in prime-time ratings along with network's preminence in sports have put corporate focus on ABC News for its no-growth record in competition with CBS and NBC; ABC sources say news div is under pressure to improve ratings of The ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner: mandate from corporate mgt is expected to lead to changes in ABC newscast, one of which is bound to be teaming of Reasoner with woman newscaster; Magid Associates study finds that Walter Cronkite (CBS) is more universally liked and trusted than John Chancellor (NBC) or Reasoner (M)
Bush Denies C.I.A. Leaked Reporton Missing Data; 300 May Be Questioned
Date: 17 March 1976
Special to The New York Times
Repr John J Flynt, chmn of HR com investigating leak of rept by HR Select Com in Intelligence, says on Mar 16 that 300 to 400 persons could be questioned in inquiry and that public hearings are probable; says, in response to question by Repr Mendel J Davis if Flynt thought investigation might be ended by next July 31, that he hopes so; Repr Michael J Harrington says amount of money sought by ethics com is outrageous; Repr Frank Thompson Jr notes that HR will have to provide counsel to those persons questioned by ethics com who chose not to testify voluntarily (M)
News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day International National Metropolitan
Date: 17 March 1976
News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day International National Metropolitan
Date: 17 March 1976
Sports News Briefs; City's Golf Courses to Open Saturday Striped Bass Contamination Talks Set Islanders' Playoff Tickets' Sale Set Stolz of Mich. State Quits Football Post
Date: 17 March 1976
Sarah Chasis (Natural Resources Defense Council) to rept on contamination of Hudson River striped bass by PCB at annual meeting of 'Save Our Stripers Inc,' Hicksville, LI (S)