Iran Expels Reporter, 15th in Two Months
Date: 06 September 1979
Iranian Government orders expulsion of Terry Povey of London-based magazine Middle East (S)
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Date: 06 September 1979
Iranian Government orders expulsion of Terry Povey of London-based magazine Middle East (S)
Date: 05 September 1979
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Government moves to have oral arguments before Federal appeals court in The Progressive magazine case closed to public 'to avoid the risk of inadvertent disclosure of sensitive data by counsel or the court'; Justice Department motion states that 'the public's interest in knowing the arguments made by all parties has been served in the filing of public briefs'; also contends that defendants have introduced new technical material in their latest briefs that court should be able to consider in closed session; Bruce J Ennis, legal director for ACLU, who is representing Erwin Knoll, Progressive editor, and Samuel H Day Jr, managing editor, say that defendants will oppose motion (M)
Date: 05 September 1979
Iranian Government orders AP to close its Teheran bureau and to withdraw its 4 correspondents, accusing agency of presenting distorted picture of unrest in Kurdish region of northwest; Behzadnia says correspondents have been ordered to leave because of 'biased and distorted reporting which provoked public opinion'; 2 Iranian reporters are also barred from working for AP; expulsions bring to 14 total of Western correspondents ordered out of Iran since Shah's regime was deposed; correspondents ordered expelled are Nicolas B Tatro and wife Earleen, Philip Dopoulos and Thomas Kent (M)
Date: 06 September 1979
2 news organizations and former Information Minister Lal Kishinchand Advani accuse caretaker Government of Prime Min Charan Singh and his Janata Party of interfering with press freedom; president of All India Newspaper Editors conference, M Virendra, says 'grave situation' has been created by Janata leaders (S)
Date: 05 September 1979
By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN Special to The New York Times
Christopher WREN
analysis of Libyan leader Col Muammar el-Qaddafi's effort to get Arab nations to adopt more aggresive stance against Israel (M)
Date: 05 September 1979
Indian officials say famine is threatening large areas of country because drought has destroyed winter crops (S)
Date: 05 September 1979
By CAROL LAWSON
Carol LAWSON
Alexander H Cohen comments on plans to bring Royal Shakespeare Co to Broadway in late January (S)
Date: 06 September 1979
By STEVEN V. ROBERTS Special to The New York Times
Steven ROBERTS
Congress reconvenes on Sept 5 with Senators and Representatives saying they have a new mandate from constituents to deal effectively with energy crisis (M)