South Africa Detains a Journalist Over Data on Murder of Official
Date: 22 May 1980
Ken Owen, assistant editor of Johannesburg Sunday Times, is questioned by police and ordered to appear in court for refusing to say who gave him information about Government monetary expert whose subsequent murder in '77 has not been solved; says he was asked to identify Government official he had mentioned in testimony before commission investigating South Africa's slush-fund scandal that led to resignation of Pres John Vorster (S)
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LaChance Agrees to a Union Leave; Letter From Union Cited
Date: 22 May 1980
By ARNOLD H. LUBASCH
Arnold LUBASCH
Douglas LaChance declares through his lawyers that he has suspended himself from all duties as president of newspaper deliverers union to comply with court order; position is presented at hearing before Judge Milton Pollack in Federal District Court in Manhattan; defense lawyer John J Tigue Jr stresses that LaChance is taking vacation from union that will 'totally dissociate' him from his position, pending appeal of his conviction; Tigue cites letter from union lawyer, Kevin B McGrath, that asserts that LaChance now has 'nothing to do with union activities'; letter appears to leave union's leadership for time being in hands of Lawrence May, vice president, and other officers of independent union; LaChance por (S)
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Top Jersey Court Moves to Protect Reporter's Notes; Confidentiality Is Upheld a 2d Time by 6-to-1 Vote Said It Was Available Elsewhere
Date: 22 May 1980
NJ Supreme Court, 6-1, rules for second time that Goldstein's notes and materials from prosecution informer Patrick Pizuto should remain confidential if information is available from other sources; defense attorneys have sought to review letters (M)
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Notes on People; Gloria Vanderbilt Sues River House on Co-op Rebuff Brother and Sister Getting Air Force Academy Wings He's Counted Out Cronkite Ailing
Date: 22 May 1980
Judith Cummings Albin Krebs
Judith Albin
Gail and Vaughn Benjamin Jr are 1st brother and sister to graduate; they comment (S)
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Will F.T.C. Battle Inhibit Regulation?; News Analysis Consequences of F.T.C. Fight Following Through on Projects 'A Little Quick on the Trigger' Complex Problems Cited
Date: 22 May 1980
By A.O. SULZBERGER Jr. Special to The New York Times
A. SULZBERGER
A O Sulzberger Jr analyzes impact on commission's future actions
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Soviet Peace Bid: Less Than Meets the Eye; News Analysis No Change in Soviet Conditions Soviet Willingness to Talk West Germany Alone in Boycott
Date: 21 May 1980
By CRAIG R. WHITNEY Special to The New York Times
Craig WHITNEY
Analysis of peace overtures to West by Warsaw Pact bloc; finds Soviet leadership has created impression of movement in icy relationship with West but that flurry of activity conceals lack of change in any of basic Soviet positions on impasse resulting from intervention in Afghanistan (M)
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COMPANY NEWS Kerkorian Considers M-G-M Film Offer; Suit Seeks to Bar An Offer by LLC Diamond Files Suit Against Cavenham City Investing Bid COMPANY BRIEFS
Date: 22 May 1980
First City Bancorp of Texas signs accord to acquire Windsor (S)
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