New Junta Imposes Prior Censorship On Nation's Papers
Date: 25 March 1976
Argentina's mil authorities impose prior censorship on newspapers; editors receive orders from junta's press secretariat requiring that galley proofs be submitted in triplicate for censorship before articles are published (S)
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A House Panel, on TV, Rejects Plan for Television From Floor
Date: 25 March 1976
By RICHARD L. MADDEN Special to The New York Times
Richard MADDEN
HR Rules Com votes, 9-6, to shelve, and probably kill, proposal permitting TV and radio coverage of HR floor action; TV covers proceedings; Repr J B Anderson accuses HR Dem leadership of not wanting broadcast coverage of HR and of using 'excessive arm-twisting' to kill proposal; proposal's provisions noted; role of Repr B F Sisk noted (S)
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LE MONDE ASSAILS A CRITIC IN FRANCE; Book Charging Leftist Bias Is Denounced as an Effort to Discredit the Paper
Date: 25 March 1976
By FLORA LEWIS Special to The New York Times
Flora Special
Michel Legris book The World, As It Is has attacked French newspaper Le Monde for persistent leftist bias and distortion and Le Monde has replied with front-page denunciation of Legris; paper's editors have consistently denied that paper had point of view and insisted that each sr writer is free to rept as he sees fit; Legris repts that paper's dir gen Jacques Fauvet sought to prevent publication of book by threatening to refuse revs in paper to all books from any publishing house that brought it out; Legris in book named 2 persons at Le Monde, Fauvet and editor in chief Andre Fontaine (M)
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SECRECY LABELING IS FOUND LIMITED; Panel Says Number of Aides Who Classify Documents Dropped 75% in 4 Years
Date: 25 March 1976
By JOHN M. CREWDSON Special to The New York Times
Interagency Classification Rev Com says number of Fed officials with power to stamp Govt documents 'top secret,' 'secret,' or 'confidential' has declined by more than 3/4 over last 4 yrs; com exec dir Robert W Wells comments; recent controversy over classification of information as result of investigations of 2 Cong coms probing intelligence community and unauthorized disclosures of information noted; com says 83% of Defense Dept officials with classification powers before exec order was signed have since been divested of that authority; in State Dept, reduction has been 69%; in CIA, 45%; in Justice Dept, 39%; in White House, 82% (M)
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Rizzo's Liberty
Date: 24 March 1976
ed on blockage of entrance to Phila Inquirer by members of Phila Bldg Trades Council
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Clearinghouse Banks Given Board's Minutes
Date: 24 March 1976
Confidential minutes of most recent meeting of Emergency Financial Control Bd have been sent, even before their release to public, to lawyers for NY's clearing-house banks; unusual circulation of minutes of Mar 5 bd meeting is confirmed by Gov Carey spokesman; explanation offered by Carey's office is that special need arose in connection with Fed investment-disclosure regulations and state's attempt to sell $2.75-billion in tax anticipation notes; NYS Sen, 45-13, passes bill that would make all bd meetings open to public; measure reptdly is opposed by Carey (S)
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