A Reporter's Notebook: Managua Relaxes
Date: 23 July 1979
By ALAN RIDING Special to The New York Times
Alan Special
reporter's notebook on scene in Managua, Nicaragua, after months of civil war and victory of Sandinist rebels; origins of opposition to Somoza regime, including denunciations of Government by newspaper La Prensa, recalled; illus (M)
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Iran Orders Times Correspondent To Cease Work and Leave Country; Times Editor Expresses 'Regret' Screening for New Correspondents
Date: 23 July 1979
Government of Iran orders NT Times correspondent in Teheran, Youssef M Ibrahim, to cease functioning as reporter and leave country at '1st opportunity that will not cause any inconvenience'; Dr Ali Behzadnia, director of foreign press in Ministry of National Guidance, notifies Ibrahim of expulsion; letter of expulsion, signed by Deputy Minister of National Guidance, Dr Mehdi Mumkin, does not specify any reason for action; Times managing editor Seymour Topping, in statement, regrets decision (M)
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Follow-Up on the News; Sadistic Gift
Date: 22 July 1979
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
Follow-up on Feb 5 '79 explosion at Bayonne Hospital, NJ, in which 4 nurses were injured when head nurse opened a booby-trapped package addressed to her; investigation by Bayonne Public Safety Comr Eugene O'Neill has ruled out possibility that bombing was act of revenge by relatives or friends of a patient who had died at hospital a week before incident (S)
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Sports News Briefs; Pedroza Keeps Title On Knockout in 12th
Date: 23 July 1979
Eusebio Pedroza retains championship with 12th-round KO of Ruben Olivares (S)
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Executives Undaunted On Outlook; See Recession as Mild, Despite Negative News
Date: 23 July 1979
By KAREN W. ARENSON
Karen ARENSON
Many business leaders remain surprisingly sanguine about outlook for econ despite uncertainties created by Cabinet changes and continued negative econ statistics; commenting on econ scene are James Maloon (Pan American World Airways), Sanford I Weill (Shearson Hayden, Stone) and John Oliver Wilson (Bank of America, San Francisco) (M)
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World News Briefs; Vietnamese Reported to Kill 85 Grounded 'Boat People'
Date: 23 July 1979
Official Filipino sources say Vietnamese troops killed 85 Vietnamese refugees, 45 of them children, when their fishing boat ran aground in June on island in South China Sea; 8 persons reportedly survived massacre and eventually found refuge in Philippines (S)
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World News Briefs; 7 Die as South Koreans Sink 'Spy Boat' From North
Date: 22 July 1979
October magazine says Arafat told Brandt and Kreisky that PLO would stop raids outside of Israel and Israeli-held Arab territories (S)
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Carter Asserts He Has No Apologies to Make Over Cabinet Changes; Carter Has No Qualms or Apologies Over Week of Changes in Cabinet Federal Reserve Comes First H.E.W. Effectiveness Predicted Bell a Different Case News Conference Pattern Changes Califano Defends Legislative Role
Date: 22 July 1979
By TERENCE SMITH Special to The New York Times
Terence Special
Pres Carter discusses Cabinet and other changes with group of reporters invited to White House for background discussion; predicts that furor created by his Cabinet reshuffle will quickly pass, and claims he has no qualms and no apologies for his actions; expects to have stronger, more loyal team of top officials now, one that will back Administration programs enthusiastically and be more effective in presenting them to Congress; says he will no longer hold 2 regularly scheduled televised news conferences each month, as he promised to do during his '76 campaign; says he will instead devise variety of ways to express himself publicly, using 'town meetings,' regional news conferences, interviews and informal meetings with reporters (M)
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