Carter Limits Number of Soviet Diplomats in U.S.
Date: 23 February 1980
By RICHARD BURT Special to The New York Times
Richard Special
Carter Administation imposes ceiling on number of Soviet diplomats stationed in US; move is linked to Afghanistan crisis; Soviet Government reportedly will not be allowed to increase numbers of diplomatic and support staff beyond present 320; move will not affect number of Russians at UN (M)
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Unesco Study Asks Press Rights; Soviet Stand on Censorship Cited; Russian Sees a Contradiction Soviet Calls Issue National
Date: 23 February 1980
Special to The New York Times
UNESCO releases report recommending that journalists be allowed free access to all news sources, both official and unofficial; study was made by 16-member commission led by Sean McBride, former Irish Foreign Minister, who presents report of UNESCO's Director General Amadou Mahtar M'Bow; report includes condemnation of censorship and dissent by commission's Soviet representative Sergei A Losev; dissent by American representative Elie Abel (M)
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Newspaper Alliance Will Discontinue Its Operation
Date: 23 February 1980
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
North American Newspaper Alliance will discontinue operations Feb 29; will be replaced by new service, Independent News Alliance, which will be more closely geared to current newspaper market; United Features Syndicate, parent company, announces that agency's affiliate, Women's News Service, will also be discontinued; executive editor Sidney Goldberg comments (S)
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Vermont Judge Orders Reporters To Yield Notes of Conversations
Date: 22 February 1980
Vermont District Court Judge Lewis Springer orders 5 reporters to hand over their notes of conversations with Orleans County State's Attorney, Leroy Null; order is issued at request of lawyer Duncan Kilmartin, who contends Null disclosed information against client Armand Blais in embezzlement case; 3 of news organizations say they will fight subpoenas: Burlington Free Press, Newport Daily Express and AP; WCAX-TV and WIKE radio, whose reporters were also subpoenaed, say they have not decided what action to take (S)
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Spanish Paper Vendors Strike
Date: 22 February 1980
Newspaper vendors across Spain shut newsstands to protest growing attacks on them, allegedly by rightists; attacks started after magazine identified some alleged Basque rightists by name and 2 were killed soon after; rightists blamed magazine for killings and pledged to attack kiosks selling it (S)
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Staff of Le Monde Holds Election for a New Editor Today; Betting on Younger Men Long Essays Every Day Paper Became a Cooperative
Date: 23 February 1980
By FRANK J. PRIAL Special to The New York Times
Frank PRIAL
Staff of Le Monde will meet to choose new editor to replace retiring Jacques Fauvet in '82; popular candidates listed as Jacques Amalric, Jacques Decornoy, Andre Fontaine and Claude Julien; their portraits; history of publication since founding by late Charles DeGaulle in '44 discussed; logo (M)
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News Summary; International National Metropolitan
Date: 22 February 1980
Anti-Soviet protest by Afghans closes nearly all businesses in Kabul; protest, bringing commercial life of city to halt, is staged by merchants in response to leaflets' in which Afghanistan's anti-Communist rebels urged them to show 'unanimous condemnation' of all Soviet intervention; follows reports that insurgents control roads along border with Pakistan and are attacking convoys moving along them; illus (L)
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Sports of The Times; Good News on Hockey, Maybe
Date: 22 February 1980
RED SMITH
Red SMITH
Red Smith on US team's chances of winning medal (M)
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