U.S. Journalists Are Ordered Out By the Afghans; Accused by Kabul Regime of Bias and Interference Ordered to Surrender Passports AFGHANS ORDER OUT U.S. CORRESPONDENTS
Date: 18 January 1980
Soviet-backed Government of Afghanistan orders all American correspondents to leave country, accusing them of biased reporting and 'interference in the country's internal affairs'; authorities detain Americans at Kabul's Inter-Continental Hotel and tell them of expulsion; of 200 Western correspondents, photographers and members of broadcast crews in Afghanistan, about 50 or 60 are Americans; journalists refuse to give up their documents and summon US Embassy officials; officials say there has been 'misunderstanding' that will be cleared up (S)
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Journalists Told 4 Out of 10 in Poll Favor Stronger Limits on the Press; Survey Results Cited Uncertain on First Amendment
Date: 18 January 1980
By DEIRDRE CARMODY Special to The New York Times
Deirdre Special
250 educators, lawyers and journalists attend 2-day First Amendment Congress in Philadelphia; are told that about 4 people in 10 say present curbs on press are not strict enough according to public opinion poll; are also told that press has too much power concentrated in too few hands, that it does superficial job of covering politics and that some legislators are starting to think about licensing, or establishing standards, for press; Drs Michael Burgoon and Judee Burgoon report that their survey of 15,000 people in 13 cities around US indicates that local newspaper is still vital institution in America; others commenting include George Gallup Jr, Jerome A Barron and New Orleans Mayor Ernest N Morial; Barron illus (M)
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U.S. Criticizes Expulsion
Date: 18 January 1980
State Department says that expulsion order is 'clear sign that the Soviet Union and its Afghan puppets wish to deny the American public information about what is really happening in that country'; department spokesman Hodding Carter 3d says retaliation against Soviet journalists in US is not being considered (S)
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Tass Refers to 'Slander'
Date: 18 January 1980
Special to The New York Times
Tass reports from Kabul that Afghan Government ordered American journalists expelled for spreading 'slander'; statement names James P Sterba (NY Times)
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Topics Expulsion, Bi-Coastalism, Diplomacy; The Power of the Press Coasting The Drama of Serenity
Date: 18 January 1980
Topics editorial comment on 'bi-coastals,' a new breed of American nomads who regularly commute between California and NYC (S)
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Foreign Publications at Moscow Olympics Are in Dispute; A Hopeful Sign Is Seen Courier Service Has Been Slow
Date: 19 January 1980
By HERBERT MITGANG
Herbert MITGANG
USSR Olympic Organizing Committee continues to bar reports by American and international press on preparation for Games from being made available inside Soviet Union; distributors and publishers fear they will encounter same internal laws against foreign publications that caused censorship and confiscation of dozens of American books at last year's Moscow Book Fair (M)
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Market Place; Impact of News On Drug Stocks
Date: 18 January 1980
Robert Metz
Robert Metz
Robert Metz article on drug stocks observes that SmithKline and Schering-Plough Corps have found that success or failure of new drugs to be key factors in performance of pharmaceutical shares (M)
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