RENOYATION WORK BEGINS AT CAPITOL; Sculptures Covered Rails Added for Safety Great Rotunda Is Painted First Time in 25 Years
Date: 01 December 1974
The Washington Star-News
Workmen began major renovation of Capitol during recent Cong recess; Elliott Carroll, exec asst to Architect of Capitol, comments on $341,000 project, which is scheduled for completion in Feb (M)
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SINGAPORE CONVICTS THREE OVER ARTICLE
Date: 30 November 1974
Singapore High Ct on Nov 29 finds Pang Cheng Lain, part-time correspondent for Newsweek, guilty of contempt of ct; Atty Gen Tan Boon Teik says, in motion to ct, that Pang had committed several instances of contempt in sending rept that Newsweek published in Nov 11 issue of its internatl edition under heading 'Selective Justice'; article dealt with unsuccessful libel action by opposition Workers' party against member of Parliament of governing People's Action Party and Govt-owned Radio Singapore; Workers' Party had sued parliament member for slander for alleging at election rally in Aug, '72, that it had recd money from Malaysia for election expenses; Tan says that agency of CR Dasaratha Rahad committed contempt of ct in distributing magazine containing article, as did Victor Santhanam, circulation mgr in Singapore; Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin says he found all 3 defendants guilty and will give reasons on Nov 30; High Ct was told that Robert C Christopher, editor of Newsweek's internatl edition, had sent affidavit in which he claimed responsibility for writing, printing and publishing article; Christopher comments (S)
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An Editor in Mezambique Is Arrested and Deported
Date: 01 December 1974
Lourenco Marques (Mozambique) newspaper A Tribuna editor Manuel Fernando Magalhaes is arrested and forced to board Portuguese airliner to Lisbon (Portugal); arrest follows publication of ed that officials say was considered 'highly detrimental' to normal pursuance of decolonization process; Magalhaes's ed reptd changed scene at mil barracks handed over by Portuguese to Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo); criticized Portugueese Army and praised Frelimo (S)
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Sports News Briefs; Abdul-Jabbar, Cowens Top allot
Date: 30 November 1974
San Diego Chargers owner Eugene Klein, in rept to stockholders, discloses that team will show no profit in '74; says exhibition games lost estimated $500,000 due mainly to players' strike (S)
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News Summary and Index; Metropolitan Index to the Other News in Section 1 National The Major Events of the Day--Section 1 International International ADVERTISING INDEX
Date: 01 December 1974
Sam Goody Inc special ad sec
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