Censorship Points Up Anxiety Among the Lebanese In Crucial Period of Transition From War to Peace; Sarkis Set Deadlines
Date: 14 January 1977
By HENRY TANNER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Lebanon is living through transition period with news of developments there heavily censored; rival militias reptdly have hidden most heavy weapons despite peacekeeping force stand that collection goes satisfactorily; As Saiqa head Zuheir Mohsen says 'some parties' are not living up to arms agreement; warns that it is peacekeeping force's task to find missing weapons; statement seen as new warning that Syrian troops in Lebanon will confiscate heavy weapons by force; evacuation of about 15,000 Palestine Liberation Army troops is believed to be proceeding gradually from ports of Saida and Tyre; evacuation, once completed, will leave Al Fatah with estimated 10,000 men in Lebanon; Col Antoine Dahdah, head of internal security, is in charge of censorship; illus of US diplomats Blaine Richardson and George Lane touring Beirut with Lebanese official Issam Haidar (M)
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World News Briefs; Parliament Debating Scots, Welsh Home Rule Printers Object to Article, Block Times of London Czechs Order Eviction Of Activist Writer 12 East German Protesters Are Reported in Jail Madrid Prohibits Meeting Of Mayors in Basque Area Vietnam Says Joblessness And Subversion Continue
Date: 14 January 1977
Natl Assembly '77 econ plan repts nearly all of 3-million people left jobless after fall of S Vietnamese Govt in '75 still are not employed (S)
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Tin Price Up $93.50 a Metric Ton On News of Buffer Stock Depletion; Acute World Shortage Producers Complaint
Date: 14 January 1977
Price of tin for 3-mo delivery rises $93.50 a metric ton to $9,222.50 after Internatl Tin Council announces that buffer stock has been exhausted; details (S)
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World News Briefs; Arab Confrontation States Reported Getting Money Teng's Elevation Reported But Chinese Deny It Zaire Towns Evacuated After Volcano Erupts Burmese to Die for Plot Against Top Officials Havana Defends Activities Condemned by Canada
Date: 13 January 1977
Rangoon ct sentences Capt Ohn Kyaw Myint to death and Capt Win Thein to life imprisonment for plot to kill Pres Ne Win, State Council Sec U San Yu and natl intelligence head Col Tin U They; former Defense Min Gen Tin U sentenced to 7 yrs for failing to rept plot (S)
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