Friends Laud Thompson On 25 Years in Congress
Date: 30 July 1980
States News Service
States Service
The July 29, 1980 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 210 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
If you were born on this day, you are 45 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 76 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in 288 days. You have lived for 16,512 days, or about 396,307 hours, or about 23,778,451 minutes, or about 1,426,707,060 seconds.
Date: 30 July 1980
States News Service
States Service
Date: 29 July 1980
By FRED M. HECHINGER
Fred M Hechinger comments on growing number of educators who are calling for more emphasis on 'good news' in media about nation's public schools (M)
Date: 30 July 1980
By DONALD JANSON Special to The New York Times
Donald Special
Ben-Veniste says that reporters should be required to testify about their sources of information on case in light of US Atty Richard Blumenthal's failure to find out himself in the 6 months he has been conducting an internal investigation; Judge John P Fullam stays subpoenas for several in news media pending decision by Justice Dept on whether it would agree to disclose Blumenthal's report on his investigation (M)
Date: 29 July 1980
Troy Leon Gregg, David A Jarrell, Timothy W McCorquodale and Johnnie L Johnson, convicted murderers, escape from Georgia State Prison's death row by posing as guards; Gregg telephones Albany Herald reporter Charles Postell to inform him of escape; Postell, in turn, notifies prison officials (M)
Date: 29 July 1980
editorial opposes police seizure of KBCI-TV's videotapes; contends such raids will continue as long as '78 Supreme Court ruling sanctioning practice remains in force
Date: 30 July 1980
Special to The New York Times
Senate Intelligence Committee approves bill that would make it a crime for anybody, including journalists, to reveal identities of covert intelligence agents; spokesmen for civil liberties organizations fear law poses danger to freedom of the press (S)
Date: 30 July 1980
Special to The New York Times
State Department expresses concern over reports that journalists covering Middle East have become targets of threats and possibly 1 murder; threats, which caused BBC to withdraw its correspondent in Beirut, appear to be related to mounting internal opposition to Syrian Pres Hafez al-Assad (M)