Israel Studies Charge TV Crews Pay Arabs for 'Demonstrations'
Date: 08 May 1976
Israeli authorities are investigating repts that Arabs in occupied West Bank of Jordan had offered to stage demonstrations in exch for payments from foreign newsmen; Foreign Press Assn spokesman says group will hold special meeting on May 9 to consider ways to counter unfounded publicity in buying of demonstrations which have recently circulated in Israeli press; mil spokesman says NBC News correspondent Avrom Zaritsky, arrested on May 7 while filming children burning tires, was held in connection with investigation but was released after few hrs; Zaritsky says no one had offered him such deal; Jerusalem Post says authorities are keeping sharper eye on foreign TV crews filming in occupied areas (M)
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Byrne Again Asks the F.C.C. To Give Jersey VHF Station
Date: 07 May 1976
NJ Gov Byrne calls for establishment of VHF TV station in NJ to provide greater local coverage (S)
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Paper in Nashville Dismisses Writer Linked to the F.B.I.; Newspaper in Nashville Dismisses Writer Who Was Linked to F.B.I.
Date: 08 May 1976
By DAVID BURNHAM Special to The New York Times
David Special
Nashville Tennessean has dismissed copy editor and writer Jacque Srouji following charge that she had been undercover agent for FBI, allegation she denied; questions about her role arose last wk before HR Small Business Com's Subcom on Energy and Environment when she testified that she had been given access to almost 1,000 pages of documents from bur's inquiry into death in automobile accident of Karen Silkwood, Okla plutonium worker; subcom chmn Repr John D Dingell says that when panel staff later questioned FBI agent about Srouji's access to papers, agent responded that he could not talk about Srouji any further because she had 'special relationship' with bur; Tennessean publisher John Seigenthaler comments; Srouji por (M)
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