4 HAITIANS RECOUNT ARRESTS IN ROUNDUP; Seized by Soldiers at Night, They Were First Jailed and Then Put on a Plane for New York Put on a Plane for New York Worked on Community Projects U.S. Weighs Granting of Visas
Date: 05 December 1980
By BERNARD D. NOSSITER
US officials in Haiti are seeking policy decision from US before agreeing to grant visas to Compe Philo and Lylianne Pierre-Paul, broadcast journalists, Lafontant Joseph, secretary general of Haitian League of Human Rights, and Dr Henec Titus, pediatrician who has worked with Haitian Red Cross; decision could have far-reaching implications if it is used as precedent by Haitians now seeking political asylum in US, where Government has contended they are economic, not political, refugees (S)
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Around the Nation; Legislators Are Deadlocked On Transit Plan for Boston State and Federal Judges Feud in a Busing Case Paper in Michigan Pays To Review Police Records
Date: 05 December 1980
Battle Creek Enquirer and News, Battle Creek, Mich, pays $52.98 to city Police Department for censored copies of complaint reports that police had withheld, on recommendation of City Attorney Paul Levy, since November 7; information previously available to newspaper reportedly is deleted from many complaint reports; newspaper sought records under Freedom of Information Act; managing editor Dan Martin comments (S)
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The Region; Jersey Heeds Statute To 'Buy American' Call for Reporter To Testify Quashed Multifamily Housing Ordered in Suburb
Date: 04 December 1980
subpoena ordering Philadelphia Bulletin reporter Fawn Vrazo to appear before grand jury investigating alleged 'no show' workers in Camden (NJ) Public Works Dept is quashed by Superior Court Judge Arthur J Simpson; Simpson says Vrazo does not have to testify about paper's investigation into work habits of 5 employees with close ties to Mayor Errichetti (S)
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