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itjudge rules no one has right to reveal esail nyps. ay. | nessj 'gri- mpr.i. Profe :ir«i Jsultii itahif classified information United Press International ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The [government’s breach-of-contract suit against a former CIA officer who wrote a book about the fall of Saigon went to trial Tuesday before a federal judge who de- Jared no one hits a right to re peal classified information. The government, in a civil suit igainst Frank W. Snepp, con- lends the former CIA officer vio lated his contract with the igency by publishing “Decent Interval” about the communist tkeover of Vietnam. CIA em- ■loyees are required to submit januscripts to the agency before publication. ■ The government seeks jiSnepp’s profits from the book land wants to prohibit further dis- Blosures. The central issue, U.S. Dis- tict Judge Oren R. Lewis told Jiwyers in the opening 90 min- lutes of the trial, is, “Does an in- vidual under the basic law of a fiduciary relationship, have a feght to get inside information, imlans, modus operandi, and then Kcsign and divulge it to the whole IWide world?” H “Nobody has got a right to di vulge classified information,” Lewis said. Lewis rejected Snepp’s re quest for a jury trial, saying the facts were not at issue. “We are not going to try the fall of Saigon here,” he said. Lewis initially refused to allow the book to be entered as evi dence, but then changed his mind, saying, “The court of ap peals might want to read it, but not buy it.” Lewis said he had not read the book. Snepp’s lawyers argue the government does not maintain classified information was con tained in Snepp’s book. “We are dealing with seman tics, Lewis replied, reminding the lawyers he disagreed with their definition of classified ma terial. Both sides contend the case involves serious questions far beyond those at hand, pitting constitutional rights of free speech and “whistle blowers” against the right of government to protect what it regards as legitimate secrets. “This is not a First Amend ment case,” the judge said. Death row inmates decline in number THE BATTALION Page 5 WEDNESDAY. JUNE 21, 1978 United Press International WASHINGTON — Death sen tences were handed down against 133 people in 19 states last year, but the total of death row convicts in the nation declined, the Law Enforce ment Assistance Administration re ported Tuesday. The agency said that as of Dec. 31, there were 443 people — eight of them women — on death row in 22 states, compared with 463, in cluding seven women, a year ear lier. The drop resulted mainly from the lifting of death penalties in 152 cases, often because states revoked capital punishment laws and rede signed them to meet the Supreme Court’s constitutionality tests. Although federal laws also permit capital punishment, the only federal prisoner on death row received a reduced sentence during the year, the LEAA said in an Advance Re port on Capital Punishment 1977. Five of the 22 states accounted for nearly four of every five prisoners under death sentence — Florida with 82, Ohio 78, California 68, Texas 58 and Georgia 45, the report said. It said the South had the largest proportion of death row inmates, nearly three out of every five, while the Northeast had only two prison ers facing a death sentence — both senator to introduce legislation to freeze 15-cent postage four years in Rhode Island. The report noted that seven states which began 1977 with one or more prisoners sentenced to die ended the year with none. In six of those cases, it said, all or part of the state capital punishment statutes were struck down by a state supreme court or the U.S. Supreme Court. Eleven states now have some form of death penalty, but no pris oners awaiting execution. Two years ago, the Supreme Court refused to block the first execution in almost a decade, allow ing murderer Gary Gilmore to die as he requested before a U tah firing squad on Jan. 17, 1977. But in a major ruling in 1976, the high court upheld for the first time death penalty laws in Georgia, Florida and Texas, indicating the Constitution does not prohibit capi tal punishment if it is carried out fairly. The justices are expected to rule soon on Ohio’s more restrictive cap ital punishment law, which allows consideration of only three “mitigat ing” mercy factors that could pre vent imposition of death sentences for seven offenses. We Service Calculators ROTHER’S BOOKSTORE 340 Jersey — At the Southgate DOOR BUSTING BOOK Huge assortment of hardback & paperback books now on sale at A&M (IN THE MSC) mg United Press International ■VASHINGTON — Sen. John wenn, D-Ohio, has announced he will introduce legislation to freeze ■t-class postage for individuals at 15cents for four years. 11 bill would extend the federal Slbsidy of nearly $1 billion for the nee ijne period of time but require 4 Bcter accounting by the Postal ■vice. iton Vhe legislation was co-sponsored ■ Sens. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, Ind Jacob Javits, R-N.Y. and Glenn ^ Innounced that hearings will be feld next week. ■These amendments, if enacted, lould constitute the most signifi- Ht changes in the nation’s postal institution since the Reorganization tat of 1970," Glenn said. “They Bild not, however, turn back the clock.” ■In many ways, I consider this an interim bill,” Glenn added. “It’s Bv clear that the 1970 goal of lostal Service self-sufficiency prob- ply will never be realized with re- Kired labor costs up and particu- Srily with general support for keep- ng rural post offices and maintain- Pg six-day-a-week deliveries.” IGlenn said at a news conference pt by freezing the first-class post- (Je rate for individuals at 15 cents ■ recently raised from 13 cents — [would benefit the consumers — post notably those on fixed income separate classification in the event of a general postage increase before September 1982. Congress, how ever, would have to appropriate the loss of revenue to the Postal Serv- — and help maintain a higher vol ume of mail which is needed to sus tain the huge system for six-day-a- week delivery.” First-class postage for individuals would be established through a ice. niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiiiMmiiiiimmiiiimiiiiimmiiiiiiMiiimiiiMiiiiMiiimimiiiiMii^ A Small Quiz I For all the students in A&M University from The | | Fortune Cookies Chinese Restaurant. 1313 S. College Ave., Bryan 822-7661 | Circle the best answer: 1 The Fortune Cookies is an unique Chinese | | Restaurant in town because it has: | a - Excellent food, beautiful atmosphere. | b - Noon buffet Tuesday-Friday eat all you can with | | only 2.38. | 1 c - Courteous hostess and waiter & waitresses. | | d - Menu offering 97 Peking-Szechuan-Cantonese | dishes to choose from. r | e - All of the above. 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