World News Briefs; Paisley's Party Gains In Ulster Elections Czechs Say Playwright Is Freed From Jail South African Journalists Open Society to All Races U.S. Businessman Freed From Colombia Captivity
Date: 21 May 1977
US businessman Gustav Curtis, who was kidnapped over 6 mos ago by unknown group, is freed on May 20; it is unknown whether $150,000 ransom demand was paid (S)
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General Returns From South Korea to Face Carter
Date: 21 May 1977
By BERNARD WEINRAUB Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
US Joint Chief of Staff Gen George S Brown, commenting on Singlaub remarks, says that mil has no right to make policy decisions and mil men should express their opinions with tact (S)
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Miami News Publisher Named
Date: 20 May 1977
Names David Krasow publisher (S)
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News Summary
Date: 21 May 1977
Ed scores Nixon for saying that Pres has right to break law; notes Nixon likened his position to that of Lincoln's during Civil War; says Nixon was right when he said, in earlier TV int, that 'I have impeached myself'
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Asserts U.S. Role Was Prolonged by Doves; Nixon Says He Acted Against Critics to End War
Date: 20 May 1977
By JAMES M. NAUGHTON Special to The New York Times
former Pres Richard Nixon, in 3d TV int with David Frost, says he was obliged to act forcefully against dissident Amers in order to extricate country from Vietnam war; says he sought to combine mil pressure with diplomacy through Moscow to prod N Vietnam toward peace negotiations (M)
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World News Briefs; Rome Police Block Protest: Students Riot in Padua Kaunda Says Rhodesians Provoked Attack at Falls World Health Agency Sets Goal on Childhood Diseases Sudan Said to Order Cut In Soviet Embassy Staff
Date: 20 May 1977
French Pres Giscard d'Estaing and Sudan Pres Nimeiry, in joint communique, say African countries should be allowed to settle own problems without being subjected to interference from outside continent (S)
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