31 juli 1980 was een donderdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♌. Het was de 212e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Jimmy Carter.
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Date: 01 August 1980
Justice Dept to publish in Federal Register proposed guidelines that would strictly limit occasions on which Federal Govt lawyers could request or agree to closing trials or other judicial proceedings to public; guidelines would require that any Govt move to close judicial proceeding receive express permission from Associate Atty General or Deputy Attorney General (S)
Date: 31 July 1980
NY Post managing editor Craig Ammerman reports delivery of some newsstand copies of NY Post's morning edition are blocked by walkout of drivers; 1st edition is delivered, but several thousand copies of 2d edition are not (S)
Date: 01 August 1980
Special to The New York Times
Martial law Government, as part of nationwide political and social 'purification campaign,' reportedly has ordered press organizations to dismiss journalists considered inimical to national interest (M)
Date: 01 August 1980
Italian Prime Min Francesco Cossiga wins vote of confidence, 325-270, in Parliament (S)
Date: 31 July 1980
American Newspapers Publishers Assn, in response to seizure, urges Congress to pass legislation to prohibit surprise searches of newsrooms (S)