Editor Who Was Queried Gets White House Apology
Date: 23 April 1972
White House apologizes to editor A N Romm (Middletown Times Herald-Record) who was stopped in Pres receiving line, made up of 1,000 editors invited to White House on Apr 20. to be questioned on what his wife planned to say to Pres Nixon; White House communications dir H G Klein says it is not White House policy to inquire about editors' opinions as they go through receiving line
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A NONCONFORMIST FINDS AFRICA HARD; But Senegalese Still Tries to Speak His Mind
Date: 23 April 1972
By MARVINE HOWESpecial to The New York Times
A R Cisse, editor of Closed Letter, Senegalese pub, comments on his journalistic career; por
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Cambodia Charges Exaggeration And Bars Newsmen From Front
Date: 23 April 1972
Cambodian command, on Apr 22, bars foreign journalists from Southeastern front after accusing them of sensationalising and exaggerating Govt losses; mil sources say ban apparently was ordered to preserve secrecy about several thousand Cambodian troops rushed to SE in past 2 days to try to open Route 1; Govt confirms heavy fighting has taken place in Svayrieng Prov in SW; denies news agency repts that from 400 to 500 Cambodian soldiers have been killed or surrounded on hwy 48 mi SE of Pnompenh
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U.S.I.A. Film Effort
Date: 23 April 1972
CHARLES E. TOWNSEND
Charles TOWNSEND
Prof C E Townsend lr on controversy between Sen Fulbright and USIA regarding domestic showing of USIA film about Czech on Sen Buckley's TV program; queries why USIA made film on Czech in 1st place, since its alleged task is to present and interpret US
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American Journalism Analyzed By 'Counter-Convention' Here
Date: 24 April 1972
By MURRAY SCHUMACH
Murray SCHUMACH
panel including T Wolf and G Sheehy defends 'new journalism' against R Adler, P Kael and C Trillin, A J Liebling Counter-Conv; other topics discussed are freedom of reporters, shortcomings of campaign coverage and difficulties of obtaining news from Govt agencies
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2 NEWS SERVICES REPORT COST RISE; Operation of A.P. and U.P.I. Took $121.2-Million in '71
Date: 23 April 1972
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
UPI repts that its costs were $57.3-million, up $3,110,000 over '70; UPI pres M Thomason comments, Press Week meeting, NYC
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Newspaper Publishers Report the Pay Board 'Increasingly Firm'
Date: 24 April 1972
ANPA annual meeting, NYC, repts new records in newspaper ad receipts; distributes 70,000 booklets assailing taxes on ad and 'on knowledge and information'; notes newspapers increase their ad share over other media in '71 from 29.3% to 30.3 and collect $6.2-billion out of $20.5-billion in ad billings
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The Grand Jury
Date: 24 April 1972
By ANTHONY LEWIS
Anthony LEWIS
A Lewis article on Prof S L Popkin, who faces up to 18 mos in prison for refusing to answer questions before Fed grand jury investigating pub of Pentagon papers; holds questioning of Popkin was not conducted with restraint and responsibility on part of prosecution; says questions sought his speculations and names of Amers and Vietnamese with whom he had scholarly ints over past yrs; says if prosecutors use grand juries for pol purposes cts must find ways to protect witnesses
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A Times Financial Writer Gets Strebig-Dobben Award
Date: 24 April 1972
Strebig-Dobben award for journalism to R E Bedingfield (NY Times)
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M'GOVERN ENDORSED BY 2 ON RADICAL LEFT
Date: 24 April 1972
radical left leaders A Hoffman and J Rubin on Apr 24 pledge support of Yippies and Zippies to help Sen McGovern win Dem Pres nomination and gen election
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