Inquiry Set on Editor Sentenced To Editorialize Against Guns; Inquiry Ordered on Editor's Sentencing
Date: 10 May 1975
NJ Sup Ct Chief Justice Richard J Hughes on May 9 says he had ordered judicial inquiry to determine whether Superior Ct ruling violated 1st Amendment guarantee of press freedom in requiring Alfredo izaguirre Horta, publisher of El Mundo de Hoy, to editorialize against handguns as condition of parole on weapons charge; Justices will meet on May 10 to investigate whether Judge Richard F Connors had used ct's sentencing power to control what newspaper printed; Hudson County official says it is his understanding that parole condition is not part of plea-bargaining process and that Connors had merely been looking for sentence to suit crime; Horta's 1st ed appeared in May 9 paper in which he praised Connors; ACLU NY Chap has also begun investigation of case; exec dir Stephen Nagler comments (M)
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Ford Social Receptions Off-Limits to the Press
Date: 10 May 1975
White House press sec Ron Nessen says Pres Ford will no longer allow press coverage of soc receptions at which he is host; decision breaks tradition dating back over 20 yrs; question came up when Nessen told reporters they could cover Ford's remarks at his party May 10 honoring OAS members and could observe beginning of receiving line but would not be allowed to cover Ford and his wife when they mingle with guests (S)
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Saigon Prohibits Checks And All Foreign Currency; Saigon Bans Use of Foreign Currency
Date: 10 May 1975
N Vietnampress agency, quoting official Hanoi daily Nhan Dan, criticizes Thailand for what it describes as double-dealing on issue of mil aircraft flown to Thailand by pilots of old Saigon regime; says US and Thai authorities have employed some dirty tricks and that there has been crooked arrangement between ruling circles in US and Thailand to usurp property of Vietnamese people (S)
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Saigon as It Fell and Just After:A Newsman's Diary
Date: 09 May 1975
By GEORGE ESPER The Associated Press
AP Saigon bur chief George Esper 'diary' recording observations after Apr 30, when Communist forces took Saigon (L)
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Text of Statement at News Conference
Date: 09 May 1975
text of introductory remarks made at May 8 news conf in Saigon by Lt Gen Tran Van Tra, as broadcast in Vietnamese by Saigon radio and translated from Bangkok by AP
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Saigon Regime Holds a News Parley; Attack on U.S.
Date: 09 May 1975
Saigon radio repts that mil com chmn Lt Gen Tran Van Tra held regime's first news conf on May 8, presidential palace; says it was reptd that USSR and China transported food to S Vietnam; AP says Saigon radio reptd that journalists in city could file what was described as approved matter and that mail was being distributed within S Vietnam and being sent to N Vietnam but not to other countries; Agence France-Presse says 34 foreign and local reporters attended news conf in which Tra said he and other com members were trying to restore security and order in city and to stabilize life for citizens; UPI says broadcasts quoting Communist Gia Phong press agency say that Tra accused US of forcing evacuation of numerous S Vietnamese adults and children and fabricated stories of blood bath in Saigon in bid to force many Vietnamese to flee to foreign countries; agency also repts that Tra told foreign journalists that his com guarantees their safety and opportunity to work in favorable conditions; numberous braodcasts rept on moves undertaken to restore country to life of peace; Saigon radio says official newspaper that began publication on May 3 sold 61,000 copies in Saigon; other broadcasts say more than 200 schools are reopened in 2 coastal provinces, that big paper mill resumed operation and public utilities are functioning normally again (M)
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BYRNE CRITICIZES ACTION BY JUDGE; Sees a Danger to the Press in Publisher's Sentencing Both Plead Guilty A Refugee from Cuba
Date: 09 May 1975
By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr
Robert McG
NJ Gov Byrne, in lr to State Sup Ct Justice Richard J Hughes, criticizes NJ Superior Ct Judge Richard F Connors for parolling Alfredo Izaguirre Horta, publisher of El Mundo de Hoy, on weapons charge after Horta agreed to wage ed campaign for gun control; cites potential infringement of press freedom and use of leverage of Ct's sentencing power to control what newspaper prints; Antonio Angel Parajon, paper's chief photographer, was arrested with Horta (M)
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Mrs. Abzug Assails Dominance Of Men in Executive Press Jobs
Date: 10 May 1975
By BARBARA CAMPBELL
Barbara CAMPBELL
Repr Bella S Abzug, speaking at 4th annual A J Liebling Counter-Conv, assails dominance of men in executive press jobs; says women journalists will achieve equality only when they 'crash into top management;' conv dedicated 1 day to subjects concerning women journalists (M)
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Cambodia Reds Are Uprooting Millions As They Impose a 'Peasant Revolution'; Old and Sick Included; Economy Is at Standstill No One Excluded Cambodian Reds Are Uprooting Millions as They Impose a 'Peasant Revolution' Old and Sick Included; Economy Is at Standstill Silent Streets, Eerie Lights Inadequate Descriptions People Driven Out Brutality or Necessity? Soothing General Is Asked About Factions Order Hotel Emptied Executions Reported One Kept, the Rest Given
Date: 09 May 1975
The New York Times/Ennio lacobucciBy SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG Special to The New York TimesThe New York Times/Sydney H. SchanbergPressens Bild
S Schanberg, NY Times correspondent who opted to remain in Phnom Pehn (Cambodia) after Apr 17 Communist takeover of city, describes experiences during 2-wk stay at French Embassy compound in capital; illus (L)
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American's Brief Brush With Arrest and Death; Officers Also Picked Up
Date: 09 May 1975
Special to The New York Times
NY Times Cambodian correspondent Dith Pran is arrested by Communist-led forces (S)
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