Brinkley Asserts That TV Newsmen Are Unintimidated
Date: 20 October 1971
Special to The New York Times
NBC commentator D Brinkley disputes W Cronkite (CBS) charge of Govt intimidation of electronic press, Sen (Ervin) subcom hearing on press freedom; says it is not his job as newsman to worry about regulators
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Government Dictation Charged
Date: 19 October 1971
Magazine Publishers Assn chmn E S Duffield says 1st Amendment covers ad freedom as well as ed freedom; says Govt attempts to control press through dictating to advertisers, Sen (Ervin) subcom hearing on press freedom
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28% RAISE ACCEPTED AT WASHINGTON POST
Date: 19 October 1971
Baltimore Newspaper Guild accepts 30-mo contract with Washington Post that provides highest negotiated top minimum in US, $400 a wk and over-all pay increase of 28%
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RUSSO BALKS AGAIN ON PENTAGON DATA
Date: 19 October 1971
Special to The New York Times
A J Russo, former Ellsberg co-worker, again refuses to testify before Los Angeles Fed grand jury probing Pentagon papers; refuses after Justice Dept objects to his being given a transcript of his testimony; Fed Ct earlier ruled he could have transcript; Govt asks ct to reconsider its ruling; ct to rule on request at later date
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Governor Fills Roles of Pedagogue and Pitchman in Plea for Bond. Issue
Date: 19 October 1971
By WILLIAM E. FARRELL
William FARRELL
Rockefeller reptdly displays his talents as 'pedagogue and pitchman,' stressing necessity for voter approval of $2.5-billion transportation bond issue, party given for 350 eds and pubs from state newspapers at Rockefeller estate; series of planned 30-second and 50-second TV commercials for bond issue to be broadcast statewide noted; composition of orgn Yes for Transportation in NYS described; P J Brennan, NYS Bldg and Construction Trades Council pres, is featured prominently in many of orgn's press releases; role of J H Boyd, Rockefeller's appts sec, in orgn noted
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KENNEDY CRITICAL OF NIXON POLICIES; Says Administration Seeks to Destroy Constitution
Date: 20 October 1971
Sen E M Kennedy, scoring Nixon Adm altitude to Vietnam war veterans, says that 'when the veterans assemble in Washington to plead for an end to the war, the same Govt which sent them 8,000 miles to sleep in the mud of Indochina sues to keep them from sleeping on the grass of the capital', s, B'Nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League, NYC
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F.C.C. Weighs TV Bans on China Show
Date: 19 October 1971
By JACK GOULD
Jack GOULD
FCC expected to act on complaints that 3 TV networks and 9 local stations refused to sell time for hr-long program protesting admission of Communist China to UN; complaints filed by Com of One Million Against Admission of Communist China to UN; program has been broadcast, with W F Buckley Jr as narrator; com sec L Edwards and program producer P Nicolaides comment
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Peter Kihss of Times Honored by Silurians
Date: 19 October 1971
P Kihss (NY Times) receives Soc of Silurians qr-century news achievement award
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Inflation and Joblessness Called Key Issues in Survey of Editors
Date: 20 October 1971
Special to The New York Times
Cumberland (Md) News ed B E Sitter says 'with the war scaling down, it's hard to justify front-page coverage', s, AP Managing Eds Assn, Phila; Lake Charles (La) American Press ed T Stacey says his paper is 'still playing the war story strongly'
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453d Cosmos in Orbit
Date: 20 October 1971
USSR Cosmos 453 launched into orbit with 313-mi apogee, 158-mi perigee and 92-min orbital time
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