Park Said to Plan Changes To Extend Tenure in Seoul
Date: 20 October 1972
By RICHARD HALLORANSpecial to The New York Times
South Korean newspaper editors are instructed under martial law declared by Pres Park Chung Hee to avoid criticizm of Pres or his proclamations; articles are subject to prior censorship; foreign correspondents are permitted to move about and rept freely, although Newsweek reporter was roughed up by soldiers whom he attempted to photograph outside Opposition leader's house, and NBC cameraman's film was destroyed; Govt officials rept that 2 actions were not authorized and steps would be taken to prevent similar incidents
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Saigon Publisher Gets 5 Years, $75,000 Fine
Date: 19 October 1972
Saigon mil ct, Oct 17, sentences Rev Chan Tine, publisher of RC leftist publication Doi Diem, to 5 yrs in solitary confinement and $75,000 fine for violation of Pres Thieu's press law decree; sentence is heaviest since Thieu issued decree
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PHILIPPINE PRELATES PROTEST TO MARCOS
Date: 19 October 1972
Rev J A O'Hare, assoc editor of America (pub), makes public on Oct 18 lr to Philippine Pres Marcos from 16 Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops there expressing alarm over his imposition of martial law and asking that freedom of speech through mass media be restored
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JAILING OF NEWSMAN UPHELD IN MARYLAND
Date: 19 October 1972
US Ct of Appeals on Oct 17 upholds contempt citation of D M Lightman (Baltimore Sun), who refused to tell grand jury name of store where he had been offered marijuana; Sun repts it will ask Sup Ct to rev action
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RIVERA CASE STIRS CRITICISM OF A.B.C.; Civil Liberties Union Backs Newsman on Speeches
Date: 19 October 1972
By ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
(News Media & Campaign--Rivera Role) NY Civil Liberties Union on Oct 18 comes to defense of G Rivera, WABC-TV reporter who was reprimanded by his employers for making partisan pol speeches on behalf of Sen McGovern; charges, in lr to A Primo, vp for news for WABC and 4 other TV stations owned by ABC, that Primo's rebuke of Rivera is 'unconstitutional violation of Rivera's right to free speech and association'; Primo had said that Rivera, by his action, violated ABC policy prohibiting newsmen from taking public sides on behalf of candidate; union charges that ABC has made no charge or offered any proof that Rivera's reptg is less objective or that his work on screen reflects his views as private citizen
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Into the Homestretch
Date: 19 October 1972
BY TOM WICKER
Tom WICKER
T Wicker says US public is not likely to 'buy' Nixon attack on press and others in speech to POW families; comments on effect on Pres campaign of news of progress in Vietnam peace talks
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G.O.P. and 'Spy' Plot; Nixon's Strategy Is Seen as Revealing Basic Views About Voters and the Press
Date: 19 October 1972
By ROBERT B. SEMPLE Jr.Special to The New York Times
analysis of Nixon Adm's perceptions of voters and newspapers that serve them, derived from recent counterattack to charges that some of Nixon's assts created or at least condoned Watergate bugging and network of pol espionage and disruption; notes Adm assts have denounced charges and newspapers that print them without explicitly discussing or denying charges; says strategy is based on assumptions that public feels alleged conspiracy is distant and even amateurish intrigue far removed from White House and that public, softened by 3 yrs of speeches from Vice Pres Agnew, has less than total confidence that what it reads and hears in Eastern media is true and undistorted by pol prejudice
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New Jersey Briefs
Date: 19 October 1972
NJ Deputy Surrogate H W Burnside suspended on Oct 18 pending outcome of probe into missing records of cash fees in trust funds set up by NJ cts for minors; suspension had been recommended by Atlantic County Treasurer Xanthopouldos; Burnside says he welcomes investigation
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Detour to Dubrovnik
Date: 20 October 1972
JAMES F. CLARITY
James CLARITY
Japanese Emperor Hirohito reptdly will decline hon degree awarded to him by Calif State Coll's San Francisco campus, as he has declined other hon degrees
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