PRESS AND REGIME CLASH IN NIGERIA; Papers Fight Arrests and Charges of Corruption
Date: 21 April 1975
Maj Gen David Ejoor, chief of staff of Nigerian Army, was recently quoted as having called Nigerian journalists politically and financially 'corrupt'; statement sparked controversy; Nigerian head of state Gen Yakubu Gowon warned that news confs would be stopped if reporters continued to misrepresent views of Nigerian leaders; Govt observers have noticed increase in arrests of journalists for past yr; publications have provided heavy coverage on jailed newsmen (M)
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CORRECTION
Date: 21 April 1975
correction on Apr 19 story on winners of NY Press Club's '75 awards; winners of awards for radio feature stories should be listed as Hill Edell of WABC and Mary Gay Taylor of WCBS (S)
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Newsmen in Cambodia Reported to Be Safe
Date: 20 April 1975
French Embassy in Phnom Penh reptdly has said that, to best of its knowledge, no foreign journalists were killed or wounded when city capitulated to Communist forces and that number of correspondents are safe and in good health; no names or precise number of journalists are available; NY Times has had no contact with correspondent Sydney H Schanberg nor his asst Dith Pran since Apr 17 (S)
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26 Journalists Safe In France's Embassy
Date: 21 April 1975
French Foreign Min, Paris, confirms repts that 26 journalists are safe in French Embassy, Phnom Penh; group includes NY Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg, 4 other Amers, 8 French, 4 Swedes, 1 Italian, 1 Japanese, 2 Britons, 1 Ger and 4 Cambodians; whereabouts of Schanberg's asst Dith Pran are still unclear; NY Times has had no communication with its correspondents since just prior to Govt surrender (S)
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Ideas & Trends; Education, Evolution, History By Law, the Government Is Disclosing More The Computer Goes to Market A Computerized Look at Medieval Times Medicine Is Now Women's Work Teenagers Are
Date: 20 April 1975
Rev of effects of enactment of amendment to Freedom of Information Act; FBI, CIA and IRS have had heavy flow of inquiries about investigatory files previously closed; amendments require Govt to process requests for information within 10 days and pay ct costs if complainant successfully brings suit to force disclosure (S)
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Food News; Delicacies in Morristown
Date: 20 April 1975
By HELEN P. SILVER Special to The New York Times
Helen SILVER
Article on Morristown Meats and Provisions Mkt, Morristown, NJ; illus (M)
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2 Papers and a TV Station Win Negro College Awards
Date: 20 April 1975
United Negro Coll Fund to give NY Times, Station KPRC of Houston, Tex, and Sacramento (Calif) Observer its '75 Natl Media Appreciation Award in recognition of their coverage of black higher educ (S)
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News of the Realty Trade; Helmsley Drops Three Buildings
Date: 20 April 1975
Howard L Clark named chmn and Raymond T O'Keefe named pres of Downtown-Lower Manhattan Assn, succeeding David Rockefeller and Edmund F Wagner respectively (S)
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