U.S. Abandons Blackout Of TV at War Briefings
Date: 11 March 1972
US mil command abandons new policy of barring TV cameras from daily briefings on the war; Assn of Foreign Correspondents in Vietnam called bar a 'steady and purposeful reduction in the flow of news' about the war; Col Stevens denies he removed ban because of 'pressure'
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U.S. Command, in Shift, Bars Filming of Briefing
Date: 10 March 1972
US command's chief of pub relations Col P H Stevens says he notified 3 TV networks of ban on filming by TV cameras of daily war briefings; sources in command say newsmen subject briefers to 'out-and-out harassment'; 2 briefers walk out of briefing room, Saigon, because CBS had set up cameras to film the proceedings
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Nixon Order to Relax Secrecy Called 'Restrictive' at Hearing; But Moorhead, House Panel's Chairman, Hails Statement Accompanying Directive
Date: 11 March 1972
By RICHARD HALLORANSpecial to The New York Times
Repr Moorhead criticizes Nixon's Exec order limiting secrecy surrounding Fed documents, opening of HR Govt Information Subcom hearings; lauds Nixon's statement accompanying order for 'emphasizing past abuses of classification system'; holds order does not live up to statement's goals and seems to be order 'written by classifiers for classifiers'; says that under provision calling for declassification of top secret documents after 10 yrs, Pres could stay in office for 2 terms and make it possible for his Vice Pres or other supporter to succeed him without public knowing details of major policy errors; Asst Atty Gen Erickson testifies before subcom on requests to Justice Dept for access to its records under Freedom of Information Act; in hearing before HR Armed Services subcom, Deputy Asst State Sec Blair continues Adm's effort to explain Exec order and head off bill to establish joint exec-Cong-judicial comm to rev secrecy in Govt; he concedes too much material is classified and too much of that is overclassified; says that in central foreign policy files since '50 alone, there are more than 8-million documents, at least 1/2 of them classified; says it would take 10 yrs to declassify them, while more papers pile up
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Anderson Says Errors Are Labeled Top Secret
Date: 11 March 1972
J Anderson says Americans are losing confidence in Govt which censors news by classifying it; says 'secret' designation is used to hide Govt mistakes
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TV LOSS MAY SHUT A PAPER IN BOSTON; Herald Traveler to Give Up Channel 5 on March 19
Date: 10 March 1972
By ROBERT REINHOLDSpecial to The New York Times
FCC order to transfer ownership of license of TV station WHDH from Boston Herald Traveler may cause paper to cease pub; Traveler pres H E Clancy repts paper suffered loss of $300,000 in '71 and without income derived from station paper's existence is jeopardized; FCC order transferring ownership of station is in keeping with comm policy that ownership of news media should be diversified
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Woman Wins Point
Date: 11 March 1972
ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
Natl Wildlife Fed meets, Mex City, 1st conf outside US; names Gov R W Peterson of Delaware as 'conservationist of yr' for Delaware's '71 coastal zoning law prohibiting any new indus on Delaware's 100 mi of coastline beaches
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N.B.C. Head to Seek Prime-Time Rule Revocation
Date: 10 March 1972
By GEORGE GENT
George GENT
NBC pres J Goodman says network plans to petition FCC for revocation of prime-time access ruling, s, Internatl Radio and TV Soc; urges US Cong to clarify sections of Communications Act to prohibit censorship by FCC except where obscenity is involved; says fairness doctrine must be allowed to expand from its present unclear definition
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CONTRACT PAY RAISE CHALLENGED BY POST
Date: 10 March 1972
NY Times vp J Mortimer says paper does not intend to challenge 11% increase due employes on March 31 under existing collective-bargaining agreements; says increases will be paid unless Pay Bd decides they are improper
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Toyo Kogyo and Ford End Talks on Venture
Date: 10 March 1972
Toyo Kogyo pres Matsuda says Toyo and Ford Motor Co have agreed to terminate 3-yr-old negotiations on capital tie-up because they failed to reach agreement on Ford's participation in mgt of Toyo Kogyo, news conf
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