Top Newspaper in Brazil Is 100; Special to The New York Times Estado de Sao Paulo Fights for Liberty but Is Staid
Date: 24 December 1974
By MARVINE HOWE
Marvine HOWE
O Estado de Sao Paulo, leading newspaper of Brazil, will celebrate its 100th anniv on Jan 4; paper's independence is demonstrated by columns of poetry, replacing articles cut by censors, and absence of state ad because of paper's criticism of local adm; publisher Julio de Mesquita Neto comments; Mesquita family also owns Jornal da Tarde, Radio Eldorado and Eldorado Recording Studio; Mesquita Neto illus (M)
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CBS Denies'Slanted' Reporting on Defense Stories
Date: 24 December 1974
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS Inc pres Arthur R Taylor on Dec 23 issues strong denial in preliminary reply to charges made by Inst for Amer Strategy on Oct 23 that CBS News had engaged in 'partial and slanted reporting' on critical natl defense issues during '72 and '73; says study that produced accusation was 'rooted in a presupposition' and that it was conducted by special-interest group that 'wants more attention paid to its particular viewpoint in its own particular frame of reference; John M Fisher, pres of Inst for Amer Strategy, on issuing results, observed that CBS reptg had served to narrow 'parameters of public debate' on issues critical to natl defense; says that it violated FCCs fairness doctrine; Taylor, in memo to newspaper editors, observes that study covered only CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite and some scattered specials and episodes of TV program 60 Minutes; notes that Evening News accounts for less than 1/5 of network's news broadcasts and by its nature has too little time available for extended discussions of issues; suggests that study was faulty for ignoring CBS Morning News, Face the Nation and other broadcasts where issues might be discussed in depth and where such newspaper commentators as James Kilpatrick and Jeffrey St John were also given voice; notes that of 42 stories cited by IAS study as not being covered by CBS News, only 4 were covered by St Louis Globe Democrat, which has editorially supported IAS study; Natl News Council says it hopes to bring both parties to public hearing Feb 3; recent survey by Kevin Phillips and Albert E Sindlinger found public opinion of CBS to be considerably lower than public opinion of NBC (M)
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SOVIET INVESTIGATES LITHUANIAN JOURNAL
Date: 24 December 1974
physicist Andrei D Sakharov repts secret police on Dec 23 search homes of dissidents in Moscow and Lithuania in investigations into underground Lithuanian RC journal
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Judy Klemesrud Awarded $1,000 Prize for Reporting
Date: 25 December 1974
Univ of Missouri Paul Myhre Award for excellence in reptg is awarded to Judy Klemesrud (NY Times); other awards go to Sandy Flickner (Miami Herald), Phil Week (Bucks County, Pa, Courier Times) and Judy Lunn (Houston Post) (S)
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Sports News Briefs
Date: 24 December 1974
Tom Watson and JoAnne Carter named most improved pro golfers of '74 by Golf Digest Magazine (S)
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