FORD TALKS TONIGHT TO JOURNALISM UNIT
Date: 14 November 1974
Pres Ford to address conv of Sigma Delta Chi, journalism fraternity, at Phoenix, Ariz; CBS will carry address and question-and-answer session live; NBC and ABC spokesmen say they are not carrying speech because they feel it does not have sufficient news value to warrant preemption of programing (S)
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THIEU CENSORSHIP BACKED IN A TEST; Power to Confiscate Issues of Papers Is Continued in Altered Press Law
Date: 15 November 1974
By DAVID K. SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
lower house of Vietnamese Natl Assembly on Nov 14 thwarts opposition drive for press freedom by approving slight relaxation of press law that leaves Pres Nguyen Van Thieu with his most effective tool of censorship: power to confiscate issues of newspapers; survival of this provision casts into relief extent of impact of anti-Govt protests upon Thieu's pol influence; amendments passed by lower house included: abolishing requirement that newspaper publishers deposit $30,000 with Govt; removal of Min of Interior's power to suspend newspaper's publication after 2 days' issues are confiscated; trial for violations of press law by civilian rather than mil cts (M)
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SEOUL NEWSPAPER BACK AFTER STRIKE
Date: 14 November 1974
Special to The New York Times
South Korean newspaper Dong-A-Ilbo on Nov 13 resumes publication with front-page statement by its publisher saying that his right to publish whatever he wants is being challenged by group of his paper's reporters; paper did not publish its Nov 12 edition when reporters refused to go to work unless prominent space were given to rept of large anti-Govt Roman Catholic mass celebrated in Seoul and elsewhere (S)
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Congress, the Press and Federal Agencies Are Taking Sides for Battle Over Government's Right to Secrecy; Support to Override
Date: 15 November 1974
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Dispute between Cong and much of natl press on 1 side and White House, Justice Dept and CIA on other has been touched off by Pres Ford's veto in Oct of amendments to Freedom of Information Act--legis that would have made govt-held information more accessible to public; amendments were vetoed at behest of nearly every govt dept and agency, but particularly by those involved in criminal investigations and in gathering domestic and foreign intelligence; fight is mainly over mil and foreign affairs information and investigative files of FBI; amendments were overwhelmingly passed by both houses of Cong; in Sen, fight to overrride any Pres veto is being led by Sen Edward Kennedy; Walter W Gunfeld, pres of Natl Newspaper Assn, says after orgn conducted Cong survey that 'there appears to be an overwhelming bipartisan Congressional sentiment in favor of overriding the veto'; Ford defends veto on Nov 14 in message he prepared for Sigma Delta Chi conv; holds that some of amendments would damage natl security, diplomatic relationships and individual privacy; says he had proposed that cts be required to uphold govt classifications where reasonable basis exists to support them and that FBI files should be withheld if there is substantial possibility that individual rights would be endangered or law enforcement operations compromised
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Army Issues My Lai Cover-Up Report; Failed to Face UP
Date: 14 November 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH
US Army, more than 6 1/2 yrs after massacre of civilians at My Lai, formally releases rept telling how that crime was covered up throughout mil command structure
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News Strike in Italy
Date: 14 November 1974
virtual news blackout descended on much of Italy on Nov 13 as news agencies, radio, TV and newsppaers were hit by 24-hr strike of journalists and technical workers
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Archives and CBS ToSupplyCassettes Of TV Newscasts
Date: 15 November 1974
Natl Archives and CBS Inc have announced establishment of archive of TV news broadcasts, in which CBS will give Natl Archives videocassettes of news broadcasts; arrangement is intended to allow access to broadcasts through public and univ libraries to anyone who wants to consult them, while protecting CBS copyright in material; CBS copyrights, in agreement, are protected through Amer Assn Interlibrary Loan Code; all copies supplied will be exactly as broadcast and will be royalty free; initial term of agreement is for 2 yrs; CBS Corporate inforamtion vp Leonard Spinrad, says that new agreement will axpand number of news broadcasts available to public, including Vanderbilt Univ; Dr James M Rhoades, Archivist of US, who heads Natl Archives and Records Service, comments (S)
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Benefits Ruled Out In Death of Writer At Yiddish Paper
Date: 15 November 1974
Ct of Appeals on Nov 14 denies workmen's compensation death benefits to Abraham Strauss, editorial writer for Yiddish-language newspaper Morning Freiheit, who died shortly after defending, in argument, his paper's policy of supporting Israel during '67 Middle East war (S)
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