TV Review; Wallace Interviews Haldeman on CBS
Date: 24 March 1975
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor rev of CBS TV program Haldeman: The Nixon Years--Conversations With Mike Wallace; notes controversy over 'checkbook journalism'; notes Haldeman has reptdly been paid 'more than $25,000' for exclusive int; notes CBS reptdly paid Watergate burglar G Gordon Liddy in 'neighborhood' of $15,000 for int earlier this yr; Haldeman, in int, pleaded guilty only foolishness and poor judgment and took advantage of public relations opportunity; says he waser never cruel, only tough; O'Connor questions morality of a soc that rewards its convicted felons with huge incomes from lectures, books, magazine articles and TV appearances; notes NBC has paid John W Dean 3d for ints
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TV 'Plea Bargaining'
Date: 25 March 1975
ed on question of ethical standards raised by CBS decision to pay reptd $25,000 to H R Haldeman for 2 1-hr ints; notes CBS News, to avoid charges of 'checkbook journalism,' maintained that int was 'memoir' not an ordinary news int; holds Haldeman used int as platform to 'plea bargain' while interviewer Mike Wallace cast himself in role of prosecutor and judge; holds CBS News and the public were 'had'
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Ohio Editor Resigns Over Letting Paper Print an Obscenity
Date: 25 March 1975
Charles Alexander on Mar 24 resigns as editor and publisher of Dayton Journal Herald after he had allowed paper to print obscenity; word appeared twice on Page 1 of Mar 19 edition and was included in text of statement made by Fed Treas agent to authorities after agent had shot and killed another agent in dispute (S)
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Infectious Cronkitis
Date: 24 March 1975
By Roy Peter Clark
Roy Clark
Roy Peter Clark scores broadcast news media for discarding regional dialects, especially Southern dialect, for standard dialect promulgated by major networks and univ broadcasting schools; calls it 'Cronkitis'; suggests remedies
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A Quiet Times Reader Is News in Princeton
Date: 25 March 1975
By RICHARD HAITCH Special to The New York Times
Richard Special
$10,000 life-size sculpture by J Seward Johnson entitled The Newspaper Reader has been installed on grounds of Princeton Boro Hall; figure is reading issue of NY Times; illus
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A Quiet Times Reader Is News in Princeton
Date: 25 March 1975
By RICHARD HAITCH Special to The New York Times
Richard Special
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BEAME OUTLINES PLAN TO REDUCE CITY BORROWING; Services Cutback to Result in Saving of $135-Million in Next Fiscal Year FINANCIAL VOW IS MADE Mayor Says All Obligations Will Be Paid Off on Time and All Payrolls Met Beame Outlines Plan for Sharp Reduction in City's Short-Term Borrowing
Date: 24 March 1975
By FRED FERRETTI
Fred FERRETTI
Mayor Beame announces that city will sharply reduce its short-term borrowing, as well as cut services, to save $135-million in fiscal '76; holds unusual Sunday news conf at Gracie Mansion to 'clear the air of some misconceptions and misunderstandings,' which, if left unchallenged, could seriously damage city's econ and its position in short-term and long-term money mkts; asserts city will pay all interest and redemption costs on time; remarks he is determined to balance fiscal '76 budget by recurring revenues in order to avoid further borrowing; criticizes city's banking community, and First Natl City Bank in particular, for indulging in what Beame calls 'current wave of unwarranted negative publicity' concerning city's credit; notes that bank vp Jac Friedgut had gone to Washington last wk and told city's Cong delegation that investing in city securities is risky; Friedgut is reptd to have said that his bank will no longer buy city securities; Beame declares banks have responsibility to let public know that NY securities are good investments; says he expects to reduce volume of next yr's borrowing by $2-billion, although city has been borrowing at rate of about $3-billion annually; observes that while indebtedness will increase by $800-million in fiscal '76, it would be down from $3-billion expected by June 30 (L)
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Excerpts From Rabin's News Parley; Opening Statement
Date: 24 March 1975
excerpts from Rabin's statements, (M)
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