2 ENVOYS SOUGHT ASIA NEWS CURBS; Asked Voice of America to Play Down April Events
Date: 21 May 1975
Repr Bella Abzug reveals texts of messages from John Gunther Dean, former US Amb to Cambodia, and Graham A Martin, former US Amb to S Vietnam, asking Voice of Amer to play down news ot deteriorating situation in Indochina during early Apr '75, Govt Operations Subcom hearings; USIA deputy dir Eugene P Kopp and Voice of Amer news dir Bernard Kamenske do not question authenticity of messages; Abzug reads Apr 14 Voice of Amer ed directive ordering news writers dealing with Vietnam evacuation to use only official statements' from White House, Defense or State Depts and Cong actions until further notice (M)
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Ford Fund, WNET Decry Hoffman Fee
Date: 21 May 1975
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
WNET officials and Ford Foundation broadcast consultant Fred W Friendly denounce payment of $3,000 and $800 video cassette player to fugitive former Yippie Abbie Hoffman for taped int on WNET on May 19; WNET officials, contending they were unaware of financial arrangements, call payments 'checkbook journalism' and inappropriate for public TV apart from question of helping to support fugitive from justice; WNET program adm dir George Page comments (M)
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Lisbon's Socialists Threaten to Quit Coalition Over Closing of Paper
Date: 21 May 1975
Socialist party threatens to quit coalition following closing of newspaper Republica, one of few remaining non-Communist dailies; delivers ultimatum to Pres Francisco da Costa Gomes; Information Min Jorge Correia Jesuimo strongly attacks Socialist position; holds 3,000 Socialist demonstrators, who were led by Mario Soares and who kept all-night vigil outside newspaper's office, caused public disorder (M)
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Kuhn Names Lang To Panel on Rules
Date: 21 May 1975
Baseball writers Jerome Holtzman (Chicago Sun Times) and Jack Lang (LI Press) apptd by Comr Bowie Kuhn to serve on official Scoring Rules Com (S)
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Notes on People; 4-Star Admiral Brothers in Shift
Date: 21 May 1975
is transferred to Univ Hosp, NYC, for routine monitoring tests to assure proper functioning of cardiac pacemaker; drs say he is making excellent progress in his recovery from stroke (S)
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Sports News Briefs; Orantes Leads Tennis Grand Prix
Date: 21 May 1975
Ital soccer players to strike May 25 because of dispute with club owners; want to be allowed to refuse transfers to other teams and want abolition of age limits in semi-pro 3d and 4th Divs (S)
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