India Union Leader Urges Secret Anti-Gandhi Drive; Nation Remains Calm
Date: 20 July 1975
By WILLIAM BORDERS Special to The New York Times
William Special
Most newspapers fill columns with official statements because of rigorous Govt censorship; Financial Express, in move that is almost daring by new standards, pubs ed urging MPs to think independently when voting on state of emergency; Daily Motherland newspaper and sister wkly The Organizer rept they are going out of business; both papers, published by opposition Jan Sangh party, were closed for failing to obey censorship rules; Motherland ed K R Malkani is among few journalists known to have been arrested in crackdown (S)
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Laos Bans Bangkok Paper
Date: 19 July 1975
Bangkok Post reptdly is banned in Laos for allegedly publishing 'misleading repts' about Laos (S)
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India Asks for Pledges To Abide by Censorship
Date: 20 July 1975
Indian Govt, citing widespread violations of censorship imposed when Prime Min Indira Gandhi proclaimed state of emergency June 26, asks foreign correspondents to sign pledges that they will submit dispatches to censorship; says failure to sign could lead to expulsion; will accept pledges signed 'under protest' (S)
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WRITER IN SOVIET STIRS A DISPUTE; Moscow Newspaper Assails 'Unpleasant Frankness' by Katayev in Article
Date: 20 July 1975
By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN Special to The New York Times
Christopher WREN
Controversy has erupted over recent anniv issue of popular Soviet youth magazine, Yunost; at center of dispute is amusing reminiscence written for 20th anniv issue by magazine's 1st editor Valentin Katayev; Katayev related how, as editor, he passed up publishing 2 Western classics, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, and The Little Prince, by Antione de St Exupery, after he had been cautioned by friends that works were ideologically risky; works were then successfully published by competitors; rival editor was understood to be Aleksandr B Chakovsky; Moscow youth newspaper Moskovski Komsomolets complains in prominent article that Yunost editors were only upsetting young readers by publishing such 'unpleasant frankness'; criticizes entire anniv issue which it said suffered from lack of responsiblity (M)
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Wolff Appointed to Data Panel
Date: 20 July 1975
Special to The New York Times
HR Speaker Carl Albert names Lester L Wolff member of new 5-man information com of HR; Wolff will assist in setting up communications program for HR to provide information about HR activities to press and public (S)
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LETTERS; A Fairness Doctrine For Journalists?
Date: 20 July 1975
REUVEN FRANK
Reuven FRANK
Lr by Frank Reuven, sr exec producer of NBC News, on J J O'Connor June 22 comment on broadcasters opposition to fairness doctrine; explains how NBC documentary program on pensions, which O'Connor discussed, was prepared
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RATE RISES GRANTED TO 2 AUTO INSURERS
Date: 19 July 1975
NJ Ins Dept grants Travelers ins group 17.9% rate increase on auto premiums and Hartford group 6.4% increase (S)
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People in Sports; Black Hall of Fame Enshrines Frazier
Date: 19 July 1975
2-time world auto racing champ Graham Hill announces retirement; will manage his own Formula One team (S)
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Metropolitan Briefs; 2 Held in Shooting of Detective
Date: 20 July 1975
Dina Brodsky and husband, Seymour, of Bklyn, NYC face up to 5 yrs in jail for allegedly promoting in magazine ads availability of Mrs Brodsky as a possible bride; some 2 dozen suitors sent her more than $4,000 to pay her air fare to their hometowns; she kept money (S)
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