INDONESIA IS KEEPING A TIGHT REIN ON PRESS; 7 Top Papers Allowed to Publish After Pledging Not to Print Reports on Regime's Foes Student Protest Movement Reported Case of High Military Officer Cited Effort for Better Harmony Pledged
Date: 23 April 1978
By HENRY KAMM Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Information Min Gen Ali Murtopo, int, explains why 7 of nation's leading newspapers were closed by Govt of Pres Suharto in Jan and were allowed to reopen only after each editor signed pledge to accept Govt's concept of 'responsibility'; main reason for closing seen as reporting by papers of student demonstrations protesting Suharto's re-election; Vice Pres Adam Malik comments (M)
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Editor Named an Edes Lecturer
Date: 23 April 1978
Special to The New York Times
Eugene L Roberts Jr, exec editor of Phila Inquirer, will be '78 Peter Edes Lecturer at Univ of Me's Dept of Journalism (S)
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Argentine Army Backs A 2d Term as President For Its Own Commander; Positions in the Dispute
Date: 23 April 1978
By JUAN de ONIS Special to The New York Times
Juan de ONIS
Army high command backs 2d term for Pres Videla; decision is important because Navy admirals, represented on governing junta by Adm Emilio Massera, have balked at extending Videla's presidency; newspapers La Opinion and Cronica are ordered to suspend publication for 3 days because Navy objects to repts predicting Army comdrs would 'proclaim' new term for Videla (M)
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American Reporters With Vance Protest Curbs at Brezhnev Talks
Date: 23 April 1978
Special to The New York Times
Amer journalists covering Vance visit to USSR protest Soviet Foreign Min's limitations against number of reporters who may attend start of Vance's session with Brezhnev; Foreign Min has allowed 7 of 15 reportets to attend session (S)
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THE DIONNE YEARS; DIONNE YEARS
Date: 23 April 1978
By Pierre Berton
Pierre Berton
Pierre Berton article on Dionne Quintuplets and worldwide news coverage of them during 1930s; illus (L)
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NONALIGNED NATIONS WEIGH REPORTERS' ETHICS CODE
Date: 23 April 1978
Reprs of nonaligned nations meet, Havana, Cuba, to discuss establishment of code of ethics to regulate internatl news reptg (S)
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EDITOR SAYS JOURNALISM HAS AN ANTIBUSINESS BIAS
Date: 23 April 1978
Harper's magazine ed Tom Bethell charges Amer reporters with double standard in reporting internatl events; says they are sympathetic toward totalitarian regimes that are Marxist and hypercritical on human rights issues if they are allied to US (S)
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And Now--A News Special by an Independent; TV News Special
Date: 23 April 1978
By RALPH TYLER
Ralph TYLER
Ralph Tyler article on making of The $45 Billion Dollar Connection, TV documentary on effects of US oil imports; film was made by Gateway Productions, ind co run by Dick Hubert and Paul Galan, and will be broadcast nationwide by 169 stations; Hubert comments; illus (M)
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Topics Morality Plays; Crime of Opinion Odd Lend-Lease Words and Muzak
Date: 23 April 1978
Topics ed opposes Byrne plan to use Port Auth funds to pay part of Gambaccini's salary
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