Newsmen Protest Continued Pakistani Press Curbs
Date: 29 February 1972
By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York Times
Malcolm BROWNESpecial
Pakistani Govt holds A Gauhar, editor of newspaper Dawn, incommunicado on charges of violating martial law concerning discrediting Govt, Pres or armed forces; Internatl Press Inst lr to Pakistani Govt holds that Gauhar's past career as Govt official is not justification for his current detention as journalist; Pakistani newsmen are reptd concerned that Pakistan Press Internatl, only non-official news agency, is under Govt pressure; say many significant pol developments are being barred from pub; Govt recently closed Punjab Punch, Eng-language wkly; Information Min Pirzada, in Feb 14 lr, outlines Govt's complaints against press; warns that press freedom cannot take precedence over nation's survival
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The Peking Caper Papers
Date: 29 February 1972
By RUSSELL BAKER
Russell BAKER
R Baker humorous comment on purported 'Peking Papers' leaked to press on Nixon-Mao conversation
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TV: Pictures From China Were Clearer Than the Commentary; Coverage Was Broad, but Lacked Depth Reporters Were Caught in Trivia Trap
Date: 01 March 1972
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor rev of TV coverage of Nixon's trip to China; finds pictures clear but commentary without depth
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JUSTICES TO RULE ON BAN ON TV ADS; Suit Asks Right to Buy Time for Controversial Views
Date: 29 February 1972
By FRED P. GRAHAM
Fred GRAHAM
US Sup Ct to rev US Appeals Ct ruling holding ban on noncommercial radio and TV ad violates First Amendment; Appeals Ct ruling came in suit brought by Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace, which tried to purchase ads from radio station WTOP and was told that station does not sell time for discussion of controversial issues
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NEW DAILY MIRROR HALTS PUBLICATION
Date: 01 March 1972
NY Daily Mirror ceases pub after 13-mos; publisher D Thomas says paper's failure was because it was not allowed to distribute on newsstands affiliated with Garfunkel, Amer or Union news cos
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Liberty to See
Date: 01 March 1972
Ed lauds ACLU rept on noncommercial TV; contends public TV requires fewer major-domos but stronger working journalists, entertainers and innovators on creative side; holds decentralization under White House pressure will destroy public TV; says Corp for Public Broadcasting needs long-range financing from Cong and that keeping it on yrly rations makes public TV creature of pol whim and pressure; calls WNET programing imaginative
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Chinese Get News Only Hours After Nixon Leaves
Date: 29 February 1972
Nixon-Chou communique published by Jenmin Jih Pao and broadcast by Peking radio; Chou, in Shanghai, appears to rule out any visit to US by himself; suggests such a trip is job for Deputy Min Chiao Kuan-hua; ground station for satellite broadcast to US from Peking to be dismantled
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Wallace Files in New Mexico
Date: 29 February 1972
Gov Wallace files declaration as Dem candidate in NM Pres primary
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McCloskey Makes Vow
Date: 29 February 1972
Repr McCloskey says he will not back Pres Nixon for re-election 'as long as the bombing is continuing in Vietnam,' Nashua, NH
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Reagan Calls on California To Reinstate Death Penalty
Date: 01 March 1972
Calif Gov Reagan demands reinstatement of capital punishment, which was recently declared unconst by Calif Sup Ct; says that he does not consider death penalty cruel and unusual punishment, but rather as a deterrent
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