PARLEY ON NEWS SET FOR CABLE TV; Sterling Will Relay Sections of Liebling Convention
Date: 20 April 1972
By GEORGE GENT
George GENT
Sterling Manhattan Cable TV to transmit on Apr 23 and 24 proceedings of A J Liebling Counter-Convention on contemporary issues of Amer journalism sponsored by MORE (pub); various topics and panelists noted
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Guild Rejects Offer
Date: 19 April 1972
TNG members employed by Pawtucket Times unanimously reject co's latest contract offer on Apr 17 and authorize union negotiating com to call strike
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SENATE DEFENDS ITS PREROGATIVES; High Court Asked to Block Federal Inquiry on Gravel
Date: 20 April 1972
Special to The New York Times
Sens Saxbe and Ervin argue for Sen's const prerogative before US Sup Ct for 1st time, Apr 19, as they urge Ct to block Fed grand jury investigation of Sen Gravel's pub of secret Pentagon Papers; their arguments noted
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19 of 28 Washington Correspondents in Editors' Survey Say That Government Secrecy Has Increased
Date: 19 April 1972
Baltimore Sun bur chief P Potter deplores Nixon's 'abandonment of the news conf,' survey of Washington correspondents prepared by Amer Newspaper Editors Society for its conv opening Apr 19; says Pres's use of Agnew 'to traduce press and other news media' bothers him even more than survey finding that govt secrecy has increased
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Nieman Program Head At Harvard Resigning
Date: 19 April 1972
Special to The New York Times
D E Sargent resigns as curator of Harvard Univ's Neiman Fellowships in journalism
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Homosexuals File Assault Charges Against Maye and 6 Others
Date: 19 April 1972
By LES LEDBETTER
Les LEDBETTER
NYC Councilman Postel says on Apr 18 that he will sue wife of Housing Admr Walsh for slapping him at Apr 15 Inner Circle dinner; Postel had charged Walsh with taking money from law firm representing real estate interests involved in munic loan scandals
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Nader Calls for a Center to Fill Media's 'Neglected Functions'
Date: 19 April 1972
Special to The New York Times
R F Kennedy Journalism Award to J Nordheimer (NY Times)
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Wider TV Coverage of Jersey Sought
Date: 20 April 1972
By JOSEPH F. SULLIVANSpecial to The New York Times
Joseph SULLIVANSpecial
Coalition for Fair Broadcasting, group of elected officials, union leaders and civic orgns in NJ, demands on Apr 19 that NYC TV stations give more attention to NJ; says it will oppose renewal of FCC licenses for any stations that do not increase 'quality and quantity' of news coverage and public service programs dealing with NJ; will meet with WCBS, WNBC, WNEW and WNET reprs next wk to discuss agreement on coverage that would become written part of each station's license renewal; will also make effort to meet with WOR, WABC and WPIX; triennial license renewals now before FCC are scheduled to be decided by June 1; G MacInnes, exec dir of Wallace-Eljabar Fund, which has contributed $20,000 to finance coalition, says initial contacts with station reprs indicate that satisfactory arrangements can be worked out without filing objections to license renewals; Mayor Gibson says NYC stations make no special effort to cover or understand NJ
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Times Wins 6 Page One Awards In Newspaper Guild Competition
Date: 20 April 1972
Burnham wins TNG Page One award
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Democrats Lose TV Plea For Time to Rebut Nixon
Date: 20 April 1972
FCC rejects request by Dem Natl Com that NBC and CBS be required to provide free, 1-hr prime TV time to respond to programs featuring Pres Nixon; com's demands involve Jan 2 int by D Rather on CBS and Dec 21 program by J Chancellor narrating 1 day in life of Pres Nixon; com contends that both broadcasts were just prior to Nixon's entry into '72 Pres election campaign and were pol, partisan and discussed issues of pub importance in manner favorable to Nixon Adm
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