And the President Shall Have Cameras Wherever He Goes; You can't blame the President for trying, but maybe it's not always news
Date: 31 March 1974
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
Article on whether TV's availability to a Pres should be unlimited notes Pres Nixon is presently using TV in his fight for personal survival, not for traditional reason of fighting for pol or legis victories; holds it arguable that TV has duty to cover 'public relations' appearances that are carefully arranged and supervised by White House; cites 2 recent examples (L)
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Hal Boyle Scholarship Fund
Date: 31 March 1974
Univ of Missouri creates scholarship fund in name of Hal Boyle, AP Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist; journalism dept dean Roy Fisher notes fund has reached halfway point toward goal of $40,000
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Ehrlichman Reported Set To Drop Wilson as Lawyer; On 10 Charges Lawyers Disagreed To Ask Venue Change
Date: 30 March 1974
By SEYMOUR M.HERSHSpecial to the New York Times
John D Ehrlichman, who is to stand trial on charges arising out of his involvement in Ellsberg burgalry, is*concerned about potential conflict of interest with H R Haldeman and has decided to drop John J Wilson as his atty for Watergate cover-up trials
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Vanderbilt U. Acts to End Suit By C.B.S. Against News Archive; Arguments Cited
Date: 30 March 1974
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Vanderbilt Univ, which maintains only known natl archives of evening newscasts of ABC, NBC and CBS, has moved in ct to dismiss complaint of CBS that Archive infringes on CBS copyrights; in 2 simultaneous motion argues that news programs cannot be copyrighted and that under free-speech and free-press clauses of 1st Amendment it has right to preserve news broadcasts for reference, research and study purposes; maintains it does not sell news materials it records from local Nashville TV stations and that CBS does not suffer any econ damage as result of its lending of tapes for scholarly purposes
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American Woman Reporter Knifed to Death in Bangkok
Date: 30 March 1974
Ross, Claudia: Bangkok, Thailand, Post reporter Claudia Ross stabbed to death in her bedroom on Mar 28 in apparent robbery (S)
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CONTROLS LIFTED FROM AEROSPACE; Minimal impact Expected on Nearby Deliveries
Date: 30 March 1974
John T Dunlop, dir of Cost of Living Council, on March 29 repts that wage controls for Amer newspaper indus will be lifted within 1 wk, Natl Newspaper Assn meeting
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Gift Papers, or How a Writer Lost Out in the Tax-Deduction Game
Date: 30 March 1974
By Robert Sherrod
Robert Sherrod
Robert Sherrod discusses his experiences as journalist in donating some of his papers to Syracuse Univ in light of Pres Nixon's present difficulties with his '69 donation of his pre-Pres papers to Natl Archives; cites other well-known persons who have donated papers to various libraries and asserts it was common knowledge that deduction was allowable for such action until '69; drawings of Gen Curtis E LeMay, Eric Sevareid, John Updike, John H Glenn Jr and Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower
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Follow-Up on The News; Volcano
Date: 31 March 1974
LEE DEMBART
Lee DEMBART
Andrea Doria and Stockholm (Liners): Linda Morgan, 14-yr-old girl rescued from Andrea Doria as it sank off Nantucket in '56, is daughter of newscaster Edward P Morgan and stepdaughter of NY Times Madrid correspondant Camille M Cianfarra; brief biog of Linda, now Mrs Philip Hardberger (S)
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