Flash: Movietone Struggling to Save Its Old Newsreels
Date: 17 December 1977
By GRACE LICHTENSTEIN
Grace LICHTENSTEIN
Comment on efforts being made to save nearly 60 yrs worth of Fox Movietone News newsreels from deteriorating; co, with help from Natl Archives in Washington, is copying its earliest nitrate film onto modern acetate; film researcher Don Silz comments; illus (M)
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Pro-Government Paper in Paris Ceases Publication After 3 Months
Date: 18 December 1977
French pro-Govt afternoon daily J'Informe ceases publication after 3 mos; reptd it was losing about $6,000 a day; publisher Joseph Fontanel comments (M)
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When a Newsman Consults the C.I.A.
Date: 18 December 1977
By Stanley Karnow
Stanley Karnow
article by Stanley Karnow recalls his contacts with CIA agents during his 20 yrs as a foreign correspondent; says newsmen should not be condemned for trying to get information from agency, but should stay free of formal links with agency; drawing
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Journalist Wins In Legal Appeal Over Press Pass
Date: 18 December 1977
Fed appeals ct has ruled that 'bona fide Washington correspondent' has constitutionally protected interest in obtaining White House press card and must be told full reason if 1 is denied; opinion by Judge Carl McGowan finds that such person may be turned down only for compelling reasons such as danger to Pres, and must be given procedural rights; ct acted on complaint filed by Robert Sherrill, who had been Washington correspondent for The Nation; Sherrill was denied White House press pass in '66, and given no explanation, after Secret Service investigation; not until '72 was he informed he had been turned down for security reasons and that his arrest and fine for assault on press sec to Gov of Fla had figured in decision (S)
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SOARING URBAN CRIME TROUBLING SPANIARDS; Many Trace It to New Democratic Order, but Link Is Not Clear-Cut Homicides Still Infrequent
Date: 18 December 1977
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Article on concern over soaring urban crime rate; many trace increase to new dem order that has brought with it wave of permissiveness and crime; crime statistics noted
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How Business Is Misusing the Media
Date: 18 December 1977
By MARK GREEN
Mark GREEN
Article by Mark Green on how business uses (or misuses) press and TV to influence public opinion, to increase profits, and to affect anti-business legis; article is condensation of recent speech; cartoon (L)
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A Pause for Station Identification; CBS: 'We think our campaign coverage was exceptional'
Date: 18 December 1977
By NEIL E. DERROUGHBy ROBERT HOWARDBy BILL MOEN
Neil DERROUGHBy
CBS TV Stations vp Neil E Derrough, NBC TV Stations vp Robert Howard, and UA Columbia Cablevision news dir Bill Moen reply to Nov 27 article by Prof Roger N Johnson criticizing TV coverage of NJ elections; Derrough says CBS coverage was exceptional; Howard revs programs devoted to candidates and issues carried by NBC; Moen says Johnson completely ignored extensive coverage by UA Columbia Cablevision serving Essex, Passaic, Bergen and Morris Counties (L)
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Arrests Reported in Cairo Murder
Date: 17 December 1977
3 young Arabs have reptdly been arrested, Cairo (S)
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