WBAI Chief Ruled Freed Too Quickly
Date: 15 March 1972
By LESLEY OELSNER
Lesley OELSNER
US Ct of Appeals rules that Fed Dist Judge M E Frankel acted too quickly when he freed WBAI gen mgr E A Goodman; stays its own order for 48 hrs to allow time for Goodman to take his case back to state cts
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INFORMATION ACT SCORED AS FUTILE; Nader Assistant Criticizes It -- Official Defends Law
Date: 15 March 1972
By RICHARD HALLORANSpecial to The New York Times
P H Schuck, atty with R Nader's Center for Study of Responsive Law, holds Freedom of Information Act is futile because of bureaucratic self-interest and secrecy, HR Govt Information Subcom hearing; holds it should have facilitated public participation in 'public's works' but instead has engendered 'endless litigation' and has produced relatively little important information; act defended by US Adm Conf chmn Cramton
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WBAI and the Law: To Preserve a Free Press
Date: 15 March 1972
FRANK MILLSPAUGH
Frank MILLSPAUGH
former WBAI mgr F Millspaugh lr on jailing of WBAI gen mgr E A Goodman for refusing to hand over tapes of '70 riots in Manhattan House of Detention for Men to Dist Atty's office
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Boston Labor Urges Halt To Takeover of TV Channel
Date: 16 March 1972
AFL-CIO Greater Boston Labor Council and Internatl Stereotypers Union urge Sup Ct to intervene in Boston Broadcasters Inc planned action to take over Channel WHDH, originally owned by Herald-Traveler, on Mar 18; WHDH attys, including former Justice A Fortas, rept action will leave some 2,500 employes without jobs and may cause Traveler to cease pub
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Federal Reserve Aide Assails Media
Date: 16 March 1972
By JUAN M. VASQUEZSpecial to The New York Times
Fed Reserve Bd vice chmn J L Robertson alleges CBS gave public incorrect figures on cost of Pentagon public relations program during TV special Selling of Pentagon; says program quoted cost at $190-million while Pentagon budgeted figure was $30-million
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TV Role on Population Crisis Assayed
Date: 16 March 1972
By GEORGE GENT
George GENT
CBS vice chmn Stanton, in rejecting request from J D Rockefeller's Comm on Population Growth and Amer Future to purchase 1 hr of prime time TV in order to present its own version of its rept, denies allegation that birth control is taboo subject for television entertainment
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Head of I.T.T. Denies Link Of Suits and Aid to G.O.P.; Head of I.T.T. Denies Pledge To G.O.P. Was Linked to Suits
Date: 16 March 1972
By FRED P. GRAHAMSpecial to The New York Times
Fred GRAHAMSpecial
ITT pres H S Geneen denies any connection between Sheraton Corp's pledge to Repub Natl Conv and Justice Dept settlement of ITT antitrust case, Sen Judiciary Com herarings on ITT lobbyist D Beard memo, published by J Anderson and linking pledge to contribution; concedes that shortly after Anderson's pub of memo ITT security officers shredded documents in Beard's file; says he does not know who ordered destruction; claims action was not intended to prevent rev of files by legitimate agency; says he will try to have rept on incident in time for next hearing; says he knew nothing of Beard memo and that Sheraton pledge was made to attract business to hotel in San Diego; says pledge was $100,000 in cash, with another $100,000 to be matched by other contributors, not $400,000 mentioned in memo; says that at his meeting with then-Atty Gen Mitchell he agreed not to mention ITT cases because Mitchell had disqualified himself from working on them; says purpose of meeting was to impress upon various Govt officials that Govt antitrust policy needed re-examining; says he told Mitchell ITT overseas operations could ease US balance of payments deficit by bringing in some $5-billion from abroad over next 10 yrs, but that co needed to acquire more cos in US to balance out threat of expropriations of corp's holdings by foreign govts; Sen Eastland names subcom to fly to Denver to take sworn testimony on Mar 20 from Beard who is hospitalized there with heart ailment; says 1 reporter will be present to provide information to all media; Sen Tunney charges that either Mitchell or Lieut Gov Reinecke lied about their '71 discussions on conv arrangements; Justice Dept memos introduced into hearing record state that on Oct 20 '70 then-chief of Civil Rights Div J Leonard sent memo to Mitchell recommending suit to stop alleged racial discrimination by S Calif real estate co Coldwell Baker & Co; later memo from Leonard to subordinate says Mitchell in his reply to memo said that Leonard should set up negotiations with co to see if discrimination did exist; Mitchell reptdly said he couldn't believe practice was 'co policy'; suit was never filed and out-of-ct settlement was made wk of Mar 6; Mitchell testifies at hearing that Leonard was mistaken in saying Mitchell knew anyone at Coldwell, which was represented by Los Angeles law firm headed by H W Kalmach who helped arrange financing for San Diego conv; Mitchell says he cannot remember memo; Sen Cook denounces news media repts of hearings; protests articles in Washington Post and Washington Eve Star; complains about caption under picture of Mitchell in 1st edition of NY Times that erroneously identified Asst Atty Gen Mardian, who was conferring with Mitchell, as ITT vp Merriam; Mitchell sent telegram of protest to Times publisher A O Sulzberger; Times expressed regret for its error; illus of Geneen meeting with reporters
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Metropolitan Briefs
Date: 16 March 1972
G Bailey, helicopter pilot, is rescued by NYC police after making emergency landing in E River
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N.B.C.-TV Investigative Series Planned for Prime Time in Fall
Date: 15 March 1972
By GEORGE GENT
George GENT
The Sixth Age, wkly radio program for elderly, will premiere Mar 19 on WNYC; program, produced by NYC Office for Aging with P Scott as producer, will int elderly persons and provide information on health and econ benefits for aging
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The First Lady of the Land at 60; Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon Woman in the News
Date: 16 March 1972
By RICHARD HALLORANSpecial to The New York Times
Mrs Nixon illus with children touring White House; she celebrates her 60th birthday today
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