Peking Giving Little Information in Official Press; News Available to the Outside World Steadily Reduced During the Last Year
Date: 06 January 1970
Govt has, in past yr, steadily reduced flow of information to outside world; traditional New Yr edition pub jointly by 3 major publications on Jan 1 sheds little light on leadership plans, domestic issues or foreign affairs; specialists in Chinese affairs speculate on reasons for dearth of information
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BRAZILIANS CURB NEWS MAGAZINE; Article Cut Despite Stand of No Official Censorship
Date: 06 January 1970
By JOSEPH NOVITSKI Special to The New York Times
Joseph Special
mil and police rev issue of weekly news magazine Veja despite official censorship denial; cut text concerning army's role in pol; similar activities over past 4 wks at Veja noted; discussion of recent censorship, which eased after Pres Medici took office, but was tightened after Veja began reptg alleged cases of torture of pol prisoners
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Consul in Rhodesia Denies U.S. Link to Espionage Case
Date: 06 January 1970
Amer consul-in-charge O'Neill calls charge 'pure fantasy'
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Telling the Troops
Date: 06 January 1970
urging US reconcile need for mil censorship with right of servicemen to unrestricted access to news
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Censorship of Stars and Stripes Denied
Date: 06 January 1970
P Sweers, former ed-in-chief of Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes, denies censorship charge; says there were cases of high-level mil 'pressures and complaints'; says during his 2-yr tenure he was never forced to slant or purge news; makes other comments; Lawrence and Sinkovitz say they have been ordered by Col R Cook not to discuss their dismissals
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Nixon Friends Seek TV License In Miami Held by News Group
Date: 07 January 1970
Greater Miami Telecasters, group including close friends and former business assoc of Pres Nixon, files application with FCC challenging operation of Miami Channel 10, operated since Oct by Washington Post subsidiary Post-Newsweek Stations; claims local ownership would best service Miami community; Post-Newsweek chmn L Israel confident co will retain control; sees no link between application and Vice Pres Agnew's Nov criticisms of Eastern press generally and Post's holdings in particular; aide to FCC Comr speculates application could be part of 'threat system' to pressure station's ed policies
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3 Networks Protest Curbs on Coverage Of Agnew in Saigon
Date: 06 January 1970
3 major TV networks protest to Communications Dir Klein that their camera crews were excluded from covering parts of Agnew's stopover in Saigon; Klein reptdly apologizes
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