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Date: 30 August 1973
5 Eur newsmen return from N Vietnamese zone north of Saigon in good health on Aug 29 after spending wk watching life and activities of N Vietnamese; S Vietnamese mil sources hold that West Ger TV correspondent P Scholl-Latour and J L Arnaud of Agence France-Presse, together with 3 cameramen and technicians, drove into Govt army post on Route 13
Date: 30 August 1973
W Cronkite will be 1st recipient of Natl Press Club of Washington's 4th Estate Award for distinguished service to journalism; will accept award at dinner on Oct 13
Date: 30 August 1973
By RONALD SULLIVAN
Ronald SULLIVAN
NJ Coalition for Fair Broadcasting, public interest group that includes some of state's governmental leaders, on Aug 29 accuses NYC TV stations of failing to live up to agreements 'binding' them to increase news and public affairs coverage of northern NJ; says it will attempt to compel stations to fulfill commitments, implying possible legal attack against FCC licenses to broadcast; FCC officials say that challenge represents 1st time in TV broadcasting history that group representing geographic region has attempted to force TV stations to provide it with increased TV news coverage; confrontation, involving flagship stations of 3 major TV networks, could have significant impact in determining TV indus' news and public affairs responsibilities to mkts it serves; NJ and Delaware are only states that do not have VHF commercial stations; northern NJ residents must rely on NYC stations for their broadcasting; Assembly Speaker T H Kean, who is co-chmn of coalition, contends that stations are providing northern NJ with 'dismal news coverage' that amounts to TV news blackout,' news conf; says during sample wk of July 2 to July 6, WCBS, WNBC, WABC and WNEW devoted only about 5% of their news coverage to NJ; coalition exec dir R Whitaker says NY coverage has become 'intolerable situation in NJ'; says coalition leaders plan to meet with station officials in Sept; Newark Mayor Gibson, another coalition co-chmn, and station officials comment; illus
Date: 30 August 1973
residents of Peking are out in streets on Aug 29 hailing announcement that 10th natl Chinese Communist party Cong had been held from Aug 24-28; numerous processions are led by traditional group of drums, tambourines and gongs mounted on platform of truck or tricycle; persons with loudspeakers lead crowd in shouting slogans praising Chmn Mao Tse-tung and Chinese Communist party
Date: 29 August 1973
Date: 29 August 1973
Aug 28 article on black pol leaders attending meeting in Denver incorrectly stated that some of them had refused to participate in Mar '72 black conv in Gary, Ind; article should have said they refused to paticipate in continuing activities of conv after it was held
Date: 30 August 1973
K Hill is named on Aug 29 as chmn of NYS Off-Track Pari-Mutuel Betting Comm
Date: 30 August 1973
By Nick DiSpoldo
Nick DiSpoldo
Excerpts from diary of prisoner N DiSpoldo, currently an inmate in Ariz State Prison, describing thoughts on prison and psychological effects of imprisonment; illus