Militants' Areas Are Cordoned Off By Saigon Police; Lies Down on Street
Date: 29 October 1974
By JAMES M. MARKHAM
trial of managements of 3 Opposition newspapers in Saigon, which published priest's 'indictment' of Pres Nguyen Van Thieu, is scheduled to begin on Oct 31
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3 Journalists Will Get Maria Moors Cabot Awards
Date: 28 October 1974
Columbia Univ to present Maria Moors Cabot prizes to journalists Don Bohning and William D Montalbano (Miami Herald) and Fernando Pedreira (O Estado de Sao Paulo); pors
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STUDENTS IN SEOUL ROUTED BY TEAR GAS
Date: 29 October 1974
outbreaks of student demonstration in South Korea follow protests by newsmen across nation against Govt suppression of press
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Soviet Press Silence Fans Rumors About Crime
Date: 29 October 1974
By HEDRICK SMITH
Hedrick SMITH
Moscow press is reptdly suffering from credibility gap that points up problems of closed soc where unfavorable news is normally suppressed and people are inclined to believe the worst; city's only afternoon daily, Vechernyaya Moskva, on Oct 26 quoted Viktor Pashkovsky, deputy head of city's police dept, as denying repts that group of escaped convicts had committed series of crimes in city; another police official in same day told foreign correspondents that police had apprehended man believed responsible for murders of 11 women (S)
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Wichita Broadcaster Starts a Weekly Newspaper
Date: 29 October 1974
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Martin Umansky, vp and gen mgr of KAKE TV and radio stations in Wichita, Kan, has founded wkly newspaper, Wichita Sun, specializing in coverage of local issues and events; newspaper, which published its 1st issue Oct 9, is operated by wholly owned subidiary of KAKE; many obeservers believe this to be 1st instance in any large or medium-sized city of newspaper created by broadcast interests; Umansky says newspaper is able to provide depth of news coverage that is lacking on TV and radio; says $need always existed for 2d newspaper in any city where there is publishing monopoly; city already has 2 papers, Wichita Eagle and Wichita Beacon, owned by Ridder Publications
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