South African Editor Fined After Seizure of Documents
Date: 05 February 1972
B Pogrund, night editor of Rand Daily Mail (South African newspaper), is fined $ 130 and given suspended 9-mo jail term for theft and subversion conviction under Suppression of Communism Act; judge accepts Pogrund's argument that documents and publications seized in his apt in '71 raid had been obtained by him for use in doctoral thesis on African nationalism for Witwatersrand Univ; Pogrund was charged with theft on grounds that he tried to withhold some papers from police; denies charges
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Study Finds News Parley Nearly Dead Under Nixon
Date: 04 February 1972
AP Managing Editors Assn Washington News Com rept finds that 'President Nixon has come close to killing off the Pres press conf as public inst during his term of office'; notes Nixon held 9 news confs in '71 compared with recent Presidents who averaged 24 to 36 annually; concludes that Nixon's relations with press are more restricted and controlled in his behalf than those of any other modern-day Pres
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Who Shot Ron Porambo? A Puzzling Newark Case; Who Shot Ron Porambo? The Puzzling Case of an Outspoken Newark Author
Date: 04 February 1972
By JAMES M. MARKHAMSpecial to The New York Times
rev of incidents surrounding shooting of author R Porambo in Newark; illus of Porambo
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Soviet Is Said to Ban Dissident Journal
Date: 04 February 1972
By HEDRICK SMITHSpecial to The New York Times
Dissident sources rept latest issue of Soviet underground journal The Chronicle of Current Events is being circulated despite Dec 30 ban against its publication issued by Central Com; say move to curtail The Chronicle and other samizdat (underground self-published journals) is part of gen ideological tightening in cultural world in recent wks; assert recent wave of searches, arrests and interrogations in Moscow, Leningrad, the Ukraine and Lithuania are result of order; The Chronicle has been leading Soviet source of information about dissent in USSR since early '68, carrying articles about Solzhenitsyn and protests by A D Sakharov; Soviet sources suggest some hard-line security officers and party officials, frustrated by their inability to check Jewish emigration movement, now see opportunity to cripple more gen dissident movement at time of its disarray; other underground Soviet pubs, including journals Veche and Ukrainsky Visnyk, noted
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Court Bars Democrats' Equal-Time Plea
Date: 04 February 1972
By WARREN WEAVER Jr.Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
Fed Appeals Ct rules that Dem party is not entitled to free TV time to answer Nixon broadcasts that provide information and are nonpol, rejecting Dem Natl Com's request for equal time after lengthy Pres ints by TV commentators; Dem gen counsel J A Califano says he will appeal decision to Sup Ct; decision came on appeal of group of FCC rulings upholding NBC and CBS refusals to provide Dems with equal time after 3 Pres TV ss; Judge E A Tamm says ct is 'not unsympathetic' with party not in White House, 'but sympathy cannot be allowed to deter public from maximum information it can obtain'; says today 'it is obligatory for Pres to inform public of his program and its progress from time to time' because people 'look to him for guidance, understanding, perspective and information'; ct also rejects Repub request for equal time to answer Dem TV reply to Nixon's Apr 7 TV s
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In-Flight Commercials Gain
Date: 04 February 1972
By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY
Philip DOUGHERTY
Trans Com Productions vp P W Moseley repts co plans to sell ad for commercials to be shown during in-flight movies
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Stevenson Is Critical
Date: 05 February 1972
Special to The New York Times
Sen Stevenson charges Nixon Adm has ordered US Dacca Consulate staff and Consul Gen H D Spivak to refuse contact with Bangladesh authorities, news conf, Washington; notes repts that US may resume arms shipments to Pakistan, holding such a move would be 'barbarous'
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Driller Deal Is Set By American Zinc; DRILLER DEAL SET BY AMERICAN ZINC
Date: 05 February 1972
Amer Zinc Co agrees in principle to acquire for approximately $11-million drilling equipment div of Westinghouse Air Brake Co
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Drives in Western Laos Seen as Threat by Thais
Date: 05 February 1972
Thai Govt spokesman says new Communist offensive in western Laos poses serious threat to Thailand
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