New Antiwar Group Disclosing Military Information
Date: 25 April 1972
By JUAN M. VASQUEZSpecial to The New York Times
antiwar group, Ad Hoc Mil Build-up Com, has been gathering and disseminating information on US troops and supply movements to Vietnam since Apr 8; com members say their sources, for the most part, are antiwar servicemen and civilians in the GI coffeehouse movement; their information, while not always correct, has often been close to the mark; com disclosed that targeting charts for Hanoi and Haiphong were being drawn up at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii; com members F Neisser and E Murray comment
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American Journalism Analyzed By 'Counter-Convention' Here
Date: 24 April 1972
By MURRAY SCHUMACH
Murray SCHUMACH
panel including T Wolf and G Sheehy defends 'new journalism' against R Adler, P Kael and C Trillin, A J Liebling Counter-Conv; other topics discussed are freedom of reporters, shortcomings of campaign coverage and difficulties of obtaining news from Govt agencies
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Newspaper Publishers Report the Pay Board 'Increasingly Firm'
Date: 24 April 1972
ANPA annual meeting, NYC, repts new records in newspaper ad receipts; distributes 70,000 booklets assailing taxes on ad and 'on knowledge and information'; notes newspapers increase their ad share over other media in '71 from 29.3% to 30.3 and collect $6.2-billion out of $20.5-billion in ad billings
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The Grand Jury
Date: 24 April 1972
By ANTHONY LEWIS
Anthony LEWIS
A Lewis article on Prof S L Popkin, who faces up to 18 mos in prison for refusing to answer questions before Fed grand jury investigating pub of Pentagon papers; holds questioning of Popkin was not conducted with restraint and responsibility on part of prosecution; says questions sought his speculations and names of Amers and Vietnamese with whom he had scholarly ints over past yrs; says if prosecutors use grand juries for pol purposes cts must find ways to protect witnesses
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U.S.I.A. Says Programs Face Big Cuts
Date: 25 April 1972
By TAD SZULCSpecial to The New York Times
USIA gen counsel C D Ablard, on Apr 24, deplores impact on USIA propaganda and research activities of Sen Foreign Relations Com proposed cut in USIA fiscal '73 funds request from $200-million to $154.4-million
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A Times Financial Writer Gets Strebig-Dobben Award
Date: 24 April 1972
Strebig-Dobben award for journalism to R E Bedingfield (NY Times)
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M'GOVERN ENDORSED BY 2 ON RADICAL LEFT
Date: 24 April 1972
radical left leaders A Hoffman and J Rubin on Apr 24 pledge support of Yippies and Zippies to help Sen McGovern win Dem Pres nomination and gen election
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TWO NEW DIRECTORS NAMED TO A.P. BOARD
Date: 25 April 1972
AP names N Noyes Jr and J M McClelland Jr dirs
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SHIP REPAIR CONCERN INDICTED FOR FRAUD
Date: 25 April 1972
ship repair co Home Bros, Newport News, Va, 2 of co's subsidiaries and 17 individuals are indicted for fraud, Apr 24, by Fed grand jury; are accused of overcharging USN for ship repairs and refusing to comply with terms of contract for those repairs; Justice Dept names 15 officials of co, 1 USN employe and certified pub accountant as defendants
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1971 NIXON MESSAGE DISCLOSED BY SADAT
Date: 25 April 1972
Special to The New York Times
Pres Sadat says on Apr 24 that Pres Nixon in message last yr acknowledged Egypt's policy of independence from all foreign powers; says he had informed Nixon in advance of his intention to give port facilities to Soviet vessels in Mediterranean and that Nixon replied that he did not seek Egypt's friendship at expense of anyone else; says his planned visit to USSR is necessary because of certainty that Nixon and Soviet leaders will discuss Middle East during Nixon's visit in May
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