N.B.C. Aide Fears F.C.C. Constraint
Date: 29 March 1971
By JACK GOULD
Jack GOULD
NBC gen counsel C B Dunham charges 'fairness doctrine' has made FCC the ultimate editor of news on TV; says doctrine has failed in its purpose and has thwarted TV inquiry into soc change, vested interest, minorities and errors in govt, s, Natl Assn of Broadcasters conv; cites view of NBC newsman B Monroe that FCC is not an ind bd of journalists but has acquired a pol tone as result of dominance by whatever pol party is in power; calls for modification of fairness doctrine and weighing of alleged instances of news imbalance or unfairness only against a station's record of balanced journalism (J Gould rept)
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Newsmen Hurt in Cambodia
Date: 30 March 1971
S Korean TV cameraman J Lee and Cambodian free-lance photographer Tea Kim Heang, on assignment for UPI, wounded 60 mi from Pnompenh
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British Plan Commercial Radio In '72, Ending B.B.C. Monopoly
Date: 30 March 1971
By JOHN M. LEE
Min Chataway, in presenting Govt white paper proposing commercial radio system for GB, says 1 objective would be to provide a source of broadcast news other than BBC; also proposes that local newspapers with significant circulation in a broadcast area have right to acquire interest in a local station
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Hong Kong Tabloid Competes in Chinatown
Date: 29 March 1971
Rising popularity of Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao Jih Pao in Chinatown spurs sense of competition among 4 local Chinese dailies now in operation in area; details; illus
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PAKISTAN REPORTS OPPOSITION IN EAST HAS BEEN CRUSHED; But Resistance Broadcasts Tell of Heavy Fighting in Many Regions NEWS BLACKOUT HOLDS Foreign Diplomatic Sources Say Slaying of Civilians by Army Is Widespread
Date: 30 March 1971
Govt asserts mil forces are in control of East and that rebels have been defeated, concedes that Khulna and port of Chittagong remain trouble spots; rebel broadcasts claim heavy fighting continues in many cities; repts from 'unimpeachable sources' in New Delhi tell of killings of civilians on massive scale by troops between Mar 25 and Mar 27; illus of Bengalis searching debris of homes destroyed by artillery
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SYRACUSE PAPERS FAN BUDGET FIGHT; Editorials Play a Key Role in Resistance at Albany
Date: 30 March 1971
By FRANK LYNNSpecial to The New York Times
Syracuse Herald-Journal and Post-Standard have played key roles in state budget impasse in Legis by stiffening conservative Repub opposition to increased spending and taxes with series of strong eds; Rockefeller, in effect, acknowledged impact of eds by sending personal plane to bring publisher to Albany, where he attempted to explain that budget could not be cut to point where there would be no tax increase; effort apparently failed; Herald-Journal runs unusual front-page ed opposing tax pkg
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Heavy Killing Reported
Date: 30 March 1971
By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG
Sydney SCHANBERG
Alleged widespread killing of civilians in Dacca detailed; 1 area inhabited by over 10,000 people was reptdly surrounded by army, who set houses on fire and 'butchered' people; Bengali-language newspaper Ittefaq office reptd burned with 40 persons inside; clandestine radio says 300,000 E Pakistanis were killed in 1st 48 hrs of army's attack; blackout on all normal news channels persists; authoritative sources now say W Pakistani interests had decided, despite pub repts of progress in talks, not to yield their hold on East
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Army in Control
Date: 29 March 1971
illus of Dacca after fighting began
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Bigart Wins Award Of Reporter Group; Newsday Honored
Date: 30 March 1971
NYC Newspaper Reporters Assn awards to H Bigart (NY Times), L Franks and T Powers (UPI), S Flanders (WCBS Radio), G Pressman (WNBC-TV);award sponsored by F & M Schaefer Brewing to Newsday team headed by B Greene
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Romney Says Nixon Doesn't Get 'Square Break' on Network TV
Date: 30 March 1971
By JACK GOULDSpecial to The New York Times
Sec Romney holds Nixon is not getting 'square break' on network TV, s, Natl Broadcasters Assn panel (J Gould rept)
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