Syria Frees U.S. Newsman After Holding Him 3 Days
Date: 21 January 1975
Syrian security agents release AP correspondent Nicholas Ludington on Jan 20 after holding him for 3 days; Ludington is driven to Lebanese border and released there; Ludington and Louis Fares, Syrian part-time AP employe, were arrested in connection with dispatches Ludington wrote during recent visit by Saudi King Faisal; Fares was released Jan 18; repts say Ludington was not charged with any violation of Syrian law but was 'interrogated' about his dispatches (S)
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Syria Holds U.S. Newsman Who Reported on Faisal Visit
Date: 20 January 1975
AP correspondent Nicholas Ludington is being held by Syrian security agents on Jan 19 in Damascus, 2 days after his arrest in connection with repts he wrote during Saudi King Faisal's recent visit; US State Dept and AP have asked Syrian authorities to effect Ludington's release; rept says some Syrian authorities said Ludington would be released or deported on Jan 19 or 20; Ludington and Louis Fares, Syrian who is part-time AP employe in Damascus, were arrested on Jan 17; Fares was released Jan 18; Ludington is reptdly being 'interrogated' about his dispatches (S)
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WMCA REPRIMANDED IN ROSENTHAL SLUR
Date: 21 January 1975
FCC has reprimanded radio station WMCA for violating 'personal attack' rule of Communications Act in incident involving Repr Benjamin S Rosenthal, in which station failed to notify Rosenthal of attack made on him by Bob Grant and for having failed to give him time to reply; drops $1,000 fina against station; WMCA pres R Peter Straus comments (S)
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Kissinger Said to Suffer From 'Aura of Infallibility'
Date: 20 January 1975
French Min Jean Sauvagnargues say thay Sec Kissinger suffers from 'aura of infallibity of a magacian' built up with help of Amer press
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CBS Refuses Amnesty 'Spots,' Citing Fairness Doctrine Claims
Date: 21 January 1975
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS has refused Pres Clemency Bd's request for radio and TV time for public-service spot announcements encouraging Vietnam-era war resisters to participate in Pres Ford's Amnesty program before plan's Jan 31 expiration; CBS-TV vp John A Cowden explains spot announcements provoked claims for time from groups opposed to amnesty plan which CBS would have been required to grant under FCC fairness doctrine; holds amnesty issue is 'too complex' to be subject of 30-second spot and could be better presented in news broadcasts; CBS Broadcast Group spokesman says decision is consistent with co ban of ads containing editorial matter; Cowden says Natl Council for Universal and Unconditional Amnesty, Natl Council of Churches and ACLU had submitted legal claims for reply time; United Ch of Christ communications dir Everett C Parker, agitator for broadcast reform, terms CBS position 'height of elitism'; NBC and ABC have been carrying White House and Natl Council of Churches announcements; legal officials of both networks say they know of no claims for time from other orgns; NBC withdrew promise to carry White House spots during Super Bowl game on Jan 12 after Natl Council of Churches requested time during game; Clemency Bd chmn Charles E Goodell repts 'tremendous upsurge in applications' since Jan 6 beginning of broadcast campaign, with result that bd has asked for 6-mo extension of program (M)
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Notes on People; Virginia Court Disbars Colson
Date: 21 January 1975
Author and playwright Elie Wiesel receives 5th annual Rambam Award of Amer Mizrachi Women 'for his profound conveyance of Jewish values and tradition' (S)
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Advertising; The New Pitch From Subaru Ford to Push Rebate Offer Auditore Filter Adds Member J. Walter Thompson Joins JWT Grant Plans TV Campaign New Home Magazine Started Accounts
Date: 20 January 1975
By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY
Philip DOUGHERTY
Ford Div gen mktg mgr John J Morrissey says J Walter Thompson's ad campaign will emphasize Ford Motor Co's rebate program (S)
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The Rockefeller Panel and Its C.I.A. Mission; News Analysis Respect for Authority
Date: 20 January 1975
By CLIFTON DANIEL Special to The New York Times
Clifton Special
C Daniel analysis of Pres comm to investigate alleged CIA domestic spying says comm, according to its White House charter, must confine its investigation to CIA activities within US; says judging by its membership, comm would not be disposed in any case to pry into other activities, especially CIA's clandestine operations abroad; discusses what these operations included; notes HR Foreign Operations and Govt Information Subcom in '73 said its charges that 20,000 Vietcong suspects had been killed 'should be either substantiated or repudiated after an impartial and thorough investigation'; says no such investigation was made; cites comments made by Pres Ford about CIA; notes limitations placed on comm, headed by Vice Pres Rockefeller; says 3 of comm members, Rockefeller, C Douglas Dillon and Gen Lyman L Lemnitzer, have had past assns with CIA and there are no proclaimed CIA critics among members; says all but 2 comm members, Edgar F Shannon Jr and Lane Kirkland, have been public officials (L)
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