Oakland Publisher Seeks Supremacy in 'News Biz'
Date: 24 November 1975
By MARTIN ARNOLD Special to The New York Times
Martin Special
Joseph W Knowland, publisher and editor of Oakland Tribune since '74, comments on his plans for making paper 24-hr operation and then converting it from afternoon to morning daily; paper has daily circulation of about 186,000 and sells about 218,000 copies on Sunday (M)
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2 Women Start Newspaper Strictly for Women
Date: 23 November 1975
By KIM LEM Special to The New York Times
Kim Special
Women's Time, only newspaper to provide information on women's groups and activities in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and to offer women outlet for creative writing, is begun by Andrea Wandelt and Kathleen Topagna; they comment on venture; their illus; logo illus (M)
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IN MOSCOW,; THE BIGGER THE NEWS, THE SMALLER THE STORY Moscow news
Date: 23 November 1975
By Hedrick Smith
Hedrick Smith
J Leonard comment on reader's reaction to his Nov 2 article on TV sportcasters' inabiltiy to keep quiet during important plays in World Series discusses situation in all sports broadcasts
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Really a Bellwether?
Date: 23 November 1975
By Richard M. Detwiler
Comment on New Hampshire, site of Presidential primary, which has atypical news media situation; says coverage within state of any natl or statewide election becomes wildly distorted; says while Manchester Union Leader, published by William Loeb, is 1 newspaper of statewide circulation and influence, it may be most deliberately unobjective in US (S)
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NBC DENIES A ROLE IN F.B.I. 'NEWSMEN'; No Evidence Found on Press Credentials at Convention
Date: 23 November 1975
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
NBC chmn Julian Goodman says thorough investigation in co has found nothing to corroborate rept that FBI agents recd press credentials from NBC allowing them to pose as newsmen at '64 Dem Natl Conv in Atlantic City; NBC was named at hearings on domestic surveillance activities of FBI before Sen Select Intelligence Com in connection with testimony on FBI's electronic surveillance of late Dr Martin Luther King Jr; exec officials suggest it is possible that Dem Natl Com cooperated with FBI in '64 and might have issued FBI false NBC identification (M)
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Broadcasting Rules and Right to Reply Are Issues in Suit Over Attack in Radio Talk Show
Date: 24 November 1975
By LESLEY OELSNER Special to The New York Times
Lesley Special
Ct of Appeals Judges Skelly Wright, Malcolm R Wilkey and Harold Leventhal have heard oral arguments on Straus Communications' appeal of FCC finding in suit involving radio station WMCA, technically Straus Communications, whose host, Bob Grant, made derogatory response concerning Repr Benjamin S Rosenthal, leader of nationwide meat boycott; Rosenthal, who declined to appear on show, was called 'coward' by Grant; suit involves 1st Amendment and procedures of administrative agency; raises question of extent of broadcaster's duty to give right of reply to subjects of personal attacks on air waves; judges were asked to decide whether comm was right in its finding about WMCA and to decide whether personal attacks rules are consistent with 1st Amendment; Straus, represented by Prof Benno C Schmidt Jr, argued that FCC was wrong in case and that personal attack regulations, in view of their adm, should be invalidated because of their inhibiting effect on editorial freedom; FCC, represented by Charles H Bell Jr and Rosenthal, represented by Collot Guerard of Media Access Project, took opposite view on each point (M)
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Open the Doors
Date: 24 November 1975
Ed on struggle for open govt lauds Sen-approved bill that requires Cong coms and Fed regulatory agencies to open their meetings to press and public except in certain specific cases
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How ABC Buttered Up The Russians And, May be, Why; How ABC Buttered Up The Russians
Date: 23 November 1975
By THOMAS WHITESIDE
Thomas WHITESIDE
Thomas Whiteside article contends that AM America commentators Bill Beutel and former NYC Mayor John V Lindsay avoided controversial issues during wk that program originated from Moscow because ABC-TV is vying for rights to televise '80 Olympics in Moscow; illus (L)
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Food News; Help for the Holiday Cook
Date: 23 November 1975
By HELEN P. SILVER Special to The New York Times
Helen SILVER
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