Rigged Wheels; OBSERVER
Date: 10 November 1973
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
correction on Nov 9 comment by special Pres aide P J Buchanan on B Bagdikian's Nov 1 comment on Pres daily news analysis; information concerning remarks made about Nixon's judgment by A Lewis, E Sevareid and Washington Post were erroneously ommitted
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WEICKER ATTACKS NIXON'S TV OFFICE; Calls Communications Unit Danger to Free Press
Date: 10 November 1973
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUMSpecial to The New York Times
David ROSENBAUMSpecial
Sen L P Weicker Jr on Nov 9 attacks Office of Telecommunications Policy as 'danger to freedom of the press' and introduces legis that would abolish office; Cong experts in communication policy say that legis stands little chance of passage in '73; Weicker, in speech before Sen, says govt should not be in business of reviewing quality and scope on non-governmental communications; says that functions of office could all be handled by FCC; is critical of speech made by former office dir C T Whitehead in which Whitehead appeared to be threatening owners of TV stations with loss of licenses if they did not 'act to correct imbalance or consistent bias from the networks'
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No Back Talk From The Press, Please; Television
Date: 11 November 1973
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor comments on Nixon Adm's attitude toward broadcast journalism in light of recent TV show B Moyer's Journal, An Essay on Watergate; says program offered broad and thoughtful perspective at time when broadcast journalism generally is preoccupied with simply reptg incredible cascade of news stories concerning Nixon Adm over last several mos; holds that program is object lesson on potential role of truly ind public TV system; notes that 1 day after airing of Moyers show Sen L P Weicker Jr made public series of documents obtained by Sen Watergate Com consisting of memos involving H R Haldeman, C W Colson and J S Magruder that appeared to be efforts to 'tear down the institution' of broadcast journalism; notes Sept 25, '70, memo from Colson to Haldeman in which Colson had been pressuring top TV execs of 3 commercial networks to deny requests by Dem party for free air time to reply to televised Pres statements; Moyers illus
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The Plumbers' Foreman May Have a Wrench to Throw
Date: 11 November 1973
SEYMOUR M. HERSH
article discusses signs indicating that previously held loyalties of E Krogh Jr, who was previously considered 'hard-line Nixon loyalist' and who was head of special investigations unit of White House known as 'plumbers' at time of burglary of Dr Ellsberg's psychiatrist, are diminishing; as plumbers head his only superiors were J D Ehrlichman and Pres Nixon
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Salant Disputes White House on Cronkite Interviews; N.B.C. Sharply Revises Prime Time Schedule
Date: 10 November 1973
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS pres R S Salant in Nov 7 background memo rebuts White House allegation that CBS anchorman W Cronkite showed partiality to newsmakers who were unfriendly to Nixon Adm; points out that among other things former White House aides H R Haldeman and J D Ehrlichman had been invited to appear on CBS Evening News for special ints by Cronkite but that they always declined; says Nixon himself has standing invitation, renewed from time to time, to be int on CBS but he has never accepted it
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NIXON AT RETREAT; REPORTERS CURBED
Date: 10 November 1973
White House says on Nov 9 that Pres Nixon flew to Camp David, Md, on Nov 9 but, in change of procedure, newsmen were not permitted to watch Pres's helicopter take off from White House South Lawn or land at Camp David; says Nixon was accompanied by Mrs Nixon and their son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs D Eisenhower
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Capital Children Get Own TV News; Help Edit Scripts Stress on the Positive
Date: 11 November 1973
Special to The New York Times
Youth News (TV Program): Washington, DC, TV station WRC is currently airing new 1/2-hr program in prime time, Youth News, which features young reporters out on location covering community activites, sports, music, films and features; show's producer D Hughes comments
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PARLEY SOMBER AT RABBI'S DEATH; Inspiration to Unity But Hebrew Union Resolves Here to Carry on in Unity
Date: 11 November 1973
By GEORGE DUGAN
George DUGAN
Union of Amer Hebrew Congregations on Nov 10 ends its 2d day of biennial conv on somber note, marking death of Rabbi M N Eisendrath, union's leader for 30 yrs; Eisendrath died of heart attack moments before he was to deliver his valedictory remarks upon retirement as pres of Reform Jewish orgn; Rabbi R B Gittelsohn to deliver eulogy at funeral; Rabbi A M Schindler and H K Gutmann, chmn of orgn, comment
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MIAMI NEWS EDITOR RESIGNS IN DISPUTE
Date: 10 November 1973
Special to The New York Times
S H Meyer on Nov 9 resigns as editor of Miami News in policy dispute with Cox Publishing Co, owner of paper; J Fain is named acting editor
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