A COLLEGE PAPER STILL IN DISPUTE; Florida Alligator Remains in Hands of Student Editors
Date: 01 October 1972
Special to The New York Times
Univ of Fla Student newspaper Florida Aligator resumes pub on Sept 28 in hands of student editors but remains subject of dispute after univ pres S C O'Connell fails in attempt to assume editorial control; O'Connell asked Fla Bd of Regents on Aug 15 for approval of plan under which he would appt 'professional editor-publisher' responsible to vp for student affairs; Regents denied request and asked Alligator to continue under previous policy; new bd with faculty and adm representation has been set up to govern paper and work out plan by which it will become completely ind of univ; student editor R Bellows charges that establishing bd is act in defiance of Regent's request to continue previous policy; O'Connell insists upon change since Atty Gen R Shevin ruled April 18 that O'Connell lacks power of prior censorship over paper;acting vp for student affairs J M Kinzer met with old bd of Alligator on Sept 20 to ask bd to make recommendations to O'Connell about what kind of bd should direct pub; Deputy Atty Gen B Richard, in briefing bd on thrust of ct cases involving student newspapers, says that as long as univ pres exercizes control over student newspaper 'there is no way he can remove the cloak of state action'; bd recommends, after several hrs of debate, creating new bd with 11 voting members, made up of student, faculty and community reprs; Sigma Delta Chi officials rept they will investigate situation
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A NEWSMAN FINDS RED TAPE IN HANOI; He Tells of Vigilance Over Articles on P.O.W.'s
Date: 01 October 1972
By PETER ARNETT
Peter ARNETT
article by P Arnett, AP newsman, returned to NYC, Sept 27, after 10 days in Hanoi covering release of 3 Amer POWs, tells of Hanoi's desire to get maximum publicity from pilots' release; tells of haggling with officials over contents of dispatches; says Hanoi sought to show Amer pub that the nearly 400 POWs are well treated and would be quickly released if the war ended; says Hanoi also sought to dramatize bombing damage by taking POWs and their relatives on trip of bombed urban areas
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PRESS IS WORRIED BY SRI LANKA BILL; Information Sources Would Have to Be Divulged
Date: 01 October 1972
Sri Lanki newspapers warn that ind and free press may soon be extinct because of new press council bill expected to be introduced soon in Parliament; under bill, newspapers would be compelled to divulge their sources of information to 5-member press council, weighted heavily in favor of Govt, and would be barred from publishing articles about Govt activities, except those having approval of authorities; violations would carry drastic penalties; newspapers contend that if bill becomes law, not only would press become instrument of ruling Freedom party, but it would also mark beginning of totalitarian rule
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BLAST ON U.S. SHIP NEAR DMZ KILLS 19; 10 Other Sailors Wounded in Gun Turret Explosion on Cruiser Newport News BLAST ON U.S. SHIP NEAR DMZ KILLS 19
Date: 01 October 1972
By The Associated Press
Gun turret explosion on US heavy cruiser Newport News kills 19 sailors, injures 10, Oct 1; ship was operating just below the DMZ; explosion is worst accident aboard 7th Fleet ship since USN build-up began last Mar 30
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Cosmos 521 Is in Orbit
Date: 01 October 1972
unmanned USSR Cosmos 521 satellite launched into orbit on Sept 30 with 640-mi apogee and 605-mi perigee
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Roman Monuments Being Reopened
Date: 01 October 1972
By Reuters
Roman authorities announce on Sept 30 that Colosseum and Palatine Hill will be reopened to tourists immediately, following their closure because of danger of falling stone blocks
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4 Newspapers, in Editorials, Urge Re-Election of Nixon
Date: 02 October 1972
(Nixon Campaign) 4 newspapers endorse re-election of Pres Nixon on Oct 1; Cleveland Plain Dealer, Birmingham (Ala) News, Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser and Dallas Times Herald publish editorials praising Nixon's record
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Ex-P.O.W. Calls Camps Humane
Date: 02 October 1972
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL
Ralph BLUMENTHAL
Lt Gartley is first of newly freed US pilots POWs to hold news conf, Oct 1, St Albans Naval Hosp, Queens, NYC; calls his treatment in a N Vietnam POW camp humane, says he was not mistreated and describes prison conditions as steadily improving; describes how POWs had been forced to take cover on the floor of their compound when US planes bombed nearby; calls clash he and his mother had with US mil officials at NYC airport a 'misunderstanding' which was cleared up; says mil officials gave them 'seclusion' they desired; declines to be drawn into discussing his feelings on the war and the bombing; will not discuss his plans--he is eligible for discharge; leaves on medical-evacuation plane for Jacksonville, Fla where he enters naval hosp for further tests; Lt Charles also had clash with mil officials at NYC airport but was finally able to have private reunion with family before continuing on to San Diego; Maj Elias is only one of three who has announced his intention to remain in the service as a career; he is only one of the three not hospitalized for med tests; is given out-patient testing at Maxwell Air Force Base and spends time in strolls with his family; Gartley illus
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