CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST NEWSMEN; 'Lack of Evidence' Cited in Indianapolis Bribe Case
Date: 01 March 1975
Marion County, Ind, Prosecutor James F Kelley dismisses on Feb 28 criminal charges against Indianapolis Star investigative reporters William E Anderson and Richard E Cady, who had been indicted by local grand jury in Sept for alleged conspiracy to bribe police officer; reporters had testified twice before grand juries about their paper's investigation of corruption in Indianapolis Police Dept, but had refused to name their sources of information within dept; Kelley, in dismissing charges, says indictment not only fails for lack of evidence but is technically defective; case revd (M)
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ETHIOPIA SHROUDS NEWS OF FIGHTING; Reporters, Unable to Enter Eritrea, Rely on 'Sources' and Sort Out Rumors
Date: 02 March 1975
By THOMAS A. JOHNSON Special to The New York Times
Thomas JOHNSON
foreign journalists attempting to rept on fighting between Ethiopian Govt and Eritrean Liberation secessionists find job difficult because Govt has refused to allow journalists entry into Asmara, area of fighting; some reporters have to visit Ethiopian Govt offices, foreign embassies and internatl orgns in Addis Ababa in order to obain information; other methods used by journalists discussed (S)
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Literati of the Playpen; Coach Woodward The Dark Ages
Date: 02 March 1975
Red Smith
Red Smith
Article on essay on sportswriting by David Shaw that ran in Los Angeles Times and which suggested that sports pages are better than they used to be because they pay more attention to matters of dress, drugs and sex; takes issue with this premise and uses examples of Heywood Broun, Irvin S Cobb and Percy Hammond who wrote both informative and witty sports columns; Broun, Cobb and Hammond pors (L)
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Yugoslavia Jails Mihajlov for 7 Years
Date: 01 March 1975
By MALCOLM W. BROWNE Special to The New York Times
Malcolm BROWNE
Mihajlo Mihajlov, Yugoslav writer accused of having criticized regime of Pres Tito in Western press, is sentenced to 7 yrs at hard labor; Novi Sad Dist Ct presiding judge Dragomir Cvetkovic also prohibits Mihajlov from any writing, public speaking or broadcasting for period of 4 yrs after completion of his sentence; Cvetkovic says sentence should be interpreted as both personal and general warning; harsh sentence is presumed to have been ordered by Tito, who earlier in wk delivered speech before Central Com of League of Communists in which he denounced Mihajlov and asserted that Western press had exaggerated dissident's importance; Mihajlov was charged with 'hostile propaganda,' specifically for 4 articles he wrote, one of which was published by NY Times; in one article he compared new Yugoslav system for choosing delegates to Natl Assembly with system adopted in Fascist Italy in '33 (M)
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Legislative Notes; Senator Ammond In TV Spotlight
Date: 02 March 1975
NJ Sen Comm on Adequacy of TV News Coverage last wk heard number of legislators score NYC and Phila outlets for inadequate TV coverage of state; comm chmn Sen John M Skevin and vice chmn Sen Joseph A Maressa comment; hearing is part of series to compile testimony to support comm's demands for more TV coverage (S)
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MIAMI SEEKS HELP TO COMBAT TERROR; Mayor Cites Violence and Threats Among Cubans
Date: 02 March 1975
WKID: Miami Mayor Maaurice A Ferre asks Fed aid to help local law enforcement agencies fight violence in Cuban exile community that police regard as politically motivated; appeal follows bombing of Amer-owned TV station WKID north of Miami; Cuban group calling itself Latin-Amer Anti-Communist Army takes responsibility for bombing (S)
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Follow-Up on the News; Horse Wrangle
Date: 02 March 1975
Status rept on which of NYC Mayor Beame's '73 campaign proposals to curb crime on buses and subways have been implemented (S)
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News of the Realty Trade; Move to Philadelphia Will Vacate City Space
Date: 02 March 1975
Leases approx 10,000 sq ft at 140 Broadway, NYC, for aggregate rent of more than $1-million (S)
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