Mentor of a Generation of News Reporters; 'Personal History' Author Also Wrote Novels
Date: 17 March 1975
By PAUL L. MONTGOMERY
Paul MONTGOMERY
Journalist Vincent Sheean dies; por (L)
16 marca 1975 roku była niedziela pod znakiem zodiaku ♓. Był to 74 dzień roku. Prezydentem Stanów Zjednoczonych był Gerald R. Ford.
Jeśli urodziłeś się w tym dniu, masz 51 lata. Twoje ostatnie urodziny upłynęły poniedziałek, 16 marca 2026 roku, 119 dni temu. Twoje następne urodziny przypadają na dzień wtorek, 16 marca 2027 roku, w 245 dni. Żyłeś przez 18 747 dni lub około 449 951 godzin lub około 26 997 075 minut lub około 1 619 824 500 sekund.
Date: 17 March 1975
By PAUL L. MONTGOMERY
Paul MONTGOMERY
Journalist Vincent Sheean dies; por (L)
Date: 16 March 1975
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Saigon police accidentally shot and killed 37-yr-old Agence France-Presse journalist Paul Leandri when Leandri drove away from police hq after refusing to heed warning shots and cries for him to stop; Leandri had been summoned to hq for questioning about dispatch he had written on battle for Ban Me Thuot; dispatch quoted unidentified S Vietnamese priest from town as having said that non-Vietnamese ethnic tribesmen fighting for autonomy had led attack on highlands city; NY Times, in dispatch published in Mar 10 editions, said local guerrillas were believed to have joined attacking force; Leandri telephoned French Amb Jean-Marie Merillon to alert him that he would be going to immigration police office for questioning; police statement says Leandri arrived at office but refused to discuss dispatch and 'adopted belligerent, offensive manner'; French consular official who talked with Leandri in courtyard of immigration office after being called by Leandri reptdly found him agitated; Leandri reptdly said police 'want my sources'; Leandri's pregnant wife reptdly is in shock; drs at hospital indicate bullet that apparently killed Leandri struck him in head and killed him instantly; hospital source says bullet appeared to have been fired from a distance of about 30 ft; French and S Vietnamese officials have opened separate investigations of incident; Leandri por (M)
Date: 17 March 1975
widow of Paul Leandri, Agence France Presse correspondent who was killed by Saigon police, has reptdly lodged complaint of premeditated murder; questions have arisen about official police rept of incident which held Leandri was accidentally shot (S)
Date: 16 March 1975
Special to The New York Times
French Govt officials reptdly have instructed Amb Jean-Marie Merillon to protest against conditions under which French journalist Paul Leandri had been summoned by S Vietnamese authorities and way in which Leandri died; Leandri was shot and killed by Saigon immigration police when he drove away from police hq after refusing to heed warning shots and cries for him to stop; was being questioned about dispatch he had written about battle for Ban Mc Thuot; labor unions at Agence France-Presse publish joint statement describing Leandri's death as 'assassination by Saigon police'; unions say incident calls for 'strongest condemnation by all journalists of regime that still dares to claim it defends liberty' (S)
Date: 16 March 1975
Sen Repub Leader Hugh Scott on March 15 describes critics of Sec Kissinger as 'yapping jackals' interested in journalistic prizes or self-glorification, speech, veterans conv (S)
Date: 16 March 1975
CYCLOPS
Critic Cyclops on evolution of standards in TV news programs from trade to craft to profession, from days when certain aspects of news stories were staged to present day stress on scrupulous reptg; cites anecdote told by ABC-TV vp Av Westin at recent Duke Univ conf on responsibilities of journalists about Fred Friendly and shot he wanted when Telestar 1st went into operation; illus of scene from ABC's Close-Up
Date: 17 March 1975
NYC Uniformed Firefighters Assn announces winners of awards to newsmen for coverage of fires and events in lives of firemen; winners listed (S)
Date: 17 March 1975
Colby Coll to present its 22d annual Elijah Parish Lovejoy award to NY Times columnist James Reston (S)
Date: 16 March 1975
Giovanni Tavaglim, chief of govt comm studying Leaning Tower of Pisa, says structure has slowed its rate of tilt notes that 800-yr-old tower increased its tilt by only nine-hundredths of an inch in '74, compared with eighteen-hundredths of an inch in '73; drawing (S)
Date: 16 March 1975
By HELEN P. SILVER Special to The New York Times
Helen SILVER
article on Sandwiches Unlimited, Livingston, NJ, describes 6-ft-long 'submarine' sandwiches available at store; owner Harold S Jaffe comments (M)