Cultural Arrogance
Date: 12 May 1975
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis comment hails Sydney Schanberg articles in NY Times describing forced evacuation of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, following takeover by Communists; discusses Amer correspondents difficulties in seeing Indochina war through non-Western eyes and holds cultural arrogance of top Amer officials in assuming that Amer way of life could prevail was major factor in disaster in S Vietnam; cites Prof Alexander Woodside's view that Vietnamese decision making is based on historical precedent, while Amer's seek to avoid thinking in historical terms and that this split was factor in US folly in Vietnam (M)
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PRAVDA ATTACKS FINLAND'S PRESS; Rebuts Charge of Meddling in Labor Affairs
Date: 11 May 1975
By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN Special to The New York Times
Christopher WREN
Pravda attacks Finnish newspapers Ilta Set and Uusi Maailma for having contended in Apr that Soviet Govt was behind strikes at Finnish factories and was issuing instructions to Finnish Communists; says some Finns are disturbed because of Finland's mounting anti-monopoly struggle of working class (S)
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TERKEL IS WINNER OF LIEBLING AWARD
Date: 11 May 1975
A J Liebling Award, sponsored by More (pub), to author-reporter Studs Terkel; others who have won award in past noted (S)
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U.N. PASSPORT ASKED FOR WAR REPORTERS
Date: 11 May 1975
Editors from 40 nations have adopted resolution asking UN to issue special passports for journalists on assignment in danger zones; Henri Jaquet, pres of Fed of Chief Editors, says resolution must be passed in wake of recent events in Cambodia and S Vietnam where journalists lost their lives in course of duty; about 100 editors from Western world attend 3-day conf in Copenhagen (S)
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Follow-Up on The News; Computer Thievery
Date: 11 May 1975
Jerry Schneider, who was convicted of stealing $214,000 in equipment from Pacific Telephone Co by tricking co's computer, has opened business in Los Angeles which advises corps on how to prevent computer thievery (S)
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LETTERS; Westin Aims for Ratings and Misses the News
Date: 11 May 1975
JAMES C. MITCHELL
James MITCHELL
WBEN-TV news anchorman James C Mitchell lr disputes Richard Zoglin Apr 13 article crediting Av Westin with creating revolutionary news format for ABC Evening News program; says format, which emphasizes human interest and econ news at expense of foreign news, was introduced in late '60s; says many local TV stations are devoting more time to unimportant news stories that hold viewers interest in effort to improve their ratings
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Letters; The chair must go to the table"
Date: 11 May 1975
PATRICIO C. LERZUNDI
Patricio LERZUNDI
Black actress Ellen Holly lr disputes Anthony Astrachan Mar 23 article criticizing character she plays in One Life to Live soap opera; illus of Holly and actor David Pendleton in scene from series
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News of the Realty Trade; 2 Floors Leased in Garment District
Date: 11 May 1975
Kaufman & Broad names Louis Berkowitz sr vp (S)
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