JAWORSKI STUDIES 2 ALTERED MEMOS; One White House Message Known to Involve Use of Wiretap Information ' Sensitive Sources'
Date: 03 August 1974
The Washington Star-News
Watergate prosecution has come across at least 2 instances where White House memos have been altered; 1 memo that is known to be under investigation was written by then-White House aide Alexander P Butterfield concerning possible pol use of wiretap information obtained from then-FBI Dir J Edgar Hoover; Butterfield's testimony-noted; contents of 2d memo are not known but sources say that it was turned up in FBI investigation ordered last winter after officials learned of 18-min gap in a White House tape; sources say memo is believed to have been cut with scissors to delete or deface certain portions (M)
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Miami Gets New Spanish-Language Newspaper
Date: 04 August 1974
Special to The New York Times
Miami Extra, Spanish-language newspaper, begins publishing; prints about 10,000 copies and concentrates on street sales; publisher Alberto Diaz-Masvidal says he plans to emphasize local coverage; Miami has become publishing center of Spanish-language publications because of availability of trained personnel, mainly Cuban refugees, and Miami's traditional ties with Latin Amer; other publications coming from Miami include Diario Las Americas, Replica, Vanidades and Buenhogar (S)
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When Does a Presidential Address Become a Public Relations Ploy?; 'The sophisticated use of broadcasting hardly began with this Administration,' says John O'Connor, but, 'White House politicians have become as adept as advertisers in their use of TV.'
Date: 04 August 1974
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor on pol of 'Presidential television' holds core of problem is fact that White House has virtually total and instant access to live coverage on broadcasting channels, particularly TV; discusses findings of 20th Century Corp's rept on Pres TV; questions what happens when legitimate Pres addresses and press confs become public relations ploys; discusses Pres Nixon's use of TV in this fashion; lauds recent decisions by CBS and NBC not to cover various Pres speeches but to give highlights; says decisions helped to restore function of network news from that of being merely a conduit for newsmakers to that of responsible journalism obliged to engage in selection (L)
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Lisbon Rescinds Suspension of 3 Papers; De Facto Cease-Fire Reported Demonstration in Lisbon Reports on Maoist Rally
Date: 04 August 1974
By HENRY GINIGERSpecial to The New York Times
about 200 people from Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) demonstrate outside UN Sec Gen Kurt Waldheim's hotel, Aug 3, demanding that Cape Verde Islands be linked with Guinea-Bissau when independence is declared; Portuguese police refuse to let delegation of demonstrators enter hotel to give Waldheim petition (S)
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Waldheim Meets With Lisbon Leaders On Freedom for African Territories; Cooperation Pledged
Date: 03 August 1974
By HENRY GINIGERSpecial to The New York Times
UN Sec Gen Kurt Waldheim arrives in Portugal, Aug 2, to help country with decolonization of African colonies; visit is 1st by a UN Sec Gen and follows yrs of hostility over African colonial problem; is marred by sudden eruption of crisis over suspension of afternoon newspapers A Capital, Republica and Diario de Lisboa for reporting demonstration by left-wing extremists against Portugal's involvement in African wars; special 10-man mil comm overseeing press, resigns following suspensions; members are believed to have been ordered to resign by mil junta; press action indicates effect African wars continue to have on pol life despite radical policy change that followed Apr 25 coup; Portuguese Foreign Min Mario Soares pleges full cooperation with Waldheim at what he calls 'historical turning point' for Portugal; Portuguese press hails Waldheim's visit; Waldheim spends working sessions with Pres Antonio de Spinola and Premier Vasco dos Santos Goncalves; offers UN help in assuring peaceful transfer of power from Portugal to African territories, which is expected to happen 1st in Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau); decolonization process is expected to move more slowly in Mozambique and Angola; Waldheim, Spinola and Goncalves illus (L)
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Bombs in Paris Damage Three Offices
Date: 04 August 1974
Special to The New York Times
Three car bombs explode on Aug 3 outside offices of Paris right-wing publications L'Aurore and Minute; police defuse 4th bomb outside offices of natl TV network; no group has taken responsiblity for bombings but authorities believe they were connected; since 2 newspapers are strongly anti-Arab, and 3d target was Jewish relief orgn, investigators suspect that bombings are work of Arab group; Francois Brigneau, editor of Minute, repts that newspaper had recently run special issue condemning new wave of Algerian immigrants; repts since then he has recd numerous threatening phone calls and lrs; says that on July 28 paper recd phone call warning of bomb but it was ignored; 2 other phone calls placed on Aug 2 allowed offices of L'Aurore to be evacuated and gave police chance to defuse bomb; illus (S)
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Letters to the Editor; Mark Twain J.H.S.: The Judge's Mistake Gentle People Toward More Lifeguards The Greeks' Due Strip Mine Coal Reserves U.S.-China Trade: Burdensome Tariff The Liberty Defenders American Integrity The 'Unfair' Tax
Date: 03 August 1974
LOUIS A. SCHUKERIRA HOROWITZ, FREDERICK BOMHOFIMICHAEL H. LLOYDGEORGE DIMITRACOPOULOS, M.D.ISABELLA MONTGOMERYMARSHALL R. KAPLANCORLISS LAMONTLOUISE EDGAR COLJEJEROME BECKER
Louis SCHUKERIRA
Lr by Corliss Lamont, chmn of Natl Emergency Civil Liberties Com, on E Howard Hunt's memo for White House on atty Leonard Boudin, published in NY Times on July 19; holds memo shows unethical and unscrupulous machinations of Nixon's aides in trying to discredit Daniel Ellsberg and his legal defense even before trial concerning Pentagon papers began
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