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Date: 09 March 1975
Dow Jones has purchased 10% interest in South China Morning Post Ltd, publisher of Hong Kong's leading English-language newspaper; also increases its interest in Post's Far Eastern Economic Review from 40% to 49%; Post shares will cost about $5.2-million
Date: 09 March 1975
By WILLIAM P. BARRETT Special to The New York Times
William BARRETT
Monroe Twp (NJ) Council has accused John R Vernon, publisher of Gloucester County weekly newspaper Plain Dealer, of overcharging on legal ad; Sup Ct Judge Peter J Devine has ordered twp to place legal ad in Daily Times, Woodbury, pending hearing on suit, scheduled within week; legal ad rates are fixed by state law for matter printed in agate type; Plain Dealer's ads are set in smaller, regular body type; complaint further holds Vernon overstated paper's circulation to raise total above 5,000, making paper eligible to accept legal ad; Twp Solicitor William R Pearson says Plain Dealer has violated law and should be stripped of 'legal' status; Vernon counters typographical tech has changed sufficiently since publication laws were enacted that his practices are legal; holds Council's complaints are retaliation for paper's endorsement of past Repub candidates; Plain Dealer logo illus
Date: 08 March 1975
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
R Baker humorous rundown on news of a positive nature
Date: 09 March 1975
Gloom has pervaded S Korea's press community amid dismissals of newsmen in their struggle to obtain press freedom; Dong-A Ilbo, nation's largest daily newspaper, has abruptly dismissed 13 of its editors and reporters, move which brings to 31 number of S Korean journalists ousted by newspaper mgts during last 3 mos; many of those dismissed had played leading roles in fighting against Pres Park Chung Hee's press restrictions as well as publishers' own self-censorship; other newspapers involved identified as Joongang Ilbo and Chosun Elbo (M)
Date: 09 March 1975
By JAMES S. KUNEN
James KUNEN
Perry Deane Young book, A Reminiscence of Some Friends in the War, on journalists Sean Flynn's and Dana Stone's stint in Vietnam, revd
Date: 09 March 1975
US Sup Ct decision declining review of lower-ct ruling that victims of '70 police shootings at Jackson State Coll were not entitled to damages revd
Date: 08 March 1975
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Article analyzes recent increase in pressure on TV stations brought by specialized or regional audiences, demanding more particularized news coverage, demonstrated by Rockland County legislature's vote to oppose licenses of NY's commercial stations on grounds that they provide insufficient coverage of county; NJ Coalition for Better Broadcasting petitions are pending before FCC seeking local TV services for state; rev of recent challenges to WNET/13's license renewal brought by Puerto Rican Media Action and Educ Council and of criticism leveled against WNEW-TV; NJ and Rockland residents claim right to greater coverage based their contribution to station profits; WNEW vp Lawrence Fraiberg and WCBS exec George Dessart term request unreasonable; FCC license renewal exec James R Hobson says station's primary responsibility is to 'city of license', according to Primer of Ascertainment, issued by agency in '71 (M)
Date: 09 March 1975
Natl Inst of Educ experiment in which communications satellite is used to transmit educ TV programs to remote areas in US discussed (S)
Date: 08 March 1975
By Theodore J. Jacobs
Theodore Jacobs
Theodore J Jacobs article on Fed Govt as largest single creator and collector of information in world; cites vast files of FBI and CIA; discusses whether public has a right to know what Govt knows; discusses Freedom of Information Act, what was lacking in original act and recent amendments to it