PRAGUE HEARINGS SET FOR NEWSMEN; Dissenters Face Reprimand or Expulsion From Party
Date: 10 April 1969
By ALVIN SHUSTERSpecial to The New York Times
party Control Comm, under M Jakes, sets proceedings against progressive writers and editors, facing reprimand or expulsion from party; those summoned reptdly include A Svoboda, M Jelinek, L Velensky, M Jungman, L Vaculik, M Lakatos; Hochman reptdly has declined to accept summons; K Kyncl and J Holler reptdly also summoned; mil leaders threaten discipline against servicemen who participated in demonstrations
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PRO-FASCIST TABLOID IN PORTUGAL CLOSES
Date: 10 April 1969
Special to The New York Times
Lisbon's pro-Facist newspaper Agora becomes bankrupt and ceases pub; pol sources view closing as sign of change in Portugal since Premier Caetano took office 6 mos ago
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GREECE RESTORES SOME CIVIL RIGHTS; PRESS CURB EASED; Move Is Viewed as an Effort to Forestall Pressure for a Return to Democracy Athens Restores Civil Rights and Eases Press Curbs
Date: 10 April 1969
Special to The New York Times
Papadopoulos restores by decree citizens' rights of association and assembly and inviolability of citizens' homes, 3 basic const rights suspended by regime; pledges judicial comm rev of cases of nearly 2,000 Greeks detained in exile and revision of all special mil tribunal convictions except cases involving natl security and pub order, news conf; eases press curbs; announces he has set up 18 comms of jurists to draft legis to make new Const fully operative; refuses comment on relations between regime and King Constantine; foreign diplomats see action as attempt to forestall criticism of regime by 4 NATO nations at NATO conf
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Times Reporter Wins Prize for War Series
Date: 10 April 1969
Special to The New York Times
Gets Calif U Dumont Award
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Voice of Truth?
Date: 10 April 1969
ed notes new USIA deputy dir H Loomis quietly resigned as Voice dir in '65 to protest Johnson Adm attempts to censor broadcasts about domestic opposition to Vietnam war; hails Loomis return to USIA; urges new dir be chosen from USIA ranks, not from outside; deplores 'prettifying' US domestic picture in broadcasts, urges reliance on truth
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Prague to Punish Balking Newsmen
Date: 09 April 1969
By ALVIN SHUSTER
Alvin SHUSTER
Presidium decides to discipline journalists who publish articles at variance with party policy, presaging purge of mass media; suggests move against party members who left country after invasion; stresses party discipline but does not rebuke Smrkovsky; specific editors reptdly told they face discipline, including Reporter staff members J Hochman, J Lederer and J Rouml; writers union pub Listy told to suspend publication; Reporter issue emerges from censorship; Zitrek editors draft protest in connection with its suspension; Czech Repub censor J Vohnout resigns; replaced by J Haylin
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Soviet Aides Are Called Targets of Crime Here
Date: 09 April 1969
By ALFRED E. CLARK
Alfred CLARK
Trud, Moscow newspaper, charges Soviet diplomats and journalists living in NYC are victims of an organized crime campaign; G Gevorgyan, Trud NY correspondent, reiterates charges, int; Mayor Lindsay, Deputy Comr Nevard and US mission to UN deny them
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CARL RANDAU DIES; I NEWS oUIL_LLEADRI
Date: 10 April 1969
pcial t* The N/ew York Tim I
Dies, 75
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Justice Department Supports Expansion of CATV
Date: 10 April 1969
By CHRISTOPHER LYDONSpecial to The New York Times
Justice Dept antitrust div strongly urges CATV expansion as competitive medium against newspapers and TV stations, lr to FCC; urges TV stations and newspapers be barred from control of CATV cos in their own mkt areas; details
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