Cambodian Villages Bare as People Work Fields; Visitor Finds All Movement Limited in Countryside Except for Trucks
Date: 03 September 1975
Sri Lanka journalist Errol de Silva, describing recent 20-hr journey from Thai border into Cambodia, says 2 villages on road to Battambang were deserted while former residents were plowing or planting in countryside; recalls seeing rice in various stages of cultivation; was taken into custody by Cambodian soldier 4 mi inside country and driven to Battambang, where he was kept overnight; says he had been told by local prov official that all movement across prov boundaries, except for regular trips by supply trucks, is prohibited by new Govt officials; says supplies are purchased daily from Thai smugglers at Khong Le, near officially-closed border with Thailand, and stored in Battambang for redistribution throughout country; says transactions are reptdly in US currency; says officer, who displayed large number of $100 bills, noted that while Pres Lon Nol and his followers had allegedly taken large amounts of gold out of country, they left behind a great deal of US currency; local currency reptdly has been confiscated; recalls seeing wads of 500-riel notes being made into bundles and burned to cook food; was told that any person found in possession of such money would be shot; soldiers reptdly distribute food to people working fields according to a quota system (M)
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SPANISH NEWSMEN PROTEST NEW LAW
Date: 02 September 1975
Spanish journalists on Sept 1 protest new antiterrorist law enacted last wk and say it might leave them open to arbitrary prosecution; protest is 1st public criticism voiced against law which forbids all 'open or veiled' support for outlawed Communist party, separatist and anarchist groups, and prohibits criticism of cts dealing with accused terrorists; protest is in form of editorial in newspaper Hoja del Lunes (S)
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MORE PAYMENTS TIED TO LOCKHEED; Thousands Reported Given to Foreign Journalists to Plant Favorable Story INTERMEDIARY WAS USED Recipients Not Identified S.E.C. Questioning Other Aerospace Companies MORE PAYMENTS TIED TO LOCKHEED
Date: 02 September 1975
By ROBERT M. SMITH Special to The New York Times
Lockheed Aircraft Corp reptdly made payments to foreign journalists through intermediaries to plant news stories favorable to co; has refused to disclose names of intermediaries or journalists to whom payments were made on grounds that disclosure may result in cancellation of contracts (M)
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The Network Circus
Date: 03 September 1975
By William V. Shannon
William Shannon
William V Shannon article holds TV is largely responsible for decline in quality of Amer life over last 30 yr; links TV to rise in juvenile deliquency and decline in intellecutal achievement of Amer youth; holds TV should not be left under control of profit-motivated indus nor be entrusted to govt, but should be controlled by chs, univs, foundations, and non-profit assns of writers, dirs and actors; sees hope in advent of cable TV
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The Story Beneath the Non-Story
Date: 02 September 1975
By Ben H. Bagdikian
Ben Bagdikian
Ben H Bagdikian article on Govt influence on the press discusses suppression during late '50's of repts of U-2 flights over USSR; drawing (M)
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Haughton Expects U.S. Curb on Payments; Haughton Sees U.S. Curbing Payments
Date: 03 September 1975
By ROBERT M. SMITH Special to The New York Times
Lockheed Aircraft chmn Daniel J Haughton says he feels US Govt undoubtedly will adopt regulations restricting US corp payments to foreign govt officials and pol parties, int; warns such laws would put US cos at competitive disadvantage; refuses to say that US cos should stop making payments to foreign govt officials and pol parties but says he regards Lockheed's foreign payments as 'cost of doing business'; illus (L)
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Clemency Program Gets Wide Support In a Gallup Survey
Date: 03 September 1975
Gallup poll taken Aug 1-4 finds 46% favored Pres Ford's clemency program requiring alternative service of Vietnam draft evaders and deserters, 18% thought pardon should be granted without alternative service, and 24% were opposed to pardon under any circumstances; 79% say they would treat Vietnam draft evaders and deserters who completed alternative service to country and received pardon no differently than they would anyone else; 70% of those in survey favor extending program of alternative service (M)
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