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Date: 08 August 1972
By JUDY KLEMESRUD
Judy KLEMESRUD
UPI correspondent K Webb details her experiences during 23 days she was held prisoner in Southwest Cambodia, int, NYC, Aug 7; illus
Date: 08 August 1972
Chinese news agency Hsinhua repts on Aug 7 that group of AP reprs left Hong Kong to return to US after 2 wk visit
Date: 07 August 1972
Repub Natl Com chmn Sen Dole formally asks ABC, NBC, CBS and MBS networks for free TV and radio time to respond to Aug 5 TV speech by Sen McGovern
Date: 08 August 1972
Ad Bur (ANPA) repts that survey of 1,000 women indicates that adult women who work tend to be better newspaper readers than those who do not; attributes phenomenom partially to fact that working women as group are better educated
Date: 08 August 1972
EDWARD M. KENNEDY
Sen Kennedy lr on Aug 2 article by Postmaster Gen Klassen holds that postal rate increase poses danger to all pubs; says Klassen's reliance on econ aspect is appaling sign of his dept's lack of vision on issue
Date: 08 August 1972
Information Min, Aug 8, repts 2 Opposition dailies cease pub because of new govt crackdown on press requiring heavy financial deposits from all newspapers
Date: 08 August 1972
By ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
Public Service Broadcasting (PBS) pres H Gunn announces that PBS will offer uninterrupted telecasts of platform activities at Dem Natl Com meeting on Aug 8 and Repub Natl Conv beginning Aug 21; camera will be placed in front of podium and coverage will not be broken for floor ints or other activities; Public Affairs Center for TV pres J Karayn, calling PBS telecast 'a journal of record', says viewers will switch to commercial stations to see activities off podium or outside conv hall
Date: 08 August 1972
(Equal-Time Issue--NBC & CBS Deny Dole's Request) NBC and CBS networks refuse Aug 7 request by Repub Natl Com chmn Sen Dole for free TV and radio time to answer Aug 5 speech by Sen McGovern during which choice of S Shriver as McGovern's running mate was announced; stations say that McGovern's speech was 'bona fide news event' exempt from equal time provisions; ABC and MBS say they are still considering Dole's request
Date: 08 August 1972
By ROBERT B. SEMPLE Jr.Special to The New York Times
Environmental Quality Council deletes chapter on energy problems from annual rept on state of environment reptdly on instructions from White House and Management and Budget Office because of fear that topic would spark controversy in election yr; chapter reptdly discusses oil imports, trans-Alaska pipeline, offshore drilling, and is critical of oil indus
Date: 07 August 1972
Special to The New York Times
NJ Standardbred Breeders and Owners Assn ratifies on Aug 6 4-yr contract with Freehold Raceway covering purse and other benefits