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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REUNION WITH NORTH STRESSED IN SAIGON
Date: 04 September 1975
Alan Dawson, mgr for UPI in South Vietnam and last full-time Amer news agency journalist in country, arrives in Thailand on Sept 3 after having been ordered to leave (S)
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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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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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Janet Bogardus, Librarian With Federal Reserve Here
Date: 04 September 1975
Alfred Lansing, editor of Bethel Home News dies; was 54 (S)
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day International National Metropolitan
Date: 03 September 1975
US Sec of Stale Kissinger says that '75 US food-aid budget for needy countries provides for almost 6-million tons of food, 60% of world target and 20% increase over '74, text of UN Gen Assembly speech (S)
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