U.S. Newsman Ousted
Date: 17 June 1975
Newsday correspondent Daniel Rodill repts he was told on June 14 that he must leave Saigon on next flight to Vientiane, Laos; Japanese journalist working for Jiji press agency recd same orders; 12 foreign correspondents have been asked to leave S Vietnam since war ended Apr 30 (S)
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Leftist Workers in Portugal Urge Press Law Revision
Date: 16 June 1975
Information Workers Union, Communist-dominated Portuguese communications union, calls for sweeping revision of press law in apparent effort to silence country's remaining ind news orgns; specifically attacks Socialist newspaper Republica, center of major dispute among Socialists, Communists and Portugal's mil rulers (S)
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Portuguese Regime Yields Newspaper To the Communists; COMMUNISTS GET LISBON NEWSPAPER
Date: 17 June 1975
By HENRY GINIGER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Portuguese ruling Armed Forces Revolutionary Council on June 16 hands over physical control of Socialist newspaper Republica to Communist-led printers; printers immediately occupy bldg which had been sealed by Govt on May 20 following job action by printers attempting to oust Socialist publisher Paul Rego and influence paper's editorial policy; editor in chief Joao Gomes declares printers' threat that publication will be resumed with or without Rego illegal; Socialists, who had threatened to resign from coalition Govt over closing of paper, are expected to react strongly to mil action (M)
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Doctors Told Unrealistic Hopes Add to the Malpractice Crisis
Date: 16 June 1975
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Lawrence ALTMAN
Dr Roger O Egeberg, special asst to HEW Sec Caspar W Weinberger, says news and entertainment media as well as doctors have contributed to nation's malpractice crisis by creating 'unrealistic expectations' among patients through misleading accts of med and surgical advances, speech, 124th annual meeting of AMA, Atlantic City, NJ; says he has recognized that some misleading, though not necessarily inaccurate, med articles resulted from desire of many drs to create positive image for med coupled with tendency of some journalists to dramatize to get larger headlines, int; urges drs and journalists to educate public so that patients can have more realistic feeling or knowledge about med; criticizes newspapers for creating impression that many patients are winning malpractice suits for large amts (M)
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REPORTERS RELEASED FROM SUBPOENA HERE
Date: 17 June 1975
Quinn quashes subpoenas served on number of reporters, including Joseph B Treaster of NY Times, by attys for Robert Monroe and Richard Smith, who were arrested with Leroy Barnes when he was charged with offering $130,000 bribe to police officer; Monroe and Smith face weapons charge (S)
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FILE CLASSIFIERS DOWN 75% IN U.S.; But Despite Cuts Since '72, Staff Is Rating Many Documents as 'Secret'
Date: 16 June 1975
By PHILIP SHABECOFF Special to The New York Times
Philip Special
White House rept prepared by arm of Natl Security Agency, the Interagency Classification Rev Com, says Fed Govt has cut number of employes authorized to classify documents for security purposes by nearly 75% over last 3 yrs; rept presents no proof that number of documents being classified as 'top secret,' 'secret' and 'confidential' declined as a result; shows that huge numbers of Govt documents are still being classified, especially by Defense Dept, which classified well over 3-million documents in '74; only in Justice Dept did number of classifiers rise last yr; Rev Com staff dir William L Brown says this increase occurred primarily in FBI (M)
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WNET SIGNS M'NEIL FOR NEWS PROGRAM
Date: 17 June 1975
WNET cancels Round Table TV program (S)
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