CEYLON'S FORCES TAKE OFFENSIVE; 5 of 18 Outposts Retaken in Fight on Guerrillas, Security Police Report Ceylon Security Forces Take Offensive
Date: 13 April 1971
By TILLMAN DURDINSpecial to The New York Times
Govt reptdly censors dispatches in wake of security forces apparent offensive against guerrillas
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Americans Visit Great Wall; U.S. Table Tennis Team Travels From Peking to Visit Great Wall
Date: 13 April 1971
By JOHN RODERICKThe Associated Press
Roderick article; he notes foreign newsmen covering tour include J Schlesinger and R Whyte (CBC)
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The Unfairness Doctrine
Date: 14 April 1971
By JAMES RESTON
James RESTON
J Reston discusses Govt pressures on newsmen and radio and TV eds and reporters and additional threat that stations and networks face because of Govt power to withdraw station licenses and because they are subject to FCC's fairness doctrine; says newsmen attending ASNE conv should examine this double standard of newspapers' greater freedom to defy Govt interference
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John Scali of A.B.C. Is Appointed to Post At the White House
Date: 14 April 1971
Special to The New York Times
J A Scali, diplomatic correspondent for ABC, apptd special consultant to Pres; is 1st working newsman apptd to prominent position on White House staff; White House press sec Ziegler says Scali's task will be to broaden public understanding of Nixon's policies
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Editors Urge U.S. Law to Shield Newsmen Against Court Action
Date: 14 April 1971
W Phillippi, in rept to Amer Soc of Newspaper Eds, says information on unsuccessful raid on N Vietnamese POW camp of Sontay last yr was mishandled
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Amsterdam News Will Be Sold; Workers Hope to Buy Harlem Paper, but Fund Drive Lags
Date: 14 April 1971
By CHARLAYNE HUNTER
Charlayne HUNTER
Pres-ed Dr Powell to sell paper and retire; says he wants to sell to staff members for about $2-million; paper's history; members of mgt and union employes try to raise funds; ask aid of Interracial Council for Business Opportunity; through council, sought Ford Foundation aid; foundation, citing Fed Tax Reform Act of '69, rejects bid; paper is 1 of biggest black papers in US
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' Selling of Pentagon' Wins Special Peabody Prize
Date: 13 April 1971
By JACK GOULD
Jack GOULD
CBS program wins special Peabody Prize; Associated Press Broadcasters Assn pres Powell scores subpoena, lr to Repr Staggers
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Peking Grants Visa to New York Times Reporter
Date: 14 April 1971
Special to The New York Times
T Durdin, chief of NY Times Hong Kong bur, gets visa to enter Communist China, sole full-time foreign correspondent of US paper to get visa since '49; has tried for visa many times in past; some restrictions on him noted; Durdin career
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Gladwin Hill Given Award for Reports On the Environment
Date: 13 April 1971
Special to The New York Times
NY Times reporter G Hill gets $1,000 T L Stokes Award for best daily newspaper writing on environment in '70
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