Twentieth Century Fund Approves News Analysis Project
Edward Jay Epstein of The New Yorker will lead a two year study approved by the Twentieth Century Fund trustees. The focus is on major wire services AP and UPI and several supplemental services from The Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. The aim is to assess how these sources form the American information diet and influence news distribution.
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Hughes avoids court as judge upholds $2.8 million slander verdict
Billionaire Howard Hughes, absent as usual, loses bid to overturn a jury award of 2.8 million to former aide Robert Maheu. Judge Harry Pregerson preserved the verdict, citing Hughes public remarks calling Maheu dishonest. Appeals follow, with debate over Maheu’s claimed future earnings.
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Lulu Belle Wiseman becomes NC state legislator at 61
Lulu Belle Wiseman, former National Barn Dance singer, is sworn in as a freshman representative from Avery and Mitchell counties in North Carolina. At 61 she is the first woman and the first Democrat elected in the district since 1922, entering the 1975-77 session after Red Cross work and local party urging. Also Venezuelan govt to set up 18 employment agencies to place draftees after two years military service.
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