Press Freedom Gains Outweigh Losses in 1965 Report
The IPI report says world press freedom held firm despite intimidations and state pressures. Spain Portugal are dark spots while Asia shows bright spots in Japan Hong Kong and Ceylon. About 1,800 publishers and editors belong to IPI. Laurence Gandar cited as example of courageous stand in South Africa. Singapore’s secession did not curb freedom though Rhodesia censored abroad papers.
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Per Monsent
Arey
Spain
Portugal
Asia
Japan
Hong Kong
Ceylon
IPI
Canada
New Zealand
Europe
Laurence Gandar
Rand Daily Mail
Johannesburg
South Africa
Singapore
Malaysia
Smith
Rhodesia
Regiona
Court orders Johnson to appear in Indiana on injunction
A circuit judge in Porter County Indiana issued a summons directing President Johnson to appear in court to answer charges tied to an injunction petition filed by Mes Cassie Orr mother of a drafted soldier. Orr seeks to prevent presidential orders in the military arguing constitutional overreach. Sheriff William Sidel said he lacked procedure to serve the summons and noted service may require the Attorney General.
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New York
Johnson
United Press International
Mes
Cassie Ore
Porter County Court House
Indiana
U.S
Congress
Orr
William
Porter County
William Sidel
Sidel
Katzenbach
Communist reforms bring profit motive to state industry
Poland adopts a profit driven model in heavy industry aiming to improve quality and exports over one to two years. Incentives include cash premiums for managers who align output with public needs and cut costs, with a shift from plan driven production to market signals. PRAGUE. President Novotny criticizes waste and promises reforms in 1966 to curb centralized planning and expand managerial discretion within a controlled market framework.
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Prague
AAP
Antonin Novotny
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
Novotny
Minister Krishnamachari resigns amid inquiry
India's Finance Minister Krishnamachari resigns from the government at sixty six amid criticism over share transactions involving the Life Insurance Corporation. Eleven MPs sent a memorandum to President Radhakrishnan seeking a public inquiry into his conduct and alleged use of office to secure import agencies for a family firm.
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New Delhi
AAP - Reuter
India
Krishnamachari
Fosa
Life Insurance Corporation
Nehru
Radhakrishnan
President Johnson orders Bethlehem Steel price talks in a tariff row
American steel clash erupts as Bethlehem Steel raises prices by 5 dollars a ton on steel shapes and piling. President Johnson denounces the move as unwarranted and says it harms national interests during Vietnam fighting. He calls Bethlehem to confer with economic advisers immediately.
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Johnson
Vietnam
Kennedy
Bethlehem Steel Company
Auriol’s Resistance Path to France’s First President
Auriol escaped Nazi execution as Germany overran France and Parliament granted marshal's powers. He opposed the measure and was arrested, later released after near execution. He joined the Resistance under a false name, was flown to join De Gaulle in London, and became France’s first President in 1947. He shaped policy amid crises, then clashed with De Gaulle, and fathered one son with two grandsons and linked to Jacqueline Auriol.
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Haute Garonne
Aurol
Blum
Popular Front
France
General
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Mre
Jacqueline Auriol
Filipinos mourn former Philippine official Mendez dies
Manila report says former Philippine force secretary Mr Mendez aged 69 died of a heart attack yesterday, two days after stepping down. A former journalist, he was an anti Communist who favored sending Filipino combat troops to South Vietnam.
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Manila
Aap-Reuter
Philippine Force
Mr Mendez
Mende
South Vietnam
UN Mediator Gale Plaza resigns over Cyprus mediation
Gale Plaza of Ecuador resigns as UN mediator on Copii citing Turkish objections to current arrangements. He said the move aims to preserve ongoing efforts to solve the Cyprus problem as U Thant and Cyprus President Markarios react.
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New York
Gale Plaza
Ecuador
U Thant
Associated Press
Plaza
Cyprus
Markarios
Nicosia
Southeast Asia unity debate shapes Cold War outlook
Experts say Southeast Asia lacks unity and that stable settlements depend on local religious ethnic and cultural ties. Indonesia Malaysia and the Philippines form one zone while Laos Cambodia Thailand and Burma form another Buddhist bloc with Vietnam as an outlier. They view nationalism and a tolerant Buddhist culture as barriers to Communist power and urge leveraging popular aspirations to resist China.
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Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Burma
Vietnam
China
Southeast Asia
Britain
Suez
Census by camel opens Algeria's first postindependence census
In Algiers on Sunday census officers mounted on camels set off into the Sahara to conduct Algeria's first full census since independence. The operation is budgeted around £1,750,000 and runs until next April with about 30,000 officers involved.
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Algiers
Sahara
Algeria
Socnet
Anend
Asia progress seen as desperate as Vietnam war
The Kuala Lumpur Straits Times editorial warned that Asia’s economic progress in the coming year faces grave difficulty. It contrasted regional growth struggles with the ongoing Vietnam conflict and urged concerted action to improve prospects across economies and development efforts.
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Kuala Lumpur
Aap-Reuter
Asia
Vietnam
Kuala Lumpur Straits Times
Optimism Versus Pressure in Asian Development Efforts
The text notes optimistic targets in Asia hindered by fast population growth and price declines. Production gains, especially in food, are eroded. nutritional standards remain near pre war levels. ECAFE region trade deficits total around 2 billion annually. the Asian Development Bank offers half of that over five years, amid dire development challenges akin to Vietnam War pressures.
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Asia
ECAFE
New
Asian Development Bank
No loudspeakers for call to prayer in Istanbul
Authorities order muezzins to stop using loudspeakers for the call to prayer and to rely on their own voices from gallery centers. They also ban selling souvenirs near mosques and say mufti’s office will not climb minaret stairs for the call. The move aims to ensure the call to prayer is heard time to pray without artificial aids.
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Istanbul
Puccey
Ind
Sezg Sezgin
Miusezine
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