Indira Seeks to Restructure Indian Press Control
Indira Gandhi's government operates emergency powers to merge India's two major news agencies and to reshape management of key newspaper groups. It aims to install pro government editors, reducing critical coverage and press independence, with ordinances curbing censorship challenges and dissolving the Press Council.
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Paul Grimes
N.Y. Times News Service
New York
Indira Gandhi
India
Mrs. Gandhi
New York Times
Vidya Charan Shukla
Press Trust of India
United News of India
All-India Radio
United News
Press Trust
Times of India
Asia
Japan
Gandhi
Press Council
New Delhi
West Bengal
Birthmarks and moles facts from a 20th century column
A reader's notes explain birthmarks or nevi are common and not shameful. Most moles form early but some appear later. Removal should be by a doctor due to possible irritation or risk. A humorous riddle feature follows with three jokes about language, objects, and a ball.
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Patricia Bourget
Webster
Mass
P-Patch program expands city plots in Seattle
The P Patch program started three years ago on an abandoned truck farm for a public pea patch named after Rainie Picardo. Last year it grew to 12 sites with plans for 15, spanning over eight acres of urban plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Rainie Picardo
Indian Marwari businessmen and press influence noted
The Marwaris, a moneylending Hindu caste from Rajasthan, clash with other Indians and face government scrutiny over business practices. They use English-language newspapers to promote interests, while officials push to curb English press and boost vernacular papers in smaller cities.
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Rajasthan
Super Rat Geronimo Dares Crowd in Seattle Leap
A daredevil rat named Geronimo perches on 6th grader Greg Ison in Seattle Washington and makes a 12 foot leap before a crowd of newsmen.
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Geronimo
Greg Ison
Seattle
Wash
Mayday Arrest Victims Sought for Damages
More than 500 of 1,318 potential claimants for up to 10,000 each from the 1971 Mayday protest have not identified with the ACLU. Diana Josephson says if unlocated protesters cannot come forward by March 1976 they will lose. Damages were awarded after a civil jury found false arrests and rights violations on May 5, 1971, at the Capitol steps.
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N.Y. Vimes News Service
Washington
American Civil Liberties Union
Diana H. Josephson
National Capital Area Aclu
District of Columbia
Capital Police
ACLU
22 Train to Be New York Harbor Pilots
Twenty two apprentices train to become New York Harbor pilots. The program lasts 15 years and requires sketching the 700 mile shoreline from memory and memorizing navigation data. Last year the Sandy Hook Pilots Association handled foreign trade worth a record 39 billion dollars.
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N. Y
New York
Compass
MOAC
Commercial Marine Insurer
Sandy Hook
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