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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1970
Page
17
Baxter Ward, KHJ TV news director, rejected an offer to join campus violence coverage. Students invited him to broadcast from a safe spot while rocks flew and windows broke. Ward said Channel 9 would report protests verbally, not photographically, to avoid promoting violence.
NBC crew members Welles Hangen Tony Munday Australian cameraman Ray Weiss and producer director Yoshihiko Waka were detained for 24 hours after a misunderstanding outside Phnom Penh airport. Guards fired four shots into the air and confiscated the team’s car camera and equipment as Cambodian officials investigated the case amid broader discussions on TV news coverage of demonstrations and violence.
A 10 30 p m feature on ABC TV Channel 7 examines an all white Iowa elementary class investigating the effects of prejudice in a mini documentary titled Now with a focus on race and social bias.
Radio listings show KMPC carrying a baseball game at 8 PM on Monday May 11 1970 with the Boston Red Sox visiting the Angels. The page lists numerous stations and call signs but highlights KMPC as the baseball carrier for the specified time and teams.
San Diego station KCSI will suspend film coverage of violent demonstrations immediately due to safety concerns for its camera crews. KCST follows as the second independent California station this week to halt such coverage after KHJ in Los Angeles made a similar move.
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