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Focuses on the proposed implementation of the right-to-reply law in the U.S. Publication of the reply of political candidate in the newspaper; Growth of media monopolies; Freedom of the press; Judgment on Florida's right-to-reply law; Fair campaign practices statute passed in 1913 by the Florida legislature; Absence of conflict between the right-to-reply law and the First Amendment; Self-criticism of the press.

Presents an interview with Ronald Steel, a writer in the U.S. Assessment of Steel on the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon; Criticism for the domestic policies of Nixon; Views on the controversies about executive privileges; Views on liberalism and Rousseau-Jacob doctrine; Discussion on effects of the Vietnam war; Observation that parliamentary democracy was the product of a much simpler, less numerous, stratified society, class system; Comments on the freedom of the press.

Offers a look at the first six months of John Lindsay as mayor of New York City in 1966. Resemblance between Lindsay and the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy; Achievements of Lindsay; List of challenges faced by the city; Information on the relations of Lindsay with the press; Policies set forth by Lindsay.

Analyzes how the U.S. government and intelligence agencies campaigned against the administration of Juan Bosch in the Dominican Republic which led to his ouster in September 1963. Details of the fabricated intelligence reports issued by the government to link Bosch to Communist leaders; Influence of Cuba's Fidel Castro on Dominican Communists; Details of how the government manipulated the press to protect itself; Criticisms on the policy exempting the intelligence establishment from investigation and public scrutiny.

Focuses on the Americanization of the customs in Paris, France under President Charles de Gaulle's regime. Comments on the evidence for the Americanization of the press and advertising; Popularity of jazz among teenagers; Discussion of the superiority of American-English language in newspapers; Role of decentralization of the government in the Americanization of the country's way of life.

This article discusses world news briefs for the week of March 14, 1964. Different facets of the race for U.S. Presidential nominations of that year, including its candidates, are discussed. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's choice of Vice President is discussed. The effort of the United Nations to address the battle between Greek and Turk citizens on the island of Cypress is discussed.

The article presents news briefs and commentary concerning international and U.S. politics as of the week of October 16, 1961. Debate regarding the approval of U.S. foreign aid to Ghana is discussed. Several potential figures for the next position of Congressional Speaker of the House are explored. Public concerns over issues of television and radio broadcasting censorship are outlined.

This is a report on the Chilean government's first open public trials in which leading officials of Allende's regime and air force officers were accused of conspiracy. Six of them face the death penalty. Chilean military code governs the trials which were held in the Air Force Academy of military was everywhere, tension was high among the defendents, defense and their lawyers. Under the military code, the judges have the right to race or bar defense witnesses. Efforts are being made daily through the media to make the defendents appear dangerous and legitimize the prosecutor's claims. The media estimates 5,000 to 10,000 political prisoners have been killed since September, and there are still thousands more who are being held incommunicado. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the press coverage of an international conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The American press struggled along as best it could. The old timers, Frederick Kuh and Edgar Mowrer mixed with Pertinax, Madame Tabouis and other specters risen from the thirties. Less experienced international reporters: Fred Collins of the "Providence Journal," Martin Hayden of the "Detroit News," Nat Finney of the "Buffalo Evening News," Arthur Sylvester of the "Newark News" and Richard Wilson of the "Cowles" papers compared notes on the separate briefings with painstaking concern for details. Drew Pearson resorted to a series of flashbacks from the past.

Presents information on the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., which opened September 8, 1971. Information on the world premiers presented by the center during the opening week; Disadvantages overlooked by the founding fathers of the Kennedy Center; Release of the schedule for the first three months.

Focuses on the freedom of the press in the U.S. while discussing some Supreme Court cases related to press' right to publish without prior restraint. Information on Supreme Court cases of newspapers like "New York Times" and "Washington Post"; Clause in the U.S. Constitution that prohibits prior restraint on publication; Condition under which prior restraint can be put on publication.

Points out that reporters have no more right than other people to withhold information demanded by a subpoena of a court, grand jury or legislative committee in the United States. Efforts by federal prosecutors to subpoena reporters' notes and TV tapes; Conclusion by Attorney General Mitchell that it would be impolite to press his power to the limit in the overhead atmosphere now surrounding Black Panthers and Weathermen.

Focuses on U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and his performance in the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Agnew's successful trip to explain the Nixon Doctrine to Asians and his subsequent promotion of the policy around the U.S.; Fallout response to Agnew's attacks upon the news media and upon American dissent; Agnew's show of confidence in himself and in his standing with the President; Credibility gap of the government.

Presents an account of the author's experience at Quang Ngai, Vietnam during the bombings in the province by the U.S. forces. Scene at the province after the bombings; Description of the author's flying experiences over some provinces in Vietnam; Activities of American soldiers at the Chu Lai base; Information on a military briefing to the press that was attended by the author in Saigon; Attitude of American correspondents towards the Vietnam war; Indifference shown by majority of American soldiers to atrocities conducted against the Vietnamese people; Details of journalistic activities undertaken in different places in Vietnam.

Examines the political stands of U.S. Richard Nixon towards the poor community. Prioritization toward the voting rights of Negroes; Information on the measures in meeting the needs of the indigent people; Comment on the credibility of local officials supporting the President; Suggestion of the name of Congressman Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois as a good Nixon Republican who could be counted upon; View that press and public took so little interest in certain functional changes that had already been accomplished or proposed; Statement that the Bureau of the Budget was working out new administrative procedures, aimed at improving the allocation and delivery of planning grants and seeing to it that the recipients of such grants for similar purposes use them in similar and presumably more efficient ways.

Comments on the first week of the presidency of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Announcements made by the press office regarding the new Cabinet of the administration; Information on the image and impression that the Nixon administration wants to project; Details of his first meeting with the press.

Deals with then candidacy of Richard M. Nixon as president of the U.S. in the 1968 election. Support given to him by various individuals and committees in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Discussion on his presidential campaign; Details of his relations with the press; Claim that the public should expect from him a strong Presidency and a strong leadership.

Focuses on the disturbances created by the students at the Columbia University in New York City. Capture of the Mathematics Hall of the university by students led by their leader Tom Hayden; Restrictions imposed by the students upon the press from entering their commune; Assumption that in the U.S. the press functions as a propaganda organ for the capitalist establishment; Effort of the revolting students to get the cooperation of off-campus organizations, from CORE and the Black Nationalists to the National Mobilization Committee.

Reports that the emergency laws have been passed in West Germany, in order to control student revolts. Details of the emergency laws which authorizes the government to use the armed forces for police functions; Actions taken by the students against the press following the shooting of leftist student leader Rudi Dutschke, in Cologne, Frankfurt; Role of the students in rioting against increased transport fares; Assessment of the political activities of the German Socialist Students League.

Explores the factors which contributed to the reelection of South Korean President Park Chung-hee on May 3, 1967. Overview of the cheating allegations against the Democratic Republican Party during the electoral process; Information on how the Park administration harassed the Korean press; Contribution of the U.S. to the improvement of the Korean economy.

Examines the relationship of the U.S. press controlled by whites with its African American readers in 1965. Roles played by the press in the race situation in the country; Ideas and values advanced by the press to its African American readers; Rights and privileges that has yet to be awarded to African Americans; Significance of the press in preparing the society for the social change brought by the changing socio-political conditions of African Americans.

Assesses the relationship of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson with the press. Remarks given by Johnson about the expansion of war in Vietnam; Classic exercise of a politician in non-reason; Effect of Johnson's sensitivity to what is written and broadcast about him on his political career; Rules in getting the news about the president; Information on how Johnson misled the reporters when he handled the budget story for two years.

Evaluates the political leadership of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson as of March 1964. Relationship between the President and the press; Reaction to Republican criticisms against his leadership; Description of his reputation as a legislative leader; Failure to develop answers for all foreign problems; Enumeration of his achievements such as his success in thwarting a Republican attempt to usurp his authority over foreign policy.

Comments on President John F. Kennedy's request for more constraint by the press in the U.S. Reaction from the press emphasizing their primary obligation to newspaper readers; Suggestion by Kennedy that the newspapers appoint a journalist to serve as a clearing house in Washington to whom they could refer sticky questions bordering on security for guidance; Implications on the press and politics.

Relates experiences about the World Series. History of the World Series; Primary talked-about moment in the World Series history; Importance of the press coverage to the World Series.

Looks at the qualities of news delivered to homes of the people in the U.S. via television. Protection of newspapers' freedom stated in the First Amendment; Factors that have changed the tone of news delivery and content in the country; Television staff responsible for a newscast.

The article discusses the actions of the U.S. government to ensure national security by withholding certain information from the American people. It states that the Government are monitoring the work of newspapermen to control information that might give problems to the people. Due to the implementation of press censorship, people were getting fewer life-death facts. It stresses that the real national security could be found if people were told the of truth.

The article focuses on the growing threat of the illegal logging of Big Cypress in Florida. The Big Cypress, the largest swamp in the U.S., holds the country's greatest remaining stand of virgin cypress timber. A vast threat came from unknown tourists who invade the forbidden territory of the Big Cypress Swamp, and are doing illegal logging with their labor train.

The article discusses the author's experience of covering the war against communist aggression in Assam, India as a journalist. He relates that he was met with hostility in New Delhi when he told about his plans to go to Assam. He states that most of the people in Assam have a much closer affinity with China, Tibet and Burma than with any part of India. He was informed that the postwar plans of the communists in Assam were closely connected to events in China, Korea and Tibet.

Deals with the publication of the U.S. government's secret information by the press in 1951. Claim that President Harry S. Truman is unfamiliar with the government's protective system for official secrets; Overview of secrecy issues during the MacArthur hearings at the Senate; Background of the security-loyalty system in the government.

Features the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) in Washington, D.C. Estimate number of printing presses of the GPO; Best selling brochure from the GPO issued by the Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor; Rumors involving the GPO.

Discusses issues pertaining to freedom of the press as implicated in the case of the Houston 'Chronicle,' a paper in Texas. Ownership and administration of the newspaper under Jesse Jones; Terms under the ownership of John Mecom; Implications of the case for the U.S. newspaper proprietors.

Presents news briefs related to political activities in the U.S. as of March 1966. Efforts of the U.S. Congress to deal with problems in the field of oceanography; Decision of Senator Leverett Saltonstall to end his political career; Efforts of press secretary at the White House, Bill D. Moyers to improve the relations with the press.