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...report indicted the industry for dereliction of its duty to the American people-although not in the sense meant by Agnew. Among its conclusions: broadcasting is far behind print in investigative reporting, "documentary programming hit a new low" and reporting of the 1968 election campaign did not adequately inform the electorate. In a personal postscript. Sir William Haley kissed off much of U.S. news coverage as "meretricious, superficial and spotty." The survey hammered at what it called "the real cause of the crisis in broadcasting": broadcasters' obsession with private profit rather than public service. "A theologian would call...
...policeman begins to arrest a demonstrator. Radlo said, a marshall will inform the demonstrator of his rigorist, record the officer's badge number, and phone the circumstances of the arrest into the appropriate police precinct...
...attempt demonstrated the extraordinary efficiency of a pioneering early-warning system that is called the Center for Short-Lived Phenomena. Based at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., the center uses volunteer observers and the Smithsonian's satellite-tracking communications network to inform the world's scientists about important natural events. It has one extraordinary requirement: like the meteor over Mexico, the phenomena that it reports must be so fleeting that they can be successfully studied only while they occur or very shortly thereafter...
...approach to the Market reflected growing public opposition to entry. A public-opinion poll published recently by the Daily Express showed that over half (54%) the voting-age population opposed Market membership and that only 30% was for it. Wilson's cocky attitude was clearly designed to inform the voters-and the Six-that he will not kowtow for a Common Market berth. Moreover, Conservative Leader Ted Heath, long a supporter of membership, responded to the same national feeling by declaring: "It must be absolutely clear that the problems can be resolved before we have a negotiation...
Athletic director Vincent G. Dougherty contacted the Crusader's eight remaining opponents- including B.B., Syracuse, Massachusetts, and UConn- to inform them that Holy Cross cannot fulfill its commitments to them. The cancellations could put the Holy Cross athletic program in serious financial problems, since the school will be losing about $200,000 in gafe receipts alone...