Word: jannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fight began on Jan. 10, when A.M.A. Executive Vice President Ernest B. Howard sent a protest letter to NBC President Julian Goodman. Howard attacked what he called the program's "frequent inaccuracy and overall bias," pointing out 29 instances in which NBC had, by the A.M.A.'s standards, distorted the truth. Howard demanded equal air time for an A.M.A. rebuttal...
...functions of the Special Services Group were described in a Jan. 12 memo written by John J. Flynn, North Atlantic regional commissioner, to the directors serving under him. Noting that the group works closely with other federal investigative agencies, Flynn calls it a "central intelligence-gathering facility within the IRS." The purpose of the group is to "receive and analyze all available information on organizations and individuals promoting extremists' views or philosophies"-whether of the right or left. Suspects are included "without regard to the philosophy or political posture involved." What counts is the "notoriety of the individual...
...artist's talent to mold and shape his insights into truly engaging works. This film-made in 1968 but delayed in release here until a satisfactory 35-mm. print could be made from his 70-mm. original-is almost as stupefying as his more recent Traffic (TIME, Jan. 1) and ranks with it as one of the truly excruciating cinematic experiences of recent years...
Kalmbach was temporarily mollified, but in August or September he told Dean that he would raise no more money. Nonetheless, he was called to Washington last Jan. 19 to attend a meeting in John Mitchell's office. When he realized that the purpose was to induce him to raise more money for the defendants, Kalmbach testified, he left the meeting. In hindsight, he said, he regarded the work as "an improper, illegal act," and implied that he felt Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Dean and Mitchell had betrayed...
...Traffic Controller Jan de Haas stared grimly at his radar screen in the tower at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport: something was terribly wrong with Japan Air Lines Flight 404, which had just taken off for Anchorage en route to Tokyo. Alerted by a secret coded signal from the 747's pilot, De Haas was sure that a skyjacking was in progress...