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...Western newsmen mount an angry challenge to UNESCO curbs...
First, on Inauguration Day, he circulated a memo that, had it been approved, would have vastly increased the Secretary of State's power. Then, three weeks ago, he told newsmen that the Soviet Union had a "hit list" of Central American nations. That blustering allegation, though probably consistent with the President's own beliefs, revealed a disregard for subtlety and tact profoundly dangerous in the nation's highest-ranking diplomatic official...
...reporter had a gun pointed at his head in downtown San Salvador by a man who then simply drove away; and NBC Cameraman Hermes Munoz was held up by masked men as he left San Vicente. When Munoz protested that he was a newsman, one of the guerrillas muttered, "Newsmen will be the first to die." Indeed, at least five foreign journalists have been among the more than 15,000 killed over the past 15 months; three others are missing...
...director, Cronkite will receive $10,000 a year from Pan Am and $300 for every board meeting he attends. Also included is free travel on all Pan Am flights for himself and his wife. Some newsmen suggested that Cronkite, who has no need of the money, may have been motivated by a desire to see and participate in decision making from the inside after all his years of reporting events from the outside In any case, Cronkite was offering no apologies for his debatable move. "I can pick and choose assignments as I please," he said. "If a story comes...
...newspapers left her alone from early December until New Year's, but then the prospect of snaring Charles' beloved on a visit to Sandringham proved entirely too tempting. The sight of newsmen trampling in the woods of what has always been an off-limits winter retreat enraged the usually imperturbable Queen. "I wish you would go away," she snapped at photographers. That extraordinary crack in her regal facade gave credence to a rumor that surfaced in early February to the effect that Elizabeth had presented her son with an ultimatum to marry Diana by this summer...