Ford Says Nixon Probably Regrets His Attack on the Television Networks; Network Reaction
Date: 28 October 1973
Special to The New York TimesBy MARJORIE HUNTER
Vice Pres-designate Repr G R Ford says in int on Oct 27 that he believes Nixon 'probably wished he hadn't' attacked news media so vigorously; White House says on Oct 27 that it will have no comment on Ford's remarks; White House asst press sec G L Warren says that Ford and Nixon had not conferred with each other before news conf or afterward; Ford says 'We all make little slips'; says in his own relationship with press 'I have had nothing but fair and decent treatment'; AP repts TV execs and newsmen on Oct 27 reject Nixon's charges that media are guilty of vicious and unfair reptg; ABC co news chief E Lower says 'we stand on the record of ABC News for fairness and balance'; NBC News anchorman D Rather says Nixon's charges demand proof; CBS correspondent D Rather says he wants to know particular instances to which Nixon is referring
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Where Are We Going?; WASHINGTON
Date: 28 October 1973
By James Reston
James Reston
J Reston says main question on minds of reporters at Pres Nixon's Oct 26 news conf was how Pres was bearing up under recent extraordinary pressures; says he began conf remarkably well but when he was asked perfectly reasonable questions about effect of wk's events all his self-pity and suppressed resentment and anger came out; says there was something sad and even tragic in this for when press conf really got tough, Nixon did not get 'cool' but angry, emotional and inaccurate
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From Calm Determination To Bitterness and Anger; Reactions in Crisis: A Test of Men Richard M. Nixon Archibald Cox Elliot L. Richardson Robert H. Bork William D. Rukelshauss John J. Sirica
Date: 28 October 1973
JOHN HERBERS
John HERBERS
article reviews wk's events in Watergate affair; discusses attitudes of and test of character faced by E L Richardson, W D Ruckelshaus, A Cox, Judge Sirica, R H Bork and Pres Nixon in light of Pres Nixon's peremptory dismissal of special prosecutor A Cox; illus of Richardson, Cox, Nixon, Ruckelshaus, Sirica and Bork
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Weeklies Facing Crisis In Newsprint Shortage; New Economics Cited Aid From Washington Crisis for Weeklies In Paper Shortage
Date: 28 October 1973
Special to The New York TimesBy DAVID A. ANDELMAN
major financial difficulties suffered by various newspapers throughout LI as result of newsprint shortage; some are even being forced out of business; amoung those commenting are L Rayne (Island Gazette), D Loucheim (Southhampton Press), W Attwood (Newsday) and W P Carroll (Photonews); illus of printer
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On Motives; " Nixon-haters will not recognize good motives at the White House."
Date: 29 October 1973
By William Safire
William Safire
W Safire holds that to be object of hatred of a despised minority has long been considered political plus but Pres Nixon's recent display of what is usually decorously-draped hatred of press was not studied blast; says when Nixon returned fire of his tormenters, he handed them victory because he was not playing off despised minority, he was rubbing his neck against cutting edge of what had become majority sentiment; holds element of calculation is gone and we are witnessing honest hatred; says at root of mutual hatred is irresponsible self-indulgent and ill-examined attribution of evil motives; says that in eyes of media-haters, press is out to 'get' Pres, and its motive is to sweep aside verdict of majority in past election, to assert its primacy in manipulation of popular opinion and to make itself superpower; says in eyes of Nixon-haters, Pres's motive is to wield tyrannical power, to crush dissent and humiliate pol opposition, to throw sand in eyes of justice and to assert new imperialism to answer feelings of personal insecurity; holds that motives are almost always mixed and no prism exists to separate them
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Tulsa Press Saves Paper
Date: 28 October 1973
Tulsa Daily World and Tulsa Tribune rept on Oct 27 that they will not publish on Thanksgiving and Christmas in effort to conserve dwindling newsprint supplies
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Steadiness Under Fire
Date: 28 October 1973
ed on Pres Nixon's steadiness under fire notes that his efforts to demonstrate his toughness in meeting exigencies of Middle East crisis in his Oct 26 news conf took on aspects of melodrama instead of providing evidence of his coolness and dependability in emergencies
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