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April 9, 1982
Cronkite attacks
military reports
United Press International
DALLAS— In an attack on
censorship and Reagan admi-
Inistration proposals about
Inews reporting tieedoms,
Iveteran journalist Walter
[Cronkite found himself com-
Iparing El Salvador and Viet-
Inam in the area of govern-
Iment reporting.
Cronkite spoke of U.S.
j military efforts to minimize
| the enemy’s strength through
| biased reports and attacks on
the news media during the
! Vietnam era, and warned par
ticipants at the National Asso
ciation of Broadcasters’
annual convention of a re
peat.
“Today I very much fear
we may be in for more of the
same,” the clean of American
journalism said Wednesday.
“I do not intend to liken El
Salvador to Vietnam in any
way, except in this: that offi
cial reports and explanations
often are woefully unconvinc
ing, transparently wrong, and
often in conflict with reports
from experienced and reli
able American reporters on
the scene.”
Cronkite, a CBS news spe
cial correspondent after retir
ing as anchor for the CBS
Evening News, received the
NAB’s Distinquished Service
Award.
He expressed concern over
recent remarks of Gen. Wil
liam Westmoreland, who said
uncensored news media
caused the erosion of public
support in Vietnam.
Westmoreland singled out
television in a speech to a Col
orado college by calling it “an
instrument that can paralyze
this country.”
Cronkite said the censor
ship in the Vietnam War was
conducted by Westmoreland’s
staff and caused the credibil
ity gap that led to public dis
may with the Vietnam war.
“The assertion that Lyndon
Johnson might have been bet
ter informed if he had relied
on The New York Times in
stead of his cables (from milit
ary officials) had more than a
grain of truth to it,” Cronkite
said.
“It was at such points that
the so-called credibility gap
first appeared to widen. It
shook the confidence of mil
lions. It had a devastating im
pact on American society
from which we are still trying
to recover.”
Cronkite criticized the
Reagan administration for its
proposal to alter the Freedom
of Information Act, for con
sidering an order to withhold
massive amounts of historical
information on foreign affairs
and for suggesting that gov
ernment information be
copyrighted.
Cronkite also attacked the
administration’s order which
allows intelligence agencies to
infiltrate and spy on the
media, to wiretap reporters
and to monitor press mail and
cable traffic.
Arriving just 30 minutes
before his award, the veteran
journalist said he had more
trouble getting through a
New York City blizzard to
catch a plane than he had had
in any other worldwide travels
in the last year.
GOP makes last-ditch effort
to block May 1 Texas primary
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United Press International
1;] DALLAS — Financially dis-
Hressed Braniff International
f'luted Howard Putnam to the
feirline's top post with a three-
use lawyers Wear contract worth $750,000
u se'' Havnes.iepii plus bonuses and extra benefits,
rett, and Mikeiawlocuments filed with the Secur-
nting Moore, saWties and Exchange Commission
e was fair, alii ..ft show.
mts niaintainedii
* of intemionaUrif
ies said he ivJM
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In addition to a base salary of
250,000 a year, Putnam will re-
eive “an appropriate annual
onus” to be decided by the
fcompany’s board, a statement
it w ill rein iM tiled Wednesday with the SEC
Prosecutorsj|$|said. The statement was mailed
dav thevexpeitul jto stockholders.
•s. But Raimeuf' 1 Putnam received a $50,000
there would i< ".bonus last fall when he signed
[the employment contract after
i very happy lire [leaving successful Southwest
o jail," Moore®! lAirlines, the statement said,
he felt linebuliltd ! In addition to his salary, Put-
Lommeni. nam is provided with an auto-
Reg Peters® mobil country club member-
I thesentencingl* [ship, payment for personal in-
he longest holdiU come tax return preparation, up
in the 23'MW to $5,000 a year for personal
ions, said hell* financial and investment coun-
*nce fair under lit fselors, and reimbursement of
health and hospital expenses not
covered by Braniff’s general in
surance plan.
Putnam also has a $750,000
life insurance policy paid for by
Braniff. If he is disabled, the air
line would pay him $7,500 a
month until he is 65.
If Putnam loses his job be
cause of a takeover or merger,
he would continue to receive his
salary for 36 months.
M. Philip Guthrie, who made
the move from Southwest to
Braniff as a prerequisite to Put
nam’s joining the company, re
ceives $130,000 a year, plus
bonuses and benefits similar to
Putnam’s. Guthrie is chief finan
cial officer.
“Phil and I were comfortable
at Southwest,” Putnam recently
told employees in Miami.
“When I was asked to take the
position at Branif f, my first reac
tion was to say no. But I went to
Braniff with certain conditions:
one, that Phil make the move
with me, and, two, that we get
paid for our efforts. We are get
ting paid.”
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WASHINGTON — The
Texas Republican Party, in a
last-minute effort to block the
May 1 congressional primary,
has again appealed to the LLS.
Supreme Gourt to delay the
election because of a conflict
over Dallas County boundaries.
The U.S. Supreme Court last
week ruled a three-judge feder
al panel in Austin was wrong in
redrawing the congressional
boundaries for Dallas County
because the U.S. Justice Depart
ment had not objected to them.
However, the high court did
not tell the panel how to rectify
the problem. So the panel de
cided Monday to proceed with
the election under the lines it
had set up.
Some Republicans conceded
the appeal would be rejected be
cause of the closeness of the
primary. However, there was no
indication when the high court
would issue a ruling.
“We are appealing to the Sup
reme Court on the basis that the
district court 'willfully opposed
the reversal of the Supreme
Court in that they wanted to use
the court-directed plan in lieu of
the legislative-directed plan,”
GOP Chairman Chet Upham
said.
The appeal asks for a restora- four congressional districts in the lower court’s decision to
lion of the Texas Legislature’s Dallas County and for a delay of hold a May 1 election.
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