Threat to withdraw advertisements

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32431, 19 October 1970, Page 17

Threat to withdraw advertisements

(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) ( LONDON, Oct. 18. 1 South African official ( bodies had threatened to i withdrew more than £5004 ! worth of advertising from , “The Times” if anti-apart- t held advertisements appear in the same supplement, a . spokesman for the news- , paper said. Mr R. Selmon, advertising < sales manager, of “The : Times,” confirmed a report from South Africa .that authorities there had objected to advertisements from antiapartheid organisations appearing in a special supplement on South Africa to be published on October 26. Advertisements by the South African Government and national organisations like South African Airways were due to appear, together with others from anti-apart-heid bodies, and Amnesty International—the organisation championing the cause of political prisoners. “The issue presents a difficult decision. As a newspaper we are entitled to print

Marathon trek An American youth, Eric Ryback, yesterday completed a history-making hike—a ’ 2313-mile trek from Canada : to Mexico.—San Diego, Oct. 18. Earthquake continues After-shocks from Friday’s . earthquake continued to rock northern Japan yesterday. : The original shock, 6.5 on , the Richter Scale, left two persons injured, 20 houses partially destroyed and 15 landslides.—Tokyo, Oct. 18.

and publish what we will,” Mr Selmon said. “The whole thing started to warm up on Friday, and it will be for the editor (Mr William Rees Mogg), to decide what position is to be taken. “The Times,” an influential and independent national daily, was founded in 1788 and is now owned by the Canadian-born press magnate Lord Thomson.