Hoffa Tipster Gone; CBS Is Out $10,000; Hoffa Tipster Gone, Along With $10,000 CBS Paid to Find Missing Teamster
Date: 09 December 1975
By MARTIN WALDRON Special to The New York Times
Martin Special
Fed officials are searching for Chuck Medlin, ex-convict who took $10,000 from CBS in return for promise to lead TV news team to body of James R Hoffa; Medlin's disappearance is part of bizarre series of events that began 1 wk ago when he persuaded North Carolina freelance writer Patrick O'Keefe that he could produce Hoffa's body (L)
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Washington Post Weighing Hiring of Nonunion Workers
Date: 09 December 1975
Washington Post on Dec 8 says it may hire non-union workers to replace striking pressmen in wake of pressmen's rejection of final offer; Post exec vp Mark J Meagher says full negotiations will continue (S)
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Striking Pressmen Reject Washington Post's Offer
Date: 08 December 1975
Striking pressmen at Washington Post on Dec 7 overwhelmingly reject paper's final contract offer; union spokesmen maintain paper is trying to break union; newspaper exec vp and gen mgr Mark Meagher calls co pffer final (S)
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Le Figaro to Move
Date: 08 December 1975
Paris newspaper Le Figaro to move into central Paris next summer, alongside its printing plant, to save money (S)
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TWO UNIONS RATIFY NEWSPAPER PACTS
Date: 08 December 1975
photoengravers and stereotypers on Dec 7 ratify new 3-yr contract with Daily News and NY Times; negotiators for Mailers Union also reach tentative agreement; work slowdowns by members of Pressmen's Union Local 6 led NYS Mediation Bd chmn Vincent D McDonnell to intervene; he schedules pressmen's meeting for Dec 9 (S)
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Byrne Starts to Let The Sun Shine In State Government
Date: 09 December 1975
NJ Gov Byrne on Dec 8 says he hopes new state law opening up public meetings will give voters better understanding of govt officials, speech, information session for govt officials on new Sunshine Law (S)
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Dissident Spanish Labor Leader, Freed a Week Ago, Is Rearrested
Date: 08 December 1975
By HENRY GINIGER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Spanish police arrest ABC team consisting of Dean Johnson, Vincent Gaito and Theodore John; team was picked up while walking in Carabanchel prison area without equipment; Johnson is told to leave country but no effort is made to expel him (S)
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New Delhi Acts to Extend Hold Over Nation's Censored Press
Date: 09 December 1975
Indian Govt on Dec 8 tightens its controls over already heavily censored Indian press, barring publication of anything that authorities consider objectionable; removes immunities on press coverage of Parliament and abolishes 9-yr-old Press Council; claims it will lift press censorship once state of natl emergency is lifted (S)
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TV Coverage of Ford in China: Was It Journalism?
Date: 08 December 1975
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor analysis of network coverage of Pres Ford's trip to China; holds that because networks found little in way of 'breaking news' they were generally reduced to delivering 'picture postcards' of carefully selected Chinese sites; holds that even if Chinese had allowed visiting newsmen broader itinerary, controls over what was shown would doubtless have been no less rigid; coverage by networks star anchormen, John Chancellor, Walter Cronkite and Harry Reasoner discussed (M)
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U.S. ASKS GAG ORDER IN THE HEARST CASE
Date: 09 December 1975
Govt attys ask US Dist Ct (San Francisco) Judge Oliver J Carter to issue gag order on publicity in Patricia Hearst case; Asst US Atty David Bancroft files motion after Judge Carter earlier admonished both defense and prosecution attys about publicity in case; other developments noted (S)
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