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Date: 21 August 1977
By REGINALD STUART Special to The New York Times
Reginald Special
Article on number of whites joining staffs of black newspapers in US; those commenting on situation include Kenneth Drew (NY Voice), Raymond H Boone (Richmond Afro-Amer and Planet), Longworth Quinn (Michigan Chronicle), Jan E Fallen and Robert J McClory (Chicago Daily Defender) and Ellen S Freilich (Cleveland Call and Post); illus (M)
Date: 22 August 1977
A Sandy Bevis, pres of ITU, calls for creation of single union to cover all employees in news indus, annual conv, Cincinnati; says proposals to merge 100,000 member ITU with Newspaper Guild and Internatl Mailers Union will be presented at conv (S)
Date: 21 August 1977
Daily American, Rome's English-language newspaper, is going out of business after 31 yrs; publisher Chantai Dubois cites financial difficulties (S)
Date: 21 August 1977
By WOLFGANG SAXON
Wolfgang SAXON
comment on paper (S)
Date: 21 August 1977
Lance writes article for Miami Herald describing his reaction to Fed investigation (S)
Date: 22 August 1977
By CAREY WINFREY
Carey WINFREY
Article on thorny legal and ethical issues facing press in its extensive and exhausting coverage of Son of Sam case; illus (L)
Date: 22 August 1977
Radios play key role in forming Arab public opinion because of spoken language's ability to incite emotion and fact that at least 70% of Arab public cannot read; examples of inter-Arab rivalry using airwaves noted (M)
Date: 21 August 1977
JEFF GREENFIELD
Jeff GREENFIELD
Jeff Greenfield humorous article on how TV networks hire personally appealing newscasters resembling late Edward R Murrow to increase ratings of news programs; drawing (M)
Date: 21 August 1977
By EDWIN NEWMAN
Edwin NEWMAN
NBC News correspondent Edwin Newman article on how to int celebrities and politicians on TV (M)