COAST CHAIN BUYING ANCHORAGE PAPER; McClatchy Group of Sacramento Gaining Control of Alaska's Only Morning Newspaper
Date: 19 January 1979
By WALLACE TURNER Special to The New York Times
Wallace Special
McClatchy Newspapers chain has purchased 80% controlling interest in Anchorage Daily News; News had survived under leadership of Katherine Fanning, while being involved in antitrust suit with Anchorage Times, owned by Robert B Atwood (S)
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Cleveland News Protest Ends
Date: 19 January 1979
Special to The New York Times
Members of Cleveland Newspaper Guild have voted to end byline moratorium at Plain Dealer, protesting transfer of reporter Robert H Holden covering utilities news; Holden will be reassigned to gen reptg duties on Mar 1 (S)
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COMPANY NEWS; Mission Insurance Board Rejects Merger Proposal
Date: 19 January 1979
Distillers Co will raise export prices on whiskies; increase for Amers will be about 20c a bottle for standard brands and 50c for deluxe brands; illus (S)
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World News Briefs; Hong Kong Advises Refugee Ship to Sail On
Date: 19 January 1979
Pres Somoza rejects latest proposal by US, Dominican Repub and Guatemala for internationally supervised plebiscite to determine whether he will stay in office (S)
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The Pope's Visit to Mexico; Government Trying to Smooth Way This Month, But Some Officials Fear a Revival of Old Conflicts News Analysis Devout, With Pagan Overtones
Date: 20 January 1979
By ALAN RIDING Special to The New York Times
Alan Special
Analysis of Pope's upcoming visit to Mexico holds visit is awakening long-dormant religious passions that could disturb delicate balance between ch and state for 40 yrs; Pope illus
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Sports News Briefs; Denis Potvin of Islanders To Be Sidelined 2 Weeks Todd of Jets Undergoes Surgery on Right Shoulder Melges and Bonnie Shore Receive Yachting Awards Rain Postpones Opening Of Phoenix Golf Tourney
Date: 19 January 1979
Harry C Melges named yachtsman of yr; Bonnie Shore named yachtswoman of yr (S)
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