Strike in Britain Is Causing Cuts In 1,200 Papers
Date: 10 December 1978
By ROY REED Special to The New York Times
Roy Special
nearly 1,200 provincial papers in GB have been struck by Natl Union of Journalists, following indefinite suspension of London Times; only small number have closed, but many are printing little more than ads with barest news coverage; provincial journalists strike has closed Belfast Newsletter and Morning Telegraph of Sheffield; reporters for GB natl news service, Press Assn, voted to keep working; members of Natl Graphical Assn are refusing to handle much of copy produced by Press Assn reporters out of sympathy for journalists' union (S)
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Indonesian Editor at Home in Franklinville
Date: 10 December 1978
By CARLO M. SARDELLA
Comment on Johannes Girsang, publisher and editor of Sentinel in Franklin Twp; he is only Indonesian publisher and editor of English-language newspaper in US; illus
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Newspaper Strike Hurt City Sales; Appreciably Exceeded Gains Retail Store Sales Found Hurt by Newspaper Strike
Date: 11 December 1978
By ISADORE BARMASH
Isadore BARMASH
According to sales data furnished by controllers of 6 of area's largest retail cos, newspaper strike apparently hurt big-store retailing in NYC, interrupting pattern in which city units of major dept stores had consistently outperformed their suburban branches; Gimbels chmn Elliott Stone, B Altman vp-sales promotion George M Hanley and Lord & Taylor chmn Joseph E Brooks comment (M)
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In Toronto News Source Case, a Stalemate for Now; Decision Expected Late in January
Date: 10 December 1978
By ANDREW H. MALCOLM Special to The New York Times
Andrew MALCOLM
Toronto Globe and Mail and Royal Comm on Health Records Confidentiality, which is investigating allegations of police abuses, reach temporary stalemate in comm's efforts to question newspaper's reporter Lawrence Martin about sources of articles; comm is investigating charges that police gained unauthorized access to confidential med information on patients and used that information to disrupt activities of suspected radicals in early '70s; Martin's repts focused on activities of Royal Canadian Mounted Police, although comm has since discovered that other prov police also gained access to private data (M)
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Paper Surrenders Reporter's Notes in Murder Trial; Wanted 'Clear-Cut' Case Asked Judge to Delay Calls Note of Little-Value
Date: 11 December 1978
Special to The New York Times
Notes of Traverse City Record Eagle reporter Kathleen Stocking, subpoenaed by prosecution in murder trial of Jeannette Smith, have been turned over to prosecutor as well as defense after 4 mos of ct battles; Kalkaska County prosecutor Philip Crowley issued subpoena on Aug 24 for notebooks containing Stocking's int of Smith; paper began legal efforts to quash subpoena; newspaper's editor John Kinney says notes were turned over to Circuit Ct Judge William Porter as requested in Sept because there was nothing confidential in them (M)
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Seeking a Voice on Television
Date: 11 December 1978
Ed holds responsible TV journalism, not Govt regulation, is best way to obtain greater public access to airwaves (M)
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Around the Nation; 5 Killed as Cargo Plane Crashes Near Army Base Key Agreement Is Reached In St. Louis Press Strike Child Restraint Seat Law Is Hailed by Health Officer Sniper Kills 2 Riding in Cars Near Airport in Irving, Tex. 22 Are Arrested in Capital In Protest Over Indigents
Date: 11 December 1978
Steven T Gaulden, 12, and Raymond Andrews shot to death, Irving, Tex, by sniper (S)
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Embarrassing Moment for Senator Russo; NEWS ANALYSIS
Date: 10 December 1978
By JOSEPH F. SULLIVAN
Joseph SULLIVAN
Article on State Sen John F Russo, candidate for Brick Twp Atty succeeding Eugene Serpentelli, who was nominated to Ocean County judgeship by Russo (M)
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