Panel Weigh's Allegations Of Bribes in Papers Strike; Union Officers Investigated Suspicions During Strike Dissidents Raise Questions No Response to Allegation Annual Payoffs Reported
Date: 11 February 1980
By LESLIE MAITLAND
Leslie MAITLAND
Law enforcement officials report Federal grand jury looking into allegations of corruption in newspaper and magazine distribution industry has focused on charges that union officials received kickbacks to permit delivery of interim newspapers during '78 strike of NYC's major dailies; investigation, by FBI and US Attorney's office for Southern District of NY, began with allegations that certain officials of Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union extorted money from numerous wholesalers whose trucks deliver publications to retail outlets in NY, NJ and Conn; according to executives in newspaper distribution business, Douglas LaChance, president of deliverers union, and other union officers received cut for every copy of 3 interim newspapers distributed by certain wholesalers; LaChance has denied all allegations of wrongdoing; was suspected by some industry executives of deliberately endeavoring to keep strikes going at NY Times and Daily News after NY Post withdrew from joint negotiations; agreements for indirect delivery resulted in good business for at least 2 major distributors; Metropolitan News Company, which handled City News and Daily Press, and Weinberg News, which handled NY Daily Metro; LaChance por (M)
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Loeb Shrugs Off Criticism Of His Newspaper Attacks; Accused of Warping the News Attacks 'Moral Breakdown'
Date: 11 February 1980
By BERNARD WEINRAUB Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Article on William Loeb, publisher of Manchester (NH) Union Leader, and scourge of politicians, especially Presidential candidates, who do not share his arch-conservative views; his newspaper, with circulation of 64,000, is largest in state; his illus
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Pakistanis Censor Dispatches by Foreign Reporters
Date: 10 February 1980
By JAMES P. STERBA Special to The New York Times
James STERBA
Pakistani authorities impose censorship on foreign journalists attempting to file dispatches that report views of Baluchi dissidents and earlier student unrest (S)
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IRAN SAYS SHAH PAID JOURNALISTS IN WEST; Charges 23 in U.S. and Britain Got Gifts or Salaries--Reporters Flatly Deny Accusations Wives of Four Named Support for the Shah Accusation Called 'a Joke' Network Denies Charges
Date: 10 February 1980
Is among journalists named by Teheran paper Ettelaat as having accepted gifts and even monthly salary from deposed Shah, Mohammed Riza Pahlevi (S)
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News Summary; International National Metropolitan
Date: 10 February 1980
Excerpt from proposal by US Olympic Council on Sports Medicine chairman Dr Irving Dardik submitted to International Olympic Committee urging establishment of global truce during year of Olympic Games (M)
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Realty News Two West 42d Street Towers Are Sold
Date: 10 February 1980
By CARTER B. HORSLEY
Comment on 2 office towers on W 42d St (NYC) that have been sold; former McGraw-Hill Building has been acquired from Group Health Inc for $5 million by joint venture of Newmark & Co Real Estate head Aaron Gural and George 5 Kaufman of Kaufman Management Co; Empire Savings Bank has sold Candler Building for $1.3 million to Michael J Lazar and Walter & Samuels Inc head David I Berley; acquisitions come at time when other owners in Times Square area are improving their properties; new owners' plans noted; illus (L)
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NBC and the Olympics: Weighing Options; News Analysis Contingency Plans Insurance Coverage
Date: 11 February 1980
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
NBC-TV is weighing 3 options in regard to coverage if US withdraws; options would be to carry Games without US participation, to cancel coverage and collect insurance covering 90% of $87 million it paid for broadcasting rights and bid for coverage of alternate athletic event, or to simply forget about Olympics and mount normal summer schedule; check of NBC's affiliate stations and certain advertisers who have paid premium rates for spots in Olympic telecasts finds that none have been advised of network's contingency plans (M)
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Follow-Up on the News; Flying by Muscles Jascalevich License Elephantine Puzzle Landlord Rights
Date: 10 February 1980
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
Follow-up on legal efforts of Dr Mario Jascalevich to resume practice of medicine in NJ; finds that no ruling has been made yet because Jascalevich's lawyer did not file brief until Jan and NJ Medical Examiners Board has yet to file one; former Superior Court Judge Sidney Goldmann plans to decide case in about 1 month, whether or not board files brief by that time (S)
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