London Times Abandons Attempt To Put Out Paper From Frankfurt; 'Result of Criminal Activity'
Date: 30 April 1979
By JOHN VINOCUR Special to The New York Times
John Special
Times abandons plan after threats of violence and apparent attempt to sabotage its Frankfurt plant; leaves open possibility it might try to publish elsewhere; Mander says Frankfurt police warned they could not guarantee safety of personnel at printing plant; IG Druck and Papier warns it will attempt to block distribution; editor William Rees-Moge comments; illus (S)
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Guild Committee Backs Accord With The Times
Date: 01 May 1979
new 3-year contract agreement between Newspaper Guild and NY Times is unanimously approved by negotiating committee of Guild unit at Times; unit chairman Donald Barker comments; contract provisions outlined (S)
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Federal Funding For News Coverage
Date: 30 April 1979
By Herbert J. Gans
Herbert Gans
Herbert J Gans article on seeming lack of truly national news media, proposes creation of Federal Endowment for News, modeled on already existing endowments that enhance cultural pluralism in arts and humanities; holds that diversification will require expanding electronic and print media for mass audience, as well as establishing new, and strengthening existing, news media to reach more homogeneous, smaller publics; drawings (M)
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Editor Declares Government Has Lied About Suppressed Nuclear Article; Dilemma for the Press
Date: 30 April 1979
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Erwin Knoll, editor of The Progressive, which is under Federal District Court order not to publish article on hydrogen bomb, tells ANPA meeting that Govt 'is lying' about article, which he says cannot contribute to proliferation of nuclear weapons; says article is not about how to make hydrogen bomb, but rather about Government secrecy; Bernard Fell, editor in chief of Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, says he would not have printed article in his magazine because he felt it would further proliferation of nuclear weapons rather than hinder it; ANPA will decide whether to file legal brief supporting Progressive; publisher Ron Carbon comments; others addressing ANPA include Jeremy J Stone (Federation of American Scientists) and Prof Albert Carnesale; illus of Knoll (M)
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World News Briefs; Booklets of Critical Posters Sold to Peking Crowd Cambodians Said to Leave Refuge in Thailand Bomb Is Exploded in Paris Outside Le Monde Office South African Says Vorster Advised: Mislead Parliament
Date: 30 April 1979
Ex-Min Cornelius P Mulder tells newspaper Rapport that President John Vorster, when Prime Minister, advised him to mislead Parliament about secret funds; says he was in Cabinet committee that decided to use $10 million to try to get Washington Star newspaper into hands of people who would be less critical of South Africa (S)
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Shipyard on a Different Tack; Newport News Seeks Fresh Profit Sources
Date: 30 April 1979
By WINSTON WILLIAMS Special to The New York Times
Winston Special
Pres Edward J Campbell's efforts to return operations to normal after unsuccessful strike by shipyard workers and to boost company's sagging earnings discussed; Campbell is offering special financial incentives to returning workers; some of company's continuing problems discussed; Campbell illus (M)
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Irving Leibowitz, 56, Dies; Editor Of Ohio Newspaper for 13 Years
Date: 30 April 1979
Irving Leibowitz, editor, dies at 56 (S)
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World News Briefs; Bonn Seizes 10 Arabs Suspected of Terrorist Plans
Date: 01 May 1979
weekly edition of London Times will appear this week despite production stoppage by labor-union protestors in Frankfurt, West Germany, according to paper's spokesman (S)
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