PACT BY TWO PAPERS APPROVED BY SAXBE
Date: 28 November 1974
Justice Dept on Nov 26 repts that Atty Gen William Saxbe has approved 1st joint operating agreement between separately owned newspapers, Anchorage Times and Anchorage Daily News, permitted under 4-yr-old Newspaper Preservation Act; Times will handle printing circulation and sale of ad for Daily News in addition to printing Sunday edition previously published by News; Justice Dept spokesman says that although Saxbe approved agreement, dept had not planned to announce approval until it had been published in Fed Register; says there will be 10-day waiting period before agreement goes into effect (S)
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Cleveland Paper Talks Off
Date: 28 November 1974
no resumption in contract negotiations is expected this wk in 4-wk-old Newspaper Guild strike against Cleveland Plain Dealer and subsequent cessation of publication by Cleveland Press; guild exec sec Jack Weir comments (S)
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Saigon Blocks Catholic March; Protesters Fight With Police; October Fighting Was Worse
Date: 28 November 1974
By JAMES M. MARKHAM
trial of about 50 opposition deputies, newspaper publishers and defense attys in South Vietnam is postponed until Feb 20 'in the absence of defendants and counsel,' who were prevented from entering courtroom by barbed wire fence; Ministry of Interior had requested that trial of 3 newspapers accused of defaming Pres Nguyen Van Thieu be postponed because of alleged attempts to 'put pressure on the case' (S)
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French Mail Strike Ends With Victory Of Pay-Curb Policy
Date: 29 November 1974
Special to The New York Times
union delegates from Paris mail-sorting centers vote on Nov 28 to return to work following 6-wk strike that totally disrupted French postal and telecommunications system; Govt announces that complete postal services will resume on Dec 2; union won victory through strategy of firmness (M)
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Ford's Dealings With Congres: An Uncertain Course; Motive puzzling
Date: 29 November 1974
By MARJORIE HUNTER
Marjorie HUNTER
analysis of Pres Ford's recent difficulties with Cong notes reptd Cong bewilderment stemming from Ford's veto of freedom of information measure
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Letters to Soviet Editor: Safety Valve, Sounding Board; Outlet for Frustrations
Date: 29 November 1974
By HEDRICK SMITH
Hedrick SMITH
comment on impact of lrs to editors in Soviet newspapers, which serve as important safety valve for Soviet public and sounding board; cases involving Komsomolskaya Pravda, which recd lr from workers upset at privileges being given soccer team, and Literaturnaya Gazeta, which recd lrs from young invalids in nursing come complaining of conditions, noted; lrs also provide bits of human interest in otherwise heavy and repetitive press, as well as insights into Soviet life; entire lrs to editor process takes place within limits so that Soviet system, Communist party and main lines of policy are never questioned or found in error; high-level officials are rarely criticized and blame falls on middle-level or local officials; Soviet party officials inspire lr campaign to supply groundswell of opinion on key issues; fllod of mail was recd over cases involving Aleksandr I Solzhenitsyn and Andrei D Sakharov; Aleksandr B Chakovsky, editor of Literaturnaya Gazeta, comments; illus (L)
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GISCARD IS TARGET OF NEWSMEN'S IRE; Strikers' Ouster Increases Press-Government Rift
Date: 28 November 1974
BY FLORA LEWIS
Flora LEWIS
strains between Govt of Pres Valery Giscard d'Estaing and news media intensify when Premier Jacques Chirac says he ordered police to oust striking newsmen from natl radio-TV system's hq; journalists moved in and locked dir Marceau Long in his office few hrs before Giscard broadcast address to nation on econ; newsmen are protesting announcement that 500 workers will be discharged in reorganization of state monopoly into 1 radio and 3 separate TV networks; charge that most of those affected have active union connections; newsmen have grown increasingly angry as they have learned names of new network heads, all considered safe supporters of Govt, and plans for sharp cuts in staff; journalists began their 2d strike in mo on Nov 25, to be continued intermittently 2 or 3 days a wk, reducing news programs to prepared announcements; newspapers have also become increasingly critical toward Govt; Le Monde, which has been publishing articles questioning capacity of Govt, publishes humorous front-page article noting that TV news is 'minimum program' because of strike and contending that is just what Giscard offered nation in his nationwide address; Le Figaro also scores Giscard's speech (M)
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