MAILERS DISAVOW ANY STRIKE THREAT
Date: 02 December 1975
George E McDonald, pres of Mailers Union Local 6, which rejected tentative 3-yr contract with Daily News and NY Times, says on Dec 1 that he will seek further discussion with publishers but that there is no threat of slowdown or strike; says there is apparent dissatisfaction with number of provisions in contract and feeling on part of some members that job security section is not broad enough; members of Stereotypers Union Local 1 at 2 papers will vote on their agreement on Dec 7 (S)
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'Alternative' Paper, the Target of a Unionizing Drive, Fears It Will Have No Choice but to Close
Date: 02 December 1975
By MARTIN ARNOLD Special to The New York Times
Martin Special
San Francisco Bay Guardian is target of unionizing drive by many of its employes; paper's publisher Bruce Brugmann comments; top salary of Guardian reporter is $135 a wk; paper is reptdly losing between $2,000 and $4,000 a wk; Brugmann holds paper could go out of business if union's demands are too costly; paper's lawsuit against San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner, which aimed to test Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970, noted (M)
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Newspaper Guild Ratifies 3-Year Pact at The News
Date: 03 December 1975
members of Newspaper Guild at NY Times and Daily News on Dec 2 ratify new 3-yr contract; contract provisions noted (S)
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Ehrlichman Says Nixon Wanted Files Kept From Hoover
Date: 02 December 1975
John D Ehrlichman says files concerning FBI's wiretaps of reporters and Govt officials were moved to White House on orders of then-Pres Nixon because of fears that then-FBI Dir J Edgar Hoover might use them to blackmail Nixon, deposition as part of civil suit filed by Morton H Halperin challenging wiretaps; says then-Asst Atty Gen Robert C Mardian told Nixon that Hoover might order agents to break into Justice Dept and remove files; says special safe and burglar alarm were installed in White House (S)
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EMERGENCY ENDED FOR LISBON REGION; Scope of Coup That Failed and Names of Leaders Are Being Disclosed
Date: 03 December 1975
By MARVINE HOWE Special to The New York Times
Marvine Special
Portuguese Pres Francisco da Costa Gomes lifts stale of siege in Lisbon mil region after it is clear that attempted leftist coup has been smashed; Pres and ruling High Revolutionary Council had imposed crackdown wk ago when it was learned that revolt was part of plan to overthrow Govt; intelligence sources say that group of pro-Communist officers had been principal organizers; Govt sources say reasons for failure are unexpectedly strong response by Costa Gomes and other mil leaders, failure of former mil sec chief Brig Gen Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho to take over leadership of insurgency, refusal of other key mil units lo join uprising, last-minute failure of Communist party to support rebellion and inability of extreme leftist groups to raise mass civilian support for movement; Premier Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo and Govt, as result of uprising, have come out of crisis reinforced; Communist party and United Revolutionary Front have taken heavy losses and most of newspapers and radio stations have been silenced; Reuters repts that Govt has nationalized all radio stations except for RC Radio Renascence and few local transmitters; Gen Carvalho, Army Chief of Staff Gen Carlos Fabiao and Navy Chief of Staff Rear Adm Armando Filgueiras Soares have been stripped of commands; Gen Staff has announced that warrants have been issued for arrests of 25 Army and Air Force officers, including Col Joao Barela Gomes and Capt Manuel Durao Clemente, who are said to have coordinated uprising (M)
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Americans and Chinese Join in Studied Exercise
Date: 02 December 1975
By BILL KOVACH Special to The New York Times
Bill Special
illus reviewing Chinese troops with Ford
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Seymour Hersh is Winner Of John Zenger Award
Date: 03 December 1975
Univ of Arizona's John Peter Zenger Award is won by NY Times reporter Seymour M Hersh; will be presented Jan 17 (S)
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Nebraska Court Upholds Press Curb
Date: 02 December 1975
Neb State Sup Ct, Lincoln, prodded into decision by US Sup Ct Assoc Justice Blackmun, unanimously upholds modified censorship of pretrial news coverage of murder case; rules against press reptg of confessions or other admissions that may have been made by Erwin Charles Simants, charged with murdering 6 members of Henry Kellie family; ct also declares that news media may not publish or broadcast any other information strongly implicative of accused as perpetrator of slayings; spokesmen for media comment; ruling noted (M)
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League of Cities Warms to Beame Talk
Date: 02 December 1975
By ERNEST HOLSENDOLPH Special to The New York Times
Ernest Special
Mayor Beame tells delegates attending Natl League of Cities meeting in Miami Beach that NYC's fight to avoid default, although painful, had dramatized problems of urban Amer and 'reawakened a sense of urgency in dealing with them'; many of delegates, after listening to Beame tell about bitter med required by Ford Adm to qualify for Fed assistance, say they are impressed by city's self-help efforts; Beame outlines cutbacks in services and city employment in NY and tries to show that NYC's problems might become problems of other cities unless natl urban policy is changed; Beame illus at news session (M)
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