HARTFORD DISPUTE ON PAPER REVIVED; Trial Scheduled on Sept. 16 in Feud on Times Sale
Date: 09 September 1975
By LAWRENCE FELLOWS Special to The New York Times
Lawrence Special
Bitter dispute over sale of Hartford Times in '73, involving allegations of fraudulent profit and loss figures, bogus circulation records and family feud, is scheduled to be reopened in Hartford ct on Sept 16; US Dist Ct Judge Jon O Newman attempted unsuccessfully on Sept 4 to get parties to dispute to widen agreed factual base of their arguments; dispute grew after Oct 10, '73, when Gannett Co sold Times for $8-million to Register Publishing Co; Register pres Lionel S Jackson declared his intention to streamline Times with new publishing techniques; had defeated attempt by members of his family to block him from buying Times; that case continues in Conn Superior Ct, although aim of family is now to rescind purchase of Times; case grew more complex in April, '74, when Gannett sued new owners in Fed ct for $1,319,412, claiming Register had never finished paying for paper; in cross complaint, Register charged that through fraud and misrepresentation it had been induced to agree to pay $6,956,792 more than Times was really worth (M)
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Ford Interview Postponed
Date: 09 September 1975
Pres Ford postpones scheduled int on ABC-TV news program; White House press sec Ron Nessen cites Ford's unusually heavy public schedule (S)
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PRESIDENT TALKS OF HIS ENDURANCE; Says He and Kissinger Can Withstand Pressures
Date: 09 September 1975
Pres Ford says in int released Sept 8 that he and State Sec H A Kissinger are 'quite similar' in their ability to bounce back after mental and physical pressure without suffering from tension; int was with CBS TV reporter Joseph Benti in Sacramento, Calif; Ford discusses his exercising, including swimming and pushups (S)
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New Criminal Code Proposal Assailed
Date: 08 September 1975
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
ACLU says parts of pending revisions of US Criminal Code are designed 'to perpetuate secrecy and stifle protest,' 12-page pamphlet rept entitled Stop S-1; says 30 provisions in proposal are 'so detrimental to civil liberties' that it would be better to have no bill; cites some of proposed revisions (S)
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U.S. PRESS IS PART OF SEOUL POLITICS; All Sides Seek to Utilize American Reports to Sway Domestic Public Opinion
Date: 08 September 1975
By RICHARD HALLORAN Special to The New York Times
Richard Special
NY Times is included in section of Amer press that has become regular part of S Korean politics and is used not only to influence Amer and Cong opinion, but also to sway pol views in Korea (S)
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Libya Denies News Report She Annexed Part of Chad
Date: 09 September 1975
Libyan Foreign Min spokesman officially denies London Sunday Times rept that Libya had annexed territory in northern part of Chad; calls rept 'pure invention and flagrant colonialist attempt to sow discord and to poison atmosphere between brotherly African countries' (S)
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