Strike in Britain Is Causing Cuts In 1,200 Papers
Date: 10 December 1978
By ROY REED Special to The New York Times
Roy Special
nearly 1,200 provincial papers in GB have been struck by Natl Union of Journalists, following indefinite suspension of London Times; only small number have closed, but many are printing little more than ads with barest news coverage; provincial journalists strike has closed Belfast Newsletter and Morning Telegraph of Sheffield; reporters for GB natl news service, Press Assn, voted to keep working; members of Natl Graphical Assn are refusing to handle much of copy produced by Press Assn reporters out of sympathy for journalists' union (S)
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Letter: On UNESCO Press Code; To Rid the Garden of a 'Rattlesnake'
Date: 09 December 1978
WILLIAM ATTWOOD
William ATTWOOD
Lr by William Attwood, Newsday chmn of bd, on Nov 27 ed criticizing UNESCO's new draft declaration on mass media; says he is satisfied that there is no reason for NY Times or any free news orgn to feel stifled in any way by declaration
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Indonesian Editor at Home in Franklinville
Date: 10 December 1978
By CARLO M. SARDELLA
Comment on Johannes Girsang, publisher and editor of Sentinel in Franklin Twp; he is only Indonesian publisher and editor of English-language newspaper in US; illus
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Newspaper Strike Negotiations In St. Louis Recess Until Monday
Date: 09 December 1978
negotiations to end strike are recessed; Fed mediator Michael O'Reilly comments (S)
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Backlash Seen Harming Drive To Shield Press
Date: 09 December 1978
Yale law prof Robert Bork, addressing closing session of 2-day conf on civil liberties, says public backlash to insistence of news-gathering orgns on more protection from govt interference 'may lead to greater restrictions than there ought to be'; says public and US cts do not share news media's view that special privileges are necessary; NYC atty Floyd Abrams comments (S)
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In Toronto News Source Case, a Stalemate for Now; Decision Expected Late in January
Date: 10 December 1978
By ANDREW H. MALCOLM Special to The New York Times
Andrew MALCOLM
Toronto Globe and Mail and Royal Comm on Health Records Confidentiality, which is investigating allegations of police abuses, reach temporary stalemate in comm's efforts to question newspaper's reporter Lawrence Martin about sources of articles; comm is investigating charges that police gained unauthorized access to confidential med information on patients and used that information to disrupt activities of suspected radicals in early '70s; Martin's repts focused on activities of Royal Canadian Mounted Police, although comm has since discovered that other prov police also gained access to private data (M)
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Embarrassing Moment for Senator Russo; NEWS ANALYSIS
Date: 10 December 1978
By JOSEPH F. SULLIVAN
Joseph SULLIVAN
Article on State Sen John F Russo, candidate for Brick Twp Atty succeeding Eugene Serpentelli, who was nominated to Ocean County judgeship by Russo (M)
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