India's Largest Newspaper Chain Goes to Court in Attempt to Get the Government's Lock Off Its Presses
Date: 06 October 1976
Indian Express goes to ct on Oct 5 in attempt to get locks removed from its presses; publication is suspended; Govt says dispute is over munic property taxes owed on newspaper's bldg; paper maintains action is official harassment; Express owner Ram Nath Goenka has incurred Govt's displeasure by strong resistance to attempts to install editors more sympathetic to new directions in which Govt is heading (M)
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Harlem News Service Is Planning To Survive by Going Commercial
Date: 05 October 1976
By THOMAS A. JOHNSON
Thomas JOHNSON
service officials vow to revive orgn with 'aggresive fund-raising campaign' and try to turn orgn into commercial news agency; Samuels comments; Basil Paterson, vice chmn of Natl Dem Com, and Roger Wilkins, Times editorial writer, have agreed to head com (S)
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Times and News Meet With Union
Date: 05 October 1976
union and NY Times and Daily News negotiators meet in effort to complete new contract for both papers and settle manning problems at Times' Carlstadt, NJ, plant; issues noted (S)
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A NEW DELHI NEWSPAPER PADLOCKED BY THE POLICE
Date: 05 October 1976
Indian Govt on Oct 4 sends armed police to offices of Indian Express and padlocks its presses; action follows ct order to restore paper's electricity after 2-day blackout that paper charged was Govt campaign against it (S)
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Greek-American Journalist Gets 15 Months, in Absentia, in Athens
Date: 05 October 1976
Greek-Amer journalist Takis Theodorakopoulos (Natl Rev) is sentenced to 15 mos' imprisonment in his absence for asserting that Athens English-language newspaper, Athens News, was on payroll of KGB; was sued by Athens News owner and publisher Ioannis Horn (S)
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Miami Editor Named
Date: 05 October 1976
Names Larry Jinks editor (S)
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18 Reporters Begin Joint Inquiry Into Arizona Crime; Team, Motivated by a Killing, Will Study White-Collar Acts
Date: 05 October 1976
By ROBERT LINDSEY Special to The New York Times
Robert Special
18 reporters from 15 newspapers have begun joint investigation of crime and corruption in Ariz, motivated by murder of Bolles; Robert Greene (Newsday) repts jointly prepared series of articles will be written in Jan based on investigation results; Investigative Reporters and Editors Assn is sponsoring project; Washington Post managing editor Ben F Bradlee says paper did not think it was appropriate to participate; others commenting on not joining include Donald Gormley (Chicago Daily News) and A M Rosenthal (NY Times); papers participating include NY Daily News, Tuscon Daily Star, Kansas City Star, Chicago Tribune, Idaho Statesman, Milwaukee Journal, Boston Globe, Indianapolis Star, St Louis Globe-Dem, Detroit News, Eugene Register-Guard, Seattle Times and San Jose Mercury (M)
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