Utility Regulators Ask Curb On Use of Phone Records
Date: 04 March 1974
Natl Assn of Regulatory Utility Comms on March 3 urges phone cos to require ct order before keeping secret from customer that his toll call records had been turned over to govt agency; this action would go further than recent change of policy announced by AT&T that Bell System cos would give notification if agency certified that disclosure would impede criminal investigation
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PRINTERS CUT OFF NO-STRIKE ACCORD; Times and News Are Given Notice of Termination
Date: 04 March 1974
Typographical Union Local 6 announces on March 3 that it has sent telegrams to NY Times and NY Daily News terminating its agreement not to strike or interfere with production at 2 papers; union pres Bertram A Powers, who signed telegrams, says that he is giving papers 7 days' notice of termination, as required under agreement reached with 2 papers last Oct 30; says he is terminating agreement now because workers have been 2 yrs without wage increase
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Inactivity a Mixed Blessing for B-52 Pilots in Thailand
Date: 05 March 1974
By JAMES F. CLARITYSpecial to The New York Times
James CLARITYSpecial
Recent tour by Western correspondents of Amer mil bases in Thailand was 1st such tour since end of bombing of Cambodia; until recent mos Amer units on bases in Thailand had been made virtually inaccessible to newsmen by Thai and Amer mil authorities despite protests against this policy by major news orgns, including NY Times
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Milwaukee Journal Honored
Date: 05 March 1974
William Allen White Foundation on March 4 names Milwaukee Journal winner of its '74 editorial excellence citation
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Manila Assures Foreign Press That Freedom Is 'Unimpeded'
Date: 05 March 1974
Philippine Govt on March 4 declares that internatl news agencies and foreign newsmen 'shall have unimpeded freedom' in working in Philippines; memo from Information Sec Francisco S Tatad directs chmn of Media Advisory Council, Primitivo Mijares (Daily Express) to discontinue all investigations by council into operations of foreign news agencies; message follows accusations by council that AP distorted news from Philippines
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