Newspaper Guild and Post Agree on 2-Year Contract
Date: 12 December 1973
NY Newspaper Guild chmn J Sladek repts on Dec 11 that NY Post and Guild have reached tentative agreement on new 2-yr contract; says pact will be submitted to employes for ratification vote on Dec 17
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$42-a-Week Raise Is Won At Washington Star-News
Date: 13 December 1973
Washington Star-News and Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild on Dec 12 reach tentative agreement on new contract providing $42-a-wk wage increase over 2 yrs; ratifying vote is scheduled for Dec 14
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Kissinger Repeats Denial on Plumbers; Wide British Publicity
Date: 12 December 1973
Special to The New York Times
US Sec H A Kissinger again denies on Dec 11 that he had any involvement in white House plumbers or had known that former aid D R Young Jr was engaged in group's clandestine activities; statement is issued aboard USAF jet while flying between Brussels and London; remarks are made in response to questions about Dec 10 article in NY Times saying Kissinger played major role in setting up plumbers operations; assertions in Times articles have been widely publicized in Brit press, and some aides express concern that he would be continually harassed on subject by newsmen throughout his Middle East trip; Kissinger believes that his denials were so positive when he appeared before Foreign Relations Com on Sept 7 that he would do no more than refer questioners back to his testimony; testimony revd
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Paris IntelligenceAide Sees Judge on Bugging Charges
Date: 13 December 1973
sr French counterespionage official, identified as Supt Neveu, on Dec 12 appears unexpectedly before Judge A Bernard after satirical magazine Le Canard Enchaine charged that he was 1 of leaders of attempt to 'bug' publication's new offices; spends 2 hrs with Bernard, who is investigating bugging attempt
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WNBC-TV Plans Longer News Shows, From 5 to 7:30 P.M.
Date: 13 December 1973
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
WNBC-TV reptdly plans to expand its early evening newscast to 2 hrs a night and is negotiating for new personnel to serve in some of principal on-camera roles; extended local news, coupled with network's Nightly News with J Chancellor as anchorman, will give station news block from 5 to 7:30 PM five evenings a wk; 2-hr local newcasts have been running in Los Angeles but are uncommon in rest of nation; WNBC envisions mid-Mar date for change in format; its local newscast at 6 PM has performed poorly in ratings for several yrs; NYC ratings for network programs are important because met area represents about 10% of natl TV audience; 6 PM newscast underwent its last drastic overhaul in '72 when C Stokes was brought in from Cleveland and P Udell from Los Angeles; 2-hr concept has been developing under NBC execs R Northshield, L Hanna and E Ubell
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GAY RAIDERS' INVADE CRONKITE NEWS SHOW
Date: 12 December 1973
CBS Evening News, which is anchored by W Cronkite, is disrupted briefly on Dec 11 when M A Segal, demonstrator from orgn called The Gay Raiders, runs in front of TV camera and holds up sign denouncing CBS's alleged prejudice toward homosexuals
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day The Governorship International National Metropolitan CORRECTIONS The Other News Quotation of the Day
Date: 12 December 1973
correction story; NY Times on Dec 10 erroneously stated that W Kilham said he once made $25,000 contribution to Repub party; amount of his contribution was $25
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day International National Metropolitan The Other News quotation of the Day CORRECTIONS
Date: 13 December 1973
article corrects Dec 11 news feature on NYC's 1st annual Wine and Cheese Festival, which maintained that festival would close on Dec 15; says closing will be on Dec 16
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