Washington Star Is Still Troubled With Critical Economic Problems; Five-Year Labor Peace Wage Freeze Demanded
Date: 01 December 1978
By RICHARD D. LYONS Special to The New York Times
despite optimistic repts during '78 that Washington Star was at or near financial break-even point, repts are being circulated that substantial losses of previous yrs have started again, at annual rate of about $10 million; Star mgt issued ultimatum to paper's 11 unions demanding that all outstanding contracts, which have about 1 yr remaining in force, be renegotiated by Jan 1 on terms that labor leaders complain are outrageous; Star publisher George W Hoyt refuses to comment; sources at Time, which owns paper, say co wants to make clean sweep at paper, following takeover from Joe L Allbritton; Newspaper Guild repr Ray Dick and Allbritton spokesman Steve Richmond comment (M)
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About New York; Portrait of an Ex-Jackal as Ballpoint Artist
Date: 02 December 1978
By FRANCIS X. CLINES
Francis CLINES
Joseph Kahn, retired reporter who now sketches NYC, int
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Times of London Halts Publication Amid Bitter Disputes With Unions; Times of London Halts Publication in Union Dispute Editorial Union Rejects Offer
Date: 01 December 1978
By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr. Special to The New York Times
Times of London suspends publication in dispute with unions; paper's mgt announces until all 65 bargaining units accept new production technology and agree to reductions in mgt, paper will not reappear; is also halting publication of Sunday Times and Times Literary, Educ and Higher Educ Supplements; Times managing dir Marmaduke J Hussey says chances of permanent shutdown are extremely remote; Natl Graphical Assn has refused to bargain because Times Newspapers issued ultimatum in April that it would shut down on Nov 30 unless its conditions were met; Kenneth R Thomson, head of owning co, Internatl Thomson Orgn, says he hopes shutdown will be for minimum time; illus of front page of last issue (M)
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The Changing Room
Date: 02 December 1978
Ed scores sports officials for their opposition to permitting woman reporters into locker rooms
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World News Briefs; Somoza Defies Opponents On Plans for a Plebiscite British Journalists' Union Orders Strike in Provinces White Adviser to Muzorewa Resigns Post in Rhodesia Court in India Approves Special Trial of Mrs. Gandhi
Date: 02 December 1978
Indian Sup Ct rules Parliament is competent to create special cts to try people who use their pol offices to 'subvert rule of law and perpetrate pol crime'; ruling clears way for trial of former Prime Min Gandhi on charges connected with her emergency rule from '75 to '77 (S)
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Free Taped Radio Spots Will Be Provided By the White House to 600 U.S. Stations; Identifying Tapes Records Carter's Voice
Date: 02 December 1978
By TERENCE SMITH Special to The New York Times
Terence Special
Carter Adm will provide taped radio spots to 600 stations in effort to inform listeners about its programs (M)
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Jersey Psychiatrist, Studying the Guyana Survivors, Fears Implications for U.S. Society From Other Cults; Psychiatrist Acted on His Own Guilt and Being 'Reborn' Writs Granted in Guyana
Date: 01 December 1978
By JON NORDHEIMER Special to The New York Times
Jon Special
Deborah Layton Blakey, former member of inner leadership circle of Rev Jim Jones People's Temple, asserts that US officials at Amer Embassy in Georgetown were 'extremely close' to Jones, and she says that 1 of them, Richard McCoy, had told her not to take her assertions of oppression and possible mass suicide to press; warning came in phone conversation; she says few days after call she recd lr, apparently from Jones, that referred to her conversation with McCoy and threatened her life if she took her complaints to press (S)
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DEMOCRATS MAY LAG ON HEALTH POLICIES; Officials Seeking to Shelve Call at Party's Conference for Early Action on Insurance Plan Some Proposals Rejected Main Difference Described Budget Proposal Killed
Date: 01 December 1978
By ADAM CLYMER Special to The New York Times
Adam Special
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