TIMES LABOR SUIT WEIGHED BY COURT; Paper Seeks to Forbid Shop Meetings by Printers
Date: 22 September 1973
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
NYS Sup Ct Justice V A Massi on Sept 21 reserves decision on whether NY Times still has labor contract with Typographical Union Local 6 forbidding strikes or interference with operations through shop meetings; union remains under preliminary injunction enjoining strikes, stoppages or slowdowns, which was granted by Justice J A Sarafite on Sept 11; Times repr J R Schoemer Jr contends that old contract is still in effect since it contains section requiring that conditions be maintained until agreement has been reached or Typographical Union organizes other action; Deliverers Union pres C Levy says on Sept 21 that union's negotiating com has approved new 2-yr contract with NYC's major dailies, Times, News and Post
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PRESS OMBUDSMAN DESCRIBES WORK; Libel Is Main Complaint Very Liberal Options Swedish Aide Acts onBehalf of People and Corporations Documents Are Public
Date: 23 September 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
L Groll, Swedish press ombudsman visiting US to give seminars on press freedom, comments of status of press in Sweden; says that press freedom is such accepted fact of life in Sweden that Swedish Freedom of Press Act not only grants journalists right to protect their news sources, but makes it crime to reveal their sources; says his job consists of acting on behalf of groups of citizens and corps and responding to complaints filed against press by those who are hurting after their names appear in print; Groll por
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Tunisians Report Moves to Expel 2 Soviet Envoys
Date: 23 September 1973
Tunisian news agency says on Sept 22 that Tunisia has declared 2 unidentified Soviet diplomats unwelcome; alleges that 'faced with irrefutable proof, they admitted responsibility for manipulation involving Tunisia and a neighboring brother country'; repts that Soviet correspondent for Novosti press agency V Kouzavrov is under arrest on charges of spying
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Pakistani Journalists Strike
Date: 22 September 1973
journalists in Pakistan on Sept 21 begin 24-hr strike to protest recent Govt shutdowns of 3 newspapers and arrest of their employes
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Small-Town Weeklies of All Kinds Thriving; Revolution in Weeklies
Date: 23 September 1973
By BILL D. ROSS
L Burns, exec dir of NJ Press Assn, comments on success of small-town wkly newspapers in NJ; notes that Amer Newspaper Reprs Inc lists 204 NJ wklys with paid circulation of 1,361,805 and estimated readership of 5,447,220; says papers' popularity involves vast tech advances in printing, changing editorial concepts and modernized mgt approaches
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Reporter Allowed To Reveal Sources Of Data on Chotiner; Protective Order Issued
Date: 22 September 1973
Special to The New York Times
Fed Dist Ct Judge E T Gignoux rules on Sept 21 that NH newspaper reporter, A C Egan Jr, may disclose to Watergate investigators his sources for article linking former Pres aide M Chotiner to acts of pol espionage, including Watergate break-in; removes ct-ordered ban on releasing information obtained in depositions taken in Chotiner's $3-million libel suit against Manchester Union Leader and Egan, who wrote article; says he has not been asked whether Watergate investigators could be provided information taken on depositions of Chotiner and Egan
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World News Briefs; Italy Given Apology In Libyan Strafing
Date: 23 September 1973
Special to The New York Times
IRA says on Sept 22 that it has killed Roman Cath James Brown from Londonderry, N Ireland, for spying for Brit Army; says Brown confessed to giving information to Brit that led to army raids and arrest of orgn's men; Brown's body was found in Londonderry st on Sept 21; J Bryson, sr officer of Provisional wing of IRA who as wounded in gun-battle with Brit troops 3 wks ago, dies in hospital; latest deaths death toll to 886 in 4 yrs of sectarian strife in N Ireland
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