GIFTS TO NEWSMEN UPHELD AS WAGES; Appeal Planned on Ruling by N.L.R.B. Judge Publisher Plans Appeal Sense of Loss Decision Is Attacked
Date: 17 January 1975
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Judge Nancy M Sherman of Natl Labor Relations Bd on Jan 16 rules that gifts (freebies) given to newsmen are part of news employe's wages and cannot by unilaterally prohibited by newspaper; rules that issue must be settled through collective bargaining; decision applies to case involving Capital Times, Madison, Wis, whose editor and publisher Miles McMillin called ruling 'incredible'; McMillin says ruling establishes license to bribe newspaper personnel at all levels; announces he will appeal it; code was challenged by Local 64 of Newspaper Guild which held that although it was not in favor of 'freebies,' objected on ground that newspaper had acted unilaterally and had not made issue part of collective bargaining; Sherman ordered newspaper to rescind prohibition, to bargain about such gifts and to compensate employes for any losses they had suffered because of ban; AP Managing Editors Assn pres Robert P Clark says decision makes no sense and conflicts of interest should be avoided by all newspaper employes (M)
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Managua Opposition Editor Called Before Military Court
Date: 18 January 1975
Nicaraguan Govt on Jan 17 announces that Pedro J Chamorro, editor of opposition newspaper La Prensa, has been ordered to go before mil ct on charges of having signed documents demanding immediate end to martial law; Pres Anastasio Somoza Debayle was asked by Inter-Amer Press Assn for details of charges made against Chamorro
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Conflict Between Press and Courts: Curbing of Court Coverage Is Rising; News Analysis Conflict of Rights
Date: 18 January 1975
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
correction on Jan 13 article
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Text of Statement by Helms to Senators on C.I.A.; Provisions of the Law Efforts Based in U.S. Irresponsibility Alleged Two Parts of Budget
Date: 17 January 1975
Special to The New York Times
text of Jan 16 statement by former CIA Dir Richard Helms before Sen Armed Services Subcom on Central Intelligence (L)
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4 Ex-Aides Say They Knew of No Johnson Order for Domestic Office of C.I.A.
Date: 18 January 1975
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH Special to The New York Times
4 former high-ranking members of Johnson Adm say they know of no Pres directive ordering CIA to set up special office in '67 to handle domestic intelligence about radical and antiwar groups; officials are: former State Sec Dean Rusk, former natl security adviser Walt W Rostow, former special asst Joseph A Califano Jr and former apptmts sec James R Jones; all 4 comment in telephone ints; former CIA Dir Richard Helms asserted in testimony before a Sen subcom on Jan 16 that CIA had set up special office to monitor domestic antiwar activities 'in response to the express concern of the Pres'; CIA Dir William E Colby told another Sen subcom that Helms had authorized special office on Aug 15 '67; L B Johnson was Pres at this time; St Louis Post-Dispatch quotes Gen Lyman L Lemnitzer, who is member of Pres's panel to investigate alleged CIA domestic spying, as saying that he joined Natl Strategy Com of Amer Security Council after retiring from active duty in '69; council is private orgn that takes promilitary stands on natl security and defense issues; Post-Dispatch says council maintained secret files on citizens; council pres John Fisher calls this 'hokum'; Seattle Post-Intelligencer quotes unnamed former Kennedy Adm official as saying that Pres Kennedy and his brother, then-Atty Gen R F Kennedy, authorized CIA to wiretap phones of 2 unnamed newsmen in '63; quotes former Kennedy aide Kenneth O'Donnell as denying account; another high-ranking Johnson Adm official says CIA and other intelligence agencies were asked by White House to make assessments of domestic unrest following student disturbances in US and abroad in late '60s; says such assignments were carefully made because of White House awareness of 'delicacy' of jurisdictional boundaries between CIA and FBI (L)
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ATOMIC INDUSTRY TO PROMOTE VIEWS; Will Almost Double Funds to Influence Officials on Nuclear Energy Issues Reasons for Doubling For Balanced Information
Date: 17 January 1975
By DAVID BURNHAM Special to The New York Times
David Special
NY Times obtains copy of memo written by Atomic Indus Forum pres Carl Walske to forum's bd of dirs showing that forum plans to expand its annual budget from present $781,000 to $1,381,000 for public relations program to counter increasing criticism of nuclear power indus; memo discloses plans to influence views of key Govt officials, newsmen and such orgns as labor unions and women's groups; says forum will move its main office from NYC to Washington but will not register as lobby; says it is precluded from lobbying since it is 'not-for-profit educ corp' but will expand effort to provide factual information to govt policy makers; among problems requiring virtual doubling of budget, lists pending div of AEC, which, it says, will bring vacuum in publicity on benefits of nuclear power; lists loss of influence by Joint Atomic Energy Com, retirement of nuclear advocates Reprs Chet Holifield and Craig Hosmer, and activities of such critics as Sen Abraham Ribicoff; also lists anti-nuclear campaigns of Ralph Nader and Union of Concerned Scientists; discusses planned direct approach, including 'generation of positive news events'; holds 'natl media, with middleman of reporter and editor, cannot be relied upon to publish full and balanced account of nuclear power' (M)
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News and Culture Programing Gains Larger Audience; Many Households Report More Than One TV Set
Date: 17 January 1975
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Article on growing popularity of some TV news documentaries and cultural programs; recent A C Nielsen ratings indicate that such programs as The Ascent of Man, 60 Minutes, Weekend, and Of Women and Men are attracting larger audiences than many entertainment programs; audience research experts at networks say news programs have better chance of succeeding when they are not in competition with highly promoted entertainment shows in prime time (M)
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Excerpts From Cuomo's Report to Carey About Nursing Homes; THE DIMENSIONS OF THE NURSING HOME INDUSTRY RECENT REVELATIONS AND ALLEGATIONS REPORTS OF ABUSES As to Treatment As to Improper Influence RECOMMENDATIONS ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Date: 17 January 1975
PRELIMINARY COMMENTThe New York Times
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excerpts from rept of NYS Sec of State Mario M Cuomo on nursing homes; Cuomo por
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The Times Acquires Star-News Papers Of Wilmington, N.C.
Date: 17 January 1975
NY Times on Jan 16 repts it has purchased Wilmington, NC, Star-News; acquisition is announced jointly by Times exec vp Sydney Gruson and Star-News publisher Rye B Page; John O Fullerton will become publisher (S)
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