STAFF IS RESISTING SALE OF LE FIGARO; Newsmen Pledged Strike in Paris Stock Deal
Date: 01 July 1975
By DENIS POWEL Special to The New York Times
Denis Special
Dispute that has been growing in French newspaper business nears crisis on June 30 with announcement that controlling stock of Le Figaro will be sold by Jean Prouvost to publisher Jean Hersant against will of part of news staff; paper has unusual corporate structure providing for separation of news-gathering mgt from paper's capital mgt; number of reporters and editors are seeking to veto new owner under this structure; editor Jean Dormesson, in editorial published on June 30 told dissenting newsmen that rather than cause strike they could resign with full severance privileges (M)
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Vietnamese Admits 'Security Problem' Of Armed Holdouts
Date: 01 July 1975
Nguyen Huu Tho, Pres of Natl Liberation Front in South Vietnam, in int says Govt intends to allow various newspapers to appear including those that did not support old regime (S)
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LE FIGARO IS STRUCK AFTER RIFT ON SALE
Date: 02 July 1975
publication of July 1 edition of Le Figaro is suspended in wake of 24-hr strike by journalists resisting sale of controlling stock by Jean Provoust to Robert Hersant; journalists' opposition is based principally on Hersant's allegedly rough mgt methods and his record in World War II (S)
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Detroit Editor Resigns
Date: 02 July 1975
Paul A Poorman resigns as managing editor of Detroit News (S)
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Indian Government Expels American Reporter
Date: 01 July 1975
Indian Govt on June 30 orders expulsion of Lewis M Simons, Washington Post staff correspondent; Simons is 1st foreign journalist to be expelled since Govt declared natl emergency and imposed strict censorship rules; US Embassy sources rept that formal protest will be made to Indian Govt; Simons says Foreign Ministry's chief spokesman, A N D Haksar, had told him that he was being expelled primarily for reptg that Indian Army officers 'are known to be annoyed over refusal of Prime Min Gandhi to resign from office' after her conviction on charges of corrupt electoral practices; says he was told that action was being taken against him because he refused to abide by censorship regulations; Washington Post exec editor Benjamin Bradlee comments (S)
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Books of The Times; A Pilgrim After Pleasure
Date: 01 July 1975
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
Richard O'Connor book Heywood Broun. A Biography revd by P Kihss
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All the Presidents' Friends
Date: 01 July 1975
By Lewis J. Paper
Lewis Paper
Lewis J Paper article on danger that improved relations between Pres and press will result in less for public; says journalists might be reluctant to do anything that would antagonize Pres and result in decreased access to sources; holds Pres should never pressure press to withhold information from public; illus of Pres Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford
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U.S., Silent on India, Deplores Newsman's Ouster
Date: 02 July 1975
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
US State Dept on July 1 criticizes Indian Adm of Indira Gandhi for expelling Washington Post newsman Lewis M Simons on June 30 and repeats its opposition to abridgement of press freedom (M)
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ZAMBIAN LEADERS NATION ALIZE LAND; Movie Houses and 2 Papers Taken Over by Decree
Date: 01 July 1975
Zambian Pres Kenneth Kaunda on June 30 announces nationalization of movie theaters; says he is taking step because 'we cannot have cinemas reflecting the values contrary to Zambian values and interests' (S)
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Plan to Sell Washington Star Is Denied
Date: 01 July 1975
Newbold Noyes, bd member of co that controls Washington Star, denies in lr to editor of Star that bd favors closing down newspaper; lr appears in June 29 edition and is in answer to June 28 NY Times article reptg that there was struggle going on within co between publisher Joe L Allbritton, who is fighting to save paper, and bd, which apparently wants to close it; Star reprints Times article in full; Noyes's lr says there are differences of opinion on best way to keep paper alive (S)
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