U.S. Finances News Guild's Latin Unionizing Drive; Fight Was Bitter
Date: 22 May 1979
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
Newspaper Guild has embarked on Latin American unionization program with US Government funds; international president Charles A Perlik Jr says union has received $100,000 from Agency for International Development, funneled through American Institute for Free Labor Development; as result, dispute has arisen within union over whether to take Government money; Louis M Calvert, 1 international vice president, says he will attempt at guild convention in Boston in July to overturn authorization that Perlik obtained; Perlik sent Gerald Maraghy, president of Portland, Me, local, and Alberto Schtirbu, secretary of Inter-American Federation of Working Newspapermen's Orgns, on exploratory trip to Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Barbados (M)
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SENEGAL PRESS LAW UPSETS JOURNALISTS; Nation Comparatively Democratic, but the Measure Has Effect of Controlling Publications All Publications Must Be Approved
Date: 21 May 1979
By CAREY WINFREY Special to The New York Times
Carey Special
New press law in Senegal is viewed as either protecting profession from incursions by amateurs or making it almost impossible to function as journalist; Moctar Kebbe, editor of pro-Government weekly L'Unite Africaine, says law 'seems to be tearing at people's souls'; among law's 89 articles is 1 requiring all publications to be submitted for approval to Minister of Information, Minister of Interior, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General; another creates quasi-government commission, presided over by magistrate, empowered to renew or revoke journalist's press card on basis of how responsible he has been during past year; other provisions noted (S)
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Article 2 -- No Title; ESSAY Jaworski And Sinatra
Date: 21 May 1979
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire comment on political figures he has criticized over years; says he generally has sense of dealing with public affairs professionals and worthy adversaries but not in case of response to his criticism of Frank Sinatra and Leon Jaworski; notes that Sinatra has taken to financing mailing of anti-press tract with his covering letter attacking journalists who 'hide behind' 1st Amendment; notes that Jaworski will not tolerate criticism; notes that newspaper with temerity to print suggestions that his official conduct may have been less effective than his publicity, gets strange, rambling letters hinting at legal action
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Dismissal Denied in Photo Bribe
Date: 22 May 1979
By DAVID BIRD
David BIRD
NYS Sup Ct (Bklyn) Justice Ernst H Rosenberger denies motion to dismiss bribery charges against James Mitteager, freelance writer accused of bribing correction officer Herbert Clarke to get pictures of David Berkowitz for NY Post (M)
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The City; Rohatyn Will Return As M.A.C. Chairman
Date: 22 May 1979
NYS Sup Ct rules Mastropieri must appear before NYC Investigation Dept for questions on whether he is illegally living outside NYC (S)
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Tuck School Prize For Times Writer
Date: 22 May 1979
1978 Media Award for Economic Understanding goes to NY Times reporter N R Kleinfield; award is sponsored by Amos Tuck School of Dartmouth College (S)
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World News Briefs; W.H.O. Assembly Shuns Cooperation With Rhodesia
Date: 22 May 1979
Thai authorities evacuate people from 3 southeastern border villages and seal off area where about 40,000 Cambodians have fled across frontier in effort to halt influx of refugees (S)
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World News Briefs; Nepal Reopening Colleges After Violent Clashes
Date: 21 May 1979
colleges in Nepal's Katmandu Valley will reopen on May 22; were closed after violent clashes between students and police; Home Min Kedar Man Byathi warns against any renewal of violence by 'antisocial elements' (S)
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