London Observer Plans Cut In Its Staff to Stem Losses
Date: 05 August 1975
London Observer announces on Aug 4 that it will dismiss about 200 of paper's staff of 700 in effort to halt mounting financial losses; statement from mgt said that dismissals were necessary because, after 6 wks of negotiations, unions representing part-time workers had refused to cooperate on plan for voluntary layoffs with compensation (S)
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ENQUIRER TO YIELD DATA ON KISSINGER
Date: 04 August 1975
Natl Enquirer says it will comply with Secret Service request to return documents it found in State Sec Kissinger's trash; repts Secret Service dir H Stuart Knight ordered investigation into why certain documents were in trash (S)
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Better News on Jobs
Date: 04 August 1975
Ed on latest US jobless statistics contends that while figures confirm that long recession that began in Nov '73 has touched bottom and recovery is beginning, fatal mistake on part of Ford Adm, Cong or Fed Reserve will be to conclude that full recovery is sure and nothing more needs to be done; notes that while jobless rate dropped to 8.4% seasonally adjusted rate from 8.9% avg for preceding 3 mos, unemployment rate for heads of households has remained unchanged at 6%; notes strange discrepancy between 'household' survey, based on door-to-door ints that shows 1.2-million rise in employment since March and 'establishment' figure, based on payroll data from business firms, that shows no increase in employment over past 4 mos
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An Executive Is Appointed By Times News Service
Date: 05 August 1975
NY Times names Sam Summerlin asst editor and asst gen mgr of NY Times News Service (S)
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Letters to the Editor
Date: 05 August 1975
Eugene Gramm, as means to ease fiscal crisis, urges that NYC cut welfare outlays by setting up munic food distribution centers to supply basic food needs at wholesale costs, lr
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U.S. Court Finds Bar's 'Gag' Rule On News Invalid
Date: 05 August 1975
US Appeals Ct for 7th Circuit, Chicago, rules unconst Amer Bar Assn's code of professional responsibility, which prohibits lawyers from discussing some aspects of legal cases with newsmen; majority opinion says so-called 'gag' rules applied to civil cases was unconst and says that such rules in criminal cases are also unconst but should be rewritten to provide a narrower and more restrictive standard (S)
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