Asahi, World's Largest Paper, Girds for Battle
Date: 19 March 1978
By ANDREW H. MALCOLM
Andrew MALCOLM
Article on newspaper situation in Japan; largest daily is Asahi Shimbun, with combined morning and afternoon circulation of 11.7-million; its main competition comes from Yomiuri Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun; these 3 papers control almost 1/2 of Japan's total daily circulation; rest is divided among nation's 110 other dailies; total newspaper earnings for '76 amounted to more than $4.78-billion; circulation battles detailed; illus of Tomoo Hirooka, Asahi Shimbun chmn (L)
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Pressmen Reach a Tentative Pact With Newspaper in Tacoma, Wash.
Date: 20 March 1978
Striking pressmen's union reaches tentative contract agreement with negotiators for Tacoma News Tribune; talks are scheduled with striking mailers; Fed Mediator Mike Salo comments (S)
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Israeli Army Finds 3 Western Reporters
Date: 19 March 1978
Journalists Ned Temko (UPI), Douglas Roberts (Voice of Amer) and David Hirst (London Guardian), covering Israeli invasion from Lebanese side, are caught in middle of Israeli attack and picked up unhurt by Israeli Army; photographer George Semerdjian is separated from others during attack but returns unhurt (S)
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Invasion Focuses Attention on Censorship in Israel; Face of Soldier Blacked Out
Date: 19 March 1978
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
News orgns in Israel have been under mil censorship since Brit rule (M)
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Indictments Shock Florida Town, Inured to Vice Reports; Judge Invited to Parties F.B.I. Arrest Followed
Date: 20 March 1978
By JON NORDHEIMER Special to The New York Times
Jon Special
Fed probe of Lake City, Fla, racketeering leads to indictment of several prominent citizens, including 2 of 4 Circuit Ct judges, on charges that conspiracy existed to operate gambling, prostitution and drug ring; role played by former Mayor Jim Ward and newspaper Lake City Reporter, owned by NY Times Co, in probe discussed; illus; map (M)
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JULIAN BOND PLANS TO GIVE UP POLITICS; Onetime Vice Presidential Nominee Sees a Political Dead End and Wants a Job in Television 'I Don't Have a Job' Involvement in Issues
Date: 20 March 1978
By WAYNE KING Special to The New York Times
Wayne Special
Ga State Sen Julian Bond is negotiating with ABC for job as host of projected magazine-type TV program; illus (M)
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Ideas & Trends In Summary; Old Vilcabambans Are Not So Old, After All Boston U. Students Play for Keeps A Reporter Is Banned A Social Disease Among Horses Concordes May Be Booming
Date: 19 March 1978
Virginia Adams and Tom Ferrell
Virginia Adams
Anthropologist Dr Sylvia H Foreman and radiologist Dr Richard B Mazess, studying residents of Vilcabamba, Ecuador, after persistent repts that many inhabitants live to extraordinary ages, some as much as 140 or 150, indicate that no resident is older than 96; study was sparked by Amer gerontologists's discovery that man reputed to be 122 in '71 had become 134 by '74; study attributes increased longevity chiefly to repeated use of identical names by small, inbred population, making baptismal records unreliable indicators of age (S)
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Realty News; Connecticut Offices Merger Expansion
Date: 19 March 1978
H L Richer & Co has merged with Newmark & Co Real Estate Inc; new firm is Newmark & Co Real Estate Inc (S)
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