DEADLINE IS SET IN NEWS DISPUTE; I.T.U. May Enter the Talks After 'Friday P.M.'
Date: 16 May 1974
ITU exec council on May 15 defers action on ITU Local 6 pres Bertram Powers's request for support of his local in its dispute with NY Daily News; observes in telegram to Fed mediator Theodore Kheel that parties have made substantial progress toward settlement and that further meetings are scheduled; Powers and 3 members of local's negotiating com fly to Colorado Springs to seek support of parent union after all-day negotiations at Automation House
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Six Freed by Uruguay
Date: 15 May 1974
Uruguayan novelist Juan Carlos Onetti and dirs of leftist weekly, Marcha, are freed on May 14; have been imprisoned since Feb for publishing short story considered critical of police (S)
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PRINTERS IN CAPITAL AUTHORIZE A STRIKE
Date: 16 May 1974
ITU Local 101 on May 15 votes to authorize strike against Washington Post and Washington Star-News; any walkout would still require prior approval by parent ITU; Star-News repts it has reached operating agreement with its printers that will permit it to resume it planning for Saturday morning edition
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BOTH SIDES PRESS NEWSPAPER TALKS; Negotiators Fail to Settle Remaining Differences
Date: 15 May 1974
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
bargaining talks between printers and NYC's 3 major newspapers are recessed without agreement on May 14; next bargaining session is set for May 16, assuming ITU local 6 pres Bertram Powers and other officials have returned from Colorado, where they will rept to exec council of parent ITU; Powers declines to predict whether ITU will formally authorize strike or recognize Daily News stoppage as lockout; issues revd (M)
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Salent Defends Coverage of Watergate; Exchange of Quips Major Peacetime Story
Date: 16 May 1974
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS pres Richard S Salant on May 15 defends policies of his news div, amount of coverage it has given to Watergate and work of Dan Rather, White House correspondent, to some of mgts of stations affiliated with CBS-TV network, speech, annual CBS affiliate conf, Los Angeles; notes that mail he has recd indicates that number of affiliates are disturbed by CBS News's actions; many station owners and mgrs have accused CBS of bias against Nixon and of dwelling excessively on Watergate
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Police Investigate Role of a Helicopter In Suicide Plunge
Date: 16 May 1974
NYC Police Dept is investigating whether helicopter contributed to suicide leap of Mark Mataya from roof of Bklyn bldg; youth reptdly jumped after helicopter, with NY Daily News photographer, hovered near bldg (S)
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Mrs. Graham Given Ovation at Columbia On Honorary LL.D.
Date: 16 May 1974
Washington Post publisher Mrs Katharine Graham receives honorary Doctorate of Laws at Columbia Univ on May 15 for her dedication to highest standards of journalism and integrity in govt (S)
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SYRIA GIVES PRESS A FRONT-LINE TOUR; 14 U.S. Reporters Run Into Exchange of Artillery Fire
Date: 15 May 1974
Special to The New York Times
14 Amer newsmen, accompanying Sec of State Kissinger on May 14 guided tour of Syrian front lines, run into exch of artillery fire (S)
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