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Date: 03 August 1978
Mayor Young orders dismissal notices prepared for striking city workers and warns 3,500 striking sanitation and bus maintenance workers to return to jobs or lose them (S)
Date: 02 August 1978
By LESLEY OELSNER
Lesley OELSNER
Assoc Justice Bryon R White of US Sup Ct refuses to stay jail sentence imposed on NY Times reporter M A Farber for refusing to turn over his notes for possible use in Dr Jascalevich murder trial; also refuses to block, pending appeal, NJ judge's order that NY Times pay fine of $5,000 a day until notes are turned over; Farber's attys say that before jailing deadline they will renew their attempt to win stay by appealing to Justice Thurgood Marshall; Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger and exec editor A M Rosenthal comment on ruling (M)
Date: 02 August 1978
texts of statements by Sulzberger and Rosenthal (S)
Date: 02 August 1978
excerpts from brief filed by Jascalevich lawyers (M)
Date: 02 August 1978
Special to The New York Times
excerpts from White decision; White por (M)
Date: 03 August 1978
By LESLEY OELSNER
Lesley OELSNER
texts of covering lr accompanying application for stay sent to Assoc Justice Thurgood Marshall by atty Eugene R Scheiman and Marshall's order continuing stay
Date: 02 August 1978
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS names William A Leonard pres of CBS News, replacing Richard S Salant; William J Small, who had been slated to replace Salant, will be top co repr in Washington (S)