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Date: 20 October 1976
By FRANCES CERRA
Frances CERRA
LI Builders Inst, 3 bldrs and 3 electricians sue to overturn Suffolk County, NY, ban on installation of aluminum wire, which has been called dangerous by Consumer Product Safety Council; county Consumer Affairs Comr James Lack defends ban (S)
Date: 20 October 1976
By WILLIAM BORDERS Special to The New York Times
William Special
Maneka Gandhi, Prime Min Indira Gandhi's daughter-in-law, has begun publishing Surya, monthly magazine dedicated to describing 'dynamics of a changing India in a positive, confident way'; 1st issue criticizes reptg on Govt by many Indian pubs; Deputy Information Min Dharam Bir Sinha said recently that journalists should once against become missionaries of new, resurgent India; Govt's attempt to replace top editorial mgt of Indian Express noted; editor's mother Amteshwar Anand, who is helping run magazine, comments (M)
Date: 21 October 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
TV networks decide to cover Ford's Oct 20 news session in excerpt form because they judged it as being more of pol nature than newsworthy; news network heads contend Ford's Oct 14 news conf was carried live because it had potential for great news value; some network execs comment (M)
Date: 21 October 1976
By DIERDRE CARMODY
Dierdre CARMODY
Hartford Times ceases publication on Oct 20 after 159 yrs; paper describes itself as 'strangled by litigation' and says that lawsuits in which it has been embroiled for last yr have 'gravely injured' its ad and readership and 'eroded' its position; litigation stems from '73 sale of Times by Gannett Co to Register Publishing Co for $8-million; Hartford Courant announces it has no plans to buy Times or to put out evening newspaper; Courant exec editor and vp Richard E Mooney says Courant will increase its press run by 6,200 copies; Morning Line, daily tabloid inaugurated by Times in Aug, also ceases publication; illus (M)
Date: 20 October 1976
By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr
Robert McG
John W Dean 3d, in new book Blind Ambition, repts on attempt by Pres Nixon to have IRS investigate Scanlan's magazine, which had angered him; according to Dean, Nixon reptdly acted after Scanlan's published 'bogus memo linking Vice Pres Agnew with top secret plan to cancel '72 election and to repeal entire Bill of Rights'; magazine's top editor Sidney E Zion comments
Date: 20 October 1976
defense attys argue for permanent gag order to make sure defendants get fair trial (S)
Date: 21 October 1976
By JAMES M. NAUGHTON Special to The New York Times
Pres Ford holds full-scale news conf on Oct 20, White House; TV networks decline to provide live TV coverage; Ford accuses Jimmy Carter of having impugned records of 4 former Pres, describes Carter as 'naive' about diplomacy and chastises him for consenting to Playboy int; scores Carter over stand to end Arab boycott of Amer cos trading with Israel; defends his campaign orgn's use of newspaper ads to reproduce cover of Playboy's issue with Carter int (M)
Date: 20 October 1976
photo essay of some famous people attending game at Yankee Stadium and reopening of renovated Avery Fisher Hall