Teamster Drivers Prevent Pittsburgh Press Delivery
Date: 28 June 1975
Strike by truck drivers on June 27 halts delivery of Pittsburgh Press and threatens to leave city without paper on June 28; Pittsburgh Press Co seeks injunction against Teamsters; Judge Barron P McCune denies request for back-to-work order (S)
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NEW CENSORSHIP INDIA'S STRICTEST; Curbs Tougher Than During Wars Threat to Stability and Security Are Cited
Date: 28 June 1975
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Govt of Indian Prime Min Indira Gandhi, citing danger to India's security and stability, has imposed toughest press censorship in 28 yrs since country's independence; electricity was cut off in offices of major English-language dailies in New Delhi halting publication; elaborate censorship system for foreign correspondents has been established; few newspapers are published and pro-Govt dailies have adopted cautious tone; only journalist who has so far been arrested is K R Malkani, editor of Motherland; wife has reptdly filed petition of habeus corpus with Sup Ct to free him; set of press guidelines is distributed; UPI pres Roderick W Beaton protests to Min Gandhi against censorship of news dispatches; A R Baji, Govt's chief information spokesman, warns correspondents about restrictions; 1st dispatch submitted by UPI correspondent Victor J Vanzi went through 4 censors, each of whom deleted parts of it (M)
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Indian Official Warns Correspondents
Date: 29 June 1975
Special to The New York Times
Vidya Charan Shukla, new chief of India's Information Ministry, on June 29 tells correspondents of non-Indian news orgns in New Delhi that they risk expulsion from India it they fail to submit their dispatches or broadcast scripts for censorship; tells correspondents they must not rept his warning or even convey it informally to their superiors; indicates that correspondents will be held responsible for news about India that their orgns publish or broadcast even if it does not originate with correspondents themselves; some correspondents, including 2 from NY Times, did not accept Shukla's strictures (M)
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C.I.A. IS CAUTIONED BY FORD ON SPYING; He Talks With Colby About Surveillance of Congress
Date: 28 June 1975
By JAMES M. NAUGHTON Special to The New York Times
White House press sec Ron Nessen says Pres Ford has cautioned against CIA surveillance of Cong members; says Ford accepted assurance by CIA Dir William E Colby that files being maintained on legislators are 'legitimate'; says, in reply to question, that he does not know if Ford inquired, as a former Repr, if his name was in CIA files (S)
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INDIAN MEASURES ANGER EUROPEANS; West Virtually Unanimous in Condemning the Curbs Imposed by Mrs. Gandhi
Date: 28 June 1975
By JOSEPH FRAYMAN Special to The New York Times
Joseph Special
Western Eur newspapers are virtually unanimous in condemning Prime Min Gandhi, accusing her of acting autocratically in pol opponents; Tass distributed 2 statements linking US with upheaval in India; criticism of Mrs Gandhi in Times of London, Le Monde and in newspapers in Italy and W Ger cited (M)
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Corporate Struggle Over Its Ability to Borrow Money May Force The Washington Star to Close
Date: 28 June 1975
By MARTIN ARNOLD Special to The New York Times
Martin Special
struggle is currently under way within Washington Star between paper's new publisher, Joe L Allbritton, who is fighting to save it, and its co dirs, who apparently want to close it; involves paper's ability to borrow large sums it needs to survive and become viable; paper reptdly does not have enough credit to borrow money but owner co, Washington Star Communications Inc, does; when Allbritton bought into co, 1 of agreements was that he would have free hand in negotiating for loans of up to $12.5-million that would be guaranteed by parent co; bd in Nov agreed to raise guarantee to loans of $18-million; Allbritton recently negotiated 10-yr loan of $5-million from Aetna Life & Casualty Co; bd indicated it would not agree to guarantee loan; sources rept that when Allbritton agreed to buy into co it was to be done in 2 steps: 1st he paid about $7-million for just under 10% of co stock and agreed to lend paper $5-million of his own money; parent co at that time agreed to guarantee loans; Allbritton under agreement eventually was to own 37% interest in co at cost to him of about $25-million; 2d part of agreement, giving Allbritton full 37%, was contingent on FCC's allowing Washington Star Communications to keep both its broadcast facilities and newspaper; FCC has not yet made decision in case; if decision goes against Allbritton he has right to get his back $5-million loan and pull out of agreement; paper, since its founding in '52, has been largely owned and controlled by members of Noyes, Kauffman and Adams families; Noyes and Kauffman still control bd of dirs of Star Communications and will until Allbritton takes over 37% of stock; Godfrey Kauffman holds that Aetna loan was not completely arranged and that therefore bd has not even considered it; Rudolph Kauffman, sec to Star Communications bd, conceded that Aetna was willing to lend newspaper $5-million but that bd took no action because 'terms weren't right' (M)
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Sports News Briefs; Reporter Charges Houk With Assault
Date: 29 June 1975
Ralph Houk of Detroit Tigers is released from police custody on June 28 pending Sept 28 trial on charges of assaulting Baltimore Evening Sun sports writer Philip Hersh in Tiger locker room because of displeasure with story Hersh wrote about team (S)
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TOP JUDGE IN INDIA IS SAID TO RESIGN; ARRESTS AT 1,100; No Reason Given in Reported Departure of Chief Justice in Gandhi Case Review NEWSMEN ARE WARNED Seizure of 454 Persons in One State Reported--TV Station Damaged by Fire
Date: 29 June 1975
By ERIC PACE Special to The New York Times
Eric Special
fire breaks out in TV studio of Govt-run All India Radio network, which opposition recently criticized as being biased in favor of Prime Min Gandhi (S)
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Follow-Up On The News; Simas Kudirka
Date: 29 June 1975
Dr James G Doherty, Bronx Zoo's curator of mammals, comments on finger paintings being done by gorillas, 1 of which was donated to Channel 13 Telethon and sold for $600 (S)
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