Dispute Halts Publication Of Daily Mirror in London
Date: 27 March 1975
London Daily Mail is not published on Mar 26 after publishers adopts tough line on staffing dispute involving slowdowns by about 1,750 members of Soc of Graphical and Allied Trades; publisher charges that mailroom is overstaffed and opposes automatically replacing mailers when they quit or retire (S)
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Lagos Bars South Africans, So Press Meeting Is Shifted
Date: 28 March 1975
Internatl Press Inst on Mar 27 announces that its '75 assembly will be held in Zurich, not Lagos, because Nigerian Govt said it would bar S African journalists (S)
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Saigon Accuses AP and UPI Of Breaking Press Rules
Date: 27 March 1975
S Vietnamese Govt accuses AP and UPI Saigon burs of 'flagrant violation' of official rules on press disclosure of troop movements; burs reptd abandonment of Hue by Govt forces; Govt has not announced fall of city; warns sanctions will be taken against news agencies if similar incidents occur again (S)
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Saigon Reports It Halted Plot to Overthrow Thieu; SAIGON REPORTS PLOT FOR A COUP
Date: 27 March 1975
Vietnamese sources rept on Mar 26 that at least 3 journalists have been arrested; all are believed to be anti-Communist and conservative; journalists are identified as Cu Mom, Dau Phi Luc and Ha Minh Ly, employed by newspaper Chinh Luan (S)
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Nixon Is Said to Halt Friends' Efforts for TV Appearance by Him
Date: 27 March 1975
By EVERETT R. HOLLES Special to The New York Times
Everett HOLLES
Recent developments influencing former Pres Nixon's decision to halt efforts to obtain around $250,000 for his appearance on TV are reptdly not limited to controversy touched off by CBS TV network's reptd payment of $50,000 to H R Haldeman for his 2-part Watergate int (S)
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Figure in I.R.S. Spying Seeks a Transfer
Date: 28 March 1975
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK Special to The New York Times
Dougald McMillan, chief of Justice Dept's Organized Crime Strike Force in Miami, says he has requested transfer to Washington; assails press because of repts that Fed agents used informers to learn about sex lives and drinking habits of 30 prominent Fla residents; says continued allegations of improper spying arising out of intelligence-gathering operation in '72 and '73 took so much time that he could no longer handle his assignment properly; charges that, in atmosphere of 'yellow journalism,' press has been printing 'uncorroborated ramblings' of a few 'questionable informants'; denies he or any member of strike force ever ordered investigation into sex lives or drinking habits of anyone; allegations made by informant Elsa Suarez noted; sources say McMillan told dept that in '72 he approved plan for IRS agents to gather 'strategic intelligence' on group of suspects arising out of a state prosecution known in Miami as 'mkt case'; case was investigation of alleged influence peddling by pol figure, Frank Martin, who allegedly met with politicians at produce mkt in Miami; case resulted in indictment of 7 persons but no convictions; sources say McMillan told dept that for 10 to 12 mos he periodically recd repts from IRS on this project; sources say repts contained material about sexual habits and drinking patterns; say McMillan told dept he knew Suarez was 1 of informers for IRS; alleged investigation of Dade County Atty Richard E Gerstein noted; Justice Dept sources say McMillan says idea for intelligence program developed in '72 when IRS special agent John T Harison discussed it with McMillan (M)
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Excerpts From the Kissinger News Conference
Date: 27 March 1975
excerpts from Sec Kissinger's Mar 26 news conf (M)
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