News Media Lag in Drive For More Blacks on Staffs
Date: 03 August 1977
By REGINALD STUART Special to The New York Times
Reginald Special
Rosenthal, commenting on minority hiring at paper, says Times takes its affirmative action program very seriously
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News Summary
Date: 02 August 1977
Bienstock releases figures showing that NYC has highest rate of youth unemployment among 11 major US cities; rept, which counts everyone of working age, not just those who are looking for jobs, finds that in June '74 jobless rate of 16-19-yr-old whites was 74% and 86% for black and minority youths of same age; nationally, rates were 42.1% for whites and 66.3% for minorities; figures indicate only 113,000 of 515,000 youths in city have jobs; rates for Dallas, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland and St Louis noted (M)
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Francis Gary Powers, U-2 Pilot, Dies in a California Copter Crash; Ex-Agent, Whose Capture by Russians Led to a Crisis, Was a Reporter for Television
Date: 02 August 1977
By ROBERT LINDSEY Special to The New York Times
Robert Special
Francis Gary Powers, whose U-2 espionage flight over Soviet Union and subsequent capture touched off crisis in Soviet-Amer relations in '60, is killed in helicopter crash, San Fernado Valley, Calif (S)
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World News Briefs; Zambia Ousts Cabinet Aide And Curbs Party Official Senators Delay Showdown On Genocide Treaty Amity of China and Albania Toasted at Tirana Fete Japan Plans to Purchase Planes From Lockheed Former SS Colonel East-West Delegates Get Compromise Proposal
Date: 03 August 1977
Albanian and Chinese officials toast friendship between their countries at reception in Chinese Embassy, Tirana, to mark 50th anniv of founding of People's Liberation Army; Albanian Chief of State Veli Ilakaj attends reception (S)
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World News Briefs; Thais Report 16 Killed In Attack by Cambodia Turkish Chief Wins Vote For His Coalition Ulster to Get $1.6 Billion In Aid From London Syria Extends Election After a Small Turnout Pakistani Regime Sets Oct. 18 as Election Date
Date: 02 August 1977
Thai border patrol police say Cambodian troops attacked 2 Thai border villages, killing at least 16 people and setting fire to some bldgs (S)
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