Survival Is Key Concern of Paper in South Africa Scandal; Paper Losing Heavily Sold to Another Businessman Circulation Rose Rapidly
Date: 07 April 1979
By JOHN F. BURNS Special to The New York Times
John BURNS
S African newspaper The Citizen is at center of scandal; disclosure that newspaper was secretly financed with $37 million in Govt money has ruined career of Information Min Cornelius P Mulder and has led to calls for resignations of Pres Vorster and Finance Min Owen Horwood; Rhoodie has said that Vorster and Horwood lied when they denied involvement in secret project; Horwood por (L)
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Pakistani Police Arrest Hundreds After Violence at Rites for Bhutto; TRIBUTES TO BHUTTO ERUPT IN PROTESTS
Date: 06 April 1979
By ROBERT TRUMBULL Special to The New York Times
Robert Special
Reptd ban on air travel by foreign correspondents to prov centers seen reflecting Govt concern over unrest following hanging of ex-Prime Min Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (S)
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Inez Robb, an Ex-Columnist, Dies; Was a World War II Correspondent; A Prolific Writer
Date: 06 April 1979
By ALFRED E. CLARK
Alfred CLARK
Inez Robb, nationally syndicated columnist, dies; was 78; career revd; por (M)
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Yankees Limit Access Of Reporters to Clubhouse
Date: 07 April 1979
Yankees rescind unlimited access of reporters to team clubhouse following games; limit reporters to 30 mins (S)
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PROFITS Dow Jones Net Up 15% to 10.7 Million; News Ltd.
Date: 07 April 1979
By CLARE M. RECKERT
News Ltd of Australia, which owns 50% of NY Post, repts net profit of $16.8 million for 6 mos ended Dec 31, up 42.3% from $11.8 million cleared in corresponding half of previous yr; it had previously been reptd that Post lost some $10 million in all '78 (S)
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U.S. to Let Soviet Buy Computer; Carter Approves Sale Of Computer to Soviet
Date: 06 April 1979
Carter Adm has quietly approved sale of Amer computer system to USSR for press agency Tass, reversing decision made by Carter last July; Carter had ordered that license be withheld for natl security reasons and to express US displeasure with trials of Soviet dissidents and Amer journalists; Sens Henry M Jackson and Daniel P Moynihan score shift; hold Tass has 'close ties' with KGB; sale may not be completed because Tass reptdly will buy computer system from French concern, CIT-Honeywell Bull, to help in its handling of 1980 Olympics (S)
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