Newspapers and Unions Intensify Bargaining as Contract Deadline Nears
Date: 28 March 1970
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
negotiations intensified as contract expiration nears; Kheel voices concern because of number of unions involved and magnitude of problems yet to be settled; unions demanding large pay increases but papers have made no formal wage proposals; Pressmen's Union pres W J Kennedy sees some progress; ITU Local 6 pres B A Powers and Deliverers Union pres C Levy not optimistic; deliverers have broken off direct talks; ANG NY Post unit chmn G Passarella says unit council has approved no-contract, no-work policy; Powers notes printers will be free to take 'appropriate action' against papers if no settlement is reached; sees possibility of lockout; NY Publishers Assn appears more loosely organized than in previous negotiations and publishers have made no decisions on action to be taken in case of strike against one paper; ANG NY pres T J Murphy says Guild may pub 'strike newspaper' in case of strike
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Plea for Democracy in Interview Brings the Arrest of 5 in Athens
Date: 27 March 1970
ex-Min I Zigdis, Ethnos owners-publishers C Nicolopoulos, C and A Kyriazis and editors Y Kapsis and C Economides arrested over pub of Zigdis int in which he calls for restoration of dem; to appear before mil tribunal for trial date; speculation on whether Kapsis will be given visa to speak at Overseas Press Club's annual awards dinner, NYC
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SONGMY STORY WINS JOURNALISM AWARD
Date: 27 March 1970
Sigma Delta Chi awards to S Hersh (Dispatch News Service), A Cawood (Dayton Daily News), R J Ostrow and R L Jackson (Los Angeles Times), A Shub (Washington Post), H Faas (AP), B Mauldin (Chicago Sun-Times), Chicago Daily News, W Lambert (Life), Philadelphia Magazine, E Joyce (WCBS), radio stations WHN and WWDC, TV stations WCCO, WDSU and KCPX, R T Farrar
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Greek, on Trial With 33, Asserts He Was Tortured
Date: 28 March 1970
Special mil tribunal, Athens, opens trial of 34 persons arrested in '69 and charged with sedition; illus; 34 on trial are alleged to be members of Dem Defense, underground orgns plotting to overthrow regime; are accused of planting bombs in Athens; G-A Mangakis says he denied being tortured because he was told that his wife would be freed from prison if he did so; reasserts charges; wife, who filed suit for husband's alleged maltreatment, was arrested and sentenced to 4-yrs in jail; 20 others named in indictment are not in Greece, including Amers J Dassin and A M Wenger; Demetracopoulos says trial belies regime claim that all is calm in Greece, int, NYC
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Newspaper Pact Ratified
Date: 27 March 1970
Employes of Springfield, Mass, Union, News and Republican ratify 3-yr contract which raises salaries of reporters with 5 yrs experience to $205 wkly
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Study Cites Rise in 'Soul' Radio Response to Blacks
Date: 27 March 1970
By FRED FERRETTI
Fred FERRETTI
Race Relations Information Center (Nashville) releases study finding many black-oriented stations still rely heavily on popular and blues music programs
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Black Writers Win Literature Awards
Date: 27 March 1970
By HENRY RAYMONT
Henry RAYMONT
Council on Interracial Books for Children presents awards to black authors S B Mathis, V Cox, M S Webb and Rev J Streeter for their unpublished mss
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