Lisbon's Newspapers Attack New Restrictions
Date: 10 September 1975
By HENRY GINIGER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Portuguese High Council of Revolution created controversy on Sept 8 by issuing law forbidding press to rept on pol activity within barracks or on positions assumed by mil individuals or groups aside from hierarchy itself; infraction would be punished by suspensions of up to 10 days for dailies and up to 40 days for periodicals; newspaper A Luta condemns measure; Diario de Lisboa accused council of trying to still voice of patriotic revolutionary mil men; council says it does not wish to limit variety of expression but merely to prevent acts that infringe on cohesion, discipline and dignity of armed forces (M)
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HARTFORD DISPUTE ON PAPER REVIVED; Trial Scheduled on Sept. 16 in Feud on Times Sale
Date: 09 September 1975
By LAWRENCE FELLOWS Special to The New York Times
Lawrence Special
Bitter dispute over sale of Hartford Times in '73, involving allegations of fraudulent profit and loss figures, bogus circulation records and family feud, is scheduled to be reopened in Hartford ct on Sept 16; US Dist Ct Judge Jon O Newman attempted unsuccessfully on Sept 4 to get parties to dispute to widen agreed factual base of their arguments; dispute grew after Oct 10, '73, when Gannett Co sold Times for $8-million to Register Publishing Co; Register pres Lionel S Jackson declared his intention to streamline Times with new publishing techniques; had defeated attempt by members of his family to block him from buying Times; that case continues in Conn Superior Ct, although aim of family is now to rescind purchase of Times; case grew more complex in April, '74, when Gannett sued new owners in Fed ct for $1,319,412, claiming Register had never finished paying for paper; in cross complaint, Register charged that through fraud and misrepresentation it had been induced to agree to pay $6,956,792 more than Times was really worth (M)
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Ford Interview Postponed
Date: 09 September 1975
Pres Ford postpones scheduled int on ABC-TV news program; White House press sec Ron Nessen cites Ford's unusually heavy public schedule (S)
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PRESIDENT TALKS OF HIS ENDURANCE; Says He and Kissinger Can Withstand Pressures
Date: 09 September 1975
Pres Ford says in int released Sept 8 that he and State Sec H A Kissinger are 'quite similar' in their ability to bounce back after mental and physical pressure without suffering from tension; int was with CBS TV reporter Joseph Benti in Sacramento, Calif; Ford discusses his exercising, including swimming and pushups (S)
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Rabin Says Soviet Must Now Court Arab Extremists
Date: 10 September 1975
gen contents of unpublished documents, compiled under heading of A Memorandum of Understanding Between Israel and US, as well as in lr from Pres Ford to Premier Yitzhak Rabin, have been made known in Israeli press through authorized leaks; among Egyptian assurances to Israel is--'an expression of its intention to reduce hostile propaganda in its Govt-controlled media' (S)
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Libya Denies News Report She Annexed Part of Chad
Date: 09 September 1975
Libyan Foreign Min spokesman officially denies London Sunday Times rept that Libya had annexed territory in northern part of Chad; calls rept 'pure invention and flagrant colonialist attempt to sow discord and to poison atmosphere between brotherly African countries' (S)
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