Washington Post Is Delayed 2 Hours After an Ultimatum; Settlement in Pittsburgh
Date: 07 May 1974
Production of May 6 editions of Washington Post is delayed more than 2 hrs after mgt was reptd to have given printers 36-hr ultimatum to stop alleged production slowdown; newspaper repts that Washington Publishers Assn is sending ITU Local 101 pres Raymond E Hall telegram informing him that 'escape clause' in their expired contract will be triggered at midnight on May 7 if 16-day slowdown is not terminated; printers repr George Ludlow charges that newspaper is alleging existence of slowdown in order to justify elimination of printers' jobs
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THE NEWS ORDERS ITS PRINTERS OUT IN LABOR DISPUTE; Powers Breaks a Printing Plate Produced by New Automation Equipment
Date: 07 May 1974
NY Daily News on May 7 orders printers to leave bldg in dispute over use of automated typsetting processes after publication of paper had been delayed for several hrs; ITU Local 6 pres Bertram Powers crumples page of magnesium engraving plate and throws it to floor after News mgt officials discharge 3 printers for refusing to place plate into page form to be further processed for printing; Powers and printers are taken from bldg with police present; Powers instructs printers to picket in front of bldg; News spokesman repts that production of May 7 edition is proceeding with automated presses; Local vp David W Crockett tells printers at NY Times that there will be some action taken at paper but not immediately; News pres and publisher W H James says in memo to staff that paper had begun taking steps to use automated typesetting processes with great reluctance realizing that action might precipitate countermove by ITU Local 6; notes that composing room will be open for printers to perform their normal work at regular speed; TNG issues statement saying that exec com had voted not to ask members of guild to support possible strike or lockout action by printers; engravers reserve decision; News repts that paper has lost more than 700 pages of ad involving over $2-million in revenue as result of slowdown; summary of issues (L)
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TIMES HEADS LIST IN PUBLISHER POLL
Date: 07 May 1974
Publishers responding to survey by Edward L Bernays have placed NY Times at top of list of newspapers that best meet journalistic standards of late Thomas Gibson, Adolph S Ochs and Joseph Pulitzer
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How System Would Work At The News; One Line at a Time
Date: 07 May 1974
new automated typesetting process currently being employed at NY Daily News described; system permits typist to tap out letters and words of article one at a time, continuously, without having to stop to think about ends of lines; machinery is guided by computer memory; computerized 'hyphenation and justification' of this kind are barred in printers' union contract with NY Times, News and Post, which has now expired
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Newspaper Talks Halted; News to Try Automation; NEWSPAPER TALKS ARE HALTED HERE
Date: 06 May 1974
By EMANUEL PERLMUITER
Emanuel PERLMUITER
contract talks between ITU Local 6 and NY Times, News and Post break down on May 5; News exec vp Walter K Graham repts paper will attempt to introduce automated typesetting processes; notes that 1st edition for May 7 will be published with traditional typesetting; repts that printers who do not work will not be paid; ITU Local pres Bertram Powers says that News apparently does not feel negotiations have made enough progress; other newspaper unions are scheduled to meet on May 6 at Newspaper Guild hq to decide what action they will take if printers picket News
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Publication of News Is Delayed As Paper Prepares to Automate; News Publication Delayed as Automation Is Prepared
Date: 07 May 1974
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
text of statment issued by NY Daily News pres and publisher W H James on paper's decision to use automated typesetting techniques
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