Times Mirror Offers $292 Million For Stock of Booth Newspapers
Date: 23 October 1976
By HERBERT KOSHETZ
Herbert KOSHETZ
Times Mirror Co has offered to buy for $292-million in cash outstanding stock of Booth Newspapers; offer comes after Booth mgt became involved in dispute with S I Newhouse, head of Newhouse newspaper chain, who owns about 25% of Booth stock; Booth pres James E Sauter comments (S)
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THE PRESS IS CURBED IN RUBIN CARTER CASE; Judge Excludes the Public From Jury Selection Process to Speed Up Murder Retrial
Date: 23 October 1976
By SELWYN RAAB Special to The New York Times
Selwyn Special
Passaic County Ct Judge Bruno L Leopizzi bars newsmen and public from jury selection in Carter-Artis retrial (M)
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NBC Abandons Its Plan to Increase Newscasts in Evening to One Hour
Date: 23 October 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
NBC announces it has ceased considering expanding early evening newscast from 30 mins to 1 hr on weeknights; 3 networks had been drafting plans for longer newscasts since ABC News hinted that its acquisition of Barbara Walters would be accompanied by increase in length of broadcasts (M)
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PENTAGON EXPLAINS BAN ON PRO-ISRAELI ARTICLE
Date: 22 October 1976
Defense Dept on Oct 21 says it has blocked publication of article stressing strong relationship between US and Israel because it was feared that it 'might be construed as representing US Govt policy'; statement comes in response to article in Oct 20 NY Times that reptd views of Joseph Churba, top Middle East intelligence official in Air Force (S)
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Boycott Baloney
Date: 22 October 1976
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker lauds TV networks for recognizing pol nature of Ford's 2d press conf in 6 days and not allowing him to pre-empt air time
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Letters to the Editor
Date: 22 October 1976
John H Cross lr, commenting on Robert Reinhold Sept 26 article, says voter apathy is result of deep-rooted cynicism; cartoon
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World News Briefs; Indian Journalists Protest Action Against Papers Anti-Miki Groups in Japan Demand Resignation Bangkok Police Chief Says 'Enemies' Must Reform Ex-Envoy to Bonn Assails Kissinger's Diplomacy Striking Peru Fishermen Are Facing Dismissal British Labor Chooses Foot as Deputy Chief
Date: 22 October 1976
67 Indian journalists send Prime Min Gandhi lr protesting Govt action against Indian Express and other newspapers (S)
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Shah Assails Palestinian Terrorism
Date: 22 October 1976
By FARNSWORTH FOWLE
Farnsworth FOWLE
Shah of Iran suggests that both NY Times and Washington Post reflect power of Jewish lobby in US in volume of news they print on Zionist and Arab questions (S)
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