Klein 'Shocked' by Photos of Him in Phone Booth With Ransom; Position of the Police 'Used Telephoto Lens'
Date: 05 February 1978
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER
Calvin Klein, who paid $100,000 ransom for return of his kidnapped daughter, says he is shocked and surprised to discover photographs in NY Daily News showing him in phone booth with money under his arm and later being reunited with child; both NYC Police and FBI deny they had assisted paper in obtaining photographs; News met editor Richard V Oliver refuses to disclose how paper managed to position its photographer (S)
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Chicago Daily News Is Likely to Close March 4, Publisher Says; 'No Viable Alternative'
Date: 04 February 1978
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND Special to The New York Times
Douglas KNEELAND
Stuart Jr comments; according to Field, News has lost total of $21.7-million since Sept 30, '74, and losses have mounted from $3.5-million in '75 to $11-million in '77; circulation has fallen from 397,598 on Sept 30, '74, to 329,078 last Sept 30; illus of past headlines (M)
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Rhodesia's New Censors Hurt Some, Not Others; New 'Stresses' Caused Tightening Entire Stories Rejected Paper Cannot Mention Restrictions Distinctions Become Blurred
Date: 04 February 1978
By JOHN F. BURNS Special to The New York Times
John BURNS
Comment on news reptg scene in Rhodesia; for almost 1 mo, reporters covering war between Rhodesian Govt forces and black nationalist guerillas have been required by law to submit all accounts of mil activity for clearance by Min of Combined Operations; for 1st 5 yrs of war only restraint was requirement that reporters submit their dispatches for clearance; new regulation extends requirement to any rept touching on security; officials have attributed tightening system to new stresses on country caused by intensification in guerrilla operations and sharply rising casualty list; rept of brutal treatment by Rhodesian soldiers of suspected guerrillas filed by AP photographer J Ross Baughman noted (M)
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The Press: Profit and Loss; The U.S. Press: Profit and Loss In a Consumer-Oriented Society 52 Papers Changed Hands Young and Affluent Readers 'The Golf Factor'
Date: 04 February 1978
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
D Carmody article discusses changing newspaper business; repts that out of 1,762 daily newspapers only about 400 are under single ownership, and these are being sought by 25 major newspaper chains; repts afternoon newspapers in large cities are closing because of middle-class flight to suburbs, competition from TV and distribution problems in congested streets; cites Buffalo Evening News, which is doing well, as exception; repts afternoon dailies in small cities doing well; notes recent purchase by Gannett Co of Wilmington News-Journal, Time Inc acquisition of Washington Star, and threatened closing of Chicago Daily News; repts total US circulation of dailies dropped from 62,108,000 to 60,677,011 in '76, but number of dailies dropped only from 1,768 to 1,762, most of them evening papers; lists 10 top newspaper chains, number of newspapers owned and circulation totals (M)
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GANNETT TAKES OVER WILMINGTON PAPERS; New Publisher Promises Coverage Of Ex-Owner, Du Pont Company With Which Staff Quarreled Assurance on Staff Size
Date: 05 February 1978
By JAMES F. CLARITY Special to The New York Times
James CLARITY
Gannett Co takes formal control of Wilmington Morning News and Evening Journal from E I du Pont de Nemours & Co for $60-million; names Brian J Donnelly publisher of News-Journal and Andrew Fisher will remain as consultant; Gannett pres Allen H Neuharth comments; Donnelly comments (M)
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Metropolitan Briefs; Toll Rollback Refused 'The Trib' Trademark
Date: 04 February 1978
Fed Dist Judge Milton Pollack rejects NY Auto Club and NJ AAA requests for preliminary injunction to block increased tolls on 4 Port Auth bridges (S)
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Rep. Flood Had Secret Ties to Haiti While Pushing U.S. Aid to Duvalier; Congressman's Role Is Disclosed in His Letters and in the Statements of a Former Official Justice Department Investigating Rep. Flood Had Secret Ties to Haiti While Pushing U.S. Aid to Duvalier Two Stayed in Flood's Home Copy of Duvalier Letter Enclosed Flood Said Money Was Available Haitians Told Who to Hire Asylum Efforts Under Way
Date: 05 February 1978
By WENDELL RAWLS Jr. Special to The New York Times
Wendell RAWLS
Article on role of TV anchor persons (M)
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Bad News for High Rollers
Date: 05 February 1978
ANTHONY J. PARISI
Anthony PARISI
Comment on delay of Georges Bank sale; map (S)
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Follow-Up on The News; Right to Die
Date: 05 February 1978
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
follow-up on Jan 6 incident in which NYCTA officers arrested Robert Tode for allegedly smoking on subway station and 4 bystanders and former Manhattan Boro Pres Percy E Sutton intervened in his behalf; notes Tode pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to time served in Bellvue Hosp prison ward (4 days); 2 arresting officers were cleared by TA police of brutality and Officer Anthony Taliercio, who allegedly ordered Sutton to 'shut up,' faces dept trial; Sutton por (S)
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