Future of an Anchorage Newspaper Rests With Judge After Acrimonious Hearings on Joint Operating Pact
Date: 24 November 1977
By LES LEDBETTER Special to The New York Times
Les Special
Judge James M Fitzgerald is being asked by morning newspaper, Anchorage Daily News, for injunction that would compel afternoon paper, Anchorage Daily Times, to continue its joint operating agreement with Daily News beyond Nov 30 termination date; harsh words have been exchanged often during 2 days of ct proceedings; Fitzgerald is expected to rule on question of econ need and contract violation versus public need by Nov 25 at earliest; Times editor and publisher Robert T Atwood and News editor and publisher Katherine M Fanning comment (M)
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Ousted Mexican Journalists Start a Liberal Paper
Date: 24 November 1977
By ALAN RIDING Special to The New York Times
Alan Special
Group of liberal journalists who were forced out of newspaper Excelsior by Govt in '76 starts new daily Uno Mas Uno aimed at remedying absence of ind opinion in Mex press (M)
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Another Ex-C.I.A. Official Alleges Agency Failed Some Saigon Allies
Date: 23 November 1977
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH
John R Stockwell, 2d former CIA official who served in S Vietnam, accuses agency of leaving behind Vietnamese allies and collaborators and covering up evacuation failures, int; confirms many of major allegations in Snepp book Sen Intelligence com staff dir William G Miller says com has begun investigation into Snepp allegations; Stockwell says there was widespread disillusionment among younger CIA officers over agency's failure to evacuate allies and decision not to investigate failure; Colby denies all allegations; agency officials concede that chances have dwindled for major Justice Dept intervention to prevent distribution of book, which has been shipped to booksellers by Random House; says agency may seek monetary damages from Snepp and Random House as bar to publication of similar works by other CIA employees (M)
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Date: 24 November 1977
Illus of Ann Qoboza and children in home, Soweto, S Africa; Qoboza is wife of The World editor Percy Qoboza who was arrested during recent campaign against dissidents
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News Summary
Date: 24 November 1977
NJ Superior Ct (Hackensack) Judge James F Madden orders Bergen County Record to surrender tapes of jailhouse int with Harry De La Roche Jr, suspected of murdering his parents and 2 bros, contending that newspaper had no right under Const or state law to withhold them; Record drew exclusively on tapes for article in which suspect contends his 15-yr-old bro actually killed family and then he killed his bro (M)
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Notes on People
Date: 24 November 1977
Brit author Paul Scott wins Booker Prize for novel Staying On (S)
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Sports News Briefs; House Report Proposes 3 Networks Be Regulated
Date: 23 November 1977
HR Communications subcom recommends regulating 3 TV networks to prevent deceptive promotion of sports events (S)
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