Der 17. Februar 1978 war ein Freitag unter dem Sternzeichen ♒. Es war der 47. Tag des Jahres. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten war Jimmy Carter.
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Date: 17 February 1978
Chicago Daily News publisher Marshall Field repts 8 of 10 unions at Chicago Daily News have agreed there is no viable alternative to ceasing publication; negotiations are continuing with Newspaper Guild and Typographical Union; unions involved noted (S)
Date: 17 February 1978
Murder of reporter Roberto Martinez Montenegro, who exposed drug trafficking and govt corruption in northwest Mex, sets off journalists' strike in state of Sinaloa and protest from natl journalists' union (S)
Date: 18 February 1978
By RICHARD HALLORAN Special to The New York Times
Richard Special
Subcom of Sen Select Com on Ethics has begun investigation to determine who disclosed secret analysis of Arab oil embargo to NY Times; document was basis of article written by Seymour M Hersh that appeared last Dec 21; concluded that some newspapers and magazines had performed as well as or better than Govt intelligence analysts in predicting and evaluating role of Saudi Arabia in oil embargo imposed by Arab nations in late '73 (S)
Date: 17 February 1978
By CAREY WINFREY
Carey WINFREY
Washington Post's rept of H R Haldeman book The Ends of Power took place in spite of elaborate security precautions and upset plans for newspapers and magazines in US and abroad to run excerpts of book beginning next wk; Post even scooped its sister publication Newsweek; Newsweek editor Edward Kosner comments; book, published by Times Books, subsidiary of NY Times Co, was scheduled for publication March 10; prepublication rights had been sold to some 30 newspapers in US, including NY Times; agreement allowed paper to print about 10,000 words in 5 excerpted installments beginning on Feb 20; prepublication rights had also been sold abroad and to Newsweek; NY Times Syndication Sales Corp released its clients from obligation not to print material until Feb 20; Times made decision to run entire series of excerpts in Feb 17 edition; Thomas Lipscomb, pres of Times books, says copies of book will be shipped to booksellers; Post says that rept was written by Haynes Johnson from information supplied by writer Nancy Collins; Post asst managing editor Harry Rosenfeld says paper did not get information about book from Newsweek; Times exec vp Sydney Gruson criticizes Post's publication; Post exec editor Benjamin Bradlee says paper obtained excerpts at no cost beyond normal reptg expenses; Maurice C Greenbaum comments on legal issues involved in publication (M)
Date: 18 February 1978
Date: 17 February 1978
Date: 18 February 1978
Date: 18 February 1978