Photoengravers Agree on Pact With 3 Daily Newspapers Here
Date: 31 October 1970
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
photoengravers reach tentative agreement with Times, News and LI Press; ANG reprs meet with Times and News mgt; Times publisher A O Sulzberger says strike would be 'tragic mistake'; cites cost of wage increase pkg offered to all unions and effect of econ recession on Times earnings
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2 More Newsmen Slain by Reds in Cambodia
Date: 30 October 1970
By HENRY KAMM Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
J P Frosch, chief of Pnompenh bur of UPI, and K Sawada, Pulitzer Prize-winning UPI photographer, killed while reptg on war; their bodies found by Cambodian soldiers on Route 2 leading to Takeo; their car had been riddled with bullet holes; both men had been shot repeatedly; their deaths bring to 7 the number of newsmen known to have been killed in Cambodia; 17 journalists are known to have been captured by Vietnamese Communists; identified; US State Dept deplores deaths
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DEADLINE IS SET FOR PAPER STRIKE; Guild Warns of a Walkout at Times or News Monday
Date: 30 October 1970
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
ANG sets Nov 2 deadline for strike against either Times or News; exec vp Murphy says determination will be made on basis of issues unresolved at that time; cites issues still pending, including union demand for Guild shop, application of percentage wage increases to top minimums, conversion of 6-min daily cut in working time to cash for benefits, and pensions; mediator Desser to meet with ANG and Times reprs
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VIETNAM PENALIZES AMERICAN REPORTER
Date: 31 October 1970
S Vietnamese natl press center has withdrawn press accreditation of Amer journalist D Luce, World Council of Chs correspondent who 1st publicized prison abuses on island of Con Son; Luce says press center dir told him, after he was refused accreditation, that he should not have gone to Con Son
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Aide Contradicts WPIX Testimony
Date: 30 October 1970
By FRED FERRETTI
Fred FERRETTI
McCarthy contradicts earlier testimony by WPIX execs and officials; her version of events during latter part of '68 differs sharply from that of Thrower and Engels; says she and other writers complained in late '68 to Engels about news distortions; says when Engels was told of use of words 'via satellite' over piece of film that had not indeed been sent by satellite, Engels said he knew it was wrong and said he told former news producer T Kamp not to do it again; says she went directly to Thrower after compaints failed to arouse station into changing its news program; other details on her testimony; testimony of Thrower and Engels recalled
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Witness Against WPIX Admits Exaggeration in 1968 Complaint
Date: 31 October 1970
McCarthy, being cross-examined by Schoemer, concedes she exaggerated in 1 specific instance when she complained to Thrower of news distortions and improprieties; Schoemer devotes his efforts to testing McCarthy's credibility and prior recollections; McCarthy says her statement to Thrower that there were 2 or 3 distortions every night was exaggeration; details on hearing and McCarthy testimony
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Agnew Concedes Remarks Vary as Audience Changes
Date: 30 October 1970
By JAMES M. NAUGHTON Special to The New York Times
Vice Pres Agnew discusses Sen Russell's attempt to block civil rights legis in light of Agnew's statement that Russell and Pres Nixon have very few points of disagreement
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