Uruguay's A rmy and Policemen Move to Break General Strike; Property to Be Seized
Date: 01 July 1973
Uruguayan Govt on June 30 sends troops to break up gen strike called by National Workers Conf; conf says 400,000 workers are participating in strike which has left Montevideo with little food or fuel; police, marines and army units clear factories, banks, public offices and refineries that workers have been occupying; Govt also disbands labor coalition, confiscates its property and says it will submit all union leaders and members who participated in strike to criminal justice; coalition source says that orgn has emergency plans for such a situation and its leadership will function underground; strike was called to protest Pres Bordaberry's closing of Cong on June 27 after it had refused to impeach leftist Sen E Erro, whom mil accuses of having contacts with Tupamaro urban guerrillas
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Dean Charge on Phone Tap Denied by Ex-Nixon Aide
Date: 30 June 1973
Former Nixon aide J S Davies denies allegations by J W Dean 3d at Sen Watergate com hearing that he provided technical information to tap telephone of columnist J Kraft; Davies says he was never involved in any type of White House surveillance and did not provide information that would be useful in setting up wiretaps
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Reporter Facing 30 Days in Jail Agrees to Testify About Attica
Date: 30 June 1973
Buffalo TV newsman S Dan (WGR-TV), who was scheduled to begin serving 30-day sentence for contempt on July 2, agrees on June 29 to tell grand jury everything he knows about '71 Attica prison rebellion, saying nothing could be proved by him serving a jail term; was involved in televised bargaining sessions with inmates during riot and stayed inside prison to interview inmates; 2 inmates he interviewed were later found dead, and state investigators believe that his testimony might shed some light on deaths
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Efforts to Protect the Sources ofJournalists Stalled by Watergate RevelationS; Opposing Interests
Date: 01 July 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Watergate revelations, believed by many to be press's greatest triumph in recent yrs, ironically have stalled yr-long Cong efforts to protect journalists from enforced disclosure of their confidential sources; reason for paradox is that many now feel that if press did not need Fed shield law to break Watergate story, they do not need shield law at all
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With a View Toward Assessing the 'Facts'
Date: 01 July 1973
By Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul
Prof J Ellul comment on how mass media have revolutionized politics by the very fact of the availability of so much information; notes that Eur analysts have found that avg newspaper reader retains about 10% of pol news he reads; holds that what he retains news is largely governed by his remembrance of what directly affects him; distinguishes 3 levels of events about which pol decisions are made--superficial day-to-day events, deeper long-range trends, and deepest level--course of major world-wide developments; drawing
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News of the Camera World
Date: 01 July 1973
BERNARD GLADSTONE
Bernard GLADSTONE
2 super 8 cameras which can take indoor pictures under available light conditions are introduced: GAF XL 110 and Yashica YXL; illus of GAF camera
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Court Finds News Violates Trust Laws on Deliveries
Date: 30 June 1973
Fed Judge A Bauman on June 29 declares that NY Daily News violated Fed antitrust laws in its home-delivery system for newspaper; directs home-delivery dealers, who has sued newspaper, to prepare order specifying 'appropriate form of injunctive relief; dealers sued News in '67 claiming violation of antitrust and other laws, including illegal territorial and customer restrictions; Bauman repts difficulties began when News in '65 became dissatisfied with its home-delivery circulation and decided to test new system in Nassau and Suffolk Counties using carrier boys who would buy their papers from franchised dealers
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Felt and Huberth Firms Merge; News of the Realty Trade
Date: 01 July 1973
By CARTER B. HORSLEY
Real estate firms of J Felt & Co and Huberth & Huberth Inc merge to form new natl orgn to be known as J Felt-Huberth & Huberth Inc; new firm names A Barkan pres, H G Huberth, bd chmn; I Baron, chmn of exec com; H H Rice, exec vp; A K Beman, S D Friedman, A I Kravitz and R R Russ sr vps; C P Mahon and S Rivkind vps
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