OUSTED EDITOR IN MEXICO FACES HEARING TOMORROW
Date: 24 October 1976
Scherer Garcia is ordered to appear before Mex City Atty Gen's office to answer charges that he embezzled $650,000 from newspaper; sources rept that Govt decision to open legal case against Scherer forms part of Govt move to discourage openly ind and critical editorial policy by Scherer's new magazine (S)
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Times Mirror Offers $292 Million For Stock of Booth Newspapers
Date: 23 October 1976
By HERBERT KOSHETZ
Herbert KOSHETZ
Times Mirror Co has offered to buy for $292-million in cash outstanding stock of Booth Newspapers; offer comes after Booth mgt became involved in dispute with S I Newhouse, head of Newhouse newspaper chain, who owns about 25% of Booth stock; Booth pres James E Sauter comments (S)
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Spain Lifts a Ban On News Reports About Ex-Colony
Date: 24 October 1976
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Spanish Govt lifts 6-yr-old news blackout on its former colony of Equatorial Guinea, stirring pol controversy within Spain itself (S)
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THE PRESS IS CURBED IN RUBIN CARTER CASE; Judge Excludes the Public From Jury Selection Process to Speed Up Murder Retrial
Date: 23 October 1976
By SELWYN RAAB Special to The New York Times
Selwyn Special
Passaic County Ct Judge Bruno L Leopizzi bars newsmen and public from jury selection in Carter-Artis retrial (M)
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Newspapers Honor Rep. Pike
Date: 24 October 1976
NYS Thomas Jefferson Award is presented to Repr Otis G Pike for his efforts to promote press freedom and curb govt secrecy; award is announced by NYS Publishers Assn (S)
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NBC Abandons Its Plan to Increase Newscasts in Evening to One Hour
Date: 23 October 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
NBC announces it has ceased considering expanding early evening newscast from 30 mins to 1 hr on weeknights; 3 networks had been drafting plans for longer newscasts since ABC News hinted that its acquisition of Barbara Walters would be accompanied by increase in length of broadcasts (M)
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A Legacy for Small-Town America
Date: 24 October 1976
By WILLIAM F. GRANIERI
William GRANIERI
William F Granieri sees victory for const traditions of Federalist papers in newsletter which he and others in his town issued in local election campaign to stir civic consciences; pors of Madison, Jay and Hamilton (S)
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ABOUT NEW JERSEY; His Only Interest Is Newspapers His Only Interest Is Newspapers
Date: 24 October 1976
By FRED FERRETTI
Fred FERRETTI
Article on Richard Spellman, who collects and sells antique newspapers, 70,000 of which he has stored in his Bergen, NJ, garage; illus (M)
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News Summary
Date: 24 October 1976
correction on Oct 10 article
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