Article Questions Kheel Business Deals; 'Payoff' Charge Denied Challenge Issued to Kheel Article's Contention Disputed
Date: 03 January 1979
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
Article in NY magazine says that labor atty Theodore Kheel has been involved in business deals over yrs 'of such questionable nature that he came close to serious legal difficulties and econ ruin'; Kheel charges that publication of article was act of 'revenge' by Rupert Murdoch motivated by Kheel's successful mediation of '78 strike by NYC pressmen; Joe Gravitt Armstrong, publisher of NY magazine, and editor John Berendt, contend story was assigned before strike and that Murdoch 1st learned of it when Kheel called him in effort to quash it; NY Times gen mgr Walter Mattson and Daily News gen mgr Joseph Barletta confirm they had told Kheel that Murdoch informed them he had killed article and that they were surprised it was being revived; article was written by Richard Karp; Kheel says article included inaccuracies; financial cases cited in article concern Stirling Homex Corp and Amer Bank and Trust Co (M)
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SHUTDOWN AVERTED AT PAPER IN CAPITAL; Printers at Washington Star Adopt Contract and Agree to Cut 80 Jobs With Severance Pay Union Volunteers Lacking Injunction Was Lifted
Date: 02 January 1979
By JANET BATTAILE Special to The New York Times
Janet Special
Washington Star reaches agreement with printer's union on issue of job layoffs and averts threatened permanent closing of paper; publisher George W Hoyt expresses pleasure; printers' atty George Driesen and negotiator Lloyd Hysan comment (S)
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A.P. and Guild Reach Agreement
Date: 02 January 1979
Tentative agreement between AP and Wire Service Guild for new 2-yr contract, including immediate 5% wage increase, is being submitted to union's membership with intention of getting ratification in next 2 wks; Wire Service vp Thomas F Pendergast and guild admr Richard Olive comment (S)
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Argentina Won't Let Jewish Publisher Out; Prisoners Waiting for Processing Timmerman Cleared in Bank Case La Opinion Was Crowning Venture Jewish Community Was Quiet
Date: 03 January 1979
By JUAN de ONIS Special to The New York Times
Juan de ONIS
Argentine publisher Jacobo Timerman, who has been under arrest for 20 mos without formal charges, did not attend wedding in Israel of his eldest son, Daniel; mil junta refused permission, despite ruling by Sup Ct on July 22 that there were no judicial grounds for keeping Timerman under arrest; illus (S)
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British Paper Widens Scope
Date: 03 January 1979
Special to The New York Times
Financial Times publishes its 1st issue in Continental Eur as part of drive to increase its US and Eur readership; joint managing editor Justin Dukes comments (S)
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Advertising; Hertz Reviewing Its Agency 2 Magazine Men Change Jobs at 51 Magazine Ad Pages Up Adler to Run Compton International Company Name Changing Means Money for Some People Addenda
Date: 03 January 1979
Philip H. Dougherty
Philip Dougherty
Names Phil Slater co-publisher with Evan R Katz of L'Officiel/USA (S)
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Cuba Arrives at Fork in the Road: To U.S. or Africa; News Analysis A Choice: U.S. or Africa Economy Subsidized by Moscow Demonstrating the Juggling Art Having It Both Ways
Date: 03 January 1979
By JON NORDHEIMER Special to The New York Times
Jon Special
Analysis of Cuba's continued presence in Africa and its affect on normalization of relations between Cuba and US; illus (L)
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New York State's New Chief Judge; Lawrence Henry Cooke Man in the News A Liberal Viewpoint Became a Judge in 1954 The Nadjari Case Recalled
Date: 03 January 1979
By TOM GOLDSTEIN
Tom GOLDSTEIN
Gov Carey appts Gilroye A Griffin to bd (S)
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