Guild Members Authorize Their Leaders To Call Strikes at 3 Papers in New York; Management Proposals Assailed
Date: 24 March 1978
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
members of Newspaper Guild complete votes authorizing strikes to be called at NY News, NY Times and NY Post, where contracts with 10 unions expire at midnight on March 30; guild exec vp Harry Fisdell, at NY Times, repts vote was 1,157 to 41 in favor; Newspaper and Mail Deliverers' Union has voted to strike News at midnight if no new agreement is reached; Fisdell asserts that Times is 'flourishing' after 'greatest yr in its history'; charges Post seeks to dismiss anyone in guild who publisher deems incompatible with his publishing concept (S)
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Press Competition Heats Up in California; New Supplement Planned Population Growth Slips Pages to Be Redesigned
Date: 24 March 1978
By ROBERT LINDSEY Special to The New York Times
Robert Special
Comment on increased newspaper competition in S Calif; Los Angeles Herald Examiner is hiring number of reporters and editors in effort to compete more effectively with Times-Mirror Co's Los Angeles Times; Times appears to be preparing for campaign attempting to extend its hegemony to cover more of S Calif; will begin to publish daily supplement of San Diego News in April for distribution in San Diego, placing it in competition with San Diego Union and Tribune; has established burs in Santa Barbara and in Riverside (M)
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Yugoslavs, After Rare Tour, Tell of a Primitive Cambodia; 'All Will Participate' Communications Termed Primitive Tools Instead of Schoolbags Description Matches Refugees' Library Open but in Disarray
Date: 24 March 1978
By DAVID A. ANDELMAN Special to The New York Times
David ANDELMAN
Yugoslav reporters, returning from Southeast Asia, rept 4-page newspaper, called Revolution, is being printed in Phnom Penh 3 times a mo though no books are being printed; principal information medium is radio (S)
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Cleveland Police Chief Suspended By Mayor in Clash on Allegations; Curb on News Releases
Date: 24 March 1978
Special to The New York Times
Cleveland Mayor Denis J Kucinich suspends Police Chief Richard D Hongisto indefinitely for charging that he had been asked to commit 'unethical' acts, news conf; City Hall sources reptdly told press that Kucinich was upset because chief was receiving more publicity than Mayor (S)
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Nominee for Marston's Post; Peter Francis Vaira Man in the News 'I Don't Owe Anybody' 'Talking in Shorthand' Reaction From Marston
Date: 24 March 1978
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK Special to The New York Times
Atty Gen Bell names Peter F Vaira to replace David W Marston as US Atty in Philadelphia; Vaira is 10-yr veteran of Justice Dept and expert on organized crime prosecution; his biog; he is 41 yrs old; full name is Peter Francis Vaira; his por (M)
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