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Date: 12 October 1979
Special to The New York Times
London Times management and National Graphical Assn remain deadlocked on terms under which paper will resume publication after nearly 10 1/2 months; assn has told newspaper it will not give up demand that pay differentials with another union be restored; no further discussions are scheduled before company's parent, International Thomson Organization, meets with it tomorrow; union president Les Dixon comments (S)
Date: 13 October 1979
By RICHARD F. SHEPARD
Richard SHEPARD
About New York column on Seven Seas Printing and Publishing Co, Chinatown, NYC, where many of city's foreign-language newspapers are printed; general manager Ken Akulin comments (M)
Date: 12 October 1979
By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG Special to The New York Times
Sydney SCHANBERG
Cambodian journalist Dith Pran, employed by NY Times, has reached safety in Thailand after 4 1/2 years of disguise and deprivation (M)
Date: 13 October 1979
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
John J O'Connor reviews David Frost-Henry Kissinger TV interview (M)
Date: 13 October 1979
By AGIS SALPUKAS
Agis SALPUKAS
Supplies of newsprint have become so tight in some regions that some of nation's largest newspapers and chains are shopping for extra supplies, as well as moving to cut back on consumption; shortages have so far not led to major cuts in circulation of size of most major newspapers, but some executives in charge of buying newsprint have warned their publishers that they have to make such cuts later in year if supplies do not loosen up; J Paul de Marrais, assistant general sales manager of Great Northern Nekoosa Corp, notes most papers have not had opportunity to rebuild their inventories; Hilton J Wilson, director of newsprint and purchasing for NY Times, Douglas H McCorkindale (Gannett Co), and Edward R Padilla (Washington Post Co) comment; chart of expansion in newsprint industry (M)
Date: 13 October 1979
Clyde Haberman Albin Krebs
Clyde Albin
Carl Manthe, assistant warden at state prison at Waupun, Wis, returns inmate's copy of edition of The Progressive magazine containing controversial article on hydrogen bomb, and in letter to editor Erwin Knoll, says article presents 'probable hazard to the peace, order and safety of the institution and inmate'; Knoll comments (S)
Date: 13 October 1979
Directors approve sweeping restructuring and further cutback of company's sewing machine business in North America and Europe; company expects to report net loss for year (M)