Panel Weigh's Allegations Of Bribes in Papers Strike; Union Officers Investigated Suspicions During Strike Dissidents Raise Questions No Response to Allegation Annual Payoffs Reported
Date: 11 February 1980
By LESLIE MAITLAND
Leslie MAITLAND
Law enforcement officials report Federal grand jury looking into allegations of corruption in newspaper and magazine distribution industry has focused on charges that union officials received kickbacks to permit delivery of interim newspapers during '78 strike of NYC's major dailies; investigation, by FBI and US Attorney's office for Southern District of NY, began with allegations that certain officials of Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union extorted money from numerous wholesalers whose trucks deliver publications to retail outlets in NY, NJ and Conn; according to executives in newspaper distribution business, Douglas LaChance, president of deliverers union, and other union officers received cut for every copy of 3 interim newspapers distributed by certain wholesalers; LaChance has denied all allegations of wrongdoing; was suspected by some industry executives of deliberately endeavoring to keep strikes going at NY Times and Daily News after NY Post withdrew from joint negotiations; agreements for indirect delivery resulted in good business for at least 2 major distributors; Metropolitan News Company, which handled City News and Daily Press, and Weinberg News, which handled NY Daily Metro; LaChance por (M)
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Loeb Shrugs Off Criticism Of His Newspaper Attacks; Accused of Warping the News Attacks 'Moral Breakdown'
Date: 11 February 1980
By BERNARD WEINRAUB Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Article on William Loeb, publisher of Manchester (NH) Union Leader, and scourge of politicians, especially Presidential candidates, who do not share his arch-conservative views; his newspaper, with circulation of 64,000, is largest in state; his illus
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U.S. Attorney Named to Investigate Disclosures on Corruption Inquiry; Agents Posing as Sheiks U.S. Attorney Named to Investigate Disclosures on Corruption Inquiry Reporters Not Targets
Date: 12 February 1980
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM Special to The New York Times
David ROSENBAUM
Civiletti says he has appointed US Atty for Connecticut Richard Blumenthal to supervise internal inquiry; other department officials say probe will be limited to Justice Dept workers, and will not include reporters; say hundreds of employees are being asked if they would take lie detector test (M)
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NBC and the Olympics: Weighing Options; News Analysis Contingency Plans Insurance Coverage
Date: 11 February 1980
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
NBC-TV is weighing 3 options in regard to coverage if US withdraws; options would be to carry Games without US participation, to cancel coverage and collect insurance covering 90% of $87 million it paid for broadcasting rights and bid for coverage of alternate athletic event, or to simply forget about Olympics and mount normal summer schedule; check of NBC's affiliate stations and certain advertisers who have paid premium rates for spots in Olympic telecasts finds that none have been advised of network's contingency plans (M)
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Ex-Journalist Investigator of Disclosures to Press; Richard Blumenthal Man in the News A Beginning at Harvard Born in New York City
Date: 12 February 1980
By ROBERT E. TOMASSON Special to The New York Times
Robert TOMASSON
Biographical sketch; he was born Feb 23 '46; his por (M)
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COMPANY NEWS Borg Gets More Stock In Hughes; Company Raises Share to 20.5%
Date: 12 February 1980
Tentative agreement under which Borg-Warner Corp would obtain 20.5% stake in Hughes Tool Co is announced jointly by 2 companies; Hughes Tool logo (S)
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CBS-TV Leads the Way In News-Show Emmys; 'Anyplace But Here' Wins 4 21 Unranked Awards
Date: 12 February 1980
National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences presents Emmy Awards for news and documentary programs; CBS wins 24 Emmys; ABC and NBC win 5 each; CBS Reports wins 13 awards and 60 Minutes wins 6; other winners listed (M)
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