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Date: 05 October 1974
Chattanooga Times has announced increase in subscription rates; morning newspaper will cost $1 a wk, up from 80c; newstand price will go from 10c to 15c for daily editions and remain at 30c for Sunday paper
Date: 05 October 1974
By CHARLES MOHR
Charles MOHR
Washington Post and Sunday London Times, by reptg incident in which 2 US men were expelled from Kenya after mining rubies in Kenya's Tsavo Natl Pk, have created sensation in Nairobi; local press did not rept incident because it feared Govt reprisal; copies of Times sold for as much as $4.90 and photo copies of story circulated privately
Date: 06 October 1974
Special to The New York Times
William J Wolfe named NJ Supt of Weights and Measures at salary of $25,000 a yr (S)
Date: 06 October 1974
Atty Gen William B Saxbe, in memo issued to Govt agencies on Sept 2, urges all agency employes to check with Justice Dept before talking to newsmen and public about pending ct cases; says Govt cases may be dismissed if publicity, for which Govt is responsible, irreparably prejudices trial atmosphere; spokesman Mark Sheehan repts Saxbe issued memo because there was no clear directive to other agencies as to what they could and could not say about litigation
Date: 05 October 1974
Physical culturist Jack LaLanne celebrates 60th birthday by swimming to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco from Alcatraz Island with his legs chained and wrists in handcuffs (S)
Date: 06 October 1974
1st anniv of announcement by Dr Howard J Brown of his homosexuality; Brown, 1st Health Services Admr in John V Lindsey's adm and prof at NYU Med School, is active in politics, through Natl Gay Task Force, usually speaking to groups (S)