WASHINGTON NEWSMAN, 85, MISSING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Date: 10 November 1977
NH police are searching for 85-yr-old Washington news correspondent Lawrence Fernsworth, who has been missing since he went for walk 16 days ago; Fernsworth runs Fernsworth News Service, which appears in Tenn and Calif newspapers (S)
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SMEAR AGAINST KOCH ATTEMPTED IN RACE; A.P. Discloses Pressure on Press to Portray Him as Homosexual He Assails the Rumor
Date: 10 November 1977
behind-the-scenes attempt, during final days of NYC mayoral campaign, to get press to depict Edward I Koch as homosexual is disclosed; no evidence--only vague rumor--was ever presented to support allegation; some politicians suspect that rumor had spread from people on fringes of Mario M Cuomo's campaign; Cuomo denounces it when reporter first tells him of it and deplores its publication; AP, which had prepared but had not circulated initial story alluding to rumor, transmits post-election story summarizing what had happened (L)
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News Summary
Date: 09 November 1977
tallies in Comptroller race, broken down by boro
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NBC Chief Suggests Networks Act Jointly in Projecting Winners on Election Night
Date: 10 November 1977
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
NY Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger criticizes competition rev bill, introduced in Cong by Repr Morris K Udall, that proposes establishment of 3-yr comm to study if concentration of ownership in certain key industries, such as book publishing, is restraining competition, speech, Audit Bur of Circulations annual meeting; says book publishers do not suffer from any lack of competition (S)
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World News Briefs; Carter Warmly Welcomes Leader of New Zealand Carter Is Said to Qualify Plan on Crown's Return Britain Refuses to Appoint A Cambodian Ambassador Soviet Threatens Walkout At Belgrade Over Rights
Date: 10 November 1977
GB reptdly refuses to appt Amb to Cambodia because of Cambodian human-rights violations; Under Sec of State Evan Luard says country probably will raise issue of atrocities with UN Human Rights Comm; foreign affairs spokesman Jeremy Thorpe comments (S)
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