ABC Raises News Budget
Date: 12 May 1977
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
ABC pres Elton H Rule says corp will increase operating budget of ABC News at least 25% this yr in addition to 5-yr capital spending program for up-to-date news-gathering equipment, speech to station mgrs; says network must break with traditional mold of TV news; Arledge is talking with certain reporters on major newspapers and at other networks about possibility of joining ABC; Barbara Walters to tape prime-time int with Cuban Prime Min Castro next wk; will send nightly repts by satellite for evening newscast; will cover Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee festivities; her por (M)
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Advertising; How to Start a Small-Town Newspaper
Date: 13 May 1977
By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY
Philip DOUGHERTY
Comment on Telequin, operated by John Adler, which is ad service that uses 'talking' mannequins (S)
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World News Briefs; Half of Dockers End Strike in Ulster Port One Killed as Police Fire On Basque Protesters Zaire's Army Recaptures Another Town in Shaba Bhutto Says Quick End To Crisis Is Not Likely
Date: 13 May 1977
Zaire troops make 'triumphal entry' into town of Kasaji after it was abandoned by rebel Katangan forces (S)
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World News Briefs; South Africa Approves Visit by Young May 21 Soviet-U.S. Technical Talk On Arms Is Resumed Polish Dissidents Pledge Stepped-Up Efforts 37 Sentenced by Uganda As Invaders Get Reprieves Pakistani Police Charge Demonstration in Lahore
Date: 12 May 1977
Dissident Com for Defense of Workers to step up struggle for human rights in Poland following slaying in Cracow of student with close ties to com; spokesman Jacek Kuron says com is forming Intervention Bur to gather facts of infringement of human and civil rights by authorities, inform public about them and give wronged people legal assistance; adds Soc Self-Defense Fund is being created to provide permanent assistance to victims of prosecutions (S)
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