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.. N052 RA NBC STRIKE NEW YORK CAP) -- A SIX-CITY STRIKE AGAINST NBC THAT HAS DISRUPTED MA~Y NETWORK PROGRAMS CONTINUED TODAY AS THE UNION AWAITED FIRST LADY 3EIIY FORD'S ANSWER TO A PLEA NOT IO CROSS PICKET LINES. MRS. FORD AND A NUMBER OF OTHER WOMEN, INCLUDING TENNIS STAR BILLIE JEAN KING, REP. BELLA ABZUG, D-N.Y., AND PERFORMERS CAROL BURNETT, MARLO THOMAS, PEARL BAILEY, KATE SMITH AND PETULA CLARK, ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR THURSDAY NIGHT ON AN NBC ''WOMEN OF THE YEAR'' AWARD PROGRAM. IN WASHINGTON, A SPOKESWOMAN FOR MRS. FORD SAID NEITHER THE FIRST LADY NOR HER STAFF HAD RECEIVED ANY SUCH REQUEST FROM THE UNION ANO THEREFORE THEY HAD NO IMEMDIATE COMMENT ON WHETHER MRS. FORD WOULD CHANGE HER PLANS. TH~ wHIIE HOUSE HAD ANNOUNCED EARLIER THAT MRS. FORD WOULD FLY TO NEW YORK ro BE ON THE SHOW. 04-05-76 11:37EST
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Forir.~:r 'S ::·:t:ii;y of Stata Dean Rusk and a crystal statuette of "Peace" both j~ined .. the Woodtow Wi;. son International Center for Scholars at th~ Smithsonian yesterday. Rusk will se1.Ye 'on the. l,>oard of trustees, and the,crystal figure·, in an automo bile-hood pose, was giyen to the cen ter in Rusk's honor by Sen. Herman Talmadge (D·Ga.) "on behalf of the people of Georgia." "It looks as fr~gile as is the job of Secretary of State," Rusk remarked to the othel' trustees, incl~ding the current Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. The remark came soon aft· er Pfesldent Ford's campaign man ager, Rogers C. B. Morion, was quoted as saying that he did not expect Kli. singer to serve in that job "beyond this year."
An ap~rance by First Lady Bet· ty Fprd on NBC's "Women of the Year" program on Thursd·ay was an· nounced by the White House "yester day, while the network's striking un ion, the National Association of Broad cast Employees and Technicians, call Dean ·Rusk jokes ed on ·her and other women guests on the program not to· cross their w~h Henry picket line. Kissinger at the Mrs. Ford was campaigning in Wis· ronsin yesterday and could not be SmithSonian, ;·eached !or comment. The spokes woman who announced that she would above; First Lwiy appe11,r on the show did so from pre· . ' vious instructions, she sl\id. Betty ForJI.~ left, Al.sQ schoouled to appear• Thu ·sda!' is scheduled to night are tennis star Billie .Jean King, Rep. Bella Abzug (D-N.Y.), and per· appear on. N/JC's fol'me~ Carol Burnett, l\farlo Thom· as, Pearl Bailey, Kate Sn~ith and Pe· "Women of the tula Clark. Year" program,
e Promme and Anthony. That was the review of the charac· terization of Charles Manson in the Arm.str_on~-Jones television movie "Helter Skelter," returned to Eng which was given by his follower "Squeaky," who was convicted of try· land y~terday, ing to kill President Ford. helotv, amid re• "I wpuldn't have followed t,he m;in th~· showed the" ~erican public for 10 mlnutel," she said. The ~tor'i !~ f~t#, ~d• ~·: t:..1 ''pla.Yed wWt fear ad.·uied bostilit~ .. ~r.: f.~,1Jc.;tt.2 ...... ~ I.. · to .,el' lt uP. They ~d, tough, ancl ....; Mamon ·lamlb' cHda't play milUmi :to.,·Im toutts.• · " ,,,~_ ~- .~: ~'..... , m~nunr.,.
Jaoqu~line Onassis, the book cdi· AbJve 1'hoto bv tor; ·nas ·.if.fe.r.eci•Alltbon1-Arm:;l1·11ng · James K W. Atherton Jones, the photographei-, $2' I million . · Tbe Wjtshl.ll•ton Pr,.t: for his memoirs, according to · the ~ - ~ ~ ' ...United Preas ?nternat!._onal Sydney Sunday Telegraph. Neither party would. comment on the story. But the Australian papel' claimed that Mrs. Onassis had called Prinedfi • n.rraret's· recently-sepa rated husi>aild in ,\ustralia when he was· there for a photograph,Y show. and· that the source of the informatio;1 was an unnamed secretary of his.
'\f'"S, J'·Ji· St.uart .i\hiirurle1' U1oug' .: of div~rcing her1husband, the White Hou11e -a>tll ciu:'mg t11e W11b~a. scandal, .imt 'hrv ::re now b1lci< put· I ting ~elr lives tqz.:-th»r. 01say· noth· ing of'putting ot:t books on how they are putting their Ji\·cs back tosetht•r. Gall Magruder says in her new book, "A Gift of Love,'' that she turned to religion while het" husband was In prison. Magruder's, side. al it has also« 'been· made into a book,· and he is now employed by Young Life, a religious group in Colorado. - Judith Mmti11 NNSBtG~::~Cor~ By VAL ADAMS· ~BC filed a complaint in Federal Court bere yesterday char&f ng ~ 1lltiQn .now on, strike with repeated acts of sato tage k.nd disruption of broadeast service ·both before the strik'f a~d d1;1ryng .ft. . . . In ,eekmg inJunct1ve reltef Gov. Ella Grasso of .Connecticut1 from 1further such acts, .~_BC scheduled to receive ·.an. awara also 11-sked for a $500,000 pay- tonight on the "Women of the ment for damages to video and. Year" telecast on NBC, -would audio equipment, disruption of not cross .the. unions pi~ket line broadcast service and lass of at the Ed Sullivan· Theater, comme};cial receipts. · where the program will origi- The:t .u" nion, the ·Nat!orial As- nate. Joseph Cates, producer ·of . the 90-minute speccial, said sh«: sociatiim of Broadcast Em_ployes had notified him that she will and 'fechnicians. representing not appear. 1,700 NBC employ,ei in aix cities, "We may lose cme of two has ~~n on ·stri_ke since last others who were supposed to ap Thursdiy. On direction of the pear," said Cates. union, "some members tried eady The producer sald he still yesterday montjng to ret.urn. to hoped that Betty Ford, the first work at NBC headquarters at. 30 lady, would appear on the prO Rockefl!}ler Plaza,· but admission ~ram as s.cheduled. Her award; was refused them. one of 10 honoriµg women for ' outstandinl' contributions to No Contract, No Work American life, is for "inirpira- NBQ. had notified :the union tional leadership." · earlier. that. it .would not permit· When asked yesterday whether union inembers to return "with- · out a · contract.,. The unioi:i is Mrs. Ford would appear, the of- atill prcketing NBC, . but Arthur fice· of her 'press secretary in Kent, ; :President . of· . Local 11, Washington said: said: ~ "We're keeping in touch with "Wel·are no Jonger on strike. the situation." · We arli being tocke
~0 1 8 !'I'"' •'JBC Sf rHKC. ~~~ tuHK CKP) -- N~GJf lAIIuNS AIMcD A( cND I NG A SIRIKc BY fHE ~AflJ "L dKuAOC~SfING Cu .' S IiC~NIC l ANS ' UNION W~R~ SCHEDULED fO R~su~~ I ~ ~ASHl~GfuN IUDAY . :~ac ~~~r i~Iu F~D~RAL CuURf W£DNiSDAY WITH A $550, 000 SU I T CHARGING A 5iRIKING UNluN ~IT~ SA30TAGE UF COMPANY ~QU I PMiNI AND R~SPu~Sl~ILITt FUR H PESULIING Luss UF R ~ Vc.NUc. . 1dC SAID lN Irl~ SUIT FIL~D I N U. S. DISIR I Cf CUURI IHAf ~EM3ERS 0F Irle. ~~f IuNAL ASSJCIATI~~ OF BRJADCASf i~PLuYES AND I~CHNICIANS IN Nc.k YuKK CUI VMR!uUS Cn3Lc.S AND JAM~ED A SCR~wDH l ViR INiu fH~ CHBL~ CuN~;:.CfuH PJHliuN uF A CHM~~A . l~:. ~c.IWJ~K AS~~J AN INJUCIIu~ AGA I ~SI FUHIHc.R '' FUfUR~ AClS UF J c. Si'nUC I Iu~ .'' frl::. Ulihd Hi:tS C.:.'.Hc.D C;{ARGC:S UF SABuIAG:. ANO CUNI~NDS Ilk CvMP AN Y IS I~YI~G i'v 3Mc.A~ ILS ~c.~3lRSrlIP . ;:.H~Ll:.R W c.DN~SJAY , NBC rlAS Rc.FUS~D fu ALLUW fH~ NABc.f Mc.M3ERS f u H~ru~~ 1~ ~u~K kFf~~ lriC:Y CALLC:D UFF lrl~IR SIX- DAY STRIKE . Nae SAI D Iri~ c. ~P L0tcS CuULO Nur WuRK WIIHuur A CuNf~ACI . I~i UNlu~ CHARGiD IN R~S?0NS~ f~Af cMPLJYc.S HAD Bi~N LuCKc. D UU1 JF f rl~ rlC~ dU ILDING H:.R~ , ~~0 fAc. Nc.fWORK SUGG~Sf~D IHc W0RK:. RS C0ULD CJ~~ dHC .• iF Irle. U~Iu~ c.XIc.~D~D [He. uLD CuNfRACf . fH~ UNluN ~-FUS~D . UP- 04 8 R B
C TV NETWORKS NEW YORK C UPD -- NBC TECHNICIANS AND NEWSWRITERS WHO CLAIM THEY ARE BEING LOCKED OUT BY THE NETWORK HAVE DECIDED TO TEST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WHO WANT LABOR SUPPORT. THE 1, 700 EM PLO YES, MEMBERS OF LOCAL 11 OF THE NAT ION AL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCAST EMPLOYES AND TECHNICIANS, SUNDAY SENT A TELEGRAM TO MAJOR CANDID ATES OF BOTH PARTIES, ASKING THEM NOT TO APPEAR BEFORE NBC' S CAMERAS. •ANYTHING YOU DO OR SAY -- LIVE, ON Ji' ILM OR TAPE -- IS IN FACT A ~OSSING or OUR PICKET LINES AND A DEFEAT FOR us IN OUR ATTEMPTS TO END THE LOCKOUT AND NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT," THE TELEGRAM SA IO. "WHAT YOU DO IN TH IS MATTER WILL TELL THE COUNTRY FAR MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN ANYTHING YOU SAY ABOUT YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD UNIONS AND UN ION WORK ING MEN.~ THE TELEGRA~ WAS SENT TO THE GOP9 S PRESIDENT FORD AND RONALD PE AGAN, AS WELL AS DEMOCRATS JIMMY CARTER, HENRY JACKSON, MORR IS lDALL AND GEORGE WALLACE. -0-
.. N052 RA NBC STRIKE NEW YORK CAP> -- A SIX-CITY STRIKE AGAINST NBC THAT HAS DISRUPTED MANY NETWORK PROGRAMS CONTINUED TODAY AS THE UNION AWAITED FIRST LADY BETTY FORD'S ANSWER TO A PLEA NOT TO CROSS PICKET LINES. MRS. FORD AND A NUMBER OF OTHER WOMEN, INCLUDING TENNIS STAR BILLIE JEAN KING, REP. BELLA ABZUG, D·N.Y., AND PERFORMERS CAROL BURNETT, MARLO THOMAS, PEARL BAILEY, KATE SMITH AND PETULA CLARK, ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR THURSDAY NIGHT ON AN NBC ''WOMEN OF THE YEAR'' AWARD PROGRAM. IN WASHINGTON, A SPOKESWOMAN FOR MRS. FORD SAID NEITHER THE FIRST LADY NOR HER STAFF HAD RECEIVED ANY SUCH REQUEST FROM THE UNION AND THEREFORE THEY HAD NO IMEMDIATE COMMENT ON WHETHER MRS. FORD WOULD CHANGE HER PLANS. THE WHITE HOUSE HAD ANNOUNCED EARLIER THAT MRS. FORD WOULD FLY TO NEW YORK TO BE ON THE SKOW. 04-05-76 11&37ESI
. . LP-098 C BETTY> WASHINGTON C UPD -- BETTY FORD WILL " LOOK OVER" THE SITUATION BEFORE CROSSING A PICKET LINE TO RECEIVE A " WOMAN OF THE YEAR" AWARD ON AN NBC-TV NETWORK PROGRAM THURSDAY EVENING, HER SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY• . SHEILA RABB WEIDENEELDa THE FIRST LAD'r S PRESS SECRETARY, SAID SHE HAS°"BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE LADIES HOME JOURNAL, WHICH IS SPONSORING THE AWARD, AND DOES NOT EXPECT THERE WILL BE A PROBLEM. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCAST EMPLOYES AND TECHNICIANS HAS BEEN ON STRIKE AGAIN ST NBC. THE FIRST LADY DROPPED IN ON A BENEFIT CONCERRT FOR THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN TODAY. AFTERWARD SHE ATTENDED A PRIVATE LUNCHEON AT THE HOME OF LYNDA B !RD JOHNSON ROBB WHICH FOLLOWED THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW LBJ MEMORIAL GROVE ACROSS THE POTOMAC RIVER. LYNDA BIRD AND lf:R MOTHER, LADY BIRD JOHNSON, WERE HOSTESSES. UPI 04- 06 04: 10 PES
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. . News Around flte Dials ~~~if?~ , CBS ~!!!~! Its Fall Sc edule · I CBS announced its fall TV schedule yesterday tnvolv- day that the series has received . fng cancellation o( five shows and the introduction of six the hi&?1es~ Niels~ rating of • Th ell t"· "Med. C ,, "C ,, any senes m the history of pub- aenes. e cane a ions are 1ca1 enter, anno.n, l ne TV. Based on a Nielsen sur- 1'Bronk," "Sara" and "Popi." j vey in 13 cities from Feb 5 to The six new shows include league pitcher and uneonven,tion- ._._ h "Th Ad Ch · . three hour-long dramas and al sportscaster on Channel 2, ..,...re 3• e ams roni- three half-hour situation eome- will <1tar on ."Ball Four," a eles" had a w.eekly audience four . dies. "Delveechio," one of the comedy based on his book of the times larger than the average . «1;nmas, stars Judd ~inch in ~he same title. The baseball sbenani- prime-time audience for public title role as a pohce detective gans 911 Wednesdays at 8:30 tel •• who has completed law school p.m. will be written by Bouton, · evis1on. but has not pasged the bar. It's Marvin Kitman and Vic Ziegel. During the period surveyed, scheduled for SuJ.ltlays at 10 p.m. Linda L a v i n will star in the sho'W ~ ~ rating oq Chan- Stephen Elliott, who played "Aljce," a comedy based on the el .13 (original and rep~at Ben Lassiter. Jn "Beaciln mu;· movie, "Alice Doesn't Live Here showing) of . 9;8. ~mpared. With bounces back in a starring role Anymore." David Sueskind is the aver.age ~~e-time rating of on "Exec\ltive Suite," another ex.rcutive producer·_of the Warn- 2,, Near_Iy a mllhon people watch one-hour drama on Mondays at er . Bros• . production set for . the series ~ch week on Channel · 10 p.m. Bued on Ibo MGM W-yo at 9'30 p.m. ~' ,,...., .W. movie of ..the same title, ''E1ecu- Richard Crei'na and Berna- • • • · . tive Suite" is about personal dette Peters will star in "All's Betty Forcl's press secretary, conflicts in a large corporation. Fair," a comedy about an ,,.rch- ~ Rabb .:WEenteJst, said Others in the east .ire Mitchell consenative newspaper colum- #stYrday that te first lady Ryan, Sharon A e k er,. Leigh nist and an ~tra-lib~ral photog- would "!ook over" the situation McCloskey and Wendy Phillips. rap.h!lr· ~esp1te thell' ~ashing before erossing__.a· picket line to• 41Speneer's Pilots" the third Political views, they fall in love j receive an award on the "Women new one-hour dram'a about two in this Norman Lear production · of the Year"" telecast scheduled barnstorming airplane pilots, is j scheduled for Mondays at 9:30 for tomorrow night over NBC:: scheduled for Frida at 8 .m. p.m. · N079 n;; NBC-SIRIKE LEAD CTOPS N62) NiW YORK CAP> -- THE NBC TELEVISION NETWORK , HIT BY A STRIKE OF ITS E , GlN~iRS LAST THURSDAY , SAID TODAY ITS '' WOMAN OF TH£ YEAR '' AWARDS SHUw WILL BE TAPED FOR BROADCAST TONIGHT RATHER THAN AIRED LIVE AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED . AN ac SPOKESMAN DECLINED TO SAY IF THE LAST - MINUTE CHANGE IN PLANS WAS DU~ ro THE STRIKE BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCAST EMPLUY~S AND TECHNICIANS , WHOSE 1,700 MEMBERS AT NBC WALKED OFF THE JUB AFI£R CONTRACT TALKS BROKE DOWN . TH£ SPOKESMAN ONLY WOULD SAY THE CHANGE WAS '' A PROGRAM DECISION'' BY NBC MAJAGE~iNT . THE CAMERAS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AT N3C CUR~~~ILY AR~ BEING OPERATED BY NBC MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY PERSu1~\J~L . IH~ SPuKESMAN SAID THE '' WOMAN or THE YEAR '' SHOW WILL BE TAPED AT 7 P.M . ~s1 AT IKE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN MANHATTAN , IN WHICH IT WAS TO HAV~ uRIGINATED LIVE , FOR ITS SCHEDULED BROADCAST AT 9:30 P. M. ESJ . M~ANWHlLE , IN WASHINGTON A SPOKESWOMAN SAID FIRST LADY BETTY FORD WAS GUI. G Ju N£W YORK TO RECEIVE ONE OF THE AWARDS ON THE 90- MINUIE SHOW HuNu11NG 10 WOMEN . NEGUll IIUNS AIMED AI ENDING THE SEVEN - DAY SIRIK~ BY THE NATIONAL BRUADC~SIING cu.·s TECHNICIANS ' UNION WERi SCHEDULED TO RESUME !ODAY IN W. SriINGION . MHS . FuRD ' S PRESS SECRETARY , SHEILA RABB WEIDENFELD , SAID , ··~EA E UPIIMIS1IC THAT SUMiTHING WILL BE WORKED our .·· SHE SAID MRS . FURD PLANN~D Tu FLY TU NEW YORK LATER IN THE DAY AND HOPED TO MAKE THE APPiAR ~CE . 04-08- 76 13:21ESI H Wu~~~ uF TH~ YeAR New YORK CAP) -- IT TOOK THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BuARD AND A F~J~HAL CuURI JUDGE TU CLEAR IHE WAY FOR FIRSI LADY BiTIY FuRD lu P~~Gu~ALLY ACCEPT u~ IEL~VISION AN AWARD AS ONi UF 10 '' wO~EN OF THi Y~ K'' DiSPIIE A STRIKE BY NATIONAL BROADCASfING CO . TECHNICIANS . ~~s . FuHD SPELLED OUT HER DILEMMA ru R~PORIERS THURSDAY NIGHf AS SH~ ~~IiR~D IiE ED SULLIVAN IHEATiR ON BROADWAY THROUGH AN ENTRA 1 CE CL~ .• ~~D UF PICKETS BY COURT ORDER . '' 1 rlAD PRUMISED Tu B~ H~R~ ,·· SHE S~ID uN ARRIVING FuR IM~ TAPING vr Ii~ SHUW . '' I CERTAINLY DID NOT WANT TU CROSS TH~ PICKgf ·LINi.'' c~~NeCilCUI GOV . ELLA GRASSO , ALSO AN AWARD WINNER , AND R~P . B~LLA AclZUG , D- N. Y., WHO WAS IO MAKE A PRESENIAIION , REFUSED ru Aff~ND T Pl 'G vF I~E AWARDS SHOW , TELECAST BY NBC SEVERAL HOURS LAf~R . lH~ WE~K - LuNG STRIK~ BY !Hi NATIONAL ASSOCIATION UF BROADCAST ~MPLuYiS AND I~CHN I CIANS HAS FORCED THE N~TWORK TO USE SUPERVISu Y iM?L~YiS IN UNIUN M~MBERS ' JOBS . 1 ~~ UNION HAD ASKED THE '' WOMiN OF IHE Y~AR '' WINNiRS , INCLUDI~G THE Fl~Sf LADY , NUT IO CROSS ITS PICKET LINiS ru AIIEND THE TAPING . NAB~T H~~JV~D ITS PICKET LIN~S AI NBC ' S WASHINGTON STUDIOS LAST SUNDAY WHEN u~MuCRATIC PR~SID~NTIAL CANDIDATE MORRIS UDALL WAS INVITED Tu APPcAR Uj li~ ~~fWURK ' S '' MEiT THE PRESS .'' fri~ NAiluNAL LABUR RELATIUNS BOARD , ACIING ON A CuMPLAINf FlLEJ BY f ~~ PHvDUCER uF THE SHUW AND BY CBS , WHICH LuANED IHE IHEAT~R I0 NBC , SuUG~l IN CUURI TU BAR PICKEI I NG AI ALL IHR~E iNTRANCES TO fH~ I~iA f ~R . THEY CALLED THi PICKET I NG AN UNFAIR LABUR PRACTICE . U. S. DISIRICI COURI JUDGE M0RRIS LASKER DID NU l RUL~ ON 1HA1 CvNT~~TIO~ , SIGNING INSTEAD AN ORDER LIMITING PICK~TING TU UNi ~~fRANC~ AND MAKING THE ORDER EFFECTIVE FOR 24 HOURS oNLY .
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