A Lack of Obituaries Causes Stir in Troy
Date: 02 September 1974
Time Record, Troy, NY, switchboard is flooded with calls over Aug 31 weekend with complaints that paper had printed no obituaries; managing editor Frank Dobisky repts it did not occur to paper to inform its readers that no one had died (S)
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Computer Joins the Typewriter Among News Reporter's Tools; Search for Credibility A Philadelphia Case Views of City Residents Jumping to Conclusions
Date: 01 September 1974
By ROBERT REINHOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Many newspapers throughout US are relying on computer journalism to make their news surveys and predictions more accurate; Philip Meyer, natl correspondent of Knight newspapers, is leading proponent of new trend to adopt scientific techniques of polling and data analysis; 22 reporters and editors during wk of Aug 26 completed 3-wk crash course in statistics and experimental method at Northwestern Univ, where theyr formed 1st orgn of 'precision journalists'; reporters Jay Harris (Wilmington News-Journal) and Howard Covington (Charlotte Observer) have taken leaves to study survey methods at major univs; NY Times and Washington Post, early in '74, carried series based on surveys; Time (Pub) has begun carrying qrly feature designed to monitor statistically changing natl mood on various factors; Harvey Kabaker (Washington Star-News), Seymour Topping (Times) and John G Craig Jr (Wilmington News-Journal) comment (M)
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Paper Increases Prices
Date: 01 September 1974
Louisville Courier-Journal raises cost of Sunday paper to 35c from 30c and raises daily and Sunday editions to $1.05 a wk from 90c
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Jersey News Briefs; Youth Is Appointed To Library Board
Date: 01 September 1974
Special to The New York Times
Monmouth Museum (NJ) on Sept 15 will open its new $500,000 bldg on Brookdale Community College campus; 1st exhibition in new structure is entitled 'Fantasy of Flight,' which exemplifies museum's format as 'Museum of Ideas' (S)
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Follow-Up on The News; Drug Case Wankel Art Theft Esso
Date: 01 September 1974
Exxon Corp says it is destroying all signs and reminders of former corp identity, Esso, 'in ecologically sound manner' (S)
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