DeVon Franklin (born April 13, 1978) is an American producer, author, and motivational speaker. He is best known for the films Miracles from Heaven, Heaven Is for Real, and The New York Times Best Seller book The Wait, which he co-wrote with his then-wife Meagan Good.
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Date: 14 April 1978
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
NY Post renews with modifications its plea for 1-time opportunity to dismiss news and commercial employees at its discretion to reduce costs; proposal is submitted in negotiations with NY Newspaper Guild; guild had charged Murdoch with 'union-busting' (S)
Date: 13 April 1978
By DEIRDRE CARMODY Special to The New York Times
Deirdre Special
Findings of survey by F E Gannett Urban Journalism Center, presented to annual meeting of Newspaper Editors, show that 10 yrs after Natl Comm on Civil Disorders admonished press to hire more blacks and to improve its coverage of minorities, 2/3 of nation's newspapers still have no minority employees; 4% of reporters and editors on daily newspapers are members of minority groups, as against 1% in '68; rept is based on responses from 1,038 of 1,762 daily newspapers in US; other survey findings noted; those commenting on findings include Rolfe Neill (Charlotte Observer and News), Robert C Maynard (Inst for Journalism Educ) and Charlayne Hunter-Gault (MacNeil-Lehrer Rept) (M)
Date: 13 April 1978
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
NY Newspaper Guild postpones strike deadline at NY News; Fisdell comments; move follows 10-union discussion of what is called 'serious problem' for guild at NY Post; Yunker comments on severance offer made to some Post employees (M)
Date: 13 April 1978
Special to The New York Times
Press sec Jody Powell, Pres adm asst Hamilton Jordan and Margaret Costanza, addressing Amer Soc of Newspaper Editors, speak of fair news coverage of Adm; Bert Lance tells editors that they have generally painted false picture of him; Lance por (S)
Date: 13 April 1978
NY Press Club announces awards; winners listed
Date: 13 April 1978
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
A Lewis recalls '31 Sup Ct decision forbidding prior restraints on newspapers to bolster his contention that ACLU is right to defend rights of neo-Nazi group wishing to demonstrate in Skokie, Ill; cites case involving J M Near and his Saturday Press in which Sup Ct found unconst Minn law used to close paper
Date: 14 April 1978
Sec Ray Marshall announces formation of permanent office of special investigations within dept to deal with fraud and mismgt involving jobs programs (S)