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Date: 09 March 1979
By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr. Special to The New York Times
in major breakthrough, negotiators in dispute have agreed on formula that could lead to reappearance of paper on April 17; Times deputy editor Louis Heren comments; Natl Graphical Assn recommends new formula to its members and they endorse it overwhelmingly; union gen sec Joseph Wade comments (M)
Date: 08 March 1979
Newspaper Deliverers Union head Douglas LaChance sets March 31 strike deadline against 16 wholesalers that distribute much of circulation of Daily News, NY Post and NY Times; says deadline was imposed because wholesalers had refused to accept same contract terms won by union in '78 in separate negotiations with newspapers (S)
Date: 09 March 1979
Justice Dept announces it has filed civil suit in Fed ct in Madison, Wis, to prevent The Progressive magazine from publishing article entitled How a Hydrogen Bomb Works; suit seeks temporary restraining order against magazine to block article, which 'contains secret restricted data' that 'would help other nations develop thermonuclear weaponry, and injure the US,' according to Justice Dept statement; named as defendants are magazine's parent firm, The Progressive Inc, editor Erwin Knoll, assoc editor Samuel H Day Jr and article's author Howard Morland (S)
Date: 09 March 1979
ITT files complaint for damages against Tyco Laboratories for not honoring payment terms of sale agreement in Tyco's '76 acquisition of Grinnell Fire Protection Systems Co (S)
Date: 08 March 1979
UN spokesman Hugo Rocha says Israeli officers were involved in confrontations between Christian militias and UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon (S)
Date: 08 March 1979
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Analysis of recent election; says 1 of most important long-term results is consolidation of Spanish middle class in a single party, Suarez's Union of Democratic Center (M)
Date: 09 March 1979
By ADAM CLYMER Special to The New York Times
Adam Special
Named coordinator of Pres Carter's re-election com; biog; full name is Evan Samuel Dobelle; his por (M)