The strike that had kept Manhattan's World Journal Tribune from publishing for more than three months was only 1½ hours away from settlement. It looked like a long 90 minutes, courtesy of the Printing Pressmen, the only one of ten unions that had not come to terms with the newly merged corporation. Last week the World Journal Tribune was still insisting that the pressmen work an eight-hour shift on Saturday night, just as they do at the New York Times and the Daily News. The pressmen were still holding out for a 6½-hour shift. Both sides stood pat.
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