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...aborted American mission to rescue the hostages in Iran did more than precipitate an international uproar and an air of crisis in Washington. It may have also kept six "Doonesbury" strips from ever seeing the light of newsprint...
...Register's circulation has declined some in recent years, mostly because fewer families find they can afford it along with their local evening paper. It is also being pinched hard by inflation and high energy costs. "The newspaper was built on the idea of cheap gas, cheap newsprint and cheap reporters," says Gartner. "It's a new game now." Fortunately, though, the paper can count on some old and deep loyalties. Explains Reporter David Yepsen: "The Register is part of the Iowa experience, like tall corn and snow days home from school...
Shortages of oil, food, and gasoline have been headlining the news for years. But there is one shortage that has received scant coverage in the Boston media--the drought of newsprint that has sent newspaper publishers around the country scurrying to the backwoods of Maine and even the hinterlands of Italy in search of the paper gold...
...shortage did not affect major U.S. customers until early this year when one major newsprint supplier, Georgia-Pacific, converted its mills to produce other forms of paper. To make matters worse, demand, paced by record newspaper sales, shot...
Until the shortage ends, newspapers will have to continue scrambling to find newsprint. Meanwhile the dearth of newsprint is being reflected in the quality of the paper that is delivered, Baumgardener said. "I've never seen paper like this--linted and yellowed. It's like printing on Charmin," he added, "but we're not sending any back--it's definitely a seller's market...