18. tammikuuta 1976 oli sunnuntaina tähtimerkin ♑ alla. Se oli 17 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli Gerald R. Ford.
Jos olet syntynyt tänä päivänä, olet 49 vuotta vanha. Viimeisin syntymäpäiväsi oli lauantaina 18. tammikuuta 2025, 239 päivää sitten. Seuraava syntymäpäiväsi on sunnuntaina 18. tammikuuta 2026, 125 päivän kuluttua. Olet elänyt 18 137 päivää tai noin 435 296 tuntia tai noin 26 117 808 minuuttia tai noin 1 567 068 480 sekuntia.
Date: 18 January 1976
FBI repts that efforts leading up to release of kidnap victim Alan L Bortnick were aided by agreement to local news media to refrain from publicizing incident until he was safely freed (S)
Date: 18 January 1976
By BEN A. FRANKLIN Special to The New York Times
Ben FRANKLIN
Some members of Newspaper Guild at Washington Post, who have angered their own and other labor unions by crossing picket lines and continuing to work during 15-wk strike by pressmen, are drawing plans for mass withdrawal from guild; guild local adm officer Brian L Flores comments (M)
Date: 18 January 1976
pressmen's union files $20-million counter claim on Jan 17 to Post civil suit (S)
Date: 18 January 1976
By WILLIAM BORDERS Special to The New York Times
William Special
Rumors have become essential staple of news information in India as result of limited news that is published in Govt-controlled press; former Cabinet Min M C Chagla comments; foreign publications are likely to be stopped before they get into country if they contain any unfavorable news about events in India; number of mimeographed news sheets have emerged, circulating covertly, with roundups that focus on opposition news (M)
Date: 18 January 1976
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
HR Speaker C Albert charges that TV networks regularly abdicate their news judgment when a Pres requests air time; says networks in effect trust White House to determine whether a speech has news value; comment is in connection with rept on Pres access to TV prepared at his request by Cong Research Service and released by Library of Cong; various cases noted (M)
Date: 18 January 1976
By JAMES M. NAUGHTON
J M Naughton article on role of White House press sec Ron Nessen in deflecting heat from Pres Ford; notes Ford's accessibility to press, change in news conf format and Ford's availability for ints (M)
Date: 18 January 1976
Simants convicted; (M)
Date: 19 January 1976
Israeli Cabinet approves proposal by Prime Min Yitzhak Rabin that unauthorized publication of diplomatic communications or diplomatic contacts be made punishable by prison terms both for those who supply information and those who report it; action apparently was prompted by recent leak in Israeli newspaper of message from Pres Ford to Rabin protesting Israeli plans to establish new settlements on Golan Hts; incident strained Israeli-US relations; Israelis were also embarrassed by press rept in Dec of secret journey by Foreign Min Yigal Alton to Eur, where he reptdly met with Zambian Foreign Min (M)
Date: 18 January 1976
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK Special to The New York Times
Associates of ex-Pres Nixon say Nixon testified in Morton H Halperin civil suit that he never personally selected persons to be wiretapped under '69 FBI operation to find sources of leaks of information; say Nixon defended his decision to use wiretapping; he reptdly said he left selection of targets to then-Natl Security Council head H A Kissinger; testimony appears to contradict that of Kissinger, who said that at Apr 25 '69 meeting with Nixon, then-FBI Dir J Edgar Hoover and then-Atty Gen John N Mitchell, Nixon specifically directed the electronic surveillance of 4 persons whose names were suggested at meeting by Hoover, including that of Halperin; sources say Nixon did not criticize Kissinger during questioning but said that Kissinger was 'in full accord' with use of wiretaps and was instructed to select targets; Nixon says he did not order tap to to be placed on phone of Halperin or any of 3 other persons tapped on May 9 '69; Nixon confirms that in May '70 he ordered that FBI repts on telephone conversations be sent to Haldeman and not to Kissinger and himself; sources say Nixon did not want Kissinger spending his time reading logs of FBI surveillances and decided to centralize responsibility for reviewing repts on Haldeman because Hoover wanted to deal with only 1 person at White House; Nixon reptdly said he regarded operation as legal (L)