Newsman Arrested
Date: 18 April 1974
Reporter R L Revenaugh (San Francisco Examiner) is arrested on April 16 for refusing to leave Calif PUC meeting; is freed on $250 bail (S)
18. huhtikuuta 1974 oli torstaina tähtimerkin ♈ alla. Se oli 107 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli Richard M. Nixon.
Jos olet syntynyt tänä päivänä, olet 51 vuotta vanha. Viimeisin syntymäpäiväsi oli perjantaina 18. huhtikuuta 2025, 154 päivää sitten. Seuraava syntymäpäiväsi on lauantaina 18. huhtikuuta 2026, 210 päivän kuluttua. Olet elänyt 18 782 päivää tai noin 450 768 tuntia tai noin 27 046 123 minuuttia tai noin 1 622 767 380 sekuntia.
Date: 18 April 1974
Reporter R L Revenaugh (San Francisco Examiner) is arrested on April 16 for refusing to leave Calif PUC meeting; is freed on $250 bail (S)
Date: 19 April 1974
Solicitor Gen Bork lr to Sup Ct announces US Prisons Bur will allow reporters to int prisoners in minimum security Fed insts; Ct is reviewing Washington Post's challenge to old policy of prohibiting ints (S)
Date: 19 April 1974
By ALFONSO A. NARVAEZSpecial to The New York Times
Alfonso NARVAEZSpecial
Agreement on NYS Legis freedom-of-information bill, which would mandate for 1st time opening of state and local govt records to public scrutiny, is announced, Albany; provisions of bill, which was sponsored by Sens Ralph J Marino and H Douglas Barclay and NYS Assemblyman Donald L Taylor, outlined; Taylor comments (M)
Date: 19 April 1974
By JAMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
Sen Edward J Gurney on April 18 charges that news media coverage of Watergate has apparently affected public opinion to extent that majority of people 'already have convicted the President in their minds' (S)
Date: 18 April 1974
John W Husen, Justice Dept's Public Information Dir, on Apr 17 deplores suspension of photographer James More by Associated Press for allegedly giving information about Indian occupation of Wounded Knee, SD, in '73 to FBI; holds newsmen are citizens with obligation to cooperate with law enforcement authorities; Atty Gen William B Saxbe says More was not informer but witness (S)
Date: 18 April 1974
Special to The New York Times
Prof Jerome A Barron of George Washington Univ Law School argues before US Sup Ct that Fla law requiring newspapers to print replies from pol candidates implements rather than offends const guarantee of press freedom; urges ct to sustain 'right to reply' statute, holding that nation can afford 'some slight legis' aid to promote free and fair debate between competitors for public office; is representing Pat L Tornillo Jr, unsuccessful candidate for Fla Legis who was editorially criticized by Miami Herald in campaign and submitted statements of rejoinder that paper refused to print; Tornillo, under '13 Fla statute invoked only once before, sued paper to compel it to print statements (M)
Date: 18 April 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSHSpecial to The New York Times
John D Ehrlichman on April 17 publicly pledges his allegiance to Pres Nixon and Adm in reptd attempt to put end to repeated speculation about his loyality in face of at least 3 pending criminal trials, 1 of which involves his role in Ellsberg break in
Date: 18 April 1974
Former US Atty Gen Elliott L Richardson on April 17 says that news media must 'insist on being told the truth, and expand efforts to dig the truth out', speech, Amer Soc of Newspaper Editors; says that resonable suspicion of corruption in govt is justification for 'extraordinary efforts' at getting facts (S)
Date: 18 April 1974
ITU reprs Raymond Brown and Ralph Pancallo are scheduled to be present on April 18 when ITU Local 6 seeks to have cts vacate 2 injunctions enjoining local from interfering with operations at NY Times or News (S)
Date: 19 April 1974
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
ITU Local 6 on April 18 begins slowdown at NY Daily News after being released from 2 ct injunctions that had barred it from interfering with operations at News or NY Times; local pres Bertram A Powers says that union members are now free to take concerted action to put pressure on publishers for improved contract; says union is going to have 'coordinated and orchestrated action' of work in composing room; April 19; April 18 1st edition of News was delayed for about 4 hrs; News spokesman estimates that union action will prevent 250,000 copies from reaching streets (M)