The August 22, 1973 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 233 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 52 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, August 22, 2025, 48 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, August 22, 2026, in 316 days. You have lived for 19,041 days, or about 457,004 hours, or about 27,420,298 minutes, or about 1,645,217,880 seconds.
Date: 23 August 1973
By BILL KOVACHSpecial of The New York Times
observers of Pres and Vice-Presidential news confs note that although Nixon has long history of public, and at times bitter, conflict with news media, recent appearance was friendly
Date: 22 August 1973
texts of Vice Pres Agnew's Aug 21 news conf and of later statement by Atty Gen Richardson
Date: 23 August 1973
St Louis Post-Dispatch suspends publication on Aug 22 after newspaper is struck by drivers and loading-dock workers who are members of teamsters union Local 610; negotiations for contract to replace one that expired at midnight broke off Aug 21; no further negotiations are scheduled; strike is 2d this yr to halt publication; paper was closed last spring for 2 days by electricians strike against KSD-TV
Date: 23 August 1973
S Vietnamese mil spokesman repts on Aug 22 that 5 newsmen--one French and 4 West Ger--are believed to have been detained by N Vietnamese north of Saigon; newsmen are identified as Jean-Louis Arnaud, Saigon bur chief of Agence France-Presse, P Scholl-Latour of West Ger Second Channel TV network, and his camera crew, whose surnames are given as Kaufmann, Pattberg and Hofratn; spokesman asserts that newsmen, accompanied by 2 Vietnamese drivers and interpreter, Vinh Thanh, drove through S Vietnamese mil checkpoint this morning without stopping; group was stopped by N Vietnamese troops, Thanh escaped and ran back to Govt base to explain situation
Date: 22 August 1973
By BILL KOVACHSpecial to The New York Times
Vice Pres Agnew accuses members of Justice Dept on Aug 21 of effort to indict him in press and calls for investigation to expose Fed investigators responsible for leaking information to press concerning possible bribery, extortion, fraud and conspiracy charges against him, televised statement; charges there is 'clear and outrageous effort to influence the outcome of possible grand jury deliberations; Atty Gen Richardson says he shares Agnew's concern about 'unfair and inaccurate publicity' but says there is no basis for assumption that information had come from law enforcement officials; Baltimore, Md, US Atty Beall denies that his prosecutors were 'in any way' source of any news leaks; Agnew indicates Time (pub) article published on Aug 20 led directly to his decision to challenge publicly integrity of Fed Govt's investigation; article quoted unnamed Justice Dept officials as saying that evidence against Agnew, including alleged cash payments, was so strong that dept had no choice but to take matter to trial; Beall says investigation is in what he calls 'the Agnew phase but that no evidence that might involve Agnew has been formally presented to grand jury; says none will be until 'probably' after Labor Day; illus of Agnew, Richardson and Beall
Date: 23 August 1973
By BILL KOVACHSpecial to The New York Times
Pres Nixon says in his Aug 22 news conf that his faith in Vice Pres Agnew is unshaken by Fed investigaton in Md involving Agnew; says his confidence in Agnew's integrity has been strengthened by his courageous conduct and his ability; says he has ordered Atty Gen Richardson to investigate Justice Dept and immediately dismiss anyone found to be involved in leaking information about investigation in Md to press; much of information made public in case has come from sources other than Justice Dept as investigation has been so widespread and number of people involved so large, that reservoir of information is available to press outside Fed system; Agnew's office expresses pleasure at Nixon's statement; sources close to Agnew rept on Aug 22 belief that Agnew's bold move on Aug 21 in publicly charging deliberate effort to blacken his name had force Pres to act; observers of Pres and Vice-Presidential news confs note that although Nixon and Agnew both have long histories of public, and at time bitter, conflict with news media, both recent appearances were friendly
Date: 23 August 1973
ABC discloses on Aug 22 that 'sensitive' papers and tape relating to certain aspects of Watergate case were stolen in recent burglary of its Washington news bur; ABC mgr J Lynch says burglary was discovered Aug 10 but Washington, DC, police have found no clues that would help them solve crime; says thieves also stole 2 tape recorders, 1 radio, 5 audio cassette tapes and folder containing notes on investigation involving Watergate being conducted by ABC news reporter B Gill
Date: 23 August 1973
FCC rules on Aug 22 that A Hiss case is no longer controversy of public importance subject to equal-time provisions of comm fairness doctrine; rejects complaint by Accuracy in Media Inc that radio int on WNBC with Hiss 'dealt with controversial issues...in 1-sided manner'; Hiss was jailed 24 yrs ago on charges of perjury and has spent last 20 yrs trying to clear his name
Date: 22 August 1973
US Appeals Ct, Washington, DC, sets detailed rules that Govt must follow if it wants to withhold information under Freedom of Information Act; guidelines noted; decision was on case brought by R Nader's Freedom of Information Clearinghouse
Date: 23 August 1973
By CHRISTOPHER LYDONSpecial to The New York Times
Pres Nixon, at Aug 22 news conf, argues that short-lived '70 White House security plan that envisioned 'illegal' burglaries and interception of mail did not exceed 'inherent power' of Presidency in natl security matters; says burglary of this type took place during adms of Kennedy and Johnson; N deB Katzenbach, Deputy Atty Gen in Kennedy Adm, says that if official burglaries took place he was not aware of it; Nixon says that higher level of wiretapping was officially reptd in Kennedy and Johnson Adms than in Eisenhower and Nixon Adms; says, in reply to question by CBS correspondent D Rather as to approach to Judge Byrne by Pres asst who asked judge if he wanted to head FBI constituted 'subtle attempt to bribe judge,' that he met with Byrne for perhaps 1 min on Apr 5 '73 and that J D Ehrlichman had pointedly avoided mentioning Ellsberg case over which Byrne was presiding