The October 1, 1973 was a Monday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 273 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 51 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 350 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, in 14 days. You have lived for 18,978 days, or about 455,494 hours, or about 27,329,699 minutes, or about 1,639,781,940 seconds.
Date: 01 October 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
comment on econ impact that strike of St Louis Post-Dispatch and St Louis Globe-Democrat has had on residents and businesses in St Louis; strike was called by Teamsters union on Aug 22; H Morley, exec vp of St Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Assn, comments
Date: 01 October 1973
By William Safire
William Safire
W Safire comment says that if it is true that Asst Atty Gen Petersen told CBS reporter F Graham on Sept 22 'We've got the evidence. We've got it cold,' he has adopted role of prosecutor, publicist, jury temperer and judge; says Petersen is good cop, nonpartisan, honest, feisty and likeable; says Petersen case poses problems of corruption and jury tampering; says if Atty Gen Richardson discovers that Petersen did make announcement of potential defendant's guilt and dismisses him, he will be serving notice to every employe at Justice that he is serious about protecting rights of defendants
Date: 02 October 1973
members of Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union on Oct 1 approve contract with NY Times, NY News and NY Post by more than 4-to-1 margin; agreements are still to be reached with 7 other unions including printers, who have broken off negotiations pending outcome of suit by Times for permanent ban against shop meetings during working hrs; members of Newspaper Guild are to vote on strike authorization against News in meetings on Oct 4
Date: 01 October 1973
By JAMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
Associates of Vice Pres Agnew say on Sept 30 that his denunciation of Justice Dept for its conduct of criminal investigation against him was product of wks of having dwelt 'on dark side of an inferno'; describe origins of Agnew's attack; say Agnew deliberated on Sept 29 at entertainer F Sinatra's estate about whether to end long period of private consternation by openly criticizing Govt's handling of case; Agnew, later that day and following prepared speech to Natl Federation of Repub Women, accused Asst Atty Gen Petersen of having selected him as 'big trophy' with which to recoup reputation lost through 'ineptness of his Watergate investigation and stated that he would not resign if indicted; associates say proximate cause of Agnew's wrath was Sept 28 Justice Dept statement that there was no basis for charge by Agnew's attys that dept officials had leaked information to press in effort to prejudice proceedings against Vice Pres and suggested that Agnew precipitated leaks by disclosing on Aug 8 that he was under investigation; say Agnew regrets his omission of 1 point that troubled him--published speculation that he sought to make deal with prosecutors, offering to resign if charges were dropped--and that he later wished he had denied those accts on TV
Date: 02 October 1973
By R. W. APPLE Jr.Special to The New York Times
R. APPLE
Atty Gen Richardson assures Pros Nixon on Oct 1 that Asst Atty Gen H E Petersen was not source of disputed news broadcast about Vice Pres Agnew; White House deputy press sec Warren says Richardson provided assurances in response to telephone inquiry from White House counsel's office; says Pres has no information that would cause him to doubt Richardson's word; Petersen was attacked by Agnew, although he did not name him, in Sept 29 Los Angeles speech; Agnew accused Petersen of having selected him as 'big trophy' to help recoup prestige lost in Watergate case; Agnew's ire was partly aroused by Sept 22 CBS news rept in which Petersen was quoted by unnamed source as having said of investigation into charges of corruption against Agnew, 'We've got the evidence. We've got it cold'; neither Richardson nor Warren has denied that Petersen made quoted statement privately to someone other than a reporter; correspondent who made broadcast, F P Graham, says, in lr to NY Times, that broadcast did not quote Petersen as saying anything to him; Deputy Atty Gen Ruckelshaus says Petersen does not remember making this comment to anyone; says Richardson, who attended meeting where remark was alleged to have been made, does not remember hearing it; Warren says special White House counsel J F Buzhardt Jr acted as 'go-between' in negotiations between Agnew's attys and Justice Dept; HR Speaker Albert says his decision not to order HR inquiry into charges against Agnew was not based on pol considerations, news conf; text of Graham's lr
Date: 02 October 1973
By STEVEN V. ROBERTSSpecial to The New York Times
Steven ROBERTSSpecial
J D Ehrlichman, Pres Nixon's former chief domestic adviser, testifies, before Los Angeles grand jury in transcript released Oct 1, that Pres Nixon took direct, active role in establishing and supervising White House 'plumbers' unit
Date: 02 October 1973
D Taylor, bd chmn of Amer Newspaper Publishers Assn, says on Oct 1 that newspapers in US have right to rept and comment as they see it on Watergate affair and kickback charges against Vice Pres Agnew, speech, meeting of assn's bd of dirs
Date: 01 October 1973
AP and UPI to close their natl news services on Oct 1 in Buenos Aires under Govt decree that prohibits foreign agencies from transmitting news domestically; decree does not affect internatl operations of agencies; Argentine News, agency formed by more than 40 provincial newspapers, will transmit local news
Date: 02 October 1973
S Davis, who publishes The Spokeswoman, newsletter for women, announces plans for news magazine, Woman News, to be published twice a mo starting in '74; expects circulation of 500,000 in 3 yrs