The November 12, 1973 was a Monday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 315 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, November 12, 2024, 335 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, in 29 days. You have lived for 18,963 days, or about 455,129 hours, or about 27,307,779 minutes, or about 1,638,466,740 seconds.
Date: 12 November 1973
Ripon Soc proposes legis on Nov 11 designed to eliminate use of official secrecy, justified by natl security, as weapon in public policy debate; proposes Cong pass natl security information bill that would provide 'formal legis authority, control and restraints on system of gathering, classifying, interpreting and disseminating information'
Date: 13 November 1973
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS chmn W S Paley on Nov 12 announces discontinuance of policy, instituted June 6 '73, prohibiting its news correspondents from commenting on or analyzing Pres speeches immediately after they are delivered; says journalistic innovation was given 'fair trial'; says original decision was made in belief that additional time for reflection and research would enhance analyses of Pres speeches; says this does not mean that it will necessarily require 'instant analysis' after all speeches by a Pres or other persons of public importance but rather that ban has been lifted
Date: 13 November 1973
brief exchange between Pres Nixon and CBS News TV producer S Feders before Pres's Oct 26 press conf raises possibility that Nixon's attack on news media may have been less spontaneous than it seemed; Feders advised his immediate superior, W Small, in memo dated Oct 31, that as Pres started to walk into East Room for news conf he remarked 'Cronkite's not going to like this, tonight, I hope'; says he was speaking with Pres before conf and that conversation took 'decidedly less friendly tone' when he identified himself as 'with CBS'
Date: 12 November 1973
Pres Nixon returns to White House on Nov 11 from Camp David; his helicopter leaves on such short notice that newsmen are unable to watch it take off
Date: 13 November 1973
By William Loeb
William Loeb
article by W Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, holds Pres Nixon should not now resign or be impeached because to do so would take control of US away from voters and give it to small group of 'arrogant self-apptd rulers' in form of radio and TV commentators, newspaper editorialists and publishers; says for Nixon to resign or be impeached at this time would be complete surrender to hysteria deliberately created by communications indus, which in its most important segment is monolithic in its hatred of Pres; says he favored Nixon's resignation because of his incompetence in office but that was before S T Agnew resigned; says people have been deprived of their basic right and necessity to have true facts on problems confronting US and fact that US has had its information arteries poisoned has brought on present natl neurosis; cartoon
Date: 13 November 1973
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUMSpecial to The New York Times
David ROSENBAUMSpecial
questions that may be asked by Repub Congressmen in their meetings with Pres Nixon this wk, that have not been addressed by Pres Nixon, include why Pres waited so long after White House tape recordings were subpoenaed to find out what was on them; why he then waited for 1 mo after learning that some tapes did not exist to reveal that to ct; why did he not tell his atty C A Wright about tapes that did not exist; would Pres veto legis establishing special prosecutor independent of exec branch; will new special Watergate prosecutor L Jaworski be permitted to sue in ct to obtain additional recordings and documents from White House; what specific information will be provided to him that was not given to A Cox; how does Pres define 'Pres papers' he says must remain confidential; did Pres ever ask his former Atty Gen and campaign dir, J N Mitchell, questions about Watergate burglary and, if not, why not; who, if anyone, did Nixon assign to investigate Watergate scandal on Mar 21 '73; what was basis of Pres's fear that Watergate investigation might disclose secret CIA activities; who authorized C G Rebozo to collect $100,000 from agents of H Hughes and did Rebozo solicit or collect any other money; will Pres turn over all evidence requested by HR if formal impeachment proceedings begin; significance of questions discussed
Date: 13 November 1973
H C McCall, who resigned recently as chmn of ed page of NY Amsterdam News in dispute with publisher over pol endorsement in NYC Controller's race, on Nov 12 withdraws resignation; says he made decision to rejoin staff in unsalaried position after stockholders, including Manhattan Boro Pres Sutton, voted unanimously to refuse to accept resignation; publisher C B Jones says no eds will appear in paper in future without 'joint consultation and joint approval' between himself and McCall; resignation was triggered when Jones returned from out-of-town trip and endorsed Admr R Lewisohn, Repub candidate for Controller; McCall had already announced that paper would endorse Dem candidate Sen H J Goldin, who won election
Date: 13 November 1973
ERICA ROENJ. D. PROCTORWILLIAM WELCHWARREN MOSCOWBEN H. BAGDIKIANWILLIAM S. COHENHAROLD PRINCE
Erica ROENJ
J D Proctor lr urges that US airports adopt system used in GB in which cockpit crews do not start engines of jetliners until they are assured by air traffic controllers of prompt departure; says move would conserve fuel
Date: 12 November 1973
By LESLEY OELSNERSpecial to The New York Times
Special unit within FBI has turned over to agency secret file on A Earhart, aviatrix who disappeared in '37 while on flight over Pacific; agency is making some of its secret files on various individuals available in keeping with provisions of Freedom of Information Act, which gives historians access to documents
Date: 12 November 1973