Fairuza Balk, née Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse, est une actrice et musicienne américaine née le à Point Reyes (Californie).
Read more...The May 21, 1974 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 140 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 Thursday, May 21, 2026, 0 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, May 21, 2027, in 364 days. You have lived for 18,993 days, or about 455,850 hours, or about 27,351,039 minutes, or about 1,641,062,340 seconds.
Date: 22 May 1974
Strike by Newspaper Guild against Reuters News Service enters its 6th day with mgt reptg that its operations have been impeded by refusal of foreign journalists to send stories to US or to handle those filed from US; Reuters spokesman repts that boycott by Natl Union of Journalists has curtailed news coverage; factions are scheduled to meet in NYC on May 22
Date: 22 May 1974
By EMANUEL PERLMUTTER
Emanuel PERLMUTTER
ITU Local 6 pres Bertram Powers on May 21 expresses belief that contract dispute between printers and NY Times, News and Post may be settled on May 22; mediator Theodore Kheel says settlement is closer than before; News vp Walter Graham comments
Date: 22 May 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSHSpecial to The New York Times
Fed Judge Gerhard A Gesell on May 21 decides to permit defendants in White House plumbers case to attempt to subpoena natl security documents that they contend are relevant to their case; ruling falls short of defendants' demands for broad array of classified documents; Gesell dismisses charges against defendant Felipe de Diego, 1 of 6 originally accused in Ellsberg break-in, because he had been given immunity by 2 states and Fed Govt before his indictment; Gesell says de Diego's subsequent testimony raises issue of 'taint' in Govt's presentation of evidence because of possibility that some of his immunizatied testimony would be used against him; agrees with objection lodged by William H Merrill, assoc Watergate prosecutor, to pending testimony by White house counsel J Fred Buzhardt Jr, on ground that he would testify about some of classified material that White House and other agencies could make available
Date: 21 May 1974
By DAMON STETSONSpecial to The New York Times
Nearly complete ITU election returns indicate A Sandy Bevis has been elected pres, Joe Birsel 1st vp, Robert McMichen 2d vp and James S Schell sec-treas
Date: 21 May 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSHSpecial to The New York Times
David I Shapiro, atty for Charles W Colson, contending that law on searches without warrants was 'less than crystal clear' in '71, argues on May 20 that 6 defendants in White House plumbers case have right to defend thenselves on ground that their burglary of office of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding was natl security operation authorized by Pres Nixon; repts he has subpoenaed White House counsel J Fred Buzhardt to testify on May 21 about what classified documents will be readily available to show that there were legitimate security concerns involved in plumbers' investigation of Ellsberg; Judge Gerhard Gesell reserves decision on natl security issue until attys for special Watergate prosecutor's office have rebutted argument on but repeatedly expresses skepticism about Shapiro's approach; Nixon, in lr made public by Gesell, again notes that he had not authorized Fielding break-in but it was his intent 'law should be used if necessary to bring to a halt' newspaper leaks in '71; Gesell indicates that he will respond favorably to request that defendant Felipe de Diego be freed because he had been granted immunity by state officials in Calif and Fla as well as by Fed officials in Washington before being indicted in Fielding case; defedants in case include de Diego, Colson, John D Ehrlichman, G Gordon Liddy, Bernard L Barker and Eugenio R Martinez
Date: 22 May 1974
Ali Amin, apptd editor of semiofficial newspaper Al Ahram in Feb, on May 21 repts he is leaving his post to assume chairmanship of Akhbar al-Yom publishing house (S)
Date: 21 May 1974
By Victor Gold
Victor Gold
Victor Gold article on question of televising HR Judiciary Com impeachment hearings holds real question Cong must come to grips with is not whether hearings should be covered by live cameras but how coverage should take place; holds TV cameras can dominate an event and become 'monster'; suggests cameras sight only on locus of procedural activity, with no reaction snots, cutaways or other show-business frills; quotes Gene Wyckoff in The Image Candidates; illus
Date: 21 May 1974
By JOHN L. HESS
John HESS
Bway columnist Leonard Lyons on May 20 publishes his last Lyons Den column, which has appeared in NY Post for 40 yrs; various columnists, including Earl Wilson, comment; illus of column
Date: 21 May 1974
CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite testifies on May 20 at special hearing on violation of gag order in murder trial of Charles Manson that if reporter William Farr (Los Angeles Herald-Examiner) backed down and revealed confidential sources it would be 'another nail in the coffin of freedom of speech and press'; Superior Ct Judge William Levit held hearing to determine whether further jail terms would induce Farr to disclose his sources