The March 7, 1973 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 65 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, March 7, 2025, 220 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, March 7, 2026, in 144 days. You have lived for 19,213 days, or about 461,130 hours, or about 27,667,842 minutes, or about 1,660,070,520 seconds.
Date: 08 March 1973
Special to The New York Times
Newark (NJ): WNET-TV reporter R Porambo is convicted on Mar 7 in Essex County Criminal Ct of offering $50 bribe to Newark (NJ) Ptl J Balogh for 5 Police Dept autopsy photographs of victims of '67 Newark riots; Porambo wanted to use photographs for his book No Cause for Indictment
Date: 08 March 1973
By SYLVAN FOXSpecial to The New York Times
S Vietnamese Govt on Mar 7 orders D A Davis, acting bur chief of UPI, expelled from S Vietnam because UPI dispatches have reptdly disseminated news that is 'pure fabrication' and 'entirely inaccurate'; Govt official conceded that Davis was not necessarily author of articles in question, but explains that Govt's action is directed against agency responsible; repts Govt is considering similar action against several other newsmen including B Jones and B Dowell (NBC), J Leslie (Los Angeles Times) and Agence France-Presse for what Govt terms 'un-Vietnamese activities'
Date: 07 March 1973
Vietcong members of joint mil comm issue blanket invitation for foreign newsmen to meet with Communist officials, Mar 6, Saigon; say Saigon Govt does not have right to arrange for news confs involving Communist delegates
Date: 07 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
CIA analyst S A Adams testifies on Mar 6 at Pentagon papers trial that he had attended confs in Saigon and Hawaii and at CIA, in which mil purposely diminished estimates of enemy strength in Vietnam; says that there were pol pressures in mil to display enemy as weaker than he actually was; says that monthly estimates of enemy's mil strength were so inaccurate that 2 official sets of estimates had to be put together each mo by the Army and by CIA; says his own studies of enemy strength indicated that correct order of battle would have shown at least 400,000 enemy troops, not 240,000 as was cited in '68 Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
Date: 08 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Prosecution in Pentagon papers case on Mar 7 attempts to shore up accuracy of Army's estimates of enemy troop strength in Vietnam and at same time to discredit CIA analyst S A Adams who challenged those estimates in his testimony on Mar 6; Govt, through prosecution arguments, attempts to give credence to statistics that Govt itself stopped using after Tet offensive in '68; cross-examination of Adams by prosecutor D R Nissen detailed
Date: 07 March 1973
By JOHN HERBERSSpecial to The New York Times
4th and last of series of articles on Pres Nixon's use of powers of Presidency and its effects on Govt and natl life discusses reversal of long-term trend--money and authority are flowing back to states and Pres and his men are dismantling programs built by 4 decades of Dem govt; says Nixon has expanded in number of ways enormous influence that White House brings to bear on public opinion; notes indications that Pres Nixon intends to be highly active Pres for rest of his Adm; notes wide impact New Federalism is having on educ, agr, science, antipoverty efforts, race relations and cities; some authorities believe that Nixon's influence on Sup Ct may ultimately have greater effect on US than what Nixon does with Fed money; it is considered almost certain that Nixon will have an ideological majority on Sup Ct before his term is out; Nixon has gone further than other modern Presidents in publicly attacking ct rulings and has publicly advocated legis to find ways to get around Sup Ct rulings; Nixon's influence on media and non-Fed insts noted; Nixon's gains with organized labor noted; illus of Nixon with reporter S Pett
Date: 07 March 1973
By WALTER RUGABERSpecial to The New York Times
Washington, DC, US Dist ct Judge Richey gives attys for 10 journalists on March 6 until March 13 to file motions to get subpoenas quashed that have been served on them by Pres Nixon's campaign orgn; Re-Election Com served subpoenas in connection with 3 civil lawsuits between it and other Repubs on 1 hand and Dem Natl Com on other; Dem suit grew out of bugging of its offices at Watergate last yr; Repubs responded with libel and malicious abuse of process charges; Repubs' atty K W Parkinson tells Judge Richey that he wants to question the 10 journalists in depositions, or pretrial sessions out of presence of ct; list of journalists
Date: 07 March 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
Article on press's shift to serious pol coverage, especially of local govts and local issues in communities across US; illus
Date: 08 March 1973
Special to The New York Times
E Ger on Mar 6 issues detailed decree defining activities of foreign correspondents and requiring them to obtain permission through its foreign min for almost all visits and ints; requires correspondents to avoid 'deformation' of E Ger, its leaders, insts and allies on pain of being expelled
Date: 07 March 1973
Vice Pres Agnew in Mar 6 speech to VFW accuses news media of exaggerating amnesty issue for those who refused to serve in US forces in Vietnam; Agnew denounces those who urge amnesty for Vietnam draft dodgers and deserters