The December 31, 1972 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 365 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 Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 259 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in 105 days. You have lived for 19,252 days, or about 462,055 hours, or about 27,723,320 minutes, or about 1,663,399,200 seconds.
Date: 01 January 1973
Special to The New York Times
Internatl Press Inst, in its rev of '72 press developments, finds that trend to restrict press freedom is stronger than in '71; repts barely 1/5 of 132 members of UN enjoy 'freedom of information'; holds 'true danger' is constituted by some press members' acceptance of attacks on freedom of expression
Date: 31 December 1972
Calif information Broadcast Service is producing tape-recorded ints with state officials to go along with mimeographed news releases traditionally issued to press; radio station can dial special toll-free number in Sacramento and receive ready-to-air recorded int between state-paid interviewer and official who may be in news; 3 selections a day are made available, each about 60 seconds long; service head B McCafferty repts service will be nonpolitical and noncontroversial, with articles restricted to hard news subjects
Date: 31 December 1972
Cambodian Govt on Dec 30 closes 4 more newspapers for publishing articles considered detrimental to natl security; Cambodian readers are left with 20 dailies
Date: 31 December 1972
Ugandan Pres I Amin on Dec 30 signs decree empowering Govt to ban any newspaper for 'specified or indefinite period'
Date: 31 December 1972
-- BERNARD GLADSTONE
GAF Corp introduces GAF 220, camera which uses same 110 film cartridges used by Kodak Pocket Instamatics; camera illus
Date: 01 January 1973
JEROME M. SILVERSTEINJANE NEWITTMURRAY GELMANLEONARD A. KIRSCHWARREN F. COOKEJERRY WURFCHUNG IN SHICK
L A Kirsch lr says newspaper stories which suggest that LIRR commuters are doing splendidly without rr do disservice to commuters who must spend 4 to 5 hrs per day getting to and from work; scores commuter assns which say commuters can endure strike indefinitely; decries Gov Rockefeller's 'hands-off' policy in dispute
Date: 31 December 1972
transcript of Dec 30 news conf at which G L Warren announced halt to bombing of Hanoi-Haiphong area and a renewal of private Paris peace talks