The July 29, 1974 was a Monday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 209 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, July 29, 2025, 76 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in 288 days. You have lived for 18,704 days, or about 448,915 hours, or about 26,934,943 minutes, or about 1,616,096,580 seconds.
Date: 29 July 1974
ed on ITU ratification of agreement to automate composing rooms of NY Times and Daily News holds action reflects welcome new maturity in relationships on newspaper labor front; says agreement can represent passport to mutually beneficial era of improved service to reading public
Date: 30 July 1974
policemen in Lima, Peru, on July 29 use high pressure water hoses to break up demonstration by 300 students protesting against expropriation of Lima's ind newspapers by Pres Juan Velasco Alvarado's mil Govt (S)
Date: 30 July 1974
ed on Peruvian Govt's expropriation of country's ind newspapers holds that Govt is obviously fearful that claimed accomplishments of 'revolution' cannot stand test of ind scrutiny
Date: 29 July 1974
By PAUL L. MONTGOMERY
Paul MONTGOMERY
Members of ITU Local 6 on July 28 approve landmark contract opening way for automation of typesetting at NY Times and NY News; union pres Bertram Powers repts he is proud of contract and predicts 'more changes in the next ten years than any working men have ever seen'; contract has been described by both sides as signaling end of yrs of resistance by printers to use of computers and electronic typesetting machines to replace their craft; gives publishers free hand in introducing new equipment and in determining number of employes necessary to operate it; 1,400 regular printers and 385 full-time substitutes have recd virtual lifetime job security, with bonuses and other incentives if they choose to retire or go into another line of work; other contract provisions noted; union sec-treas Thomas Kopeck comments; illus of Powers (M)
Date: 30 July 1974
By STEVEN V. ROBERTSSpecial to The New York Times
Steven ROBERTSSpecial
Article on changes in Greek life following return of civilian Govt notes music of Mikis Theodorakis is again being played on radio and in nightclubs of Greece; says pol prisoners have been released, newspapers freed from censorship and elections promised; says biggest change is in ordinary Greek, who can now look with some hope for future; says 3 daily newspapers closed by mil have resumed pub and 3 others are scheduled to reopen soon; notes 6 existing papers have been rejuvenated; notes most papers have followed lead of new Govt in not urging retribution for mil leaders; says citizens are again buying newspapers and listening to radios; notes other significant change has been order limiting mil to mil matters; describes change in new Defense Min Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza, who again 'walks with purposeful stride'; says Press Min, long empty of information and reporters, is again busy (M)
Date: 29 July 1974
By Daniel I. Davidson
Daniel Davidson
Daniel I Davidson, 1 of 17 Govt officials and newsmen wiretapped by Nixon Adm, says intitial reaction to State Sec H A Kissinger's demand for vindication of his honor demonstrates to him that many liberal Sens are willing to apply different standard when judging conduct of Pres and his State Sec; discusses possible violations of criminal law; discusses allegations against Kissinger; holds that if Sen Foreign Relations Com exonerates Kissinger they will in essence be proclaiming that normal rules of conduct are not applicable to Kissinger
Date: 30 July 1974
By ALVIN SHUSTERSpecial to The New York Times
New Greek Premier Constantine Caramanlis reassures nation that armed forces gave him firm assurances that they would return to duties and promised not to interfere in any way with policy making of new Govt; says he stipulated that mil comdrs avoid interference in govt and that all pol forces in countries support his efforts when he accepted Premiership; Information Min says Caramanlis's statement is being issued after 'inaccurate and contradictory' repts in Greek and foreign press on changes in Govt and on present 'pol reality'; Govt has been quietly urging newspaper editors to engage in self-censorship to help keep public mood calm; press and information chief Papayotis Lambrias meets with pol reporters and newspaper publishers to stress self-restraint; Govt announces that secs gen apptd by mil regime in Govt agencies to serve between mins and civil service will be dismissed along with Govt agents in more than 50 regions of country (M)
Date: 30 July 1974
Superior Ct Judge Charles H Older on July 28 sentences reporter William Farr (Los Angeles Times) to maximum of 5 days in jail and fine of $500 for his 3-yr-long refusal to identify news sources in article he wrote about Charles Manson murders; ruling that Farr is 'holding himself above the law,' stays sentence pending appeal to US Ct of Appeals for 9th Dist; Farr tells reporters outside courtroom that he is fully prepared to go to jail (S)
Date: 30 July 1974
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUMSpecial to The New York Times
David ROSENBAUMSpecial
House Judiciary Com's 2d proposed Article of Impeachment contains section which charges that Pres' counsel John W Dean 3d gave IRS list of supporters of '72 Dem Pres candidate Sen McGovern and demanded that their tax returns be investigated; argument against sec, prepared by minority counsel Samuel A Garrison 3d, contends there is no evidence that Nixon was aware of Dean's request (M)