Nixon Never Watches Himself on Television
Date: 24 January 1971
Nixon confirms he does not watch himself on TV; says he never watches evening TV newscasts, preferring instead to read summaries of them prepared by his staff
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Read more...The January 24, 1971 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 23 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
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Date: 24 January 1971
Nixon confirms he does not watch himself on TV; says he never watches evening TV newscasts, preferring instead to read summaries of them prepared by his staff
Date: 24 January 1971
W R Hearst Foundation coll journalism award to S D Solomon (Penn State U); he gets scholarship, univ gets matching grant
Date: 24 January 1971
Kan U presents W A White Foundation award to V C Royster, ex-ed of Wall St Journal
Date: 24 January 1971
By JASON MARKS
Jason MARKS
J Marks article, spurred by S J Perelman's planned global trip, recalls famed trip by newswoman Nellie Bly (E Cochrane), who encircled the globe in 72 days, 6 hrs and 11 mins as stunt to boost circulation of NY World; details; illus; cartoon
Date: 24 January 1971
Special to The New York Times
685-ft tanker Esso Gettysburg runs aground at mouth of Now Haven, Conn, harbor in heavy fog and light snowfall, spills about 385,000 gals of light fuel oil into harbor and LI Sound; 3-1/2-mi oil slick forms; no effort is made to contain main slick drifting eastward on sound, but skimmers and pumpers begin cleaning up oil in harbor; USCG and volunteers aid cleanup by watching to determine if any oil washes ashore onto beaches; oil spill seen as not serious because type of oil will evaporate and leave water clean; tanker proceeds into harbor and oil slick barriers set around vessel to contain leak; map; illus
Date: 24 January 1971
Natl Conf of Legis leaders awaits details of revenue sharing before giving it full support