Policy Change Denied
Date: 08 March 1972
Special to The New York Times
Pentagon spokesman says he knows of no change in policy of announcing number of planes that take part in strikes in N Vietnam
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Stanislav Valereyevich Baretsky (born 8 March 1972) is a Russian musician. He has worked with the groups Leningrad and EU.
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- Wednesday, March 8, 1972
- Place of Birth
- Lomonosov
- Age
- 54
- Star Sign
- ♓
The March 8, 1972 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 67 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 54 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, March 8, 2026, 89 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, March 8, 2027, in 275 days. You have lived for 19,812 days, or about 475,508 hours, or about 28,530,511 minutes, or about 1,711,830,660 seconds.
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8th of March 1972 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on March 8, 1972
Nixon to Act on Secrecy
Date: 08 March 1972
Pres Nixon to announce exec order declassifying increased numbers of secret public documents; press sec Ziegler repts order will set up new Fed system for classifying and declassifying papers
BLACKS IN HOUSE DENOUNCE F.C.C.; Urge Watchdog Panels for Rights in News Media
Date: 09 March 1972
By NAN ROBERTSONSpecial to The New York Times
Cong Black Caucus, after 2 days of hearings on the media, charges FCC has abdicated its duty to see that public air waves are used fairly; asks Pres Nixon to appt experienced blacks to comm; plans to set up natl task force of black elected officials, community leaders and journalists in order to eliminate discrimination in news indus; urges formation of local 'media watchdog coms,' working with lawyers to document unfair practices of hiring, promotion and coverage involving black Amers; coms would file lawsuits against broadcasters and publications; hearings chmn Repr Clay says investigation and testimony at hearings shows that black community and black journalists are 'grossly excluded, distorted, mishandled and exploited' by the white-controlled news media
U.S. Decides to Bar Some Data On Aircraft Involved in Bombing
Date: 08 March 1972
By FOX BUTTERFIELDSpecial to The New York Times
US command information office chief Col P H Stevens announces command will no longer disclose information on number of US planes involved in raids on N Vietnam; says order was given because 'to continue to reveal number of aircraft would be useful to the enemy and endanger the lives of US pilots'; in what is reptdly biggest air battle in Indochina in 3 yrs, US jets engage 5 MIGs 170 mi N of DMZ; 1 MIG reptdly downed; other US planes carry out 6 bombing 'protective reaction' raids on N Vietnam; all reptdly return safely, although Hanoi radio says 2 were downed; US air raids over N Vietnam this yr now total 86, equal to total for all of '71; US command seen planning a stepped-up bombing campaign against Hanoi; N Vietnamese Army newspaper charges US raids damage civilian areas and kill civilians; since '64, when US bombing of N Vietnam began, command has never announced exact statistics on total number of US planes involved in a particular raid, but has only given the number of missions; newsmen deduced number from 'background' briefings given by US officers; other bombing raids made in Donghoi vicinity; map
Committee Urges Senate to Aid Gravel in Supreme Court Fight
Date: 08 March 1972
Special to The New York Times
Sen Dem Policy Com urges Sen to intervene in behalf of Sen Gravel in his fight to block Fed inquiries into his pub of Pentagon papers; com votes unanimously to file friend-of-the-ct brief and to pay Gravel's future legal expenses in case
Taiwan Welcomes 3 U.S. Reporters Who Visited China
Date: 08 March 1972
Special to The New York Times
3 newsmen who accompanied Nixon on visit to China arrive in Taiwan and are welcomed; are R Dudman, R S Boyd and J D Cary
Mercury Poisoning in Iraq Is Said to Kill 100 to 400
Date: 09 March 1972
Special to The New York Times
Baghdad Govt imposes blackout on news of severe mercury-poisoning outbreak resulting from improper use of mercury-treated imported wheat seed; allows only brief official announcements to be printed in newspapers or broadcast on radio
Hogan Seeks Stay of U.S. Writ That Freed Manager of WBAI
Date: 08 March 1972
Manhattan Dist Atty Hogan asks US Ct of Appeals to overturn lower Fed ct order that freed WBAI gen mgr E A Goodman on Mar 5 after he was jailed for refusing to turn over tapes of riots at Manhattan House of Detention for Men to Dist Atty's office; exec Asst Dist Atty D S Worgan repts papers argued that Judge Frankel's writ interferes with orderly adm of state justice'; says there was no violation of Fed rights in Goodman's jailing and that Goodman failed to exhaust state remedies; Goodman applies to NYS Appellate Div for bail pending appeal of contempt charge
Prisons Not Censoring Mail From Newsmen
Date: 08 March 1972
Fed Bur of Prisons dir N A Carlson repts new bur policy on prisoner contacts with news media permits convicts to send uncensored lrs to newsmen; says incoming correspondence from media will be inspected solely for contraband or for content which would incite illegal conduct; repts policy went into effect Feb 11 and no gen announcement was made; says wardens of separate Fed prisons are responsible for informing prisoners of their rights
Black Parley Aides Promise Admission Of White Newsmen
Date: 09 March 1972
Special to The New York Times
3 co-chmn of Natl Black Pol Conv, Repr Diggs, Mayor Hatcher and Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), say that conv will not condone exclusion of legitimate press members; move is response to NYS delegation's move barring all white media members from covering delegations' activities