Cambodia Expels Reporter
Date: 21 April 1973
UPI reporter, Miss S Foa, leaves Cambodia, Apr 20, under Govt expulsion order; no reason given for expulsion
Steve Backshall Birthday, Date of Birth
Stephen James Backshall (born 21 April 1973) is an English naturalist, explorer, presenter and writer, best known for BBC TV's Deadly... franchise.
His other BBC work includes being part of the expedition teams in Lost Land of the Tiger, Lost Land of the Volcano, Deadly Dinosaurs and Lost Land of the Jaguar, as well as Expedition with Steve Backshall for the TV channel Dave. He has worked for the National Geographic Channel and the Discovery Channel. He has published a series of four novels for children called The Falcon Chronicles, three adult non-fiction works and numerous other children's non-fiction books.
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- Saturday, April 21, 1973
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The April 21, 1973 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 110 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 53 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 31 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, April 21, 2027, in 333 days. You have lived for 19,389 days, or about 465,336 hours, or about 27,920,171 minutes, or about 1,675,210,260 seconds.
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21st of April 1973 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 21, 1973
FORMER U.S. AIDE REBUTS ELLSBERG; Pentagon Papers Chief Says He Twice Barred Access--Early Plea Recalledd
Date: 21 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
L H Gelb, dir of study group that compiled Pentagon papers, testifies on Apr 20 at Pentagon papers trial that he twice denied access to papers to D Ellsberg; testimony is in direct contradiction to that of Ellsberg; Gelb says he had not promised Ellsberg access to entire set of papers after they were completed; Ellsberg, after trial is completed, says that there was no conflict between his testimony and that of Gelb on this point; says he agrees with Gelb's version and that in his own testimony he had meant to imply only that he had access to papers up to time they were officially handed over to Sec of Defense; Gelb illus
Ellsberg Gives His Reasons; Void for Vagueness' Pentagon Papers Habeas Corbus Extended Matter of Conscience' Law
Date: 22 April 1973
Rev of testimony of D Ellsberg at Pentagon papers trial, during which he discussed reasons for copying papers; Ellsberg illus
Maine Acts on Shield Bill
Date: 21 April 1973
Maine House on Apr 20 rejects by vote of 89-to-24 bill to allow newsmen to protect their confidential sources after about 10 mins of debate
Panel Feels Press Can Beat Curbs
Date: 22 April 1973
Special to The New York Times
various newsmen meet on Apr 21 on panel at Yale Univ to assess impact of recent challenges to press; agree that although print and electronic media were faced with intensified govt harassment, press could and would manage to do its job; 2 panelists, Sen A Cranston and NY Times editorial page editor J B Oakes, warn against bill recently proposed by Adm that would allow Chief Exec to refuse to divulge much information; reporter B J Bridge (Newark Evening News), who was recently jailed for refusing to disclose source of story he wrote, says that if Watergate proves nothing else, it proves what the press is all about; former Atty Gen R Clark and Washington Star-News editor N Noyes Jr comment; Bridge illus
Ellsberg and Byrne; IN THE NATION
Date: 22 April 1973
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
comment on apparent ideological and physical differences and similarities between Fed Dist Judge W M Byrne Jr, presiding over Pentagon papers case, and D Ellsberg, defendant in case
MEDIA EXECUTIVE TO HEAR KISSINGE; Energy and Humor Automated News Gathering Entry Into China A.P. Luncheon to Be Part of Publishers' Meeting
Date: 22 April 1973
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
More than 1,200 newspaper exec and broadcast indus leaders will gather on Apr 23 at Waldorf-Astoria, NYC, to hear Pres adviser H Kissinger at start of 4-day ANPA 87th annual meeting
The Qualified Shield
Date: 22 April 1973
By Edward Mezvinsky
Edward Mezvinsky
Congressman E Mezvinsky comment on proposal for shield law to protect news reporters from forced disclosure of confidential sources by cts and grand juries; holds that chief service Cong can perform for press is not to legislate protection but to pursue its attack on Adm secrecy, on abuse of exec privilege and document classification
All About How We' Are Against 'Them'; Television We' vs. 'Them'
Date: 22 April 1973
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor comment on recent D Cavett show, The Adm and the Media, which featured P Buchanan, special asst to Pres Nixon, V Gold, former press sec for Vice Pres Agnew, B Bradlee, managing editor of Washington Post, B Hume, asst to columnist J Anderson and E Newman, NBC News correspondent
Dorothy Thompson; A Legend in Her Time. By Marion K. Sanders. Illustrated. 428 pp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. $10. Molder of public opinion, intimate of leaders, adviser to rulers, bundle of contradictions
Date: 22 April 1973
By DIANA TRILLING
Diana TRILLING
Sanders, Marion K: Book Dorothy Thompson. A Legend in Her Time, by M K Sanders, revd by D Trilling; illus