The July 1, 1972 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 182 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 Wednesday, July 1, 2026, 12 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, July 1, 2027, in 352 days. You have lived for 19,735 days, or about 473,657 hours, or about 28,419,476 minutes, or about 1,705,168,560 seconds.
Date: 01 July 1972
Special to The New York Times
Repr Moorhead criticizes Thailand Govt on June 30 for refusing to allow Amer or foreign newsmen to visit air bases used by US Air Force and Marine Corps air unit, s, HR
Date: 02 July 1972
Special to The New York Times
Saigon Govt announces, July 1, that 42 newsmen had been sentenced and fined since June 22; of 57 cases brought by Govt against newsmen, there were convictions in all but 15; in no case did Govt disclose what special offenses were; type of news that disturbs Thieu Govt is reptg of Govt's anti-Opposition actions
Date: 02 July 1972
text of original 1872 NY Herald story on reporter H M Stanley's journey into E Africa to find Dr D Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer; drawing
Date: 02 July 1972
By TOM WICKER
Tom WICKER
T Wicker comment on recent US Sup Ct decision abolishing capital punishment; holds ct did not rule death penalty per se is cruel and unusual punishment but that infrequency and arbitrariness of death sentences make them cruel and unusual; state legislatures could now reinstate death penalty for specific crimes
Date: 01 July 1972
By PAUL L. MONTGOMERY
Paul MONTGOMERY
Fed grand jury, San Francisco, expected to investigate information obtained from Black Panthers by NY Times reporter E Caldwell, is dismissed; Govt apparently will take no further action in case that resulted in US Sup Ct decision denying journalists right to refuse to tell grand juries about sources and information given them in confidence
Date: 02 July 1972
Special to The New York Times
85 newsmen assigned to cover chess matches in Reykjavik, Iceland, except for NY Times and UPI correspondents, sign agreement with Icelandic Chess Federation declaring that they will limit their coverage to 3 repts during each game; AP made oral agreement with fed to limit dispatches to 5 during each game; NY Times refuses to sign fed proposal on ground that it would involve prior restraint on reptg; H C Schonberg and A Horowitz (NY Times) will purchase spectator tickets instead of using press facilities provided by fed; are assured by officials that they will be able to use phones without restriction
Date: 02 July 1972
By ROBERT B. SEMPLE Jr
J N Mitchell resigns as Pres Nixon's campaign mgr on July 1; his relationship to alleged attempt to bug Dem Natl Com hq noted
Date: 01 July 1972
Denver, Colo, Olympic Organizing Com, which is planning '76 Winter Olympics, asks officals of Lake Placid, NY, bobsled run if their facility could be used for Olympic competition