The February 8, 1973 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 38 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 Sunday, February 8, 2026, 155 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, February 8, 2027, in 209 days. You have lived for 19,513 days, or about 468,329 hours, or about 28,099,760 minutes, or about 1,685,985,600 seconds.
Date: 09 February 1973
ed scores US Postal Service for threatening survival of magazines and other pubs through increases in 2nd-class postage rates; hails Sen G Nelson's bill to reduce rate for 1st 250,000 copies of each issue of pub to level existing on Jun 1, '72
Date: 09 February 1973
By WARREN WEAVER Jr.Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
ex-Justice A J Goldberg urges Cong to rewrite new Fed rules of evidence promulgated by US Sup Ct and to take away Justices' power to make such changes, HR Judiciary (Hungate) Subcom; says new code was prepared without adequate consultation with public, represents legis by judicial branch and threatens, unconstitutionally, to wipe out state laws of evidence; warns new code threatens newsmen's privilege laws in 18 states; A K Helerstein, repr of NYC Bar Assn, concludes reluctantly that new code is less satisfactory than rules developed case by case by Fed Cts themselves; C R Halpern and other spokesmen for Washington Council of Lawyers attack code; Hungate subcom shows signs of increasing support for postponing effective date of new rules until end of '73 Cong session; Sen, on Feb 7, approved bill providing for such delay
Date: 09 February 1973
Newspaper Deliverers Union and NYC's 3 major dailies, Daily News, NY Times and NY Post, meet for discussions on new contract to replace one expiring midnight Mar 30; C Levy, pres of Newspaper Deliverers, comments
Date: 09 February 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLERspecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERspecial
Univ of Michigan Prof V A Blasi, who has surveyed more than 1,200 newsmen, contends on Feb 8 that, contrary to what press has been saying, reporters need only partial immunity from forced testimony to prevent their confidential sources from drying up, HR Judiciary Com Subcom Number 3; says that key factor influencing sources' fears is neither scope of immunity nor specific language of legis, but rather frequency and number of subpoenas issued; R C Wald, pres of NBC News, calls for absolute immunity; subcom chmn R W Kastenmeier and Repr T F Railsback praise Blasi's proposal
Date: 09 February 1973
Internatl Press Inst says, Feb 8, that restrictions imposed on foreign newsmen by Saigon Govt violate cease-fire provision guaranteeing freedom of the press
Date: 09 February 1973
Sens E M Kennedy and B Goldwater, Feb 8, introduce legis to extend 127% postal rate increase on magazines and newspapers over 10-year period; Postal Service plans to increase rate over 5 years; bill provides that pubs with circulation of less than 250,000 be given reduced rate
Date: 08 February 1973
By Les WhittenBy Vine Deloria Jr
Les Vine
reporter L Whitten and V Deloria Jr, chmn of Inst for Development of Indian Law, comment on arrest of H Adams and Whitten for possession of documents stolen from Bur of Indian Affairs in Nov '72; Whitten details events surrounding his arrest; repts that he was helping Adams to return stolen documents to bur when he was seized by FBI agents; holds reason he was arrested was effort by Govt to keep information in documents away from public; holds arrest signals new step in Govt's ownership of news and of information in official documents; Deloria says that arrest of Adams deserves more than casual attention by Amer people because it illustrates established practice of Fed Govt in dealing with Indians; cites Govt's alleged mistreatment of Indian chiefs in early period of Amer history; illus
Date: 08 February 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLERSpecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERSpecial
Justice Dept on Feb 7 voices opposition to any law that would give newsmen absolute immunity from forced testimony about their confidential sources, HR Judiciary Com Subcom Number 3; Asst Atty Gen R C Cramton tells subcom that dept might support bill granting limited immunity if applied only to Fed proceedings but that cong would be 'terribly unwise' to legislate on matter for the states; reporter P J Bridge (Newark Evening News), who was jailed for refusing to reveal sources of article he wrote, says issue is not interest of press but interest of the public in free flow of information; holds that by writing qualification into 'shield law' one would destroy immunity; Reprs C W Cundman Jr and T F Railsback point out possibility that absolute immunity might enable press to make false charges against individuals
Date: 09 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Brig Gen P F Gorman, prosecution witness in Pentagon papers trial, reads from one vol of papers, under cross-examination, that 'loss of even all of Indochina is no longer considered to lead to the loss of all Asia to the Communists'; statement seen contradicting one of major justifications US used to continue the Vietnam war; Gorman is also made to read from Natl Intelligence Bd estimate that Saigon Govt would not be able to defeat the Communists in a countrywide election; also reads from other documents on US role in war
Date: 08 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Judge W M Byrne Jr, presiding in Pentagon papers case, on Feb 7 precludes Govt from presenting evidence on 1 of top secret volumes in case because exculpatory evidence exists on it; document in question is memorandum on '54 Geneva Accords; Byrne orders that all Govt witnesses appear before him before they give testimony; says he wants to find out whether they have been told not to allow defense attys to int them in preparing to defend case; count 8 in indictment in trial accuses Ellsberg of taking Geneva Accords memorandum illegally from Rand Corp office in Santa Monica, Calif, 'for the purpose of obtaining information about the national defense'; Govt, to prove espionage, must show defendants' alleged illegal acts were related and damaging to natl defense; Byrne says he precluded Govt from presenting evidence about Accords because Govt had not told him that its own analysts had concluded that document could have no effect on natl security when released