The March 4, 1973 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 62 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 Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 131 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, March 4, 2027, in 233 days. You have lived for 19,489 days, or about 467,757 hours, or about 28,065,469 minutes, or about 1,683,928,140 seconds.
Date: 05 March 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
comment on Pentagon papers trial notes that major issue involved concerns test of Govt's authority over information and public's access to it; notes that 1st Amendment implications of case had been somewhat obscured until defense testimony began on Govt's system of classifying secrets
Date: 04 March 1973
By PAUL HOFMANN
Paul HOFMANN
Ital orgn newsmen, Natl Press Council, warns that freedom of the press in Italy is in danger; group denounces efforts by power brokers to buy into Corriere Delia Sera of Milan to gain control of influential daily; co publishing daily is going through profit squeeze and at same time right-wing groups have been campaigning against paper charging editorial policy with moving toward left
Date: 04 March 1973
DAVID K. SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
Article discusses recent issuance of subpoenas to a dozen reporters and news execs of Washington Post, Washington Star-News, NY Times and Time magazine; subpoenas were issued on behalf of Pres Nixon's re-election com demanding all material which in any way relates to Watergate break-in and/or alleged pol espionage against any candidate for Dem party nomination for Pres; re-election com atty Parkinson says newsmen's notes and testimony are needed to help Repubs make their case in series of civil suits against Dems; says main goal is to document allegedly libelous statements by Dems, but concedes that subpoenas demand information that goes far beyond that
Date: 04 March 1973
By MARTIN F. NOLAN
Martin NOLAN
revd by M F Nolan
Date: 04 March 1973
Special to The New York TimesBy JAMES STERBA
newsmen H Faas, photographer for AP, and C Callery, camera crewman with NBC, who were invited to Hanoi to witness the release of Amer POWs, are refused entry at Gia Lam airfield, Hanoi; are told that, the invitation notwithstanding, they needed entry visas; earlier, the 2 were denied press privileges by the US and S Vietnam; Hanoi officials confirm that the third group of Amer POWs will be freed Mar 4 as scheduled; US authorities barred 2 men from flying on US plane that was to fly truce reprs to Hanoi, saying the mil comm had not yet agreed to any press policy; both made their way to Laos, en route to Hanoi, but Hanoi Embassy denied them visas on the ground it had not been informed of the matter; USSR plane carried them to Hanoi without asking them for a visa
Date: 04 March 1973
NYS PSC Deputy Chmn W K Jones says 1 of PSC's most pressing problems is rehabilitation of Con Ed, speech, NY Consumer Assembly; asserts co is apparently unable to adequately supervise it facilities and has 'unbelievable' billing and collection procedures