The February 4, 1975 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 34 day of the year. President of the United States was Gerald R. Ford.
If you were born on this day, you are 51 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 155 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, February 4, 2027, in 209 days. You have lived for 18,783 days, or about 450,815 hours, or about 27,048,941 minutes, or about 1,622,936,460 seconds.
Date: 04 February 1975
By MARTIN ARNOLD Special to The New York Times
Martin Special
White House press room has returned to normal; present atmosphere compared with atmosphere when Pres Nixon was in office; problems of press sec discussed; Pres Ford's press sec Ron Nessen's personality, career and dealings with press discussed; illus of Nessen; illus of members of Nessen's staff (L)
Date: 04 February 1975
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
S Vietnam Govt of Pres Nguyen Van Thieu on Feb 3 closes down opposition papers, Dien Tin, Song Than, But Thep, Dong Phuong and Tia Sang, and continues wave of arrests of journalists; confiscates on Feb 2 editions of closed-down papers and 4 others that published new indictment of Thieu issued by Roman Catholic-led People's Anticorruption Movement, headed by Rev Tran Huu Thanh; Information Ministry in statement expresses Govt's respect for right to free speech but says Govt is determined to smash all attempts by Communists to sabotage press in order to protect natl security and maintain public order; Ly Chanh Trung, editor of Dien Tin, comments; list compiled by Press Struggle Com gives names of 11 journalists who, it claims, have been arrested; several publishers rept that number of their employes were absent from work and that they suspect that absentees had either been arrested or intimidated by police from coming to work (M)
Date: 04 February 1975
Justice Dept and Boston Globe have resolved out of ct an antitrust case involving right to print syndicated comic strips, pol columns and other features; Govt had accused Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate, Field Enterprises, Hearst Corp and Globe Newspaper Co of creating unreasonably broad exclusive territories for their features; at issue was whether Globe could sign agreements giving it exclusive right in central and northern New England to print its 121 syndicated features, although area includes 68 other daily newspapers that might want to buy them; Globe atty Paul Lambert says consent decree will be filed in US Dist Ct in about 2 wks (S)
Date: 05 February 1975
South Vietnamese Govt sources rept 17 Saigon journalists have been arrested as 'Communist agents' in Govt's crackdown on press; about 12 others have been detained, questioned and released by police; Assn of Newspaper Publishers denounces Govt's closing of 5 opposition papers--Dien Tin, Song Than, But Thep, Dong Phuong and Tia Sang--and says that 4 remaining newspapers will not publish on Feb 5 in protest; informants rept that 2 remaining papers may not go along with boycott; movement by Rev Tran Huu Thanh denounces actions against press, as does Tran Van Tuyen, leading rightist opposition deputy; says US Govt should be held responsible for continued support of unpopular adm
Date: 04 February 1975
By RICHARD L. MADDEN Special to The New York Times
Richard MADDEN
White House press sec Ron Nessen imposes sanctions against Washington Star-News after newspaper printed details of Pres Ford's budget about 2 hrs before noon release time set by White House; says Star-News will not receive advance copy of Ford's Econ Message (M)
Date: 05 February 1975
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Survey of various econ-conservation measures being undertaken by newspapers throughout US notes that Newspaper Ad Bur reptd that ad reveues of daily newspapers increased by 3.2% last Nov over same mo in '73 and over 11-mo period were ahead 5.1% over '73; classified ad was up by only 1% in 11 mos (S)
Date: 05 February 1975
White House pres sec Ron Nessen reinstates Washington Star-News reporter Fred Barnes as 1 of questioners at Pres Ford's news conf in Atlanta, Ga; Nessen had banned Barnes from submitting written question at news conf as penalty for his newspapers's breaking press embargo on new Fed budget (S)
Date: 04 February 1975
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS, which turned down request from Repub Natl Com for purchase of 3 1/2 hrs of prime time for programs to rebuild Repub party image, agrees to sell 5 mins on Feb 6 to Sen H M Jackson; CBS spokesman says CBS considers Repub Com's request to be form of 'idea' advertising and that it falls outside CBS continuity acceptance rules banning sale of time for controversial issues; says Jackson's purchase is presumably to announce his candidacy for Pres, which qualifies under CBS advertising policies; Jackson is reptdly paying $16,000 for 5-min telecast; NBC offers to sell Repub Com a single 1/2-hr on July 1; ABC has not yet made ad decision; CBS overtly and NBC tacitly have rejected request by Repub Com for 4th 1/2-hr telecast, this one to be carried Mar 9, following party's mini-conv Mar 8 (M)
Date: 05 February 1975
Chartered plane carrying White House press corps is diverted from Washington, DC, to NYC because of snowy weather (S)