The June 12, 1978 was a Monday under the star sign of ♊. It was the 162 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
If you were born on this day, you are 48 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, June 12, 2026, 28 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, June 12, 2027, in 336 days. You have lived for 17,560 days, or about 421,459 hours, or about 25,287,549 minutes, or about 1,517,252,940 seconds.
Date: 13 June 1978
Rhodesian mil censors prohibit state-owned radio from broadcasting statements by 2 parties to interim regime that were critical of battle between security forces and guerrillas in which 22 people were reptdly killed (S)
Date: 13 June 1978
talks resumed; Fisdell comments (S)
Date: 12 June 1978
News dispatch from Salisbury, Rhodesia, subjected to official censorship
Date: 12 June 1978
By William Safire
William Safire
W Safire on Sadat crackdown
Date: 12 June 1978
By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN Special to The New York Times
Christopher WREN
Pres Sadat's domestic crackdown has rapidly muted formal pol opposition, but it has left him visibly defensive about implications both at home and abroad; in few wks since nationwide referendum gave Sadat mandate to purge critics in pol and press, leftist newspaper, Al Ahaly, that enraged Sadat with its muckraking, has halted publication (M)
Date: 12 June 1978
By ROBERT TRUMBULL Special to The New York Times
Robert Special
Recent sentencing of communications engineer Alexander P True to 2 yrs under Canada's Official Secrets Act for possession and mishandling of classified documents assoc with work for NATO has stirred criticism in Parliament and brought entire question of secrecy in govt under parliamentary study; True had recd classified information when he worked for Northern Telecom Ltd on aerial surveillance system for NATO; he left Northern Telecom in '73 to form own co but continued to receive NATO documents after his security clearance was withdrawn; another secrets act case, against Toronto Sun, is set for June 12 preliminary hearing; paper is charged with compromising natl security by publishing secret RCMP rept on alleged Soviet spying in Canada (M)
Date: 13 June 1978
By WARREN WEAVER Jr. Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
Sup Ct rules unanimously that newspapers cannot acquire radio or TV stations in their communities, affirming FCC policy promoting diversity of viewpoint and limiting concentration of econ power; says existing combinations of newspapers and broadcasting outlets can continue except in 16 monopoly communities in which newspaper owns only TV or radio station; decision reverses lower ct order requiring newspapers to divest themselves of stations in their own communities; ruling applies equally to ownership of newspapers by TV or radio stations; Assoc Justice Marshall writes opinion (M)