Il 18 agosto 1971 era una mercoledì sotto il segno zodiacale del ♌. Era il 229 ° giorno dell'anno. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti era Richard M. Nixon.
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Date: 19 August 1971
US Dist Ct Judge W P Gray orders probe into allegations that Russo had been mistreated in jail; says he ordered probe after hearing about possible mistreatment from a newsman, before Ellsberg commented on alleged mistreatment on a radio show
Date: 19 August 1971
By JACK GOULDSpecial to The New York Times
FCC to hold hearings on admission by Stamford, Conn, radio station WSTC that it censored remarks by Dem and Ind party mayoral candidates during '69 election campaign but did not challenge remarks by Repub winner, Mayor Wilensky; station owner K Gillespie has conceded censorship but attributed it to illness of station mgr J Schwartz; Fed Communications Act bars censorship of a qualified candidate's statements; FCC ordered hearing after rejecting Gillespie's request that it impose fine rather than hold hearing on possible license revocation; Schwartz has since been replaced as station's gen mgr
Date: 19 August 1971
Special to The New York Times
Greek Govt, yielding to worldwide protests, drastically revises draft press law; Min Patras, author of original bill, submits modification that reduces 7-pt code of ethics to 4-pt admonition that newsmen be dignified, accurate and moderate, respect truth and avoid distortion; new bill also deletes provision for suspension of newsmen who failed to heed 'Hellenic-Christian traditions,' requirement that any information harmful to the 'public interest' be suppressed, and requirement that journalists show 'well-intentioned solidarity'; transfers punitive powers from Govt-apptd 'councils of honor' to journalists unions; Govt-issued identity cards for newsmen will be dropped in favor of cards issued by unions and countersigned by Press Min
Date: 18 August 1971
By JAMES RESTON
James RESTON
Reston dispatch from Peking
Date: 18 August 1971
Beacon Press, nonprofit publishing branch of Unitarian Universalist Assn, to publish 3,000-page, 4-vol version of Pentagon study; identifies material as same that Sen Gravel read aloud to a Sen subcom on June 29; 4 vols will be issued in Oct in hardcover ($45) and paperback ($20) editions; antiwar books published by Beacon Press cited
Date: 18 August 1971
By MARTIN TOLCHIN
Martin TOLCHIN
Comr Myerson, urging consumer alertness in Fed wage-price freeze, urges consumers rept price increases to her office by phone
Date: 19 August 1971
By WILLIAM E. FARRELL
William FARRELL
Gov Rockefeller praises wage-price freeze, news conf following breakfast meeting with Nixon
Date: 19 August 1971
1971 The Globe and Mall Toronto
China remains officially silent on Nixon Adm moves to strengthen US dollar
Date: 18 August 1971
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor rev of TV coverage of Nixon s and later TV analyses
Date: 18 August 1971
Sen Brooke lauds Nixon policies, urges revival of 'healthy relationship' between exec and legis branches, news conf, Boston