Il 17 maggio 1971 era una lunedì sotto il segno zodiacale del ♉. Era il 136 ° giorno dell'anno. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti era Richard M. Nixon.
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Date: 17 May 1971
Special to The New York Times
Eastern Sun suspends pub in wake of Govt statement charging Communist attempt to influence paper and describing $1.2-million in loans to Aw Kow; ed in chief S Krishniah and 6 other sr staff members resign; Krishniah says they had no alternative but to believe they had been working for Communist-front orgn; Govt statement exonerates them from any role in Communist operation
Date: 18 May 1971
Pulitzer Publishing Co to sell Tucson TV station KVOA to co controlled by D W Reynolds; had agreed to sell station in return for acquiring Arizona Daily Star in Tucson
Date: 18 May 1971
Pittsburgh Press Co, which pub Pittsburgh Press and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, announces it has furloughed 1,100 noneditorial employes as result of printers strike; says action is not lockout
Date: 18 May 1971
By DONALD JANSONSpecial to The New York Times
Article on Mrs M Coleman, who writes syndicated column for Chicago Tribune; she is daughter of famed columnist E P Lederer (who writes as Ann Landers) and niece of her mother's twin sister P E Phillips (who writes Dear Abby column); 3 illus
Date: 18 May 1971
Special to The New York Times
Govt expels 3 employes of Eng-language daily Singapore Herald; 3 are foreign ed R Reece, his wife A Koh and M G G Pillai; paper seen as target in Prime Min Lee Kuan Yew's fight with press
Date: 17 May 1971
By CRAIG R. WHITNEYSpecial to The New York Times
Craig WHITNEYSpecial
S Vietnam arty reptdly kills 14 of enemy, Ashau Valley; US unit of 23d Americal Div reptdly attacked near Hoi Ac; 2 Amers killed, 5 wounded; 5 of enemy killed
Date: 18 May 1971
He gets Columbia Univ Grad Journalism School Alumni Assn award
Date: 17 May 1971
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN
Bernard GWERTZMAN
Zand, who recd USSR Govt permission to emigrate to Israel, repts his exit visa has been withdrawn because he contacted foreign correspondents; expresses confidence that it will be returned since he has already completed exit procedures
Date: 17 May 1971
Special to The New York Times
Dan Hotels Corp Ltd, nation's leading hotel chain, says it may file $285,000 libel suit against Haaretz (newspaper) because it pub item indicating reputed US underworld figure M Lansky has interest in chain
Date: 18 May 1971
destruction of Stockholm elm trees to make way for subway ticket office delayed until fall