Il 6 agosto 1971 era una venerdì sotto il segno zodiacale del ♌. Era il 217 ° giorno dell'anno. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti era Richard M. Nixon.
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Date: 07 August 1971
Russo granted temporary reprieve from prison until Aug 16 by US Sup Ct Justice Black; in interim Justice Douglas will rev Russo plea and anticipated Justice Dept response; Russo claims that his subpoena was based on unlawful wiretapping
Date: 06 August 1971
By U.S. GRANT SHARP
U. GRANT
Adm USG Sharp comments on Times's series on Pentagon study, text of remarks made to Navy League, San Diego; says series is not an objective history, but a distillation of a large document written by people expressing the editorial view of The Times; says series aids enemy intelligence; gives his version of air war against N Vietnam which he commanded, 'with not much help from certain sectors in Washington'; says air war was misunderstood by civilians in Pentagon; cites Times article on study documents of '65 period disclosing that high-level civilian authorities, including McNamara, were beginning to have serious doubts about effectiveness of both air and ground war; says lesson to be learned from war is that US should never commit its armed forces to combat unless it decides to use its non-nuclear power to win in the shortest possible time; illus of '66 air bombing of Hanoi oil tanks
Date: 06 August 1971
By RONALD SULLIVANSpecial to The New York Times
NJ labor leaders rally at Newark Eve News to support ANG in 11-wk strike; Guild unit head D Eldridge sees no breakthrough until Sept; Newark Star-Ledger, competitor of Eve News, benefits from strike; Mayor Gibson's office makes econ study of strike effects; details; Sen Wallwork tries to form citizens com to settle strike
Date: 07 August 1971
Special to The New York Times
Judge F M Coffin of US Appeals Ct, Portland, Me, says he will consult with 1 or 2 other appeals judges before ruling on Ellsberg contention that US Dist Ct was in error in ruling it was 'irrelevant and immaterial' to determine whether illegal wiretapping was used to get indictment; Ellsberg says he is disappointed press did not publish more of study, news conf, Boston; says newspapers which have access to large sections of study 'are now in the business of withholding it from the public'
Date: 06 August 1971
Repr Harsha asks HR com to probe July 30 incident where G Jessel was removed from TV show when he made remarks about The Times and Washington Post
Date: 07 August 1971
By JOHN W. FINNEYSpecial to The New York Times
John FINNEYSpecial
Sen Stennis offers resolution urging creation of bd of professional historians to make 5-yr 'nonpartisan and disinterested' study of Pentagon papers; effect of proposal could be to undercut Sen Foreign Relations Com probe as well as maintain official secrecy of papers for 5 yrs
Date: 07 August 1971
ed scores draft 'code of ethics', holding Greek Const safeguarding freedom of press has been ignored since junta took command
Date: 06 August 1971
Special to The New York Times
Natl Union of Bank Employes leader D Carbita has been detained since June 30 without charges or access to legal advice in what appears to be reptd crackdown on union movement
Date: 06 August 1971
Reston and wife meet with Premier Chou En-lai, Peking
Date: 06 August 1971
By JAMES RESTON
James RESTON
Reston, in dispatch on visit to People's Liberation Army inf div base, repts div deputy comdr Keng Yu-chi rejects his suggestion things are changing in world and that US is now looking to future and to peace and understanding; repts he railed against US and insisted past could not be forgotten; suggests Nixon think about Chinese attitude toward Japanese, Korea, Taiwan