Narrow Focus on TV News; Books of The Times
Date: 05 April 1973
By JOHN J.. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
Epstein, Edward Jay: Book News From Nowhere: Television and the News, by E J Epstein, revd by J J O'Connor
David Blaine Fødselsdag, fødselsdato
David Blaine (born David Blaine White; April 4, 1973) is an American magician, mentalist, and endurance performer. Born in New York City, Blaine became interested in magic at a very young age. He gained prominence in 1997, when his first television special, David Blaine: Street Magic, aired on ABC. That year, he also appeared in Magic Man. He later starred in the television specials David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013), Beyond Magic (2016), and The Magic Way (2020).
Known for his dangerous stunts, in 2008 he attempted to break the Guinness World Record for breath holding. He succeeded in holding his breath for 17 minutes 4 seconds, setting a new world record for oxygen assisted static apnea. He is the author of Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic (2002), an autobiography and armchair treasure hunt with instructions on performing magic tricks.
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4th of April 1973 News
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Ellsberg Trial Told Data Did No Harm; Safe Was Installed
Date: 05 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
D S Luce testifies, Apr 4, at Pentagon papers trial that disclosure of information about the 'strategic hamlet' and 'pacification' programs in Vietnam did not damage those programs; both programs were operated by US; Luce says hamlets program wa over by '63, that it became the pacification program, which in turn, by '69, became Vietnamization program; comment on Luce role in helping uncover in '70 the tiger cages'--small cells jammed with prisoners in S Vietnam
Brazil Censors a Report By Paper on Censorship
Date: 05 April 1973
Brazilian Govt censors lengthy rept describing press censorship made by J Mesquita Neto on Apr 3 before Inter-Amer Press Assn that was appear in his newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo; lrs to editor were substituted on internatl news page to fill space alloted to material
WAGE CUT RESCINDED FOR JERSEY MAILERS
Date: 04 April 1973
Mailers Union Local 6 pres G E McDonald says on Apr 4 that he has recd ruling from Cost of Living Council rescinding rollback, from 15% to 8%, of wage increase in 1st yr of contract for 43 mailers employed by AlcoGravure Div of Publications Corp, Hoboken, NJ; repts mailer will receive retroactive payments totaling about $3,000
Vietcong Welcome U.S. Visitors Guardedly; Vietcong-Held Hamlet Hospitable to U.S. Visitors but Controls Them Strictly Vietcong Flags Displayed Looking to the Election Relatively Secure' Village
Date: 05 April 1973
By JOSHEPH B. TREASTERSpecial to The New York Times
news team of 3, including NY Times correspondent J B Treaster, cruising down Mekong River, are in invited by a Vietcong guerrilla squad to visit a 'liberated hamlet' when boat stops at a clearing; hamlet is 5 mi from Saigon; visit is tightly controlled; Vietcong, since start of cease-fire, have welcomed journalists to their areas; most newsmen rept considerable supervision, but most have also been taken on lengthy tours and tell of having seen hundreds and thousands of people; Vietcong described as showing sense of dedication and purpose that is almost unknown among S Vietnamese troops; Saigon officials say they regard the village as being under their control and had classified it as 'relatively secure'; map; illus of young Vietcong guerrillas
2 U.S. Journalists Held 2 Days By Vietcong and Then Released
Date: 05 April 1973
Amer journalists D Southerland and F FitzGerald, on assignment for New Yorker (pub), rept on Apr 4 that they had been held prisoner by Vietcong for 2 days and released in hamlet near northern provincial capital of Quang Ngai; Southerland says they were treated well by their captors
Ellsberg Using Indirect Tactic In Battle Theft Charge
Date: 04 April 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
defense attys in Pentagon papers trial call W D Gerhard, intelligence analyst for Natl Security Agency of Defense Dept, and Lieut Col E A Miller, former analyst on dept's Security Rev Div, to testify; both have produced repts, ordered earlier by prosecution in case, on effects of release of papers on natl defense and have found that defense was not injured; Ellsberg-Russo defense contends that Govt suppressed repts for many mos; Judge W M Byrne has allowed defense to use findings of Miller and Gerhard but has not allowed defense to bring out its allegations of suppression; defense hopes by calling Miller and Gerhard to taint prosecution's theft case against Ellsberg and Russo
F.B.I. Wants to Retain Records of Reporters' Calls
Date: 05 April 1973
US Atty J F Rudy, in hearing before Judge J J Sirica on suit filed by columnist J Anderson and his asst L Whitten to get back from FBI all copies of what they contend are names and phone numbers of their confidential news sources, notes that FBI has already returned originals of phone toll calls to local phone co; says he will not agree to Anderson's request that all duplicate copies be destroyed because FBI plans to keep them on file as part of its record in investigation of charges against Whitten, later dropped, of possession of papers stolen from Bur of Indian Affairs
Five Women Are Selected As Matrix Award Winners
Date: 04 April 1973
NY Chapter of Women in Communications presents its Matrix award to E Shanahan (NY Times)
Sports News Briefs; Sweden Stays Unbeaten in Hockey
Date: 05 April 1973
Proponents of proposed Stratford (Conn) Downs race track say on Apr 4 that they are undaunted despite Apr 3 referendum that rejected proposal by 2 to 1; opponents of track comment