Le 24 août 1973 était un vendredi sous le signe astral du ♍. C'était le 235ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était Richard M. Nixon.
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Date: 25 August 1973
White House says on Aug 24 that Pres Nixon and Vice Pres Agnew had 'friendly conversation' by telephone following Nixon's Aug 22 news conf; acting press sec Warren says he thinks Nixon initiated call; calls 'absolutely totally false' repts that members of White House had leaked information on Fed investigation of Agnew's financial affairs
Date: 24 August 1973
N Vietnamese spokesman asserts on Aug 23 that 5 Eur newsmen who were missing on Aug 22 in N Vietnamese zone north of Saigon are safe and being 'well treated'
Date: 24 August 1973
White House aides, convinced that Pres Nixon came through 'with flying colors' at his 1st meeting with reporters in 5 mos, indicate on Aug 23 that Nixon might hold another news conf in few days
Date: 25 August 1973
Special to the New York Times
Cambodian Information Min Sum Chhum, in hr-long lecture to more than 50 newsmen, Aug 24, warns them that 'measures,' presumably expulsion, would be taken against those found guilty of 'exaggerated or false' reptg; Cambodia is only nation in Indochina that exercises formal censorship of press dispatches as well as of all mail, cable and phone traffic with other nations
Date: 24 August 1973
Gannett Co Inc on Aug 22 announces agreement in principle to acquire 3 daily newspapers in Springfield, Mo, and Muskogee, Okla, and their broadcast affiliates in common stock transactions totaling $33.4-million; included in agreement are Springfield News and Leader, Springfield Leader and Press, Springfield News, Muskogee Phoenix and Times Democrat, one-half interest in Springfield TV station KYTV, Springfield radio station KGBX, radio station KHMO in Hannibal, Mo, and radio station KBIX in Muskogee; Springfield and Hannibal properties, owned 50% by Duval family interests and 50% by Oklahoma Publishing Co, are being purchased for $30-million; Muskogee properties, owned by Oklahoma Press Publishing Co, are being purchased for $3.4-million; completion of transactions and Gannett's recent agreement to acquire Times of Marietta, Ohio, will give co 57 daily newspapers in 19 states and on island of Guam; Gannett is numerically nation's largest newspaper group
Date: 25 August 1973
NBC pres J Goodman, in speech prepared for delivery at Univ of Fla, Gainesville, on Aug 24 scores Fla Sup Ct decision that newspapers printing attacks on character of pol candidates must give equal space for rebuttal
Date: 24 August 1973
By BILL KOVACHSpecial to The New York Time
Atty Gen Richardson discloses on Aug 23 that full-scale internal investigation of Justice Dept is being conducted to determine if its personnel leaked information to press, lr to Agnew; seeks to use FBI personnel as needed; lr text
Date: 25 August 1973
By RICHARD HALLORANSpecial to The New York Times
Japanese Premier Tanaka's Govt, reacting to Aug 8 kidnapping of S Korean Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung from Tokyo hotel by Koreans, delays on Aug 24 for at least 2 mos Cabinet-level talks with Koreans on $200-million in new Japanese econ aid; is displeased that S Korea will not let Kim return to Tokyo to help police probe case; says S Korea fails to keep Japan informed on its probe; Japanese police have begun to release evidence linking kidnapping to S Korea in apparent move to prepare public opinion for full-scale revelation of S Korean role; Japanese officials, including Justice Min I Tanaka, have hinted openly that they believe S Korean Central Intelligence Agency was responsible for kidnapping; Foreign Min Ohira says on Aug 24 that Japan will take firm stand against S Korea if Seoul is found to have been involved; Internatl Trade Min Nakasone says if Seoul was involved, econ aid probably will be cut; S Korean repr says cut would hurt Japan
Date: 24 August 1973
Special to The New York Times
S Korean Govt on Aug 23 tells Yomiuri Shimbua, one of Japan's leading newspapers, that bur in Seoul will be closed and its correspondents expelled unless it retracts rept published on Aug 23 on kidnapping from Tokyo to Seoul of Kim Dae Jung; Yomiuri repts that 'Korean Govt sources' admit involvement of 'lower-echelon agents' of Korean CIA in abduction; S Korean Culture and Information Min Yun Joo Young asserts in statement that rept is 'completely groundless'
Date: 24 August 1973
UPI survey notes that newsprint shortage caused by strike at Canadian mills has forced some newspapers to reduce size of their papers and others to reduce waste of paper; newspapers affected by shortage include St Petersburgh Times, Tulsa Daily World, Tulsa Tribune, Birmingham Post-Herald, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times and Field Enterprises