17. května 1972 bylo středa pod hvězdičkou ♉. Byl 137 den v roce. Prezidentem Spojených států byl Richard M. Nixon.
Pokud jste se narodili v tento den, je vám 54 let. Vaše poslední narozeniny byly neděle 17. května 2026 před 59 dny. Vaše další narozeniny jsou pondělí 17. května 2027, za 305 dní. Žili jste 19 782 dní nebo přibližně 474 779 hodin nebo přibližně 28 486 766 minut nebo přibližně 1 709 205 960 sekund.
Date: 17 May 1972
Bill of Rights Foundation hon J Anderson on May 16, dinner, NYC; D Ellsberg is featured speaker; money raised from dinner to be used for defense of Ellsberg and others facing charges for obtaining and making public secret Govt documents
Date: 18 May 1972
Cleveland Press publishes 1st edition on May 17 with double nameplate identifying it as Cleveland Press and Plain Dealer after Dealer fails to publish because of teamsters strike; carries statement saying papers have joint contract with teamsters and while strike is only directed at Dealer it concerns both papers
Date: 17 May 1972
50 women ed employes at Newsweek (pub) file complaint on May 16 with Fed Equal Employment Opportunity Comm charging pub with discrimination against women; rept group is taking action after 2 yrs of negotiations resulting from original complaint to EEOC because 'sex discrimination at the magazine remains substantially unchanged'; Newsweek spokesman repts that women's group and Newsweek entered into agreement 20 mos ago to assure women equal opportunities at pub; says in Oct group approached management with further demands including establishment of quotas
Date: 18 May 1972
Council on Foreign Relations awards its '72-'73 E R Murrow Fellowship for foreign correspondents to S Kellerman (UPI)
Date: 18 May 1972
Special to The New York Times
Kouros (pub) editor L Christakis sues USIA officials in Athens for invading his privacy by mailing to his home 'unwanted propaganda material' contrary to his pol views; repts in last 14 mos he recd 134 items of printed matter from USIA; USIA officials rept they were not aware of Christakis wish to be taken off mailing list
Date: 18 May 1972
Columbia Univ M Berger Award to F Faso, J Martin, P Meskil and D Zimmerman (NY Daily News)
Date: 18 May 1972
By ROBERT B. SEMPLE Jr
White House, on May 17, releases rough outline of Nixon's visit to USSR, saying trip will emphasize official business at expense of ceremony; Nixon, with Mrs Nixon, will leave Washington May 20 and arrive in Moscow May 22 after stopover in Salzburg, Austria; will return to Washington June 1 after visits to Iran and Poland; some data on itinerary within USSR given; White House press sec Ziegler says Nixon will be accompanied by 182 reprs of news media despite USSR efforts to keep down size of press party; in addition, 54 technicians have already gone to USSR to install equipment for radio and TV transmission; Nixon's official party to include Sec Rogers, Kissinger, Amb Beam, Asst Sec Hillenbrand, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Dir Smith; his other top aides include H R Haldeman, Ziegler, H G Klein, W Safire and R K Price Jr
Date: 17 May 1972
Chicago Tribune attys attempt to quash grand jury subpoena served on 6 Tribune reporters for their investigative series on voter fraud based on their eyewitness accounts of Mar 21 primary election in Ill during which they served as judges; argue that news media protection guaranteed under 1st Ammendment is 'threatened by widespread indiscriminate subpoenas' that violate const rights of freedom of speech; State's Atty charges that reporters were not working as newsmen at election so they should be subject to subpoena without ct order
Date: 17 May 1972
Special to The New York Times
Judge J T Curtin rules, May 16, that NYS correctional officers must permit newsmen to int willing inmates unless there is 'clear and present danger of the breach of the security or orderly adm of the facility'; ruling comes in response to suit filed in Mar '71 prior to Sept revolt at Attica Correctional Facility in which news media reprs contended that state ban on ints was violation of their rights under 1st Amendment guarantee of press freedom; plaintiffs, who include T Wicker and D Burnham (NY Times), listed; Curtin rules that inmate may not be subjected to reprisal, retribution or retaliation because he grants int or because of what he says to interviewer; says prison officials can determine time, place and length of ints; prohibits guards from interrupting or interfering with int to comment on what is being said
Date: 18 May 1972
ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
Interagency Classification Review Committee: J S D Eisenhower apptd chmn of com to oversee declassification of Govt documents