21. srpna 1973 bylo úterý pod hvězdičkou ♌. Byl 232 den v roce. Prezidentem Spojených států byl Richard M. Nixon.
Pokud jste se narodili v tento den, je vám 52 let. Vaše poslední narozeniny byly čtvrtek 21. srpna 2025 před 328 dny. Vaše další narozeniny jsou pátek 21. srpna 2026, za 36 dní. Žili jste 19 321 dní nebo přibližně 463 715 hodin nebo přibližně 27 822 955 minut nebo přibližně 1 669 377 300 sekund.
Date: 22 August 1973
texts of Vice Pres Agnew's Aug 21 news conf and of later statement by Atty Gen Richardson
Date: 22 August 1973
By BILL KOVACHSpecial to The New York Times
Vice Pres Agnew accuses members of Justice Dept on Aug 21 of effort to indict him in press and calls for investigation to expose Fed investigators responsible for leaking information to press concerning possible bribery, extortion, fraud and conspiracy charges against him, televised statement; charges there is 'clear and outrageous effort to influence the outcome of possible grand jury deliberations; Atty Gen Richardson says he shares Agnew's concern about 'unfair and inaccurate publicity' but says there is no basis for assumption that information had come from law enforcement officials; Baltimore, Md, US Atty Beall denies that his prosecutors were 'in any way' source of any news leaks; Agnew indicates Time (pub) article published on Aug 20 led directly to his decision to challenge publicly integrity of Fed Govt's investigation; article quoted unnamed Justice Dept officials as saying that evidence against Agnew, including alleged cash payments, was so strong that dept had no choice but to take matter to trial; Beall says investigation is in what he calls 'the Agnew phase but that no evidence that might involve Agnew has been formally presented to grand jury; says none will be until 'probably' after Labor Day; illus of Agnew, Richardson and Beall
Date: 21 August 1973
By JAMES M.MARKHAMSpecial to The New York Times
Comment on effect that South Vietnam's strict press law has had on country's newspaper indus; number of newspapers currently published has been reduced from 42 to 28; currently no newspaper questions assumptions of Govt policy and no one criticizes Pres Thieu; illus of newspaper distrbution point on sidewalk in downtown Saigon
Date: 22 August 1973
US Appeals Ct, Washington, DC, sets detailed rules that Govt must follow if it wants to withhold information under Freedom of Information Act; guidelines noted; decision was on case brought by R Nader's Freedom of Information Clearinghouse
Date: 22 August 1973
Special to The New York Times
Begon is taken from clinic on Aug 21 to prison; Rome magistrate on Aug 20 charges Begon with embezzlement and fabricating a crime; police are trying to establish where Begon spent time from July 22, when he mysteriously disappeared, until Aug 19; investigators say that Begon concocted spurious Mafia kidnapping with himself as victim, and went into hiding; he is also accused of having taken co funds from Amer Broadcasting Co office safe before vanishing; arrest is not mandatory, under Ital law, in cases based on charges of fabrication of crime or embezzlement; judiciary sources explain that Begon was taken to prison because of 'aggravating circumstance' of widespread alarm caused by what initially had looked like Mafia plot to kidnap foreign newsman; sources close to investigation confirm on Aug 21 that Begon has told magistrate in charge of case during questioning in his hosp room on Aug 20 that he had been abducted by Mafiosi, taken to US and then brought back to Italy
Date: 21 August 1973
Special to The New York Times
State Sec Rogers says on Aug 20, in discussing Watergate scandal, that US must not become 'so obsessed with security matters that laws are freely violated,' news conf; condemms operations of special White House investigations unit known as 'the plumbers'; says he leans toward strict observance of legal requirements and supports 'variance from that in very unusual circumstances'; illus
Date: 21 August 1973
By PAUL HOFMANNSpecial to The New York Times
ABC newsman J L Begon, who disappeared on July 22, reappears in Rome, Italy, on Aug 20 and is immediately charged with embezzlement and fabricating a crime; asserts that he was taken prisoner by members of Mafia, who eventually freed him on condition that he no longer investigate their dealings; enters clinic, saying he needs rest; Rome Police Chief D Scali asserts that charges are based on Begon's assertion that he had been kidnapped by Mafia, and on suspicion that he had taken ABC funds, news conf; police officials assert that warrant has been served on Begon in clinic, and that he will probably be transferred to prison on Aug 21; add that they do not believe Begon's story that Mafia kidnapped him; simulation of a crime is an offense under Ital law, carrying up to 3 yrs in prison; Scali holds that embezzlement charge is based on discovery after Begon's disappearance that $2,500 in office funds was missing from ABC hq in Rome; adds that Begon fabricated kidnapping in an attempt to 'glamorize' himself; holds that Begon was convinced that Amer Mafiosi were investing large funds in Eur, and may have staged kidnapping hoax to force police to open an inquiry into Mafia activities; Begon's wife, Maria, asserts that her husband was 'physically unharmed' and gives no details about her hushand's whereabouts during last 5 wks; police sources assert Begon declared during questioning that kidnappers had taken him to US and back to Italy
Date: 22 August 1973
By JONATHAN KANDELLSpecial to The New York Times
interim Pres R Lastiri signs decree on Aug 20 forbidding foreign news services, AP and UPI, to supply Argentine newpapers with Argentine news; decree also states that mass media must devote 50% of news content to coverage of Argentina, its next priority to Latin Amer and, finally, to rest of world; restriction may have been initiated by UPI story following July 13 resignation of Pres H J Campora, in which J D Peron's personal sec J Lopez Rega is quoted as claiming responsibility for Campora's unseating
Date: 21 August 1973
By JOHN HERBERSSpecial to The New York Times
Pres Nixon, in New Orleans to address VFW on Aug 20, shows signs of strain he has undergone recently in Watergate disclosures