31. мај 1972. је био среда под знаком звездице ♊. Био је 151 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био Richard M. Nixon.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 54 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био недеља, 31. мај 2026., пре 44 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је понедељак, 31. мај 2027., за 320 дана. Живели сте 19.767 дана, или око 474.422 сати, или око 28.465.331 минута, или око 1.707.919.860 секунди.
Date: 31 May 1972
By EARL J. JOHNSON
Earl JOHNSON
Former UPI editor E Johnson article on 'new journalism' lauds its emphasis on better reptg; notes T Wolfe description of innovative reptg that includes subjective or emotional life of characters involved; says new journalism is cure for typical news writing style, which he terms 'stand-offish, cold and dull'
Date: 31 May 1972
final pretrial hearing in investigation of pub of Pentagon papers involving D Ellsberg and A J Russo Jr is postponed until June 5; delay is granted to give attys additional time to prepare case
Date: 31 May 1972
By GILBERT SORRENTINO
Gilbert SORRENTINO
excerpt from G Sorrentino novel in which he describes Hemingwayesque type of newsman, brash, rough-spoken and dedicated to reptg news
Date: 01 June 1972
'72 Columbia Univ journalism awards to J McCarthy (Wall Street Journal), G Pressman (WNBC) and J Witcover (Los Angeles Times)
Date: 31 May 1972
Atlanta Gas Light Co and radio station WSB Shining Light Award, in recognition of Georgians whose lives contributed to humanity, to R E McGill (Atlanta Journal Const)
Date: 01 June 1972
members of NY Printing Pressmen's Union 2 delay on May 31 start of 1st edition press run at NY Times to protest Natl Com for Impeachment paid ad calling for impeachment of Pres Nixon for continuing war in Vietnam and increasing air operations there; return to work after Times rejects their demands to drop ad or print statement of their views with ad; Times publisher A O Sulzberger rejects use of econ pressure to censor newspaper's content; Pressmen's chmn Siemers calls ad 'traitorous' and 'detrimental to the boys in Vietnam and POWs'
Date: 31 May 1972
By EDWIN L. DALE Jr.Special to The New York Times
Edwin DALE
US Price Comm announces on May 30 new pricing rules for shoes and other leather goods that reptdly will result in some price rollbacks from present levels but will not prevent some rise in shoe prices stemming from recent steep increase in price of hides; under new rules, 15 major shoe producers are granted relatively small percentage price increases based on all cost increases except leather and later are told they can add higher leather price only on a dollar-for-dollar basis without customary markup
Date: 31 May 1972
Special to The New York Times
NY Times survey of USSR TV programs reveals expectedly heavy dose of programs with pol content but also surprisingly wide range of offerings that have entertainment value; missing from USSR programing are discussion shows on which differing views are expressed on basic natl issues as well as documentary films that add critical dimension to country's problems; Channel 1, basic natl outlet, presents principal pol, cultural and entertainment programs; virtually all programs are pre-recorded to make possible transmission by satellite and by ground-relay lines to 11 USSR time zones; TV movies are very popular, with avg of 3 or 4 shown daily; many movies are on revolutionary and civil war themes; Brit production the Forsyte Saga is one of most popular serial productions of recent yrs; technically, USSR TV still appears to lag behind West; about 1/2 of USSR's 80-million households have TV sets; color TV came into commercial use in '67, and color programs now total 24 hrs a wk out of programing schedule of about 200 hrs on Moscow's 4 channels