23. фебруар 1973. је био петак под знаком звездице ♓. Био је 53 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био Richard M. Nixon.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 53 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био понедељак, 23. фебруар 2026., пре 142 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је уторак, 23. фебруар 2027., за 222 дана. Живели сте 19.500 дана, или око 468.010 сати, или око 28.080.657 минута, или око 1.684.839.420 секунди.
Date: 23 February 1973
W Gallagher, pres of AP, says on Feb 22 that censorship and harassment of reporters in US during '72 is echoed abroad by increasing censorship in foreign states, including S Vietnam, S Korea, Philippines and Latin Amer, AP annual rept
Date: 23 February 1973
Special to The New York Times
Sri Lanka Parliament on Feb 22 approves bill, introduced by left-wing coalition Govt of Prime Min Bandaranaike, that allows Govt to regulate press; opponents, who have fought against bill for 3 mos, hold that its restrictive provisions could lead to establishment of system of tight state control over dissemination of information
Date: 23 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Retired FBI agent D E Hippensteel testifies on Feb 22 at Pentagon papers trial that he had found fingerprints of D Ellsberg, A J Russo, L S Resnick and Ellsberg's son Robert on Pentagon papers that were removed from Rand Corp; Govt is contending that co-defendants of Ellsberg and Russo and Mrs Resnick and Ellsberg's son were 'persons not entitled to receive' papers and 2 other top-secret documents involved in trial but that they did receive them from Ellsberg; Hippensteel is scheduled to testify on Feb 27 about fingerprints of co-conspirator Vu Van Thai being on documents, if by that time Govt can get past legal technicalities that so far have kept Thai's name out of trial; defense would like to keep Thai's name out of case because it does not want jury reminded that Ellsberg and Russo are accused of showing papers to foreign national; chief prosecutor D R Nissen turns over to defense last exculpatory material that has come up in case, consisting of repts written by CIA anaylst S A Adams to effect that statistics used in '68 Joint Chiefs of Staff memo had been purposely fabricated by Army
Date: 24 February 1973
Defense in Pentagon papers trial on Feb 23 asks US Fed Dist Judge W M Byrne Jr to order directed verdict of acquittal on all charges, arguing that Govt has not proved espionage, theft or conspiracy; argues that prosecution has not produced sufficient evidence that either D Ellsberg and A J Russo intended to achieve any unlawful objective in removing and copying documents; defense atty C R Nesson's argument detailed
Date: 23 February 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLERSpecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERSpecial
Gov Rockefeller on Feb 22 says that prosecution of criminals has been aided, not hindered, by laws giving newsmen right to keep their sources confidential, Sen Judiciary Com's Subcom on Const Rights hearing; says that in NYS, which has 1 of strongest laws granting reporters immunity from forced testimony, 'prosecutors depend heavily on published revelations of newsmen for leads' into crime; says R E Fischer, NY's special state prosecutor of organized crime, 'obtained 22 convictions in a drive against organized crime that grew out of newspaper revelations'
Date: 24 February 1973
By JOHN SIBLEY
John SIBLEY
NYS Justice A G Fraiman on Feb 23 refuses to quash subpoena directing NY Magazine to produce unpublished portions of controversial article written by former NYC Deputy Police Comr R Daley and entitled The Man Who Shot Rap Brown; publication's atty E D Hamilton contends subpoena will violate magazine's rights under First Amendment and under section of NYS Civil Rights Law that allows newsmen to refuse to disclose their sources of information; charges that if subpoena is upheld, Brown and his attys might obtain information they need in Fed ct suit against magazine; Fraiman explains that purpose of amendment to State Civil Rights Law is 'to prevent news sources from drying up,' adding that this is not at issue in Brown case because there is no secret about article sources; concedes that upholding of subpoena might give defense advantage but notes that Brown is charged with murder and faces possible sentence of life imprisonment, which makes matter of 'overriding' importance; says that Daley article as published was a 'substantially' altered version of original manuscript; holds that defense attys are entitled to examine article as it was written to see whether it conflicts with testimony of Ptl Manetta, who was principal source for article; Kunstler charges Daley article was 'deliberately fabricated' to prejudice prospective jurors; objects strongly to drawing accompanying article that shows Brown firing handgun at Manetta, who shot and captured Brown; prosecutor J T Litman has formally acknowledged that ballistic tests show that weapon in question was not fired
Date: 24 February 1973
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
NYS Appellate Ct 5-judge panel on Feb 23 orders TV newsmen S Dan and R Barnes to testify before special grand jury on what they saw inside Attica prison during Sept '71 inmate rebellion; ruling upholds NYS Sup Ct Judge C F Ball's decision last fall directing newsmen to testify; panel rules unanimously that NYS law exempting newsmen from giving forced testimony does not permit them to refuse to testify about events which they observed personally; case revd
Date: 24 February 1973
Ed scores practice of protecting returned Amer POWs from the press as if they were incapable of speaking for themselves as free Amers; scores practice of protecting returned Amer POWs from the press as if they were incapable of speaking for themselves as free Amers; scores mobilization of mil pub relations men to manage their homecoming as depressing testimony that Govt lacks faith in its people; says mil authorities impose censorship, not in the interest of the POWs or of natl security but for obscure and self-serving pol reasons
Date: 24 February 1973
By DAVID K . SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
House Foreign Operations and Govt Information Subcom W S Moorhead says on Feb 23 that he will push for 2 bills which would shift control over Govt's classification system from Pres to Cong and would strengthen Freedom of Information Act, discussion at seminar entitled 'Secrecy, Democracy and Foreign Policy' sponsored by NYU's Center for Internatl Studies; says several com witnesses estimate that between 75% and 99% of material that is labeled top secret, secret or confidential does not warrant such classification
Date: 23 February 1973
Special to The New York Times
Chinese Nationalist Govt issues statement on Feb 22 holding that Chinese-US accord to establish liaison offices in Peking and Washington 'contravenes wishes of Chinese people'; calling mainland regime 'rebel group,' says Taiwan will consider 'null and void' any agreements reached between it and US; high official, speaking unofficially, says Nationalist Govt is disturbed by prospect of quickening in efforts to normalize relations between US and Communist China and is dismayed by 'implications' involved in granting of diplomatic privileges to proposed liaison offices; another official says this new situation must be taken seriously but that Nationalists have already experienced 'much bigger shocks'