31. октобар 1974. је био четвртак под знаком звездице ♏. Био је 303 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био Gerald R. Ford.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 51 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био петак, 31. октобар 2025., пре 252 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је субота, 31. октобар 2026., за 112 дана. Живели сте 18.880 дана, или око 453.139 сати, или око 27.188.347 минута, или око 1.631.300.820 секунди.
Date: 31 October 1974
By JAMES M. MARKHAM
two South Vietnamese journalists are reptdly assaulted by plainclothesmen in Saigon during street fighting that erupted after demonstrators were blocked from marching downtown
Date: 01 November 1974
Inter Amer Press Assn asks Pres Ford to make public names of Chilean newspapers that allegedly recd financial assistance from CIA during Allende Adm; request appears to be response to Ford's statement in news conf Sept 16 that millions of dollars had been covertly funneled into Chile between '70 and '73 to 'assist the preservation of opposition newspapers and electronic media'; assn pres Julio de Mesquita Neto says in telegram that information is necessary 'so that good name of innocent newspapers can be cleared'
Date: 31 October 1974
Robert I Postel, who lost Dem primary election on Oct 28 for nomination to Assembly from Manhattan's Upper East Side, is charged by Our Town publisher Edward R Kayatt with destroying many copies of Oct 24 edition of newspaper circulated in area bldgs, NYS Sup Ct; Kayatt, who backed Alexander B Grannis in primary, says missing copies were replaced with East Side Herald (newspaper), which carried front-page endorsement of Postel; seeks $ 150,000 in damages; Justice Alfred J Callahan sets hearing; Grannis won election (S)
Date: 31 October 1974
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Tour with Pres Ford of Presidential retreat at Camp David, which was filmed on weekend of Oct 26 as episode of ABC-TV's The Reasoner Report, has been withheld from broadcast on Nov 2 on ground that its pol overtones might be considered influence on Nov 5 elections; ABC News pres William Sheehan says decision was made to present program Nov 6 because some of Ford's statements went beyond tourguide's comments and could be considered pol
Date: 31 October 1974
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
WNET-TV journalism rev program Behind the Lines returns to TV on Oct 31 with new format and new host, Harrison E Salisbury; 1st installment concerns press and its handling of Pres Ford
Date: 31 October 1974
White House press sec Ron Nessen announces new policy on release of Pres photographs taken by White House photographers; says henceforth any photographs provided by White House to a publication or agency will also be made available to anyone else who wants them for use on same date of publication (S)