Of Elephants and Air Strikes
Date: 09 April 1971
By THOMAS LASK
Thomas LASK
illus of US soldier

9 april 1971 was een vrijdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♈. Het was de 98e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Richard M. Nixon.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 54 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op woensdag 9 april 2025, 210 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op donderdag 9 april 2026, in 154 dagen. Je hebt 19.934 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 478.430 uur, of ongeveer 28.705.833 minuten, of ongeveer 1.722.349.980 seconden.
Date: 09 April 1971
By THOMAS LASK
Thomas LASK
illus of US soldier
Date: 10 April 1971
US command apologizes to CBS for memo to information officers stating CBS newsman M Safer visits Vietnam with 'ulterior motive'; CBS says Safer is on 10-day assignment to do story on Vietnamization for program 60 Minutes
Date: 09 April 1971
Washington Post criticized by its own TV station WTOP for its critical remarks about documentary Selling of the Pentagon; station suggests that Post might put its own reporters on problem of Pentagon 'supersalesmanship'
Date: 10 April 1971
Pentagon spokesman J W Friedheim says documentary Selling of the Pentagon has resulted in some reforms in Defense Dept's public information program; cites several changes
Date: 10 April 1971
Special to The New York Times
guidelines issued by Atty Gen Mitchell in Aug '70 to reduce vol of subpoenas from Fed grand juries seeking information from reporters and TV newsmen revd
Date: 10 April 1971
China to let 3 US newsmen into China to cover tour of US table tennis team; 3 are J Roderick (AP), J Rich and J Reynolds (NBC)
Date: 10 April 1971
ed terms HR com effort to subpoena film and records of documentary Selling of the Pentagon a diversionary move that overlooks substance of program; backs CBS resistance to subpoena
Date: 09 April 1971
C M Webb, 28-yr-old mgr of UPI Pnompenh bur, and Japanese photographer T Suzuki missing during battle between Cambodian and N Vietnamese troops; Cambodian driver-translator and freelance photographer working for UPI also missing
Date: 09 April 1971
By JACK GOULD
Jack GOULD
HR Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com serves subpoena on CBS to obtain all televised and untelevised materials pertaining to show The Selling of the Pentagon; CBS pres Stanton, citing First Amendment, says com may have all material that had been broadcast but refuses to make available any unused films, notes, textual matter and data; com has asked for names and addresses of all persons who appeared on show and has asked for statement of payments or other considerations given those persons
Date: 10 April 1971
By JAMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
ABC agrees to give Dem party 30 mins of prime time to respond to Nixon s; party counsel J A Califano hails decision as 'major breakthrough' in party's yr-long attempt to establish 'indisputable right of reply' to Pres by opposition; sends telegrams to NBC and CBS urging them to do same; request for equal time is contained in telegrams dispatched by O'Brien, who charges Nixon s attempts to 'place the blame' on Dems for war; O'Brien notes Dem Policy Council and party caucuses in Sen and House have adopted unified stance in favor of fixed date for US withdrawal and should be afforded chance to reply to Nixon; ABC news pres Lower, in telegram to Califano, explains co offer; NBC spokesman says no reply has been drafted but program called The Loyal Opposition, featuring 5 Dem Sens, has been scheduled for April 30; spokesman says CBS response is not expected until next wk; White House has no comment