Alexandre Astier (born 16 June 1974) is a French writer, director, editor, scriptwriter, humorist, actor and composer.
Astier is most known as the creator, director, writer, editor, composer, and lead actor of the French television series Kaamelott, in which he also plays King Arthur.
llegir més...El 16 de juny de 1974 era un diumenge sota el signe estrella de ♊. Era el 166 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era Richard M. Nixon.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 52 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el dimarts, 16 de juny de 2026, fa 22 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el dimecres, 16 de juny de 2027, d'aquí a 342 dies. Heu viscut durant 19.015 dies, o unes 456.378 hores, o uns 27.382.722 minuts, o uns 1.642.963.320 segons.
Date: 16 June 1974
By ROBERT McAFEE BROWN
Robert BROWN
Peter Schrag book Test of Loyalty. Daniel Ellsberg and the Rituals of Secret Government revd
Date: 17 June 1974
Peruvian Pres Juan Velasco Alvarado's mil Govt on June 14 closes down popular opposition newsmagazine Caretas and orders co-publisher Enrique Zileri Gibson deported; official announcement accuses magazine of having adopted antirevolutionary attitude (S)
Date: 17 June 1974
By AMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
Article on daily oral struggle between Cong members sworn to secrecy about investigation of Pres Nixon's conduct and reporters committed to ferreting out details of what has happened behind closed doors of HR Judiciary Com; holds it is haphazard, unsatisfactory and somewhat demeaning; notes comments by com minority counsel Albert E Jenner Jr and Repr H Fish Jr; notes com chief counsel John Doar's security precautions have decreased number of leaks of sensitive information from com (L)
Date: 16 June 1974
Special to The New York Times
greater restraints on Portugal's news media are being instituted on June 15 as high Govt sources make it clear that free-wheeling and somewhat archaic days that followed mil coup of April 25 are over and that effort to instill discipline is under way; regulation providing for mil supervision of press are being put into force pending promulgation of new press law in next few wks; comm of 7 members of armed forces will supervise press and will have power to levy fines for disclosure of mil secrets as well as for statements offending Portugese chief of state and diplomats (M)
Date: 16 June 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH
S M Hersh article on State Sec H A Kissinger's threat to resign holds careful rev of Kissinger's Sept '73 testimony before Sen Foreign Relations Com and known facts in wiretapping of 17 Govt officials and newsmen leaves substantial questions unanswered; says issue is not 1 of overt criminality, nor is it semantic dispute over whether Kissinger 'initiated' or 'authorized' taps but major question that apparently will be before Foreign Relations Com is whether Kissinger, while testifying under oath, deliberately misstated and misrepresented his involvement in those wiretaps; revs Kissinger's statements; discusses FBI documents which contradict Kissinger's Sen testimony in almost every significant aspect and raised questions about his gen descriptions of what he did and what he knew; illus of bust of Kissinger (L)
Date: 16 June 1974
Sen M Mansfield says State Sec H A Kissinger is 'a little thin-skinned' when it comes to criticism, int; says Kissinger told him in personal conversation on June 8 that he was considering resigning because of 'cloud over his head' on Govt wiretapping issue; says next day Kissinger called him and told him he was thinking of not going with Pres Nixon on Middle Eastern trip because of wiretap controversy; says he advised Kissinger not to resign (S)
Date: 17 June 1974
By Peter Schrag
Peter Schrag
Peter Schrag comment holds that after 2 yrs of investigations and disclosures, most troubling questions about Watergate concern central yet ambiguous significance of Daniel Ellsberg; suggests that Ellsberg was focus for Adm's paranoia about leaks, conspiracies and foreign agents; holds that most important piece of evidence is that in Jan '70, more than 1 yr before Pentagon papers were 1st published by NY Times, FBI had been informed that Ellsberg was copying papers; holds that as trials and inquiries of coming mos progress, country may discover whether Ellsberg was simply protagonist or whether he had been marked as victim in pol scheme
Date: 16 June 1974
W Eugene Smith, photographer who dramatized effects of mercury poisoning on people of Minamata, Japan, has been successfully treated in US for advancing blindness that resulted from beating he recd at anti-pollution rally outside Chisso Corp plant that discharged mercury waste into sea; has received $4,000 from well-wishers who read of his blindness and poverty through newspapers; has returned to Minamata (S)
Date: 16 June 1974
Special to The New York Times
Sources rept that John D Ehrlichman has subpoenaed Pres Nixon, Sec Kissinger and Alexander M Haig Jr as defense witnesses in plumbers trial scheduled to begin June 26; rept that Ehrlichman's subpoenaes were served about 10 days ago on White House council J Fred Buzhardt Jr who accepted them on behalf of Govt officials; Nixon, Kissinger and Haig will be asked to testify on behalf of Ehrlichman about formation of plumbers; Const and Circuit Ct ruling in 1807 by Chief Justice John Marshall have made clear that Pres can be subpoenaed to testify in criminal case although no Pres has ever done so; if Kissinger does testify, his appearnce could provide immediate test of his repeated denials that he had known of existence of White House plumbers before their involvement in '71 burglary was made public; Fed Judge Gerhard Gesell is reptdly considering acceptance of written interrogatories from Nixon in lieu of his personal appearance in case; Ehrlichman por (L)
Date: 17 June 1974
By BERNARD GWERTZMANSpecial to The New York Times
Former FBI Acting Dir William D Ruckelshaus supports State Sec H A Kissinger's contention that he was not responsible for initiating wiretaps of 17 Govt officials and newsmen from '69 to 71, int on CBS TV program Face the Nation; Ruckelshaus investigated wiretapping and had access to all FBI documents on case; recent disclosures in case revd; Ruckelshaus, when asked about apparent discrepancy between FBI repts and Kissinger's contention that he had not initiated taps, says he does not think controversy is as sharp between FBI and Kissinger as records and his statements make it appear; says Kissinger complained to Pres Nixon in '69 about leaks and that as result of this, Nixon together with then-Atty Gen J N Mitchell and then-FBI Dir J Edgar Hoover decided on program to stop leaks, part of which was to 'tap certain individuals who had access to the information'; says Kissinger's role was to supply names to FBI; says in sense that Kissinger supplied names to be tapped he initiated it but 'his definition of initiation is that it wasn't his idea to tap' (L)