A 1978. augusztus 7. egy hétfő volt a ♌ csillagjegy alatt. Ez volt az év 218 napja. Az Egyesült Államok elnöke Jimmy Carter volt.
Ha ezen a napon születtél, akkor 47 éves vagy. Az utolsó születésnapod 2025. augusztus 7., csütörtök, 287 napja volt. A következő születésnapod 2026. augusztus 7., péntek napon lesz, 77 nap múlva. 17 454 napot élt, vagy körülbelül 418 909 órát, vagy körülbelül 25 134 547 percet vagy körülbelül 1 508 072 820 másodpercet.
Date: 08 August 1978
Provincial authorities release 33 journalists, trade union workers and students who had been held after staging hunger strike at Karachi Press Club during last 2 wks; journalists' demands included reinstatement of 30 journalists arrested during April hunger strike and withdrawal of laws restricting press freedom (S)
Date: 07 August 1978
NYC Pressmen's Union authorizes strike; pres William J Kennedy Jr says strike will be automatic if new work rules are posted; Newspaper Publishers Assn exec dir H J Kracke says new work rules will be posted tomorrow despite 551-1 vote unless new contract is agreed to; Kennedy says there is 50-50 chance of settling on new contract before deadline; says union will strike any or all papers that post new rules; expects support of all unions except printers (S)
Date: 08 August 1978
By ALFONSO A. NARVAEZ Special to The New York Times
Alfonso NARVAEZ
ACLU files friend of ct brief supporting right of group of residents to urge city to halt legal ad in Independent Prospector weekly newspaper, Passaic County Superior Ct; orgn aide Steven R Nagler notes that while citizens have right to petition, City Council would violate newspaper's const rights if it halted legal ad because of paper's ed content (M)
Date: 07 August 1978
Special to The New York Times
Sen Lawton W Chiles Jr scores SEC for refusing to provide press and public with documents necessary to follow proceedings at comm's meetings, hearing; Chmn Harold Williams replies that SEC is taking steps to improve information released, but cites meetings are primarily business oriented and not classrooms '(S)
Date: 08 August 1978
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
negotiators for pressmen's union and for 3 major daily newspapers intensify efforts to resolve contract dispute over press manning and avert strike threatened for Aug 8; John C Zancanaro, natl repr of Fed Mediation and Conciliation Service, is mediating dispute; is assisted by Hezekiah Brown (M)
Date: 08 August 1978
By MARJORIE HUNTER Special to The New York Times
Marjorie Special
Sen Daniel Patrick Moynihan, deploring jailing of NY Times reporter M A Farber, says that Cong might have to act to assure continued freedom of press, speech to Sen; Sens Alan Cranston and Edward Kennedy and Repr Philip M Crane share Moynihan's concerns (M)
Date: 07 August 1978
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
A Lewis on Farber jailing
Date: 08 August 1978
Special to The New York Times
Calif Appeals Ct grants indefinite stay of contempt order against Sacramento reporter John M Hammarley, who was ordered to surrender tapes and notes of conversations with key witness in murder case; Hammarley wrote series of articles in Dec '77, which appeared in The Sacramento Union and New West magazine, that were from ints with Edward Carlos Gonzales, witness in slaying of Ellen Delia on Feb 17, '77 (M)
Date: 08 August 1978
By MARCIA CHAMBERS
Marcia CHAMBERS
Educ Bd opens its 'briefing sessions' to public and press; State Sec Cuomo and Advocates for Children orgn had threatened suit if meetings were not opened; bd atty Harry Siegal had contended sessions were not meeting because no agenda was given or minutes kept; confidential documents disclosed agendas and minutes; bd pres Stephen R Aiello, vp Joseph Barkan and Chancellor Macchiarola urged move (S)