Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (Estocolmo, Suecia; 17 de abril de 1974) es el compositor, vocalista y principal guitarrista de la banda sueca de metal progresivo Opeth y exvocalista de la banda (también sueca) de death metal Bloodbath.
Mikael destaca por su gran estilo de composición, fuertemente influido por el rock progresivo, y su habilidad para cantar indistintamente en tonos melódicos y agresivos guturales. Fue clasificado en el puesto 42 de la lista de Guitar World de los 100 mejores guitarristas de heavy metal de todos los tiempos, y en el puesto 11 de la lista "The Top 25 Modern Metal Guitarists" de MetalSucks.
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Date: 17 April 1974
Washington Post exec dir Benjamin Bradlee on April 16 says that Nixon Adm bill making it crime to disclose classified information will emasculate press freedom, speech, Dirks Newspaper Forum
Date: 18 April 1974
Reporter R L Revenaugh (San Francisco Examiner) is arrested on April 16 for refusing to leave Calif PUC meeting; is freed on $250 bail (S)
Date: 17 April 1974
HR Judiciary Com member Repr W Owens urges that HR rules be changed to permit TV coverage of current business meetings of com's impeachment inquiry (S)
Date: 18 April 1974
John W Husen, Justice Dept's Public Information Dir, on Apr 17 deplores suspension of photographer James More by Associated Press for allegedly giving information about Indian occupation of Wounded Knee, SD, in '73 to FBI; holds newsmen are citizens with obligation to cooperate with law enforcement authorities; Atty Gen William B Saxbe says More was not informer but witness (S)
Date: 18 April 1974
Special to The New York Times
Prof Jerome A Barron of George Washington Univ Law School argues before US Sup Ct that Fla law requiring newspapers to print replies from pol candidates implements rather than offends const guarantee of press freedom; urges ct to sustain 'right to reply' statute, holding that nation can afford 'some slight legis' aid to promote free and fair debate between competitors for public office; is representing Pat L Tornillo Jr, unsuccessful candidate for Fla Legis who was editorially criticized by Miami Herald in campaign and submitted statements of rejoinder that paper refused to print; Tornillo, under '13 Fla statute invoked only once before, sued paper to compel it to print statements (M)
Date: 17 April 1974
ITU Local 6 is scheduled to renew its efforts on April 18 to have cts vacate 2 injunctions that have restricted union's ability to call meetings and work slowdowns during working hrs (M)
Date: 18 April 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSHSpecial to The New York Times
John D Ehrlichman on April 17 publicly pledges his allegiance to Pres Nixon and Adm in reptd attempt to put end to repeated speculation about his loyality in face of at least 3 pending criminal trials, 1 of which involves his role in Ellsberg break in
Date: 17 April 1974
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Abbie Hoffman, arrested in NYC in '73 for selling cocaine to police undercover agent, is declared fugitive on Apr 16 for failing to appear at ct hearing (S)
Date: 18 April 1974
Former US Atty Gen Elliott L Richardson on April 17 says that news media must 'insist on being told the truth, and expand efforts to dig the truth out', speech, Amer Soc of Newspaper Editors; says that resonable suspicion of corruption in govt is justification for 'extraordinary efforts' at getting facts (S)
Date: 18 April 1974
ITU reprs Raymond Brown and Ralph Pancallo are scheduled to be present on April 18 when ITU Local 6 seeks to have cts vacate 2 injunctions enjoining local from interfering with operations at NY Times or News (S)