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Southern California beat Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, 18‐17, yesterday, Notre Dame topped previously unbeaten Alabama, 13‐11, in the Orange Bowl and Penn State routed Baylor in the Cotton Bowl, 41‐20. Page 51.
Assemblyman Andrew J Stein says that Assembly Dem leader Stanley Steingut asked him in '73 not to investigate any nursing homes owned by Bernard Bergman, central figure in allegations of fraud and pol influence in nursing home indus; Steingut, informed of allegations, says âAssemblyman Stein is a Godâdamned liarâ; Hugh L Carey, in his inaugural address, says nursing home indus will be scrutinized and reshaped; statement follows demands that he name special prosecutor to investigate alleged frauds under pol protection in Medicaidâfinanced nursing homes indus; those demands follow published repts of abuses in indus and disclosures by Temporary State Comm on Living Costs, of which Stein is chmn; apptmt of special prosecutor will supersede move by State Atty Lefkowitz to impanel special grand jury and take over prosecution of any crimes; Stein says he decided to make Steingut's intervention public because Assembly will elect a Speaker Jan 8; Steingut is expected to announce Jan 2 that he will divest himself of his interests in Grand Brokerage Inc and City Title Ins Co, to devote full time to Speakership; Bergman nursing homes have paid premiums to both cos; Dr Andrew C Fleck Jr, 1st deputy state health comr, makes public Jan 1 numerous interventions in behalf of Bergman by C Daniel Chill, Steingut's legis counsel; Chill has denied having served as Bergman's lawyer
Associate Justice William O. Douglas of the Supreme Court suffered a stroke in the Bahamas and was taken to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, where he was reported in serious condition. Page 31.
wife of Robert C Mardian, who was convicted in Watergate coverâup case, sounds Bronx cheer at Judge John J Sirica moments after verdicts are announced; all 4 convicted defendants and their wives shocked by verdicts; defendants stood impassively as jury filed into courtroom; reactions as verdicts were read described; H R Haldeman later says that he is innocent; J D Ehrlichman says trial was pol (M)
Carey inaugurated as NYS Gov on Jan 1 (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 1, 1975, covering January 2, 1975.
Elton John
Jethro Tull
Neil Diamond
Ohio Players
Joni Mitchell
1975Dax Shepard, American actor[â ]
Dax Randall Shepard is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker and podcaster. Since 2018, he has hosted Armchair Expert, a podcast in which he interviews celebrities, journalists, and academics about their lives.
1975Jeff Suppan, American baseball player[â ]
Jeffrey Scot Suppan is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current professional baseball coach who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, and San Diego Padres.
1975Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player[â ]
Reuben David Thorne is a New Zealand rugby union player, and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. Now involved with Big Brother Big Sister and is the Christ College first xv coach.
1975Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (born 1944)[â ]
Sirajul Huq Sikder, better known as Siraj Sikder, was a Bangladeshi revolutionary, engineer and Marxist-Leninist-Maoist insurgent.
1975At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.[â ]
Samastipur is a City and Municipal Corporation in Bihar, India. It is the headquarter of Samastipur district and comes under Darbhanga division. The Burhi Gandak River flows through the city. It is one of the five railway divisions of ECR, Hajipur. The Samastipur junction is one of the busiest stations in North Bihar after Patna and Katihar.
1975The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.[â ]
First adopted in 1975, the Federal Rules of Evidence codify the evidence law that applies in United States federal courts. In addition, many states in the United States have either adopted the Federal Rules of Evidence, with or without local variations, or have revised their own evidence rules or codes to at least partially follow the federal rules.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[â ]