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HR votes overwhelmingly to reject Adm plan to raise purchase price of food stamps, an apparent manifestation of strong resistance to Ford's econ policies; it is noted that in his budget message he called for cuts in growth rate of Govt spending for soc programs, such as food stamps (S)
Canadian Energy Min Donald S MacDonald says Fed Govt and Govts of Alberta and Ontario will invest about $1.4âbillion in Syncrude Canada Ltd to save project for extracting oil from Athabasca tar sands; Syncrude, consortium of Imperial Oil Ltd, an Exxon subsidiary, CanadaâCities Service Ltd and GulfâCanada Ltd, threatened to drop project unless it obtained additional $1âbillion investment; Fed and provincial Govts will share 30% equity in Syncrude; 3 cos will raise original commitment of $1âbillion by $400âmillion, half of the increase will be financed by loan from Alberta Govt; MacDonald says installation will begin producing oil by â78 and will provide ultimate capacity of more than 125,000 bbls a day of crude oil; map (M)
Ford warns econ outlook will not be improved by bigger tax cuts than those he proposes, Econ Rept to Cong; concedes that consumers will intially save rather than spend greater part of proposed rebate on â74 taxes, but holds money will be gradually spent as yr proceeds (S)
Cambodian and Amer mil sources rept convoy of empty supply ships returning to S Vietnam after successfully completing Mekong River run to Phnom Penh has reptdly run into minefield laid by Communistâled Cambodian insurgents; say at least 4, and possibly 10, vessels have been sunk in biggest loss of shipping in 5âyr Cambodian war; incident raises concern among Amers over future supply convoys to Phnom Penh; is 1st major use of mines by insurgents; mines are believed to have been supplied by People's Repub of China through N Vietnamese routes; analysts raise question of whether Cambodian Navy is capable of clearing minefields (M)
Pres Ford says econ conditions will be favorable enough in â76 for him to run for full term in office, news conf in Atlanta, Ga (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 5, 1975, covering February 5, 1975.
Ohio Players
Joni Mitchell
Linda Ronstadt
Average White Band
Elton John
1975Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer and manager[â ]
Giovanni Christiaan "Gio" van Bronckhorst is a Dutch football manager and former player who last managed SĂŒper Lig club BeĆiktaĆ. Originally a midfielder, he moved to left-back later in his career.
1975Riots break out in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.[â ]
Lima, founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes, is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the ChillĂłn, RĂmac and LurĂn Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The city is considered the political, cultural, financial and commercial center of Peru. Due to its geostrategic importance, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network has categorized it as a "beta" tier city. Jurisdictionally, the metropolis extends mainly within the province of Lima and in a smaller portion, to the west, within the Constitutional Province of Callao, where the seaport and the Jorge ChĂĄvez Airport are located. Both provinces have regional autonomy since 2002.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[â ]