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March 30, 1975

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Headlines from March 30, 1975

Western Europe's Jews Feel Sense of Wariness

By Henry Kamm Special to The New York Times

NY Times series on western Eur finds profound skepticism of Eur Jews is intensifying once again after nearly 3 decades of respite from overt anti-Semitism; finds fear for future of Israel, coupled with generalized lack of confidence that govts and people of western Eur will let small number of Jews stand between them and benefits of Arab petroleum, are principal factors contributing to renewal of Jewish malaise; finds Eur Jews no longer feel threatened by their neighbors, but that memories of Nazi atrocities no longer protects all things Jewish; finds Israel and Zionism have taken places alongside other vigorously criticized objects of Eur's vocal political left, which in past was champion of persecuted Jews; finds that perception of most Eur Jews is that line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism is so vague as to cause significant overlap in minds of those who express ideas and those who are targets of them; situation in France, GB, W Ger, Italy, Austria, Netherlands and Sweden discussed; comments of Lord Fisher, pres of GB's Bd of Deputies, which represents 450,000 Brit Jews, noted; Fisher fears conspicuous consumption by Jews during period of severe econ problems feeds anti-Semitism by making Jews scapegoats; has urged Brit Jews to adopt low profile; France's Baron de Rothschild says French policy is not as hostile as 'passionate Jews make it out to be'; says Jewish militants urged him to make public outcry against Arab efforts to exclude Jewish banks from deals in which they participate, but that he declined; other Eur Jewish leaders comment; Brit Jewish students illus (L)

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Troops Beat Out Civilians In Rush for Da Nang Plane

By Unknown Author

UPI correspondent Paul Vogle describes scene at Danang Airport as nearly 270 Govt soldiers fight civilians for seats on last evacuation flight from city; only 2 women and 1 baby were among passengers; many died trying to board plane; others fell to their deaths in S China Sea after clinging to undercarriage of plane; Vogle praises expertise of flight's pilot Ken Healy; others aboard plane included World Airways pres Ed Daley and vp Charles Patterson; another plane flying behind Vogle's flight was ordered not to land; troops willingly give up arms to Vogle during flight to Tan Son Nhut airbase; are arrested after landing; illus of plane shows damage allegedly caused by grenade and feet of soldier who hid, and died, in wheel well (L)

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Irate South Vietnamese Charge A Betrayal by Washington

By Bernard Weinraub Special to The New York Times

Anti-Amer sentiment and charges of betrayal by Ford Adm rise in Saigon as Communist offensive intensifies; ed comments, including those in Trang Den and Doc Lap, abound; some US Embassy officials fear violence against Amers in S Vietnam will increase as refugees stream into Saigon; some S Vietnamese contend US encouraged country to fight against N Vietnamese and are now failing to assist mil efforts; say Sec Kissinger put pressure on Govt to sign Paris peace agreement in order to implement Amer troops withdrawal; say shrinking Amer aid and Amer disinterest has had key effect on recent N Vietnamese strategies; mood is not expected to diminish after recent announcement that US will begin emergency airlift of mil and med supplies; Opposition legislator Nguyen Minh Dang denounces US 'betrayal'; Dr Tran Van Do delivers stinging rebuke in Chinh Luan article; Pres Thieu's comments on matter noted; recent incident in which group of S Vietnamese soldiers opened fire on Amer helicopter flown by Air America, wounding crew member and passenger, recalled (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 26, 1975, covering March 30, 1975.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

    Physical Graffiti

    Led Zeppelin

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Have You Never Been Mellow by Olivia Newton-John

    Have You Never Been Mellow

    Olivia Newton-John

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

    Blood On The Tracks

    Bob Dylan

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for Perfect Angel by Minnie Riperton

    Perfect Angel

    Minnie Riperton

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    33
  5. 5
    Album cover for What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits by The Doobie Brothers

    What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

    The Doobie Brothers

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    46

Notable Births

Paul Griffen

1975Paul Griffen, New Zealand-Italian rugby player[†]

Paul Richard Griffen is a former New Zealand-born rugby union player who represented Italy at scrum half in 42 full internationals. He played for Calvisano from 2000 to 2014.

Notable Deaths

1975Peter Bamm, German journalist and author (born 1897)[†]

Peter Bamm was a German writer.

Historical Context for March 30, 1975

In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]