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Fed Reserve Bd chmn Arthur F Burns urges Cong to take vacation as it has done more than enough already to pump up econ by govt spending and tax cuts, testimony before Sen Banking Com (S)
Pres Ford vetoes farm bill, which would have increased price supports to farmers by estimated $210-million; says 'line must be drawn against excesses'; says legis would have been costly to consumers, taxpayers and subsequently to Amer farmers; Agr Sec Butz says Ford's action is 1st test of his determination to stand fast on budget; Repr Thomas Foley predicts 'uphill' fight to override veto; characterizes Ford's action as 'a mistake'; Sen Herman E Talmadge says veto is 'serious blunder'
many northern Calif hosps curtail surgical care in controversy over rising cost of malpractice ins; about 1/2 of 4,000 drs refuse to work to protest cost of new individual policies that average 400% over former rates; San Francisco Med Soc says anesthesiologists and surgeons no longer protected against malpractice suits refuse to perform all but emergency operations; soc exec dir Jack Collins comments; hosp admissions decrease by about 75%; about 1/2 of drs have renewed policies with Argonaut Ins Co (M)
Bronx (NYC): NYS Elections Bd, for 1st time, obtains ct orders, many of them including fines, against nearly 400 legislators, including Sen Israel Ruiz Jr, who failed to file 1 or more campaign finance repts since state's new campaign finance law went into effect last June 1 (S)
Cambodian Communist, French and Thai Govt officials' continued meetings across Aranyaprathet (Thailand) bridge near Cambodian border fail to produce firm word on whereabouts of 610 foreigners who had been isolated in Phnom Penh French Embassy compound and who were retpdly on way to border by truck convoy; French Amb to Thailand Jean Louis Toffin, in Aranyaprathet to lead discussions with Cambodians, says he is increasingly disturbed over delay in delivery of foreigners; group includes 515 French citizens and 95 foreign nationals, including 5 Amer journalists; Thai, US, USSR, French, W Ger, Indian, Japanese, Spanish, Belgian and Italian diplomats, under instructions that Cambodian Govt will turn over foreign nationals only to their diplomatic reprs, join waiting throng at border; map (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 30, 1975, covering May 2, 1975.
Chicago
Led Zeppelin
Earth| Wind & Fire
Olivia Newton-John
Kraftwerk
1975David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model[†]
Sir David Robert Joseph Beckham is an English former professional footballer, the president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. Primarily a right winger and known for his range of passing, crossing ability and set-piece taking, Beckham is considered one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest set-piece specialists of all time. He won 19 major trophies in his career, and is the first English player to win league titles in four different countries: England, Spain, the United States and France.
1975Joe Wilkinson, English comedian, actor and writer[†]
Joseph Roland Wilkinson is an English comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He began his comedy career in 2004 and has supported Alan Carr and Russell Howard on tour. In 2006, Wilkinson won the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year. He has also made numerous appearances on television programmes such as Live at the Electric and has been touring solo since 2011. He began appearing on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown in 2012, initially as Rachel Riley's assistant. He has since gone on to become a frequent panellist or guest team captain. He is also in the comedy duo Two Episodes of Mash, alongside Diane Morgan. In 2019 Wilkinson won a celebrity special version of The Great British Bake Off.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]