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Richard Mowery Andrews rev of book The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II by Fernand Braudel and translated from French by Sian Reynolds; drawings; illus
Shah of Iran says he expects price of oil to rise later in yr because worldwide inflation is cutting purchasing power of oil-producing countries, news conf; says Iran has lost between 30% and 35% of purchasing power because of world inflation; notes he will no longer insist on acceptance of his proposal to link price of oil to index of prices of 20 to 30 commodities but adds that price of oil must be indexed to something, perhaps world inflation (M)
KINGSTON, N. Y.—Masonry holds Its mysteries for most amateur home builders, but not for Stephen and Renée Rockmore. They built their house of stone‐550 tons of bluestone slabi quarried decades ago to make curbs for the streets of New York.
NEW ORLEANS, May 17—What with selling fruit, chasing cows, raising 10 children and designing golf courses, Billy Casper has to take long layoffs from golf, and that is just the way he wants it. He comes back refreshed and eaeer.
Suppose Catfish Hunter loses to the Oakland A's today. What, then, are the Yankees to do?
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 14, 1975, covering May 18, 1975.
Earth| Wind & Fire
Chicago
Soundtrack
Led Zeppelin
Bad Company
1975Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Jemma Gwynne Griffiths, known by her stage name Jem, is a Welsh singer, songwriter, and record producer.
1975John Higgins, Scottish snooker player[†]
John Higgins is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 33 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (41) and Stephen Hendry (36). He has won four World Championships, three UK Championships and two Masters titles, for a total of nine Triple Crown titles, putting him level with Mark Selby and behind only O'Sullivan (23), Hendry (18) and Steve Davis (15). He first entered the top 16 in the 1995–96 world rankings and remained there continuously for over 29 years until September 2024, setting a record for the longest uninterrupted tenure as a top-16 player. He reached the world number one position four times.
1975Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Jack Hody Johnson is an American singer-songwriter. His music falls into genres like folk, surf-rock, and various other subgenres.
1975Ingvild Kjerkol, Norwegian politician[†]
Ingvild Kjerkol is a Norwegian politician. A member of Labour Party, she was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag first time in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021. She has been a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, and of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services. From 2021 to 2024, she served as minister of health and care services.
1975Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (born 1908)[†]
Leroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]