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July 21, 1975

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Smaller Juries Increase; Divided Verdicts Allowed

By Lesley Oelsner Special to The New York Times

Amer conventional jury of 12 members who must either reach a unanimous verdict or return no verdict at all, is being supplemented or replaced, sometimes with smaller juries, sometimes with concept of majority rule, sometimes with both; number of jurors is increasingly becoming smaller, to as much as 6 in dozens of states, and verdicts, mostly in civil cases but in some criminal cases, are more and more by majority vote; conventional jury is being changed largely for practical reasons, for savings of money and time, but results of changes are in dispute and now, as trend grows, controversy is also growing; legal officials comment; various proposed bills concerning juries noted (M)

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MRS. PERON'S GRIP ON POWER FALTERS

By Jonathan Kandell Special to The New York Times

BUENOS AIRES, July 20 —Jose López Rega, the controversial right‐wing strongman of the Argentine Government, left the country last night in apparent exile as a result of presidential palace intrigue involving Cabinet ministers and the armed forces.

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4 Cancer Centers Find No Proof Of Therapy Value in Illegal Drug

By Jane E. Brody

4 cancer research centers working under Natl Cancer inst grant have been unable to confirm assertions that contraband drug laetrile can cure cancer or inhibit malignant growths; researchers involved agreed to discuss studies in face of rumors that insts, including Sloan-Kettering Inst, are suppressing results because they showed that laetrile did have effect against cancer; other centers are Arthur D Little, Cath Med Center and unidentified center; cancer inst dir Dr Frank J Rauscher comments (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 16, 1975, covering July 21, 1975.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Venus And Mars by Wings

    Venus And Mars

    Wings

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    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
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    Album cover for Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John

    Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

    Elton John

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    Peak
    1
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    7
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    Album cover for One Of These Nights by Eagles

    One Of These Nights

    Eagles

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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Love Will Keep Us Together by Captain & Tennille

    Love Will Keep Us Together

    Captain & Tennille

    Last week
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    Peak
    4
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    6
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    Album cover for Cut The Cake by Average White Band

    Cut The Cake

    Average White Band

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    4

Notable Births

Christopher Barzak

1975Christopher Barzak, American author and educator[†]

Christopher Barzak is an American author. He has published many short stories, beginning with "A Mad Tea Party" in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet in 1999. In 2007 he published his debut novel, One for Sorrow, which won the 2008 Crawford Award, and was a nominee for the 2008 Great Lakes Book Award as well as Logo TV's NewNowNext Awards. His second novel, The Love We Share Without Knowing, was a 2008 James Tiptree Jr. Award finalist and a 2009 Nebula Awards finalist for Best Novel. His first full-length short story collection, Before and Afterlives, was the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Single-Author Collection in 2013.

David Dastmalchian

1975David Dastmalchian, American actor[†]

David Dastmalchian is an American actor, writer, and producer. He has had supporting roles in a number of superhero franchises: he portrayed Thomas Schiff in The Dark Knight (2008), Kurt and Veb in the Ant-Man franchise, Abra Kadabra in the CW's The Flash, and Polka-Dot Man in The Suicide Squad (2021).

Cara Dillon

1975Cara Dillon, Irish singer-songwriter[†]

Cara Elizabeth Dillon is a Northern Irish folk singer. In 1995, she joined the folk supergroup Equation and signed a record deal with Warners Music Group. After leaving the group, she collaborated with Sam Lakeman under the name Polar Star. In 2001, she released her first solo album, Cara Dillon, which featured traditional songs and two original Dillon/Lakeman compositions. The album was an unexpected hit in the folk world, with Dillon receiving four nominations at the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

1975Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer[†]

Deshabandu Karuppiahyage Ravindra Pushpakumara, or Ravindra Pushpakumara, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil - Sinhalese mixed ancestry. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was a key member of Sri Lanka's 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team.

Mike Sellers

1975Mike Sellers, American football player[†]

Michael Sellers is a former American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He was the youngest import player to sign a Canadian Football League (CFL) deal in the history of the football league when he played at 19 years old for the Edmonton Eskimos. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the NFL's Washington Redskins, and also played for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL.

Historical Context for July 21, 1975

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