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The Federal board set up to supervise the Government backing of loans to the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation is investigating whether Lockheed violated its contractual obligations to the Government by not disclosing to the board that it had paid $22‐million to foreign officials and political organizations. Page 29.
Royal Air Maroc: Boeing 707 jetliner, owned by Alia (Royal Jordanian Airline) and chartered by Royal Air Maroc, crashes during landing approach to Agadir, Morocco, killing all 188 persons aboard; slams into mountainside near Imzizen, 30 mi NE of Agadir; was transporting Moroccan workers from France for summer vacations; similar disasters recalled; map of crash site (M)
Intricate $1-billion pkg of bond sales, bank loans and cash advance by state moves toward final shape as bankers and financial officials work vigorously to try to raise cash to avert NYC default in Aug; 1 Munic Assistance Corp official terms pkg 'the most complex financing arrangement I have ever seen'; key elements in arrangement are reptd to be: $100-million payment to city by corp, with money it has left over from $1-billion bond issue sold in July, $250-million interim loan to corp by major banks, extension by banks on $100-million in loans to city coming due Aug 22 or purchase by banks of $100-million in corp bonds, $200-million public issuance of corp bonds, with Chase Manhattan Bank and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith leading effort to sell bonds to insts around country, $120-million advance of payments due city by state later in yr and $100-million sale of corp bonds to line-up of other local financial insts (L)
Justice Dept officials say dept attys looking into possible wrongdoing by CIA have concluded that CIA employes acted illegally in opening and photographing mail in transit between US and Communist countries; 1 official says a main problem is fact that Fed statute of limitations, normally 5 yrs in most felony cases, nullified prosecution against may of CIA's activities in '50s and '60s; says this is not the case with CIA's mail-opening operations, which are said to have continued in San Francisco area until '71 and at Kennedy Internatl Airport in NYC until '73; reptd conclusion of Justice attys may hold significance for eventual prosecution of other domestic activities by CIA that, like mail openings, possesed element of foreign involvement; 1 official discusses confusion that results from conflicting testimony and accusations unaccompanied by independent evidence; mail-interception programs described (M)
FBI Dir Clarence M Kelley says bur is entering into investigation of James R Hoffa's disappearance because 'extortionate communications have been recd; says bur is 'assuming investigative jurisdiction under Fed extortion statutes'; informed source says communications involved threats against Hoffa's family and close associate of his but did not involve money; says 1 of recipients of threats was Barbara Crancer, Hoffa's daughter; Hoffa on July 30 told his family that he was going to meet with alleged Mafia figure Anthony Giacalone; 2 other men linked with purported plan for meeting are Detroit labor consultant Leonard Schultz and former Teamster vp Anthony Provenzano; police say Provenzano was seen in Detroit on July 30 but he says he has not been in Mich for 10 yrs and has not been in contact with Hoffa for 4 yrs; Schultz and Giacalone also deny that they were to have met with Hoffa (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 30, 1975, covering August 4, 1975.
Eagles
Captain & Tennille
The Isley Brothers
Elton John
Wings
1975Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (died 2009)[†]
Andrew Alcott Hallett was an American actor and singer who became known from playing the part of Lorne in the television series Angel (2000–2004). He used his singing talents often on the show, and performed two songs on the series' 2005 soundtrack album, Angel: Live Fast, Die Never.
1975Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer[†]
Nikolaos "Nikos" Liberopoulos is a retired Greek former professional international footballer who played as a forward. He is famous for his aim-to-goal shot, his innate in-play instincts, and his technical attacking skills. Liberopoulos is a unique player in Greek domestic football, as he is equally adored by fans of both AEK Athens and Panathinaikos. He is the only player to be recorded in the top ten scorers of all time for both these teams. Indeed, after seven seasons at Panathinaikos Liberopoulos scored 103 goals. On 10 May 2012, he reached a milestone 100 goals for AEK Athens after a brace against Atromitos, making him the only player in history to score a hundred goals for both Athens clubs. On 8 September 2017, he became the Technical Director of AEK.
1975Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland[†]
Jutta Pauliina Urpilainen is a Finnish politician. She was the first female chair of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, which she led from 2008 to 2014. She was the Minister of Finance as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2011 to 2014. Between 2019 and 2024, she served as the European Commissioner for International Partnerships in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen. Urpilainen announced her candidacy for the 2024 election for President of Finland in November 2023.
1975Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress[†]
Daniella van Graas is a Dutch fashion model, cover girl, and actress. She has appeared in movies, on television, and between 1997 and 2003, on the cover of several magazines. In 2012, she was featured in the Dutch television show The Prettiest Girl in Class.
1975The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.[†]
The Japanese Red Army was a militant communist organization active from 1971 to 2001. It was designated a terrorist organization by Japan and the United States. The JRA was founded by Fusako Shigenobu and Tsuyoshi Okudaira in February 1971, and was most active in the 1970s and 1980s, operating mostly out of Lebanon with PFLP collaboration and funding from Muammar Gaddafi's Libya, as well as Syria and North Korea.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]