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Sec Kissinger says US aid proposal for Middle East, which Pres Ford will submit to Cong in Sept, will include compensation for additional cost to Israel of purchasing oil on world mkt; Israel has asked US for $350-million a yr to cover cost of oil and for assurances of US oil supply should Iran decide in future to cut off oil sales to Israel (M)
Samuel Bronfman 2d rescued on Aug 17 by 40 to 60 FBI agents and NYC Police officers in apt in Flatbush sec of Bklyn; 2 men, identified as NYC fireman Mel Patrick Lynch and Dominic Byrne, are arrested and initially charged with extortion by use of mails; ransom of $2.3-million is recovered in vacant apt in area; FBI NY head J Wallace LaPrade says that Byrne contacted NYC police and led police and FBI agents to Lynch's apt where Bronfman was found bound and gagged; says FBI is discounting Byrne's story that he and Lynch were coerced into kidnapping by 2 unidentified gunmen; Bronfman reptdly is in good condition and meets with his family at their 5th Av apt in NYC; other details noted; illus (L)
“Mommy, why are all the people in the lobby?” the little towhead asked his mother as they emerged yesterday from their first‐floor apartment in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn at 6:30 A.M. and noticed the group of women in housecoats talking near a table in front of a 10‐foot‐high mirror.
Some economists believe decontrol of oil prices at end of Aug could dampen somewhat sluggish econ recovery now under way (S)
illus of anti-Communist demonstrator being beaten during Communist party rally in Alcobaca
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 13, 1975, covering August 18, 1975.
Eagles
The Isley Brothers
Jefferson Starship
Average White Band
Elton John
1975Kaitlin Olson, American actress and comedian[â ]
Kaitlin Willow Olson McElhenney is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role as Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds in the FX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005âpresent). She currently stars as Morgan Gillory in the ABC crime drama series High Potential (2024âpresent).
1975Odd LindbĂ€ck-Larsen, Norwegian Army general and war historian (born 1897)[â ]
Odd LindbÀck-Larsen was a Norwegian military officer and war historian. He participated in the Norwegian Campaign in Northern Norway during the Second World War as the chief-of-staff, under general Fleischer. He spent most of the war in Norwegian and German concentration camps. He continued his military career after the war, eventually with the rank of major general and military attaché in Stockholm. He wrote several books on Norwegian military history.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[â ]