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Sec Kissinger tells delegation representing Conf of Presidents of Major Amer Jewish Orgns that Israel's request for $3.3-billion in mil and econ aid for this fiscal yr is likely to run into trouble on Capitol Hill if Adm recommends anything near that total; suggests that $2-billion is about all that could be expected to receive Cong approval (M)
Tass, in commentary within hrs of Pres Ford's warning US will step up nuclear arms spending if no SALT agreement is reached with USSR in Geneva, holds new agreement well within reach (S)
WNCN‐FM will return to the air with “primarily a classical‐music format” next Monday at 8 P.M., it was announced today. Page 75.
San Francisco police complete 1st day of strike on Aug 19 as sporadic violence, aimed mainly at picketing policemen, erupts and Mayor Alioto calls for calm; negotiations between city's Supervisors Bd and Police Officers Assn produce no settlement and city officials obtain temporary restraining order prohibiting picketing and ordering police back to work pending hearing on Sept 2; police, however, ignore order and union head Gerald Crowley calls it unconst; Alioto says that dismissal procedures against striking policemen will begin on Aug 20 and that contempt citations and arrest warrants will be sought against defiant union leaders; other developments noted; illus (M)
Peter E DeBlasio, defense atty for Dominic Bryne, says that Byrne has cast himself at an innocent unwittingly involved in Samuel Bronfman 2d kidnapping who 'didn't want to hurt anybody, including the perpetrator,' and ended up with thanks from the victim; says that when FBI agents rescued Bronfman he thanked Byrne and said that he would do everything possible to help him; Bronfman family and Fed agents refuse to confirm assertions; Walter Higgins, ct appointed lawyer for Mel Patrick Lynch, says that events, if true, are totally inconsistent and abnormal and represent rather severe aberration in Lynch's way of life; Fed investigators rept that original ransom lr demanding $4.6-million, with death threats for both victim and his father, arrived lacking 10 cents in postage; lr reptdly also contained comma in st address on envelope and this suggested to investigators that writer was raised either in Eng or Ireland (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 20, 1975, covering August 20, 1975.
Eagles
The Isley Brothers
Jefferson Starship
Elton John
Average White Band
1975Marcin Adamski, Polish footballer and manager[†]
Marcin Adamski is a Polish football executive, manager and former player. He is currently the chairman of III liga club Flota Świnoujście.
1975Marko Martin, Estonian pianist and educator[†]
Marko Martin is an Estonian pianist trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, teaching at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. He is a member of the Association of Estonian Professional Musicians and the Eduard Tubin Society.
1975Shaun Newton, English footballer[†]
Shaun O'Neill Newton is an English former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder for Charlton Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Ham United and Leicester City before ending his professional football career in 2008.
1975Elijah Williams, American football player and coach[†]
Elijah Elgebra Williams is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back and kick returner for four seasons with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Williams played college football for the Florida Gators, and thereafter he played in the NFL for the Falcons.
1975Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.[†]
The Viking program consisted of a pair of identical American space probes, Viking 1 and Viking 2 both launched in 1975, and landed on Mars in 1976. The mission effort began in 1968 and was managed by the NASA Langley Research Center. Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter spacecraft which photographed the surface of Mars from orbit, and a lander which studied the planet from the surface. The orbiters also served as communication relays for the landers once they touched down.
1975ČSA Flight 540 crashes on approach to Damascus International Airport in Damascus, Syria, killing 126 people.[†]
ČSA Flight 540 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Prague, Czechoslovakia to Tehran, Iran via Damascus, Syria and Baghdad, Iraq. On 20 August 1975, the flight, operated by an Ilyushin Il-62, crashed 17 km (11 mi) from Damascus International Airport while descending at night in clear weather, breaking up and catching fire on impact. 126 of the 128 passengers and crew died in the accident, making it Syria's worst air disaster and the worst air disaster for the airline. Following the crash, the Czechoslovak government sent their condolences to the victims and Damascus.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]