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September 16, 1975

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Sadai Assails ‘Pressure’ By Palestinians and Soviet

By Henry Tanner Special to The New York Times

Egyptian Pres Sadat, in defiant and angry televised speech, pledges on Sept 15 that no amt of pressure from USSR, Palestinians or any other source will cause Egypt to deviate from policy he has chosen for it; describes Palestinian guerrillas who are holding Egyptian Embassy in Madrid as being duped by false information spread by USSR and Syria; says he has agreed to request by guerrillas to be flown to Algeria along with their hostages and Iraqi and Algerian Ambs to Madrid; accuses USSR and Syria of deliberately seeking to divide Arab world and isolate Egypt; accuses USSR of trying to poison minds of Arabs against him by saying that there are secret clauses in Egyptian-Israeli Sinai agreement he negotiated with Sec Kissinger; denies Soviet accusation that Egyptian takeover of Voice of Palestine, Cairo radio broadcasting set-up of PLO, was done so in obedience to secret provision of agreement; relates that 4 MIG-25 reconnaissance planes stationed in Egypt refused to fly anywhere near Israeli-occupied Sinai and how therefore he had come to conclusion that planes, which were being flown by Soviet pilots, were in Egypt for reasons that had nothing to do with Egyptian security; says that for this reason he grounded planes and they were withdrawn 3 days ago; informed Communist-bloc sources reptd almost 2 mos ago that planes were withdrawn at that time; sources say implication of Sadat's statement is that planes were being used for spy missions against US Mediterranean fleet; Sadat also charges that USSR refused to give Egypt modern bridging equipment for crossing of Suez Canal, and that Egyptian attack, in 1st hrs of Oct '73 war had to be made with pontoons of World War II vintage; repeats earlier statements that Soviet Premier Kosygin and Amb Vladimir M Vinogradov put pressure on him during '73 war to enter into what he calls premature cease-fire; purpose of Sadat's address is to commem 2d anniversary of '73 war (M)

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Credit Rater Warns State On Additional Aid to City

By Francis X. Clines

Standard & Poor's warns that further NYS emergency financial aid to NYC will jeopardize NYS AA credit rating and fiscal integrity; Gov Carey says that warning 'supports precisely' his position that no further action by NYS is possible and that some sort of Fed help is needed; Sen Warren M Anderson concurs; 1st part of emergency aid--$468-million--delivered to city on Sept 16; includes $250-million in funds borrowed by state last wk at record interest rates (L)

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Senators Hear C.I.A. Sent A Poison to Kill Lumumba

By Nicholas M. Horrock Special to The New York Times

US Sen Select Com on Intelligence has heard testimony that CIA transferred poison to African outpost in '61 for use in killing Patrice Lumumba, but that poison was never administered; information allegedly came from intelligence officer in charge of poison in Africa; his name will not be disclosed in order to protect him from retaliation by African nationalists; Lumumba was deposed as Congolese Premier in Dec '60 and taken as prisoner to Leopoldville on Feb 9, '61; central Govt announced that he escaped with 2 companions and on Feb 13 was murdered by Congolese tribesmen; testimony about poison is expected to become part of com's rept on assassination plots; Richard Bissell, chief of agency's covert operations, says orgn only studied 'feasibility' of killing Lumumba; says he cannot recall details of what happened; testimony in hands of com make it appear that plans went further than mere 'feasibility' (L)

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Credit Rater Warns State On Additional Aid to City

By Francis X. Clines

Standard & Poor's warns that further NYS emergency financial aid to NYC will jeopardize NYS AA credit rating and fiscal integrity; Gov Carey says that warning 'supports precisely' his position that no further action by NYS is possible and that some sort of Fed help is needed; Sen Warren M Anderson concurs; 1st part of emergency aid--$468-million--delivered to city on Sept 16; includes $250-million in funds borrowed by state last wk at record interest rates (L)

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Male Sex Debility Traced to Marijuana

By Jane E. Brody

Study of men under 30 yrs of age who smoked marijuana, conducted by Reproductive Biology Research Foundation and Univ of Calif, indicates that drug can interfere with production of reproductive hormones-in some cases suppressing male sex hormone testosterone to levels that could result in impotence or infertility; finding, made public at 1st meeting of Internatl Acad of Sex Research, indicates drug is cause of lowered testosterone levels and that effect can be reversed within 2 wks of halt in marijuana use; experiments, directed by Dr William H Masters and reptd by Dr Robert C Kolodny, described; earlier study showing no effect of marijuana use on testosterone levels noted (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 10, 1975, covering September 16, 1975.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Heat Is On by The Isley Brothers

    The Heat Is On

    The Isley Brothers

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  2. 2
    Album cover for Red Octopus by Jefferson Starship

    Red Octopus

    Jefferson Starship

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  3. 3
    Album cover for Between The Lines by Janis Ian

    Between The Lines

    Janis Ian

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    26
  4. 4
    Album cover for Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John

    Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

    Elton John

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
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    Album cover for One Of These Nights by Eagles

    One Of These Nights

    Eagles

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12

Notable Births

Jason Leffler

1975Jason Leffler, American race car driver (died 2013)[†]

Jason Charles Leffler was an American professional open-wheel and stock car racing driver. Leffler began racing in the open-wheel ranks, competing in the 2000 Indianapolis 500 before moving to primarily NASCAR competition. He died from injuries sustained in a 410 sprint car race at Bridgeport Speedway in Bridgeport, New Jersey.

Shannon Noll

1975Shannon Noll, Australian singer-songwriter[†]

Shannon Noll is an Australian singer-songwriter who first came to prominence as runner-up of the first season of Australian Idol in 2003, which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. He has released five top-ten albums, including two number-one multi-platinum sellers. Noll's first ten singles all peaked inside the ARIA top ten, including three that reached number one. He is the only Australian male artist in Australian chart history to have ten consecutive top-ten singles. Noll's debut single, "What About Me?", was certified 4× platinum and became the highest-selling single of 2004 in Australia.

Toks Olagundoye

1975Toks Olagundoye, Nigerian actress[†]

Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke "Toks" Olagundoye is a Nigerian actress known for playing Jackie Joyner-Kersee on The Neighbors, Hayley Shipton on Castle and Olivia Finch on Frasier. She also voices Nanefua Pizza on Steven Universe, Mrs. Beakley on DuckTales, Countess Cleo on Carmen Sandiego, Zamfir on Castlevania and Mel Medarda on Arcane.

Historical Events

Papua New Guinea

1975Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.[†]

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has a land border with Indonesia to the west and neighbours Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east. Its capital, on its southern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest island country, with an area of 462,840 km2 (178,700 sq mi).

Cape Verde

1975Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.[†]

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres (1,557 sq mi). These islands lie between 600 and 850 kilometres west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The Cape Verde islands form part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Isles.

Mikoyan MiG-31

1975The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.[†]

The Mikoyan MiG-31 is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed for the Soviet Air Forces by the Mikoyan design bureau as a replacement for the earlier MiG-25 "Foxbat"; the MiG-31 is based on and shares design elements with the MiG-25.

Historical Context for September 16, 1975

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