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In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]
1975Earle Cabell, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (born 1906)[†]
Earle Cabell was an American politician who served as the 48th mayor of Dallas from 1961 to 1964. Cabell was mayor at the time of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy and was later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
1975Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.[†]
The 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition was the first to successfully climb Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces. In the post-monsoon season Chris Bonington led the expedition that used rock climbing techniques to put fixed ropes up the face from the Western Cwm to just below the South Summit. A key aspect of the success of the climb was the scaling of the cliffs of the Rock Band at about 8,200 metres (27,000 ft) by Nick Estcourt and Tut Braithwaite.
Gromyko addresses UN General Assembly (M)
One man was reported dead as Hurricane Eloise struck west Florida and Alabama. Thousands fled homes in coastal areas. Page 22.
Sen Buckley says that impact of NYC default has been exaggerated, news conf; opposes Fed loan guarantees of city bonds; Sen Javits backs Fed action, conditional on strict standards of efficiency, to help re-establish mkt for munic securities (S)
Patricia Hearst signs affavit on Sept 23 setting out story of physical mistreatment, confinement, terror and possible use of LSD that document says caused her to take part in robbery of Hibernia Bank in San Francisco for which she was arrested; her attys hoped affidavit would cause her to be freed on bail, but she is not and her bail hearing is continued for week pending psychiatric rept; document, prepared by her lawyers and signed by her, contains some contradiction with previously disclosed information about her actions since her kidnapping of Feb 4, '74; text of document; Miss Hearst's parents, Randolph and Catherine Hearst, also submit affidavits; Asst US Atty David Bancroft, following affidavit, reads from transcript he says is conversation between Miss Hearst and schoolgirl friend Patricia Tobin during jail visit; transcript discloses that Miss Hearst lived with Steve Soliah, who has been arrested for harboring a fugitive; illus (L)
biog of Sara Jane Moore, who is accused of attempting to assassinate Pres Ford in San Francisco on Sept 22; Moore's 9-yr-old son Frederick is in protective custody, repts say Moore was married twice, had total of 4 children and 2 divorces; she is said to have had infrequent jobs as accountant and to have been participant in civil rights and radical left causes; she has also been identified as FBI informant; Charleston Gazette (W Va) says her name was Sara Jane Kahn; illus of Moore last June; illus of Moore in custody (L)
policemen and garbage collectors, Bayonne, NJ, stage strike in dispute over wages; large numbers of firemen fail to rept for work; Mayor Dennis P Collins refuses to negotiate with reprs of striking unions until members return to work; says uncollected garbage is major problem facing community; City Council approves contract with private sanitation co to begin collecting garbage; munic unions are seeking wage increases of up to 24%; map; illus (M)
Judge Thomas J MacBride rules that Lynette Alice Fromme is mentally competent to stand trial on charge of attempting to assassinate Pres Ford on Sept 5 in Sacramento, Calif; grants Fromme's request to represent herself; ruling comes after testimony by psychiatrist Dr James R Richmond; Richmond's rept is sealed; MacBride tells Fromme that he will insist on clear compliance with 'issues of the case' during trial; says he will not permit pol or other statements; MacBride rules that only Fromme or Fromme's 'co-counsel' E Richard Walker will be permitted to cross-examine witnesses; Fromme requests small desk, chair and typewriter in her cell; MacBride says he has no objection to desk and chair; refuses to issue order directing sheriff to allow her longer visiting hr so she could prepare her defense; Fromme illus (M)
Pres Ford tells aides he will not be 'hostage' in White House; rejects suggestions that he curtail his public appearances after 2d apparent attempt on his life in 17 days; press sec Ron Nessen says Ford believes it would fundamentally alter Amer dem system if he were to 'take refuge' in White House; says that of 73 telegrams and telephoned messages recd by White House overnight voicing opinion on Ford's frequent travels, 68 urge that he cut back on trips and 5 encourage their continuation (L)
Com of top Cong leaders recommends that Secret Service protection be offered immediately to all Pres candidates qualified to receive Fed campaign funds, following second attempt on Pres Ford's life; com singles out Sens Henry M Jackson and Lloyd M Bentsen, Repr Morris K Udall and Gov George C Wallace; fails to mention two others who say they now qualify for Fed funds, Jimmy Carter and Sargent Shriver; com meeting was convened by Sen Mike Mansfield; others on com listed; some aspirants' wives comment on proposed new security (M)
Fed sources confirm that Secret Service learned 2 days before Pres Ford's visit to San Francisco that Sara Jane Moore had suggested to local police that she might try to 'test' Pres security system; despite warning and a Sept 21 int by Secret Service agents, Moore was not subjected to surveillance by authorities; authorities did confiscate .44-caliber pistol from Moore during Sept 21 visit; 1 source says Moore's previous relations with FBI as informer were not factor in decision not to place her under surveillance; another source says he knows of no attempt by Secret Service to solicit information about Moore from FBI between Sept 20 and time of shooting; Secret Service spokesman Jack Warner comments; Sen J M Montoya discloses that Moore was not included in 47,000-name computer index of individuals suspected of presenting danger to Pres; says he recd information that Moore asked San Francisco police officer to take her into custody on Sept 20; Charles Barca, chief of inspectors for San Francisco Police Dept, and Asst Treas Sec David R MacDonald comment (L)
Shah says he will reduce inflation rate in Iran to 'minus zero' by end of '75, from its recent level of 20% or more, int with John B Oakes; charges that for yrs before recent oil-price increases West had 'just been plundering our country'; concedes that Iran might be heading for deficit in its balance-of-payments in near future; says he will borrow money from private banks; says he will step down from throne in about 12 yrs in favor of his son, who will then be in his 20s; says that by '78 his country will be on par with 'best in Eur today' and he could at that point allow his son to succeed him; says he will not allow freedoms of speech, press and pol characteristic of democratic societies for at least another 20 yrs because 'I want to build this country first so that nothing can threaten it'; asserts that only real dissidents in Iran are Communist-oriented subversives; says there is room for dissent to be expressed within 1 new natl party to which 'everyone' now belongs; says criticism of monarchy, Const and principles of what is called 'Shah and People Revolution' cannot be tolerated; insists he is seeking 'participation of all citizens in our material and pol life'; denies allegation that gap between rich and poor in Iran is widening; points to benefits to poor such as free educ, food subsidies, price controls on consumer goods and wage increases on sliding scale; says only real opposition comes from terrorists and Communists guided from outside Iran and from conservative Moslem elements; says Iran and USSR are 'excellent friends'; says 1 reason for Iran's huge mil expansion is to establish deterent against any potential Soviet desire to penetrate southward; says he is not interested in nuclear arms; says that if 20 or 30 small countries go into developing nuclear weapons he might revise his policy (L)
HR passes major long-range energy bill that reduces number of chauffeured limousines available to Govt officials in Washington from several hundred to 24 (S)