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Millions of US dollars are being funneled into Portuguese Socialist party and other parties by CIA through W Eur Socialist parties and labor unions, reviving dormant but traditional connections between agency and anti-Communist West Eur socialist and labor movement (L)
Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization agreed the 21‐year‐old military alliance should be phased out. Page 22.
Paul J Curran says he is resigning as US Atty, NYC, to return to private employment, presumably with his former law firm Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler; says resignation will become effective on Oct 31; Peter Leisure and Robert B Fiske Jr are being mentioned as possible successors; Curran announces promotion of John D Gordan 3d to post of exec asst US Atty to succeed Rudolph W Giuliani, who has resigned to become Assoc Deputy Atty Gen in Washington; John C Sabetta will succeed Gordon; Lawrence B Pedowitz will become asst chief appellate atty on prosecutor's staff; some cases handled by Curran's office during his less than 2 1/2-yr tenure noted; Curran career sketch; illus of Curran (M)
NYS Educ Comr Ewald B Nyquist will seek new state regulation setting minimum school-day lengths, effective in fall '76, which will outlaw shortened school week provided for in recent teacher strike settlement; criticizes NYC Educ Bd and UFT for agreement to drop 2 class periods a week for pupils in elementary and jhs in order to provide non-teaching preparation time for teachers; adoption of new regulations by NYS Regents Bd appears likely; reaction to proposal varies among participants in city teacher-strike settlement and educ groups, but consensus indicates that if state wants city to increase class time, it should also help pay for added cost; NYS Educ Dept official Dr Anthony E Torino, NYC Educ Bd pres Isaiah Robinson, NYC Deputy School Chancellor Bernard Gifford, PEA dir David Seeley, Com for Children dir Henry Salzman, and Bklyn School Bd member Philip Kaplan comment (M)
Israeli Foreign Min Allon and Soviet Foreign Min Gromyko meet for 3 hrs on Sept 24 at Soviet Mission to UN; it is highest-level Soviet-Israeli contact since Dec '73, when former Min Abba Eban met Gromyko in Geneva; Israeli officials say meeting was arranged by Israeli Amb to UN Chaim Herzog; meeting is of symbolic importance because Israeli-USSR relations have been severed since '67 Arab-Israeli war; Israeli official says Allon and Gromyko discussed general situation in Middle East (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 24, 1975, covering September 25, 1975.
Jefferson Starship
Ohio Players
Eagles
Bruce Springsteen
Janis Ian
1975Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian skier[†]
Daniela Ceccarelli is an Italian alpine skiing coach and former World Cup Alpine skier.
1975Declan Donnelly, English entertainer[†]
Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly is a British television presenter, television producer, former singer, rapper, comedian and actor. He is best known for working alongside Ant McPartlin as part of the presenting duo Ant & Dec.
1975Matt Hasselbeck, American football player[†]
Matthew Michael Hasselbeck is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football for the Boston College Eagles and was selected in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers. After a season on the practice squad and two seasons backing up Brett Favre, he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in 2001, where he spent the majority of his career. Hasselbeck led Seattle to six playoff appearances, including the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance during the 2005 season. He was selected to three Pro Bowls in his career. Hasselbeck also played for the Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts. He is a former analyst for ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown.
1975Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach[†]
Dat Tan Nguyen is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for seven seasons with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies, earning unanimous All-American honors. He is the first Vietnamese-American to be drafted, play, and be recognized as an All-Pro in the NFL.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]