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illus of Joe Frazier recoiling from blow to head by Muhammad Ali in heavyweight champ bout on Sept 30, Manila, Philippines, in which Ali retains title on technical knockout
Mgt and Budget Office dir James T Lynn submits request to Cong for $13.5-million more this yr for Secret Service protection of Pres Ford and Dem Pres candidates (M)
Secret Service dir H Stuart Knight and asst dir James T Burke tell Sen Appropriations subcom on Treas Postal Service and Gen Govt that only a few hrs before Sara Jane Moore allegedly tried to assassinate Pres Ford she made 5 attempts to telephone agents protecting him but was never able to reach them; say Moore made 3 calls to San Francisco dist office. 1 to FBI and 1 to San Francisco Police Dept; say calls, or fact that they had been made, were not relayed to agents who questioned Moore and that her attempts to telephone them were not discovered until after shooting incident; former Pres candidates, Sens B Goldwater, H H Humphrey, E Muskie and G McGovern, urge that Ford and other candidates for Pres restrain their campaigning next yr so they will not open themselves to future attempts against their lives; Treas Sec W E Simon testifies that number of overt threats against Ford have tripled since 2 incidents in Calif; other testimony discloses that Fed agents are seeking member of Amer Indian Movement armed with automatic weapons who indicated to undercover agents that he was interested in Pres's movements; an alcoholic in Belleville, Ill, who is former mental patient and who offered undercover agent $25,000 early this mo to kill Ford, has been arrested and is in mental inst; last 6 persons involved in pol assassinations or attempted shootings of prominent Amers were not on Secret Service 'trip list' of suspected assassins; Knight and Burke provide almost hr-by-hr account of interest of Secret Service in Moore and her activities; Sen J M Montoya demands that FBI Deputy Assoc Dir James B Adams provide subcom with exact details about whether Inspector Jack O'Shea of San Francisco Police Dept told FBI agents on Sept 20 that he was 'apprehensive about Mrs Moore' (L)
Yale Univ on Oct 1 will announce establishment of Grad School of Organization and Mgt to train leaders for both business and govt service; William H Donaldson to head school, which is expected to open next fall and will combine study of business adm and public mgt techniques; Donaldson comments, int, NYC; alumni group that included Frederick Beinecke, Daniel C Searle and late Milton Steinback, began planning for school 2 yrs ago, and donated $15-million as endowment (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 1, 1975, covering October 1, 1975.
Pink Floyd
John Denver
Eagles
Bruce Springsteen
Janis Ian
1975Justin Leppitsch, Australian rules footballer[†]
Justin Leppitsch is a former professional Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
1975Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer and coach[†]
Zoltan Sebescen is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back or right-winger.
1975Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1935)[†]
Albert J. Jackson Jr. was an American drummer, producer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a group of session musicians who worked for Stax Records and produced their own instrumentals. Jackson was affectionately dubbed "The Human Timekeeper" for his drumming ability. He was posthumously inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s in 1992.
1975Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.[†]
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III, billed as the Thrilla in Manila, was the third and final professional boxing match between undisputed champion Muhammad Ali, and former champion Joe Frazier, for the heavyweight championship of the world. The bout was conceded after fourteen rounds on October 1, 1975, at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines, located in Rizal at the time of the event. The venue was temporarily renamed the "Philippine Coliseum" for this match. Ali won by corner retirement (RTD) after Frazier's chief second, Eddie Futch, asked the referee to stop the fight after the 14th round. The contest's name is derived from Ali's rhyming boast that the fight would be "a killa and a thrilla and a chilla, when I get that gorilla in Manila."
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]