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article on Ford-Cong conflict over whether fuel prices should be permitted to rise discusses various potential strategies for energy conservation, including steep gasoline tax (S)
few offices are at stake in NYS elections; Dems likely to win every contest in 5 boros of NYC; no statewide offices are at stake (M)
Spain's major opposition alliances Communist-led Dem Junta and Socialist-dominated Dem Platform issue joint call for eventual referendum to decide what form of govt Spain should have in post-Franco era; say they will conduct peaceful campaign to establish multiparty dem based on popular sovereignty; other demands noted (S)
article on NYC Mayor Beame's attempts to rid Times Sq area of pornography and prostitution, 1st of 2 articles on area; every city adm for last 40 yrs has conducted at least 1 drive to clean up area; fact that no approach has been effective underscores difficulty Beame adm faces; law enforcement efforts in some cases have been frustrated by ct rulings, which have declared law affecting prostitution and display of obscene materials so vague as to be unconst; in other cases laws against prostitution and obscenity are not being fully enforced because police and prosecutors lack manpower or are unwilling to treat issues with top priority when confronted with need to deal with violent crimes
Survey of housing and munic officials shows that $11-billion Housing and Community Development Act of '74 has not made impact on housing supply; act is supposed to replace public housing but only 200 families have used program; Cong has ordered HUD to use at least $50-million for traditional public housing (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 29, 1975, covering November 2, 1975.
Jefferson Starship
John Denver
Pink Floyd
Eagles
Linda Ronstadt
1975Danny Cooksey, American actor and musician[â ]
Daniel Ray Allen Cooksey Jr. is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his roles in television shows, such as Diff'rent Strokes, The Cavanaughs, Xiaolin Showdown, and Salute Your Shorts, for providing the voice of Montana "Monty" Max in Tiny Toon Adventures, and for his role as a friend to the young John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
1975StĂ©phane Sarrazin, French race car driver[â ]
StĂ©phane Jean-Marc Sarrazin is a French racing and rally driver. He has won races across a number of single-seater, sportscar and rallying disciplines and competitions, was French Formula Renault champion in 1994, and Le Mans Series champion in both 2007 and 2010. Although he has never won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, he has finished on the podium six times, including four outright second positions. He participated in one Formula One Grand Prix, the 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix, for Minardi as a replacement for Luca Badoer, who had injured his wrist. He suffered a big spin in the race coming up to the start-finish straight on lap 31 and scored no championship points. He also carried out testing duties for the Prost Grand Prix team during the 1999â2001 Formula One seasons and for Toyota Racing in their first season in 2002.
1975Chris Walla, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[â ]
Christopher Ryan Walla is an American musician, record producer, and film music composer, best known for being a former guitarist and songwriter for the band Death Cab for Cutie.
1975Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922)[â ]
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian poet, film director, writer, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influential both as an artist and a political figure. He is known for directing The Gospel According to St. Matthew, the films from Trilogy of Life and SalĂČ, or the 120 Days of Sodom.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[â ]