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Goodman and Costikyan make final get-out-the-vote plea for 1st 6 charter revision proposals; UFT opposes all 10 charter questions, holding they would increase racial and ethnic tensions and cost of govt and reduce accountability of elected officials; ex-Mayor Robert F Wagner says he will vote for 1st 4 amendments (M)
Pres Ford says Lt Gen Brent Scowcroft will succeed Henry A Kissinger as White House adviser on natl security, news conf; says Kissinger will remain State Sec (L)
R W Apple Jr analysis of impact on Pres Ford's Pres candidacy of Vice Pres Rockefeller's withdrawal as possible running mate; notes move may not help Ford as much as he expected; quotes conservative Repubs who are unimpressed, feeling that Rockefeller's disclosure came too late to swing conservatives behind Ford; lists possible replacements for Rockefeller as Ford running mate, including Sens William E Brock 3d and Howard H Baker Jr, and 3 new Ford appointees, George Bush, Elliot L Richardson and Donald H Rumsfeld; notes few politicians expect Ford to choose marked conservative; claims Ford must now contend with probable challenges from Reagan, John Connally and Repub moderates (M)
Moroccan King Hassan II has sent Premier Ahmed Osman to Spain and State Min for Cultural Affairs Haj Mohammed Bahnini to Algeria for talks over Spanish Sahara; also has dispatched Sec of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Cherkaoui to USSR on what officials describe as 'special mission to see USSR leaders' (S)
analysis of Ford's replacement of Schlesinger as Defense Sec, along with other high-level Cabinet and White House shifts, and their implications in foreign affairs, particularly on arms limitation agreement with USSR and detente in gen; Ford seen determined to reach arms accord, without which detente policy would be in serious jeopardy; Ford, in Nov 3 news conf, refuses to confirm it, but Schlesinger dismissal appears victory of sorts for Kissinger efforts to seek accommodation with USSR on arms limitation; Ford denies differences were factor in dismissal; upheaval seen possibly strengthening conservative critics of detente, including Sen Henry M Jackson; others encouraged by shifts (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 29, 1975, covering November 4, 1975.
Jefferson Starship
John Denver
Pink Floyd
Eagles
Linda Ronstadt
1975Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Éric Joseph Fichaud is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 95 games in the National Hockey League with four teams between 1996 and 2000. He was selected in the first round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 16th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1975Eduard Koksharov, Russian handball player[†]
Eduard Aleksandrovich Koksharov is a Russian handball player and coach of the HC Meshkov Brest.
1975Mikki Moore, American basketball player[†]
Clinton Renard "Mikki" Moore is an American former professional basketball player.
1975Orlando Pace, American football player[†]
Orlando Lamar Pace is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the St. Louis Rams. Pace played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, twice earning unanimous All-American honors, and was selected by the Rams with the first overall pick in the 1997 NFL draft. He spent all but one season of his professional career with St. Louis, concluding his NFL tenure as a member of the Chicago Bears.
1975Heather Tom, American actress and director[†]
Heather Tom is an American actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless, Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live and All My Children, and Katie Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful. On The Bold and the Beautiful she has earned four Daytime Emmy Awards and a total of six in her career, tying her for the most wins by a soap actress. In addition to her acting work, she has directed episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Dynasty, and Good Trouble.
1975Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (died 2010)[†]
Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright was an American professional basketball player for thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted seventh overall in the 1996 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers and also played for the Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers.
1975Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (born 1893)[†]
Francis Dvornik was a Czech academic medievalist, byzantinist, slavist and Catholic priest. He was one of the leading 20th century authorities on Slavic and Byzantine history and matters related to the churches of Rome and Constantinople. For almost three decades, he was a professor of Byzantine history at the Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies of Harvard University.
1975Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (born 1914)[†]
Izzat Husrieh was a renowned Syrian journalist, author, publisher and researcher. He contributed several books to the Arab library and his famous newspaper Al-Alam continued to form public opinion in Syria for two decades.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]