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Several thousand demonstrators protested slashes in the city's antipoverty programs yesterday by blocking traffic at major intersections and by holding marches and rallies throughout the city.
US Sen, 52-47, approves compromise amendment by Sen E M Kennedy providing for partial dismantling of Safeguard ABM site at Grand Forks, ND, after Kennedy fails in effort to close site, as provided in HR bill; US and USSR, under treaty, are each restricted to 1 ABM site; Defense Deputy Sec William P Clements Jr, in lr to members of Sen Appropriations Com, says shutting down site would be direct act of unilateral disarmament that would weaken US bargaining position in SALT negotiations; Kennedy notes Army was planning to mothball facility in July anyway (M)
Munic Assistance Corp chmn Felix G Rohatyn says that NYS Gov Carey has agreed to give munic unions and local banks voice in governing city by expanding Emergency Financial Control Bd; Munic Assistance Corp agrees to fill current vacancy among 9 members with union repr; membership on bd is of especial importance to unions; agreement on union representation was reached during talks last wk in which unions agreed to provide $2.5-billion from pension funds as part of deal to provide cash for NYC over next 3 yrs; State, County and Munic Employes official Victor H Gotbaum and UFT pres Albert Shanker have held preliminary talks on who should be chosen as labor repr; NYC Council Against Poverty chmn James E Greenidge calls for black and Hispanic members on bd (M)
New Haven, Conn, teachers' strike spreads as munic labor unions representing 1,000 nonacad Educ Bd employes protest jailing of 77 striking teachers; move by Greater New Haven Central Labor Council comes hrs after Judge George A Saden finds teachers from Wilbur Cross and Richard C Lee hss guilty of contempt for disobeying back-to-work order; possibility of schools' closing in wake of council's action noted; New Haven Teachers Federation vows to continue its strike, despite Saden's action (M)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10—President Ford told the New York Republican Congressional delegation today that if the Legislature took action on Governor Carey's fiscal plan, he would, in their words, “look with sympathy” toward shortterm Federal assistance for New York City.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 19, 1975, covering November 19, 1975.
Elton John
John Denver
Jefferson Starship
Linda Ronstadt
Pink Floyd
1975Toby Bailey, American basketball player and agent[â ]
John Garfield "Toby" Bailey is an American former professional basketball player. He is currently a sports agent.
1975Sushmita Sen, Indian actress, model and Miss Universe 1994[â ]
Sushmita Sen is an Indian actress and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Universe 1994, becoming the first Indian woman to win the title. Sen has since predominantly worked in Hindi films, and is a recipient of a Filmfare Award and a Filmfare OTT Award.
1975Roger D. Branigin, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Governor of Indiana (born 1902)[â ]
Roger Douglas Branigin was an American politician who was the 42nd governor of Indiana, serving from January 11, 1965, to January 13, 1969. A World War II veteran and well-known public speaker, Branigin took office with a Democratic general assembly, the first time since the Great Depression that Democrats controlled both the executive and legislative branches of the Indiana state government. Branigin was a conservative Democrat who oversaw repeal of the state's personal property taxes on household goods, increased access to higher education, and began construction of Indiana's deep-water port at Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan. During his one term as governor, Branigin exercised his veto power one hundred times, a record number for a single term. Branigin was the last Democrat to serve as governor of Indiana until Evan Bayh took office in 1989.
1975Rudolf Kinau, German writer in Low German (born 1887)[â ]
Rudolf Kinau, also known as Rudi Kinau was a Low German writer.
1975Elizabeth Taylor (novelist), English novelist, (born 1912)[â ]
Elizabeth Taylor was an English novelist and short-story writer. Kingsley Amis described her as "one of the best English novelists born in this century". Antonia Fraser called her "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century", while Hilary Mantel said she was "deft, accomplished and somewhat underrated".
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[â ]