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November 23, 1975

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Headlines from November 23, 1975

FORD OR KISSINGER MAY SEE BREMEV ON ARMS DEADLOCK

By Bernard Gwertzman;Special to The New York Times

Key Amer officials suggest Sec Kissinger may make trip to Moscow in near future to conf directly with Brezhnev in effort to bread deadlock in negotiations for offensive strategic arms limitation; another possibility, though more remote, is that Ford and Brezhnev may meet; Brezhnev's health is factor in time involved in discussions, intelligence sources reptg there is now more collective decision making in Kremlin; key issues of Backfire airplane and cruise missile discussed (M)

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One Dead as U.S. Ships Collide in Mediterranean

By Unknown Author

US aircraft carrier John F Kennedy and guided-missile cruiser Belknap collide, Nov 22, during flight operations in Mediterranean Sea; Pentagon repts 1 known death, sees other casualties likely; repts fires on Belknap are under control after 2 1/2 hrs, fires on Kennedy are put out quickly; repts Belknap is under tow; Navy Adm David H Bagley orders probe; Capt William Gureck commands Kennedy, Walter R Shafer is capt of Belknap; ships illus (M)

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Warren Panel Aide Calls for 2d Inquiry Into Kennedy Killing

By Nicholas M. Horrock Special to The New York Times

David W Belin, former counsel to Warren Comm, calls on Cong to reopen inquiry into Pres Kennedy's death because of new questions posed by findings of US involvement in assassination plots against foreign leaders; says he believes new inquiry would not upset Warren Comm conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald alone killed Pres Kennedy and Dallas policeman J D Tippit; declines to rule out that new inquiry might discover conspiracy; says CIA, FBI and then-Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy did not tell Warren Comm about plots to assassinate Cuban Premier Castro; chastises FBI for withholding lr Oswald wrote shortly before assassination in which he threatened to blow up a Dallas police station; suggests Cong investigate whether or not 'there is any credible evidence of a foreign conspiracy'; says he has filed freedom of information request for govt agencies to release all information in their possession pertaining to assassination; some recent disclosures concerning Kennedy's assassination noted; Belin por (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 19, 1975, covering November 23, 1975.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Rock Of The Westies by Elton John

    Rock Of The Westies

    Elton John

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Windsong by John Denver

    Windsong

    John Denver

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for Red Octopus by Jefferson Starship

    Red Octopus

    Jefferson Starship

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    19
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    Album cover for Prisoner In Disguise by Linda Ronstadt

    Prisoner In Disguise

    Linda Ronstadt

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8
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    Album cover for Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

    Wish You Were Here

    Pink Floyd

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9

Historical Context for November 23, 1975

In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]