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HR defeats, 220-202, attempt by Repubs to tie continuation of tax reductions to enactment of $395-billion spending ceiling for Govt for fiscal '77 as demanded by Pres Ford under threat of veto (M)
NYS Liquor Authority on Dec 4 announces statewide ban on total nudity in places selling alcoholic beverages, and cancels liquor license of Village Gate on ground that its production of Earl Wilson Jr play Let My People Come is 'lewd and indecent'; theater owner Art D'Lugoff says ruling will be appealed; hearings on play before Liquor Authority in Dec '74 and Jan '75 noted; ruling to cancel Gate's license came on 3-to-2 vote, with Benjamin Balcom, John Hart and Robert Doyle in majority; Stephen Gottlieb dissented, holding play was entitled to 1st Amendment protection because it was scheduled theatrical performance with regular script and did not violate existing judicial standards of obscenity; Roth voted to have license canceled for 10 days (M)
US Organized Crime Strike Force head Robert Ozer says witness has identified Salvatore Briguglio, his brother Gabriel and Thomas Andretta, NJ Teamsters 'reprs' with alleged Mafia connections, as participants 'in abduction and murder of James R Hoffa,' hearing in Fed Dist Ct, Detroit; says 2d witness saw part of Hoffa's abduction but does not know identities of persons involved; does not identify either witness; Judge James Churchill orders 3 men to submit to line-up; NJ law enforcement authorities say men are close associates of Anthony Provenzano, formerly pres of Teamsters Local 560 and connected with Mafia families in state; Ozer will ask that Stephen Andretta, brother of Thomas, be given immunity to testify before grand jury; main theory that grand jury is investigating is that Hoffa was killed by some Mafia members because he threatened to reveal that mob had infiltrated Teamsters and had tapped union's pension fund to finance its rackets; William Buffalino, atty for 3 men, comments; biog sketch of Salvatore and Gabriel Briguglio and Thomas Andretta (M)
Interviews with gynecologists indicated that new reports linking estrogen therapy during and after menopause to an increased risk of uterine cancer were having little effect on doctors' attitudes toward the drug. Page 45.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 3, 1975, covering December 5, 1975.
Paul Simon
Jefferson Starship
John Denver
Elton John
Chicago
1975Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player and radio host[†]
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan is an English professional snooker player. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in snooker history, he has won the World Snooker Championship seven times, a modern-era record he holds jointly with Stephen Hendry. He has also won a record eight Masters titles and a record eight UK Championship titles for a total of 23 Triple Crown titles, the most achieved by any player. He holds the record for the most ranking titles, with 41, and has held the top ranking position multiple times.
1975Paula Patton, American actress[†]
Paula Maxine Patton is an American actress and producer. Patton made her feature film debut in the 2005 comedy Hitch, and has had starring roles in the films Déjà Vu (2006), Precious (2009), Jumping the Broom (2011), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), 2 Guns (2013), Warcraft (2016), and Sacrifice (2019).
1975Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (born 1897)[†]
Constance Winsor Green, best known as Constance McLaughlin Green, was an American historian. She who won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for History for Washington, Village and Capital, 1800–1878 (1962).
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]