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December 17, 1975

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Headlines from December 17, 1975

A CITY NOTES BILL STALLS IN ALBANY

By Linda Greenhouse Special to The New York Times

ALBANY, Dec. 61—The Legislature abruptly recessed tonight in the face of strenuous objections by New York City officials to a bill that would have required the Emergency Financial Control Board to set aside nearly $100 million of city revenues each year for the next three years to pay off the holders of one‐year City notes when the three‐year moratorium on their payment ends.

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Mail Rate Rise Barred

By Unknown Author

A Federal District Court judge issued a permanent injunction blocking proposed increases in mail rates that were to have gone into effect Dec. 28. Page 13.

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Educators Debate Security

By Gene I. Maeroff Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—What‐sometimes sounded more like a convention of prison wardens than a gathering of educators ended today with a consensus that extraordinary security precautions would be an unavoidable necessity in many schools for a long time to come in the face of mounting violence.

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TAX CUT BILL HITS A SNAG IN HOUSE IN A TEST ON VETO

By Eileen Shanahan Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—The House of Representatives failed today to muster the two‐thirds majority needed under a special procedure to pass a bill for tax reductions next year. The failure suggested that the House might have trouble overriding President Ford's promised veto.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 17, 1975, covering December 17, 1975.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits by Chicago

    Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits

    Chicago

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    1
    Peak
    1
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    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Gratitude by Earth| Wind & Fire

    Gratitude

    Earth| Wind & Fire

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    2
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    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for History/America's Greatest Hits by America

    History/America's Greatest Hits

    America

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    8
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for K C And The Sunshine Band by KC And The Sunshine Band

    K C And The Sunshine Band

    KC And The Sunshine Band

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    5
    Peak
    4
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    21
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    Album cover for Red Octopus by Jefferson Starship

    Red Octopus

    Jefferson Starship

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    23

Notable Births

Eugene (wrestler)

1975Nick Dinsmore, American wrestler and trainer[†]

Nicholas David Dinsmore, better known by his ring name Eugene, is an American professional wrestler and YouTuber.

Susanthika Jayasinghe

1975Susanthika Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan sprinter[†]

Deshabandu Kameradin Susanthika Jayasinghe is a Sri Lankan retired sprinter, who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. She won the Olympic silver medal for the 200m event in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the second Sri Lankan to win an Olympic medal after Duncan White and the first Asian woman to win an Olympic or World Championship medal in a sprint event. She is also the only Asian athlete to have claimed an Olympic medal in sprint events. She is also the first and only Sri Lankan to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. Her silver medal achievement at the 2000 Sydney Olympics also stood as the only Olympic medal for a South Asian in athletics event for 21 years before Neeraj Chopra's gold medal achievement at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is fondly nicknamed as the Asian Black Mare. She has represented Sri Lanka at the Olympics on three occasions in 1996, 2000 and 2008. She is considered one of the most decorated sprinters in Sri Lanka. However, she is also a deemed as a controversial figure in Sri Lanka.

Milla Jovovich

1975Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress[†]

Milica Bogdanovna Jovović, known professionally as Milla Jovovich, is an American actress and former fashion model. Her starring roles in numerous science-fiction and action films led the music channel VH1 to deem her the "reigning queen of kick-butt" in 2006. In 2004, Forbes determined that she was the highest-paid model in the world.

Historical Context for December 17, 1975

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