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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22—Ronald Reagan has struck with surprising speed in his plan to wrest the leadership of the Republican Party away from an incumbent President.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—President Ford announced today that he would veto the construction industry picketing bill, the only piece of labor legislation enacted this year and a bill that the Administration had supported and helped draft.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—President Ford ended a yearlong stalemate with. Congress over energy policy today by signing into law a bill that will roll back crude oil prices and help stabilize gasoline and fuel oil prices for consumers, at least temporarily.
The nation's fire and casualty insurers plan to seek another round of sharp rate increases—averaging about 10 percent nationwide — on premiums for automobile and home insurance to offset heavy losses on that business this year.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—The Federal Trade Commission accused the American Medical Association today of illegally interfering with the prices that doctors charge and with keeping patients from getting information about doctors by preventing its members from advertising.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 17, 1975, covering December 23, 1975.
Chicago
Earth| Wind & Fire
America
KC And The Sunshine Band
Jefferson Starship
1975Vadim Sharifijanov, Russian ice hockey player[†]
Vadim Rimovich Sharifijanov is a Russian former professional ice hockey right winger who spent parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils and the Vancouver Canucks.
1975Lady Starlight, American singer-songwriter[†]
Colleen Martin, known professionally as Lady Starlight, is an American DJ and musical performer. Based in New York City's Lower East Side, she is best known for her numerous collaborations with Lady Gaga. Starlight released her debut extended play, Untitled, in 2017. The following year, she released her second extended play, Which One of Us Is Me?. Besides her own performances, she also sometimes performs with Surgeon.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]