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Maurice H. Nadjari yesterday confirmed a report that less than a week before he was dismissed as special state prosecutor by Governor Carey he orderedan inquiry into who had leaked information about a vital wiretap being used to investigate‐ a possible connection between high‐ranking Democratic officials and judicial corruption.
CHICAGO, Dec. 25 — There were abundant signs this week that resentment against President Ford was rising among Republican farmers in the Middle West.
ROME, Dec. 25—Pope Paul VI said today that “the emptiness” of modern society had turned youth back to religion and away from materialism.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 25—An Opposition leader who was saying last summer that the people would not tolerate India's proclaimed emergency for much more than a couple of months now speaks of “a long, long struggle—five years or more.”
Smokers who ask, “Do you mind if I smoke?” are finding that the answer they get is no longer perfunctory.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 24, 1975, covering December 26, 1975.
Chicago
Earth| Wind & Fire
America
KC And The Sunshine Band
Joni Mitchell
1975Chris Calaguio, Filipino basketball player[â ]
Christian Jay Calaguio is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He last played for the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is a former San Beda Red Cub cager and was one of the star players of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights during his college days in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. After playing for the Knights, he went on to play in the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association as a member of the San Juan Knights.
1975Marcelo RĂos, Chilean tennis player[â ]
Marcelo AndrĂ©s RĂos Mayorga is a Chilean former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the first Latin American to reach the top position. RĂos won 18 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including five Masters events, and was the runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open. He is the only man in the Open Era to have been world No. 1 without ever winning a major singles tournament.
1975MarĂa Vasco, Spanish race walker[â ]
MarĂa del Monte Vasco Pes Gallardo is a Spanish race walker. She won the bronze medal in the 20Â km at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Vasco was also a gold and bronze medalist at the IAAF Race Walking Championships. She was born in Viladecans near Barcelona, Spain.
1975Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach 2, goes into service.[â ]
The Tupolev Tu-144 is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[â ]