MIAMI&#8212;For Senator Henry M. Jackson, the 63&#8208;year&#8208;old Washington Democrat, it had been a long, hard day. But then, almost every day is long and hard for a man who has been seeking his party's Presidential nomination since 1971, while remaining one of the most active members of the Senate.

Jackson Views the Issue As Ability, Not Charisma

The Pittsburgh Stealers, defending Super Bowl champions, rallied and defeated the Baltimore Colts, 28&#8208;10, as the National Football League playoffs got under way yesterday. The Steelers thus advanced to the American Conference championship game Jan. 4.

Steelers and Rams Playoff Victors

NEW DELHI, India, Sunday, Dec. 28&#8212;An explosion ripped through a major coal mine in northeastern India yesterday, setting off flooding that trapped hundreds of workers, according to reliable reports from the scene. The men were feared dead.

INDIA MINE BLAST AND FLOODS TRAP HUNDREDS IN PITS

HONG KONG, Dec. 27&#8212;China today released a Soviet helicopter and its three crewmen who were captured nearly two years ago when they intruded into Chinese territory, the official Chinese press agency Hsinhua reported.

China Frees Copter And Russian Crew Captured in 1974

State Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz gold yesterday that he had not yet decided whether to go along with Governor Carey's decision to remove Maurice H. Nadjari as the special state anticorruption prosecutor.

NADJARI'S OUSTER HELD IN ABEYANCE

WEST DELTA 73, Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 27&#8212;Harold Sanders likes his neighborhood. He has lived here, 27 miles from shore, for seven years. The work, food and fishing are much too good to consider moving. Besides, every other week he gets a seven&#8208;day vacation back on land at his second home, where his family lives.

A City in the Sea: 10,000 Live on 400 Rigs and Platforms in Gulf

Mayor Beame announced the appointments yesterday of new commissioners to head the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Sanitation Department as he continued to shake up his cabinet.

BEAME APPOINTS 2 COMMISSIONERS IN NEW SHAKE‐UP

&#8220;It was the toughest time in my public life.&#8221;

After Difficult Year, Beame Says He's Still in Charge

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 27&#8212;The civil war in Angola&#8212;like no other issue since the Biafran secession from Nigeria &#8212; is causing deep fissures in the facade of solidarity that black African leaders have sought to maintain.

African Lands Fear Rifts Caused by Angolan War

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LONDON, Dec. 27&#8212;&#8220;When you haven't got enough money to save,&#8221; said a man who tours factories and pubs soliciting 30&#8208;cent bets for one of the legal soccer pools, &#8220;why not have a gamble for a few pence?&#8221; This year's biggest payoff, he added, was $1.2 million.

Although Money Is Tight in Britain, There Are Always a Few Pence to Bet

VAIL, Colo., Dec. 27&#8212;President Ford arranged today to have Richard S. Welch, the Central Intelligence Agency officer murdered this week in Athens, buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The President said through a spokesman that publication of Mr. Welch's C.I.A. identity had been at least partially responsible for his death.

C.I.A. Aide to Be Buried in Arlington

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LONDON, Dec. 27 (AP)&#8212;Britain's lonely hearts got a new ally today, the Office of Fair Trading, which launched an inquiry into computer dating concerns, marriage bureaus and introduction agencies.

Britain Investigating Lonely‐Hearts Trade

BRUSSELS &#8212; The situation along the North Atlantic alliance's Mediterranean flank is regarded as unstable, from Portugal to Greece, according to intelligence sources in London and Bonn and at alliance headquarters here.

NATO Worried by Instability Along the Mediterranean

Only one out of three Americans now say the United Nations is doing a &#8220;good job,&#8221; the Gallup Poll reported yesterday.

Gallup Poll Reports a Decline In U.N.'s Prestige in the U.S

LISBON, Dec. 27&#8212;Prime Minister Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo has run into problems in his effort to reorganize his Cabinet.

Lisbon's Effort to Reorganize Cabinet Runs Into Snags

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 27&#8212;Despite the continuing tension between warring factions in Lebanon, sources close to the Prime Minister, Rashid Karami, are speaking optimistically about the possibility of ending the eight&#8208;month Lebanese crisis.

Syria and Iraq Promoting a Peace Plan for Lebanon

NEW DELHI, Dec. 27&#8212;Prime Minister Indira Gandhi gave new indications today that the Government planned basic changes in the Indian Constitution.

Mrs. Gandhi Gives New Hints Of Plans to Alter Constitution

PARIS, Dec. 27 (AP)&#8212;De fense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap of North Vietnam says tha general elections, will be held in 1976 in both North and South Vietnam for the estab lishment of a national assembly for all of Vietnam.

GIAP SAYS VIETNAM PLANS UNIFIED VOTE

HONG KONG, Dec. 27 (Reuters)&#8212;China has built 40 deepwater berths at its major seaports, each able to accommodate vessels of more than 10,000 tons, Hsinhua, the official Chinese press agency, has reported.

China Reports It Has Built 40 New Berths at Ports

Over the last year, &#8220;freedom declined for 743.2 million persons in eight countries,&#8221; according to a &#8220;comparative survey&#8221; by Freedom House, a nonprofit organization based here.

LIBERTY IN WORLD DECLINED IN 1915

DAKAR, Senegal, Dec. 27 gal has declared the so&#8208;called Barbary Spit Islands off its northwestern Atlantic coast a sanctuary for sea birds that are threatened with extinction by pollution.

Senegal Declares Islands A Sanctuary for Sea Birds

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 27&#8212;About 20 urban guerrillas attacked an army communications base early today near La Plata, some 25 miles southeast of here, and were driven off after two of them were killed arid two wounded, according to police reports.

ARGENTINE REBELS MAKE NEW ATTACK

Robert Victor "B. J." Ryan Jr. is an American baseball coach and former relief pitcher. He played college baseball at Louisiana, where he played for coach Tony Robichaux in 1997 and 1998. He also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1999 to 2009.

December 28, 1975

Headlines from December 28, 1975

Jackson Views the Issue As Ability, Not Charisma

Steelers and Rams Playoff Victors

INDIA MINE BLAST AND FLOODS TRAP HUNDREDS IN PITS

China Frees Copter And Russian Crew Captured in 1974

NADJARI'S OUSTER HELD IN ABEYANCE

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Gratitude

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