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WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—New, York City's fiscal crisis and the ensuing cutbacks in city services have far‐reaching implications for the nation's social academic and cultural instituLions, a number of leading social scientists have said in a series of interviews.
The Dallas Cowboys upset the Minnesota Vikings, 17‐14, yesterday at Bloomington, Minn., on Roger Staubach's 50‐yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson in the final 24 seconds. The victory advanced the Cowboys the National Football Conference championship game Sunday against the Rams at Los Angeles.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—As the election year begins, the policy of détente with the Soviet Union is shaky and its backers are on the defensive.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—In a twin effort to get the Angola civil war settled next month, the Ford Administration is continuing arms shipments to two factions there and has dispatched a top diplomat to line up support in other African countries, a high United States official said today.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 24, 1975, covering December 29, 1975.
Chicago
Earth| Wind & Fire
America
KC And The Sunshine Band
Joni Mitchell
1975Shawn Hatosy, American actor[†]
Shawn Wayne Hatosy is an American film and television actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the films In & Out (1997), The Faculty (1998), Outside Providence, Anywhere but Here, The Cooler (2003), and Alpha Dog (2006). He is also well known for his roles as Detective Sammy Bryant on the TNT crime drama series Southland (2009–2013), Andrew "Pope" Cody in the TNT crime drama series Animal Kingdom (2016–2022) and Dr. Jack Abbot in The Pitt (2025-).
1975Jaret Wright, American baseball player[†]
Jaret Samuel Wright is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or parts of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and Baltimore Orioles, primarily as a starting pitcher.
1975Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (born 1911)[†]
Euell Theophilus Gibbons was an outdoorsman and early health food advocate, promoting eating wild foods during the 1960s.
1975A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.[†]
On December 29, 1975, a bomb detonated near TWA baggage reclaim terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The blast killed 11 people and seriously injured 74 others. To date, the crime remains unsolved. Investigators theorized it might have been committed by anti-Yugoslavia Croatians or agents of the Yugoslavian government itself, intending to discredit the opposition. The attack occurred during a four-year period of heightened terrorism within the United States: 1975 was especially volatile, with bombings in New York City and Washington, D.C., and two assassination attempts on President Gerald Ford.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]