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All parcel lockers at La Guardia, Kennedy International and Newark International Airports are being closed to the public indefinitely as a result of Monday's explosion of a bomb hidden in a locker at La Guardia.
The Little League baseball organization has rescinded a ban against foreign teams competing in the Little League World Series. Page 27.
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. is going at full throttle to win the Democratic Presidential nomination, and his greatest drawing card in that quest is also one of his greatest handicaps. It is called the “Kennedy connection.”
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Dec. 31—Postal rates increased at midnight after Chief Justice Warren E. Burger denied a last‐minute petition yesterday by lawyers for the bulk‐mailing industry to block the rise.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—In a detailed picture of the Gulf Oil Corporation's massive payments to politicians and candidates here and abroad, an independent investigative committee today described the company's domestic contributions as “shot through with illegality.”
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 31, 1975, covering December 31, 1975.
Chicago
Earth| Wind & Fire
America
Joni Mitchell
Paul Simon
1975Rami Alanko, Finnish ice hockey player[†]
Rami Alanko is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player.
1975Toni Kuivasto, Finnish footballer and coach[†]
Toni Tapio Kuivasto is a retired Finnish footballer who last played for Veikkausliigaside Haka.
1975Rob Penders, Dutch footballer[†]
Rob Penders is a Dutch football coach and a former player who mainly played for NAC Breda during his career. He is the assistant manager of Utrecht. Penders was a defender who made his debut in professional football, being part of the RBC Roosendaal squad in the 1994–95 season. In the season 1999-2000 he joined NAC Breda. He played there for 10 seasons.
1975Sander Schutgens, Dutch runner[†]
Sander Schutgens is a Dutch runner.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]