The October 25, 1975 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 297 day of the year. President of the United States was Gerald R. Ford.
If you were born on this day, you are 49 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, October 25, 2024, 350 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, October 25, 2025, in 14 days. You have lived for 18,248 days, or about 437,957 hours, or about 26,277,438 minutes, or about 1,576,646,280 seconds.
Date: 26 October 1975
By ROBERT TRUMBULL Special to The New York Times
Robert Special
Canada has 1st news magazine in country's history; Maclean's, popular monthly magazine, has been converted into twice-monthly news publication; publishers hope magazine will eventually replace Time as most widely read news magazine in Canada; 1st issue was dated Oct 6; editor is Peter C Newman (M)
Date: 26 October 1975
Inter-Amer Press Assn pledges to resist totalitarianism; adopts rept by com on press freedom that says 27 hemisphere nations enjoy free press, 10 do not (S)
Date: 26 October 1975
Louis Luyt, who controls S African fertilizer indus, says he plans financial take-over of S African Associated Newspapers chain; says take-over will be made next wk with backing of 'big European publisher' and 'very substantial US publisher'; Luyt is strong supporter of Prime Min John Vorster and his policy of detente with black Africa; newspaper chain includes Cape Times of Cape Town, Sunday Times, Sunday Express, Financial Mail and Rand Daily Mail, all in Johannesburg (S)
Date: 26 October 1975
BY JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Amer Embassy in Beirut is reptdly encouraging officials to evacuate their families from Lebanon because of heavy fighting; about 12 of 175 embassy officials have done so and 40 others will be transferred from Beirut with their families (M)
Date: 25 October 1975
news media reprs, testifying at Amer Bar Assn Reporters Com for Freedom of the Press, say that guidelines proposed by Amer Bar Assn could encourage rather that curb ct orders restricting trial coverage; proposed recommendation is that judges, before entering restrictive orders, give newsmen and others chance to testify about them at hearing; testimony noted (M)
Date: 25 October 1975
By LEE DEMBART
Lee DEMBART
NY Times and Daily News meet on Oct 24 with Stereotypers Union, Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union and Mailers Union to discuss new contracts; offer stereotypers $25-$20-$20 wage pkg that deliverers union accepted; deliverers continue informal talks but fail to come to terms on remaining contract items; Times meets separately with Newspaper Guild; guild repts deadlock reached; asks Fed mediator Mason Wye to intervene; guild negotiating com head Rose Edwards comments (S)
Date: 26 October 1975
Collection of over 600 historic newspapers dating back to 1846 will be on display at Bergen Mall, Paramus, NJ; exhibit is collection of Walter Dougherty (S)
Date: 26 October 1975
By HELEN P. SILVER Special to The New York Times
Helen SILVER
Article on mints and other candies mfrd by Critchley's, Tenafly, NJ, illus (M)
Date: 26 October 1975
Demand by recycling mills for old paper is picking up and paper drives are on again; after a yr of depressed prices for wastepaper, indus is reptg increased activity; Amer Paper Inst, repts that recycling mills have been falling 9% to 16% below their requirements for recycled paper; Bruno & D'Elia, NJ recycler, is paying $12 per ton to individuals and $20 per ton to municipalities for old newspapers (S)