News stories from Sunday October 12, 1975

Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:

Mankind's use of underground resources is causing land to sink in some parts of the country in ways that are proving expensive and at times dangerous, according to experts of the Geological Survey. Most of the sinking results from the massive withdrawal of water, oil or gas from wells. [New York Times] Defense Secretary James Schlesinger set the stage for a defense budget battle in the Senate. In a letter to a Senate committee chairman, Mr. Schlesinger urged the Senate to approve a budget $2.6 billion higher than the $90.2 billion bill approved by the House. [New York Times] As Emperor Hirohito spent the last full day of his official visit to the United States in Hawaii, thousands of his subjects took photographs of memorials to Americans killed at Pearl Harbor by Japanese pilots almost 34 years ago. Hawaii has become the main destination for Japanese tourists, and heavy Japanese investments in the islands have caused controversy and debate. [New York Times] Tests given in the last six years as part of the largest federal education research project show males outscoring females in academic achievement. However, women showed a consistently higher achievement than men in writing and music. [New York Times] Aides to Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the Cambodian head of state, said in Peking that a mob in Phnom Penh killed Gen. Lon Non, younger brother of Lon Nol, head of the defeated government, soon after victorious Communist troops took over the Cambodian capital nearly six months ago. The aides also reported that other leaders of the defeated government were killed by firing squads. [New York Times] Turkey held midterm parliamentary elections that could influence the political future of Cyprus and Ankara's relations with Washington. Early returns indicated that the governing party was running about even with or slightly behind its leading challenger. [New York Times] Secretary of State Kissinger said that 90 percent of the arrangements for a new accord with the Russians on limiting strategic arms had been concluded and that prospects were good for a full accord in a few months. The negotiations have been more complex than both sides had expected. [New York Times] Pope Paul VI canonized Oliver Plunkett, an Irish archbishop who was executed by the British in 1681 on a charge of treason. Speaking in English at a mass in St. Peter's Square, the Pope asked on behalf of the Irish people for "the precious gift of peace, so urgently needed today." [New York Times]