This Day In 1970's History: Thursday December 4, 1975
- President Ford and Chinese leaders ended their four-day meeting in Peking today after reaching an apparent understanding on their mutual interest in countering an expansion of Soviet influence in Western Europe, Angola and the Pacific, but there was no substantive change in Chinese-American relations. [New York Times]
- The House approved, by a vote of 257 to 168, legislation modifying and continuing through next year $13 billion in tax reductions for individuals and businesses that was enacted last spring as a temporary antirecession measure. The House defeated, by a vote of 220 to 202, an attempt by Republicans to tie the tax-reduction extension to enactment of a $395 billion federal spending ceiling for the coming fiscal year, as demanded by President Ford. [New York Times]
- A federal investigator testified in Federal District Court in Detroit that a witness had identified three New Jersey men, connected with the Teamsters union and the underworld, as having participated "in the abduction and murder" of James Hoffa. The witness was Robert Ozer, head of the United States Organized Crime Strike Force in Detroit. [New York Times]
- A panel of experts reported to the Food and Drug Administration that none of the most common active ingredients in non-prescription sedatives and sleep aids may be termed fully safe and effective for their advertised uses. [New York Times]
- The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence charged that the United States ended a 10 year, $13.4 million effort to deny President Salvador Allende power in Chile by "advocating and encouraging the overthrow of a democratically elected government." The committee said, however, it had found no direct involvement by the Central Intelligence Agency or the United States diplomatic mission in the 1973 coup against the Allende government. [New York Times]
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