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To raise the living standards of those dependent on national insurance benefits, the government index-linked short-term benefits to the rate of inflation, while pensions and long-term benefits were tied to increases in prices or earnings, whichever was higher. [4] In 1975, a State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS) was introduced. A new ...
The 94th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1977, during the last two years of Gerald Ford 's presidency .
August 5 – President Ford posthumously pardons Robert E. Lee, restoring full rights of citizenship. August 7–11 – The Special Olympics World Games take place in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. [6] August 8 – Samuel Bronfman II, son of Seagram president Edgar Bronfman, is kidnapped in Purchase, New York. He is rescued after a ransom is paid.
Church Committee report (Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence; PDF) Church Committee report (Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans; PDF) The Church Committee (formally the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities) was a US Senate select committee in 1975 that investigated abuses by the Central ...
The Khmer Rouge take over the country on April 17, 1975. April 23 – In a speech at Tulane University, President Ford declares that the Vietnam War "is finished as far as America is concerned." Evacuees from Saigon, South Vietnam are offloaded onto the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway, during "Operation Frequent Wind", April 29, 1975.
Political commentators have referred to Ford's dramatic reorganization of his Cabinet in the fall of 1975 as the "Halloween Massacre". One of Ford's appointees, William Coleman —the Secretary of Transportation —was the second Black man to serve in a presidential cabinet (after Robert C. Weaver ) and the first appointed in a Republican ...
1975 government budgets (1 P) C. Cabinets disestablished in 1975 (12 P) ... Pages in category "1975 in politics" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of ...
Pages in category "Government agencies established in 1975" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.