It's October 1975. President Ford's son Jack admits that he smoked marijuana while in college.

King Olaf of Norway visits New York City and dedicates a monument commemorating Norwegian immigration to the United States.

Ford signs a bill allowing women to enter service academies.

Andrei Sakharaov wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

At the 9th Annual Country Music Association Awards, John Denver is chosen Entertainer of the Year. His song Back Home Again is selected Song of the Year. Waylon Jennings is chosen Best Male Vocalist. Dolly Parton is Best Female Vocalist.

Ford's limousine is hit by another car in Hartford, Connecticut. Ford is not injured.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton remarry in Africa. The couple were divorced 14 months ago after 10 years of marriage.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Quinlan ask the court for permission to unplug the respirator of their 21-year-old daughter, Karen Ann, who has been in a coma for six months.

The United States and the Soviet Union make an agreement which will allow the Soviets to buy at least eight million tons of grain a year over the next five years.

The Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox to win the World Series.

In London, a bomb explodes under the car owned by Conservative member of Parliament Hugh Fraser just moments before he was to drive Caroline Kennedy to her art class. Fraser and Caroline Kennedy would have been in the car when it exploded had he not been delayed by a phone call. The explosion kills a passerby and injures six others.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in the US for a 10-day visit. He is the first Egyptian president to visit this county.

Rex Stout, 88, author of the Nero Wolfe whodunits, dies in Connecticut.

The National Organization for Women calls for a one-day, nationwide feminist strike, but most American women ignore the strike and go to work.

As Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco lies near death, the Spanish government delegates his powers to his designated successor, Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon.

In Binghamton, the Tri-Cities Opera presents Strauss's Die Fledermaus at the Forum. Tickets cost $4, $6, and $8.

More than 1,000 people attend the double funeral for firemen John Cox and Donald McGeever who drowned at Rockbottom Dam last month while attempting to find the body of fireman John Russell.

Thousands of shoppers attend the grand opening of the Oakdale Mall in Johnson City. Although only 17 stores are open in the 650,000 square foot mall, the 4,000 parking spots are filled.

Tioga County is declared a disaster area because of floods during the last week of September.

The body of Binghamton fireman John Russell is found in Vestal, six miles downstream from Rockbottom Dam where he drowned during a rescue mission.

Owego's Ti-Ahwaga Players perform Camelot at the Owego Junior High School. Tickets cost $3.75, or $1.75 for students.

The Tioga County Sheriff's office installs a CB radio (citizens band) in their office. Citizens can now use their CB radios to report accidents. The Sheriff's department will distribute QSL cards with their ID, KPQ 4742.

John G. Whitcomb is named Farmer of the Year by the Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Goodyear Company. Whitcomb raises 60 dairy cows and grows corn and hay in the Town of Tioga.

Tioga County's oldest resident, Louise Cheeks Snowden, dies at the age of 111.

Teachers in the Owego-Apalachin School District agree to a new contract which raises the average teacher salary from $11,400 to $12,300 a year.

The Oakdale Mall Cinemas open. The three theaters are showing Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway, Rooster Cogburn with John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn, and Mahogany with Diana Ross.

Groundbreaking ceremonies are held at Tioga Park, a 160-acre parimutuel quarter horse racetrack in Nichols. The track is expected to open in July 1976.

Rubble from the August fire on Owego's Riverow is removed and the property at 168-172 Front Street will be transferred to the Village of Owego. The buildings at 174 and 176 Front Street will also be torn down because they were badly damaged in the fire.

Movies at local theaters include Hard Times with Charles Bronson and James Coburn, The Master Gunfighter, Nashville, and Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were.

Monday night TV shows include The Invisible Man, Family Hovak, Rhoda, Barbary Coast, Phyllis, All in the Family, Maude, and Medical Center.