There was no shortage of major global events for the weekly news magazines to cover in October 1975. The last smallpox patient on Earth was treated in Bangladesh; Francisco Franco’s dictatorship came to an end in Spain after nearly 40 years; Saturday Night Live hit the NBC airwaves for the first time; Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier at the famous “Thrilla in Manila” boxing match; the Boston Red Sox vanquished the Cincinnati Reds in a World Series that included one of the most thrilling extra-