Photograph: Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir gives a speech on November 10, 1973 during an extraordinary Council of Ministers in Tel Aviv about the possible signature of an accord with Egypt after the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
Egypt and Israel have agreed to sign a six-point American-sponsored cease-fire agreement tomorrow afternoon on the Cairo-Suez Road, a spokesman for the United Nations Emergency Force announced in Cairo. It will be the first signing of an important joint document by Egyptian and Israeli representatives since the armistice agreement was negotiated in Rhodes in 1949. The signing, originally scheduled for today, was postponed to give Israel time to ask the United States for some “clarifications” on some of the six points.
Israeli Premier Golda Meir said that Israel was particularly satisfied that there would be an exchange of prisoners soon. She remarked that an exchange would bring as much joy in Egypt as in Israel. The Israelis hold about 7,000 Egyptians. The Egyptians have not said how many Israelis they hold, but about 350 Israelis were reported missing on the Egyptian front. Mrs. Meir pledged that her government would do all in its power to carry out the agreement in word and spirit. “We are glad of this opportunity that we can do it directly with one of our neighbors,” she said. “The greatest thing we hope for and wish for is that there should be no shooting,” she added. “The only next thing we want is that there should be peace, something that cannot be accomplished or achieved as long as there is shooting.”
Secretary of State Kissinger, his attention turned away from the Middle East, arrived in Peking and assured Premier Chou En-lai that the United States was determined “to complete the process” of normalizing relations with China as rapidly as possible. Twice during a short banquet toast, Mr. Kissinger seemed to be hinting at an intensified American effort during his three days of talks in Peking to surmount the obstacles still blocking full diplomatic relations between China and the United States.
The U.N. Emergency Force in the Middle East was built up to about 1,600 men, with soldiers of six nations stationed between the Israeli and Egyptian armies. A military spokesman gave the following breakdown of troops in the war zone: 275 Austrians, 11 Canadians, 493 Finns, 260 Irishmen, 508 Swedes and 5 Poles. Forty-eight more Canadians were scheduled to arrive this weekend. An eventual UN force of 7,000 officers and men is envisioned for the peace-keeping task.
The reopening and improvement of the Suez Canal, already under discussion in Cairo, would strengthen the Soviet Union’s strategic position in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, according to United States and British military analysts. They say that Iran, the dominant military power in the Persian Gulf, is seriously concerned over the prospect of stronger Soviet forces in that area if the canal reopens. Among the first benefits for the Soviet Union would be flexibility for its expanding sea power and a consequent rise in its influence in the vital northwest corner of the Indian Ocean.
The Viet Cong charged that dozens of South Vietnamese air force jets strafed a hospital for released prisoners of war in Tây Ninh province, killing or injuring “thousands” of former POWS. A press officer for the Viet Cong said the planes dropped nearly 100 high-explosive bombs along with “gasoline bombs,” probably napalm, and strafed a half-mile area surrounding the hospital. South Vietnamese government spokesmen were not immediately available for comment. Meanwhile, rockets and mortars struck the area surrounding the fallen outposts of Bu Prăng, Bù Bông and Đắk Song near the Cambodian border.
The search for Americans missing in Indochina is slowing and Pentagon officials say it may be cut short in a few months. There has been no decision to stop looking for the remains of 1,233 servicemen stilt carried as missing in the Indochina fighting, which officially ended in January. But elements contributing to doubts that more remains will be found and identified include an impasse in negotiations with the North Vietnamese and continued heavy fighting in South Vietnam and Cambodia. So far Brigadier General Robert C. Kingston, chief of the Joint Casualty Resolution Center at Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, has located and positively identified the remains of nine missing men. The remains of six or seven others are undergoing laboratory examination.
The 150‐Man staff has been limited to uncontested areas of South Vietnam, although the cease‐fire agreement calls on South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos to exchange information about missing soldiers. Pentagon officials report that only a handful of sites in uncontested territory remained to be explored in the two months before the rainy season begins. They are described as much less likely to yield remains than the 20 explored so far. In other parts of South Vietnam, where there are 250 possible sites, any search must await the end of repeated cease‐fire violations. Recent reports of heavy North Vietnamese troop build‐ups and sharp fighting in the Central Highlands make the opening of new search areas unlikely for at least several months.
Secretary of State Kissinger, his attention turned away from the Middle East, arrived in Peking today and assured Premier Chou Enlai that the United States was determined “to complete the process” of normalizing relations with China as rapidly as possible. Twice during a short banquet toast Mr. Kissinger seemed to be hinting at an intensified American effort in the three days of talks here to surmount the obstacles still blocking full diplomatic relations between Peking and Washington. “My colleagues are here with an open heart to speed progress toward normalization of relations with China,” Mr. Kissinger said from the stage of the mammoth Great Hall of the People. After citing the progress already made in developing ties, he said, “But we are determined to do much more and to complete the process we started two years ago as rapidly as possible.”
China told the Soviet Union, in a message published today, that “friendly and good neighborly relations” should be restored despite their disputes. The message, published in the official Communist party newspaper, Pravda, also said that border questions should be resolved by talks “excluding any threat.” The message, sent to mark the 56th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, was similar to previous messages between the countries on national holidays. “The Chinese people and the Soviet people have lived and are living in friendship,” the message said. Peking has frequently charged the Soviet Union with occupying Chinese territories taken by the czars in the 19th century as a result of “unequal treaties.”
Despite a week of soothing by American officials eager to heal the wounds opened in the Atlantic alliance by the Middle East war, European and American views of what their relations should be remain far apart. Many European diplomats are privately surprised at the Nixon Administration for saying publicly that it was disappointed in its partners in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for not taking a common stand with the United States when the Middle East crisis was at its peak. They are surprised, the diplomats say, because they were never asked to do that. Criticism of members of the alliance for not acceding to suggestions made in the North Atlantic Council was irksome, NATO diplomats say, because NATO is a defensive alliance designed to protect all of its members against the threat of armed attack by the Soviet Union and its allies in Europe or North America.
The captors of J. Paul Getty III, who had been kidnapped on July 9, confirmed that the abduction was not a hoax and that they had Getty as their hostage, cutting off his ear and mailing it to the Rome newspaper Il Messaggero along with a ransom demand. The kidnappers of J. Paul Getty III sent an ear and a lock of hair they said were his to the Rome newspaper Il Messagero, along with a renewed ransom demand. Getty, 17, grandson of U.S. multimillionaire J. Paul Getty, disappeared July 9. The boy’s mother, Gail Getty, said she was certain that the hair was her son’s. She initially said she was sure the ear was his, but later she made her identification less positive because of a deformation of the ear lobe that was not visible on her son’s ears. Her lawyer said that the ransom demand was for about $3 million, adding that Mrs. Getty had less than half that amount available.
Five busloads of demonstrators, including a number of priests and nuns, invaded the Vatican Embassy in Madrid to protest a special Spanish jail for seven priests convicted of political offenses. Police surrounded the embassy. Meanwhile in Bilbao, most of about 50 Roman Catholic priests who staged a sit-in at a bishop’s office to show support for their imprisoned colleagues ended their protest after a plea from the bishop. The imprisoned priests began a hunger strike last Tuesday in Zamora Prison. They said they wanted to be housed with other political prisoners or be sent to monasteries as provided in a church-state agreement.
The French Government taps 1,000 to 5,000 telephones every day in France on a permanent or spot basis, almost all of them illegally, according to a Senate report just made public. The investigating committee accused President Pompidou and Cabinet members of systematic and arbitrary refusals to cooperate in the inquiry, precipitating a constitutional conflict between Parliament and the executive branch. After detailed revelations in the press, the Government admitted months ago that it wiretapped continuously, but insisted it was for purposes of national security only. The committee charged that the wiretaps, 99 percent of them unlawful because they were not court‐ordered, were used for “political espionage” or personal blackmail also.
Pope Paul VI presided over the official opening of the 1975 holy year in Rome and lamented priestly defections from the Roman Catholic Church, calling them his “crown of thorns.” “Priests must be at the service of the people but identifiable in their function, the Pope said, adding that “too many priests mingled with the world, almost disguising themselves or being ashamed that they are priests.” The ceremony was held in Rome’s cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran. The Pontiff told about 200 Italian prelates that the holy year must be the occasion for a ‘spiritual and religious renewal.”
The first act of arson by the future founders of the Animal Liberation Front was committed by Ronnie Lee and Cliff Goodman in the “new city” of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire in England. Lee and Goodman set fire to an unfinished building that the West German pharmaceutical company Hoechst AG was constructing for research using laboratory animals.
The police chief of Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest city, resigned, saying he was unable to put down a wave of terrorism which has included the kidnapping of two diplomats and the assassination of a wealthy industrialist. Colonel Jose de Jesus Ahumada Mercado gave his resignation to the city council, which named Lieutenant Coam Ignacio Arce Manjarres as successor. U.S. Consul General Terrance G. Leonhardy was kidnapped in May and freed unharmed after ransom demands were met. British honorary Consul Anthony Duncan Williams was seized in October and freed safely about a week later. Industrialist Fernando Aranguren was seized in October and later found dead.
Letters being delivered to the offices of the House Judiciary Committee at the rate of 5,000 to 6,000 a day are running better than 35 to 1 in favor of impeaching President Nixon, the committee staff said. At week’s end, a tally showed 76,834 persons had written in favor of impeachment and 2,168 were opposed. An aide to the committee, which is investigating grounds for impeachment, said most of the letters appeared to be spontaneous and not of the type solicited in letter campaigns.
The Nixon administration’s minority capitalism program is under federal investigation for alleged bribes and kickbacks. The Department of Justice is looking into the charges, and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have already interviewed some of the program’s present and former officials and staff members. The charges of political and criminal activity have been turned over to the special Watergate prosecutor’s office. In addition, the Senate Watergate committee heard testimony last week that the minority capitalism program had been used to reward supporters and punish non-supporters of the administration in the minority business community.
An investigation is underway at the Department of Housing and Urban Development where top officials have been charged with violating the law by appointing political favorites to career civil service jobs. Two teams of investigators, one from the Civil Service Commission and the other from within H.U.D. have been interrogating employees across the country and scouring the files for incriminating memos and letters. H.U.D. employees have charged that a departmental team in Washington, headed by Special Assistant to the Secretary, W. Stanley Armstrong, has obtained high-salaried and influential jobs in local H.U.D. offices for administration favorites.
Governor Rockefeller ordered the immediate reduction today of legal speed limits on all New York state highways and parkways to 50 miles an hour, in keeping with President Nixon’s plan to conserve fuel. He urged the state’s mayors and county and town officials to take similar action.
Weary police officials in Oakland, California, conceded today that they had no knowledge of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the group that says it is responsible for the ambush slaying of Oakland’s school superintendent. “We don’t know any of their members,” Deputy Police Chief Thomas Donohue said. “We don’t even know if they exist.” Sources close to most radical and revolutionary groups in the Bay area said that they too had heard nothing of the Symbionese Liberation Army before this week. And both state and Federal officials said they had no knowledge of the existence of any such organization. The group came to notice here on Wednesday, the morning after the shooting attack in which the school superintendent, Marcus A. Foster, was killed and Robert Blackburn, his chief aide, was seriously wounded.
Dr. Thomas W. Matthew, a leading advocate of black capitalism, was convicted on 71 counts of illegally diverting Medicaid funds intended for his Interfaith Hospital in New York City. In the trial, Matthew admitted that about $200,000 in Medicaid money had gone for non-hospital uses but he insisted that the expenditures were legitimate. The prosecution charged that the funds had gone to the now-defunct Blue and White Bus Lines in the Watts section of Los Angeles and a New York City factory. Both of the businesses were part of NEGRO (National Economic Growth and Reconstruction Organization), which Matthews founded. The physician will be sentenced later.
The Democratic Party Charter Commission began a three-day session in Atlanta to lay the groundwork for drafting a national charter for the party. The commission established six major areas of study intended to produce ideas that will be submitted to a drafting committee later, a party official said.
A six-day strike by most of Milwaukee’s firemen ended when the city and the fire fighters’ union agreed to submit their dispute to binding arbitration. Only 50% to 70% of the fire fighters had reported for work during the slowdown, and Wisconsin national guardsmen had been called in to replace those who reported they were ill with “red flu.” The firemen, who earn $11,070 annually, are seeking a wage boost to $13,142, and the two sides differed on holidays, grievance procedures, a management rights clause and the length of the contract.
Two New York City nursing homes were forced to close and turn out about 735 elderly patients as negotiations continued in Washington in an effort to end the strike by hospital workers against 48 hospitals and nursing homes. The strike forced the closings of the Daughters of Jacob Geriatric Center in the Bronx and the Sephardic Nursing Home in Brooklyn. Some patients reportedly returned to their families and others were transferred to other facilities in the metropolitan area.
A Brooklyn, New York, man described by police as a minor functionary in the Joey Gallo gang was shot to death early yesterday at a bar in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, the police said. The victim, Anthony Careccia, 36 years old, of 2294 West Eighth Street, Brooklyn, was drinking at the Channel 14 Bar and Grill at 4520 11th Avenue, at 3 A.M. when a man wearing a ski mask entered. According to the police, the man walked up to Mr. Careccia and fired six bullets into his body. Then, waving his gun menacingly at the four other patrons in the, place and the bartender, the gunman backed out the door and escaped, the police said.
Work to replace defective tail fins on the Saturn rocket for Skylab 3 continued to run behind schedule today, but space officials remained hopeful that the mission could be launched next Thursday. Only two of the eight cracked stabilizing fins have been replaced. High winds slowed the work overnight, increasing concern that a further delay in the lift‐off might be unavoidable. Launching officials have said that they must have four new fins in place by tomorrow afternoon if they are to avoid further delays in the start of the planned 85‐day manned space mission. All eight must be replaced by Tuesday, when the countdown is scheduled to be resumed. Engineers of the Chrysler Corporation, the rocket’s builder, believe they can meet the schedule, particularly if no further problems are uncovered and if, as they become more familiar with the procedures, they are able to begin replacing two fins at a time.
A transit of Mercury took place for the first time since May 9, 1970, as the planet Mercury crossed in front of the Sun.
Syphilis cases in the United States appear to be leveling off after four consecutive years of increase, the National Center for Disease Control reported. State health departments reported 2,055 cases in September, 5.8% fewer than in September, 1972. A health official said the decline was probably a by-product of the center’s $16 million war against gonorrhea, which, although not decreasing, has been increasing at a slower rate.
“Ship Ahoy” album by The O’Jays is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1974).
The National Football League Players’ Association will hold a one‐day conference here Monday to discuss synthetic turf and its effect on the game. Edward Garvey, the executive director of the N.F.L.P.A., said the conference, entitled, “Synthetic Turf and the Alternatives,” would be held to permit players express their concerns about the artificial surface and related injuries and playing conditions.
Born:
Darius Holland, American NFL defensive tackle (NFL Champions, Super Bowl 31-Packers, 1996; Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos), in Petersburg, Virginia.
Mike Flanagan, NFL center and tackle (Pro Bowl, 2003; Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans), in Washington, District of Columbia.
Cale Hulse, Canadian NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators, Phoenix Coyotes, Columbus Blue Jackets), in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Haroon Yousaf, Pakistani footballer and national team captain with 53 appearances for Pakistan in soccer football competition; in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab province, Pakistan.
Ganesh Hegde, Indian film choreographer; in Bombay (now Mumbai), India.
Dawn Shadforth, British music video director; in Billericay, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
Died:
David “Stringbean” Akeman, 57, U.S. country musician was shot along with his wife dead by intruders at their home in Ridgetop, Tennessee near Nashville. Akeman had performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville earlier in the evening and left around 10:30, apparently surprising burglars who had come to the house while Akeman was in concert.
Joe Petrali, 69, American motorcycle racing champion with 49 wins; holder of the world motorcycle speed record from 1937 to 1948
Rosemary Theby, 81, American film actress
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