The first visit to a Lutheran church by a pope, John Paul II, occurs in Rome. The Pope joined a Lutheran service in a Protestant church in Rome, the first time since the Reformation that a Pope had done so. The extraordinary ecumenical gesture, marking the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s birth, was brought about by a spontaneous invitation last year by a board member of the Evangelical-Lutheran Christ Church. The service was held at Christ Church, off the Via Vittorio Veneto.
Lech Walesa remains convinced that his country’s problems can only be solved through a dialogue between the Polish Government and Poles. In his remarks, made in the Nobel Peace Prize address read for him in Oslo by an exile Solidarity official, Mr. Walesa also repeated indirectly his appeal for an end to United States sanctions against Poland. He said Poland faced a major economic crisis, with “dramatic consequences for the very existence of Polish families,” which could have serious repercussions in Europe. Walesa appealed to Poland’s Communist authorities to open a “real dialogue” with the Polish people in an effort to solve the country’s massive economic problems. Walesa, who won the prize for his work with Solidarity, also called for the release of political prisoners in Poland and respect for civil and human rights.
Britain said it wants to begin restoring ties with Argentina but repeated its determination not to discuss sovereignty of the disputed Falkland Islands. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sent a congratulatory message to Argentina’s new civilian president, Raul Alfonsin, noting that the countries have differences but welcoming the restoration of democracy in Argentina. Some British newspapers called the message an “olive branch.” Alfonsin responded, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
British customs agents seized six U.S.-built computers that were believed bound for the Soviet Union in violation of the Atlantic Alliance ban on high-technology sales to Soviet-Bloc countries, a customs spokesman said. The truckload of computers, worth an estimated $750,000, was intercepted at Poole on England’s south coast as the shipment was about to be loaded onto a ferry bound for France, the spokesman said.
Accidental nuclear war might result from the deployment of American Pershing 2 missiles in West Germany only minutes away from the Soviet Union, some experts say. Their concern is that the deployment of increasingly accurate missiles that allow less and less warning time between launching and arrival might someday force nations to turn the power to authorize a retaliatory nuclear strike to computers or to junior officers who have no time to confer with superiors over what could be a false alert.
Lieutenant General Hussain Mohammed Ershad proclaims himself president of Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s military leader proclaimed himself president and dissolved the Cabinet of the military Government he has led in an apparent attempt to consolidate his power before the presidential election he has called for next May. Ershad, who seized power in a nonviolent coup in 1982, has made no secret of the fact that he intends to shed his army uniform and run for president.
Beirut’s two days of relative calm after the cease-fire arranged in Damascus Friday was broken. Heavy fighting ignored a new cease-fire order. The Christian Phalangist radio said fighting started with early afternoon sniping in the southern suburbs, where the Lebanese Army confronts the Shiite Amal militia.
A Greek ship attacked in the Persian Gulf war zone last week was strafed by Iraqi planes, not hit by an air-to-ground missile as reported earlier, a spokesman for Stravelakis Shipping Co. said in Athens. The spokesman said the 16,230-ton Iapetos “was just fired on, and the bullets did some damage to the holds.” The ship’s 13 crew members were reported safe. Another Stravelakis ship, the 12,550-ton Antigoni, was sunk in the Iran-Iraq war zone November 21.
Secretary of State George P. Shultz continued his swing through North African Arab states, holding 2½ hours of talks with King Hassan II of Morocco. Shultz shied away from details of the talks, saying, “We had a searching and satisfactory discussion.” Speaking privately. American officials traveling with Shultz said Hassan offered “constructive suggestions on how current U.S. problems could be dissolved or minimized…” Hassan was apparently referring to adverse Arab reaction to the recent Washington visit by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, which ended in mutual declarations of enhanced U.S.-Israeli cooperation.
Foreign ministers from the world’s Islamic countries failed today to agree on crucial issues dividing them but were unified in their criticisms of Israel and of Washington’s policies in the Middle East. A communique made no direct reference to the conflict within the Palestine Liberation Organization and said the foreign ministers had decided that another divisive issue, the Iran-Iraq war, should be passed along to a meeting of Islamic leaders in Morocco next month. The communique was issued 14 hours after the conference ended, as ministers were leaving Bangladesh. It condemned Washington for sending warships to patrol near the entrance to the Persian Gulf and said President Reagan’s Middle East peace initiative was unacceptable since it does not recognize the PLO.
A Syrian official denied Western reports that a committee has been set up to run Syria. “All that has been said about the formation of such a committee is fabricated, biased, in bad faith, baseless and worth no comment,” a Syrian presidential palace spokesman said. The spokesman was responding to reports that Syrian President Hafez Assad, who entered a hospital on November 13 for what was officially described as an appendectomy, is unable to carry out his duties. Some unconfirmed reports suggest that Assad suffered a heart attack.
The Central America policy commission headed by former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger is setting out on a four-day trip to Mexico and Venezuela to discuss their efforts to promote peace and self-determination in that region. They were scheduled to arrive tonight in Mexico and will meet Tuesday with President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, Foreign Secretary Bernardo Sepulveda Amor and other officials. They are to go to Venezuela on Wednesday afternoon for a 24-hour visit and will confer with President Luis Herrera Campins and President-elect Jaime Lusinchi. Mexico and Venezuela have joined with Panama and Colombia to try to negotiate a settlement to Central America’s conflicts.
The chairman of Grenada’s interim governing council has ruled out elections within six months, as initially planned, saying officials now expect to hold voting before Christmas, 1984. Nicholas Brathwaite called the original six-month target “too short a period.” Brathwaite said voter registration will be carried out between March and May, 1984, with assistance from the Barbados government. He also said Grenada will close its diplomatic mission in Cuba but added that there are no plans at present for a total break in relations with Havana.
Indonesia’s death squads may have killed up to 4,000 suspected criminals in a drive against crime in the last nine months, the country’s leading human rights activist said today. The activist, Adnan Buyung Nasution, a former public prosecutor and founder of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute, accused the Government of carrying out the killings and challenged President Suharto to intervene to stop them. “We can say without hesitation that they are done by the Government apparatus, by the armed forces — in this case, the military and the police in a combined operation,” he said. “They call it a special task force.” Asked how many suspected criminals had died in the campaign, he said the figure was probably close to double the estimate of 2,000 disclosed by the Legal Aid Institute last month.
The Spacelab astronauts were flying again as post-landing tests put them back in the sky over the high desert at Edwards Air Force Base, California, for weightlessness experiments. But officials said discovery of a leak in a power unit aboard the space shuttle Columbia would delay its return to Florida.
President Reagan returns to the White House from the weekend at Camp David.
Surface-to-air missiles have been installed near the White House to guard against air attack, TIME magazine reported in its latest issue. Both the White House and the Pentagon declined comment on the report, which was released yesterday. The magazine cited unnamed military sources as saying any such missiles at the White House would have to be shoulder-fired Stingers or Redeyes and would fall under the control of the Secret Service. The missiles could easily be stationed on the roof of the White House, the sources said. The magazine asserted that security officers control a cache of missiles from a command center in the Old Executive Office Building next to the White House.
The President and the first lady participate in the taping of the NBC television program “Christmas in Washington.”
Farmers will continue to control the volume and price of certain crops under a federal policy instituted in the Depression that the Reagan Administration, after planning to reverse it on the ground that such control interfered with a free market, has decided to leave alone. The Administration’s decision was made after an avalanche of protests from growers and producers. On May 4, President Reagan, saying that such agreements interfered with the dynamics of a free market, announced his intention to end or substantially modify the controls, under which growers propose and the Government promulgates orders to farmers on how much they may market. But since the summer the Administration has abandoned its plans to make drastic changes in the controls, which date from the Depression.
Foreign policy is emerging as a key issue in the 1984 Presidential campaign, according to aides of Walter F. Mondale, a candidate for the Democratic nomination. They had expected the Reagan Administration’s economic policies to dominate the campaign.
The New Democratic Coalition failed to agree on a presidential endorsement at a meeting in New York. None of the eight Democratic presidential contenders gained the required 60% of delegates’ votes. After four ballots of the 205 voting delegates, Sen. Alan Cranston of California led with 52.9% of the votes and former Vice President Walter F. Mondale was second with 38.8%. The liberal group has 10,000 members.
Senator John Glenn accused former Vice President Walter F. Mondale of “promising everything” and plaguing the party with a big spender image. “If we go into the future being the party of big spenders and weak on defense, I think we’ll relegate ourselves to the ash heap,” Glenn said. The Ohio Democrat, appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” cited public opinion polls showing himself as running better against President Reagan than any of the other Democratic candidates.
A House committee says the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of Zomax, a painkiller withdrawn from the market last March because it was causing severe allergic reactions, shows that the agency is not protecting the public from the dangers of new drugs. A study released by the House Government Operations Committee said the FDA has received about 2,200 reports of allergic reactions associated with Zomax, 503 of which it classified as life-threatening, and the agency “believes it has sufficient information to attribute 14 or 15 deaths to such reactions,” the committee said. The report also cited FDA testimony indicating that the drug might cause cancer. The FDA said it had not received a copy of the report and would not comment until its medical staff could examine it.
Expanding the rent voucher system, initially offered in an experiment by the Reagan Administration to help the poor pay for housing and provide them with a wider choice of shelter than is now available under other federal aid, is proposed in the Administration’s new budget. Vouchers provide payments to local agencies, which reimburse landlords for part of the subsidized rent. Officials say the Administration wants to make the voucher system its main vehicle for housing aid.
The number of bombings in the United States dropped sharply during the first six months of 1983, but they killed seven persons, injured 53 and caused $38 million in damage, the FBI said. The bureau said domestic bombings dropped 20% from January to June, as contrasted with the corresponding period last year. Among those killed this year, six were the perpetrators and one was an intended victim. Bombings and attempted bombings attributed to terrorist groups fell from 19 in the first six months of 1982 to 14 during the like period of 1983. Of the 357 bombing incidents reported for the first six months of this year, the FBI said, there were 281 explosive and 76 incendiary incidents. For the corresponding period last year, there were 446 incidents.
The once-secret files of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover contain a wealth of largely defamatory reports on some of the nation’s most prominent figures, the U.S. News & World Report said. The magazine in detailing discoveries gleaned from 7,000 pages of documents released under the Freedom of Information Act said Hoover drew on the wealth of defamatory information at his fingertips to curry favor with Presidents and other officials. Hoover also allegedly used the bureau’s resources to intimidate persons who criticized him or the FBI, the magazine said.
Former Chicago Mayor Jane M. Byrne denied any wrongdoing in the city’s no-bid purchase of $1.8 million in street sweepers during her administration and said she welcomed a grand jury investigation into the awarding of the bids to firms that were major contributors to her political campaigns, it was reported. Byrne said all contracts were given close scrutiny by city attorneys before approval.
A swap between blacks and whites of their apartments in segregated public housing in Clarksville, Texas, ordered by a federal judge, has dismayed some residents of each project. The order could set a precedent for desegregating public housing in 36 Texas counties.
Two San Diego boys were killed and another was injured by a mortar shell they set off while playing in a canyon used by the Marine Corps for exercises in World War II, the officials said today. The boys, with three playmates who were not hurt, found the shell Saturday while playing in the canyon, which was once Federal land but developed as a housing subdivision several years ago. The victims were identified as Matthew Paul Smith and Corey Alden Peake, both 8 years old. Corey’s older brother, Carl, 12, was reported in stable condition. All of the children were from San Diego. Other youths said the boys had been building a fort when they unearthed the shell.
City officials in Milwaukee and representatives of a group of black police officers say they will sign a settlement this week that will fully integrate the Police Department and end a two-year civil rights lawsuit. The department’s promotion and hiring procedures will be revised but quotas will not be instituted, the City Attorney, James B. Brennan, said. The city and officers of the League of Martin, an organization of black police officers, held news conferences Friday to announce the agreement. However, each side, citing orders from a court-appointed mediator, declined to disclose many details. Alderman Gregory C. Gorak said the settlement included a $500,000 payment to the league.
A string of tornadoes tore through eastern Texas over the weekend, severely damaging homes, farms and businesses and tearing down power lines. One woman was killed when a twister struck her home, and at least five people were injured. Bands of thunderstorms moved from Texas to Florida, also spawning tornadoes in Louisiana and spreading heavy rain that caused some lowland flooding. At least four tornadoes whipped through southeast Louisiana today. Lavanchee Turner of Evergreen, 70 years old, died Saturday night in Leggett Memorial Hospital in Cleveland, Texas, 60 miles from Houston, after her home was destroyed by a tornado, hospital officials said.
Australian Open Men’s Tennis: Mats Wilander of Sweden wins 2nd career Grand Slam title; beats Ivan Lendl 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
NFL Football:
The rookie quarterback John Elway, sparkling against the team he refused to play for, threw 3 touchdown passes in a fourth-quarter rally as Denver overcame Baltimore, 21—19. The victory improved the Broncos’ record to 9-6 and coupled with a Buffalo loss to San Francisco put them into the playoffs for the first time since 1979. Elway — the first choice in last year’s draft who was traded to Denver after refusing to play for Baltimore — completed one scoring pass of 21 yards, and then fired a pair of 26-yard scoring strikes, the last coming with only 44 seconds left in the game to give the Broncos the victory. Baltimore dominated the game until the fourth quarter, rolling up its 19—0 lead on four Raul Allegre field goals, one of them a 55-yarder, and a 40-yard touchdown pass from Mike Pagel to wide receiver Bernard Henry.
Matt Suhey rushed for 101 yards and threw a 74-yard touchdown pass to Walter Payton as Chicago defeated Minnesota, 19—13. It was the first victory for the Bears in Minnesota since 1971 and it ended any playoff chance for the Vikings. Both teams now are 7-8. Minnesota took a 6—0 lead in the first quarter on field goals of 30 and 29 yards by Benny Ricardo. The Bears then scored 13 points, making it 16—6 at halftime. The Vikings rallied early in the second half when Randy Holloway blocked a Chicago punt and Steve Jordan fell on the ball on the 1-yard line. Ted Brown, who returned from a one-week suspension, scored to bring the score to 16—13. Following a Thomas field goal, Rick Bell blocked another Chicago punt, but this time the Vikings could not score.
Tim Smith caught two touchdown passes, the second a 43-yarder with 6 minutes 17 seconds to play, to lead Houston to a 34—27 victory over Cleveland today. The Oilers, who lost an early 24—6 lead, completed their comeback with a 2-play, 65-yard drive leading to Smith’s game-winning catch. The Houston quarterback, Oliver Luck, threw 22 yards to Smith on the previous play. The Browns dropped to an 8-7 record with one game remaining against Pittsburgh. The Oilers won for only the second time this season. After trading first-quarter field goals of 44 yards by Cleveland’s Chris Bahr and 40 yards by Florian Kempf, Houston scored on a 24-yard pass from the wide receiver Steve Bryant to Smith and on Earl Campbell’s 3-yard run. Both scores came after Cleveland had fumbled. Bryant, completing his first touchdown pass of the season, took a handoff from Campbell, who had taken the ball from Luck, and passed into the end zone to Smith. Bahr kicked a 45-yard field goal to narrow the gap to 17-6, but on the following kickoff, the rookie Steve Brown ran 93 yards for a touchdown that made the score 24—6 with 5:33 to go in the half. Cleveland then began its surge with the first of Mike Pruitt’s three touchdowns, which came with only 49 seconds left in the second quarter. Brian Sipe then completed four of five passes in the first two drives of the third quarter, leading to touchdown runs of 1 and 4 yards by Pruitt, giving the Browns their first lead at 27—24.
Pete Johnson rushed for 118 yards and 2 first half touchdowns to lead Cincinnati to a 17—9 victory over Detroit and sidetrack the Lions’ bid for the National Conference Central Division title. The Lions (8-7) can still win their first division title since 1957 by beating Tampa Bay next Sunday in Pontiac, Michigan. The Lions had a three-game winning streak snapped with the loss to Cincinnati (7-8). Ed Murray kicked three field goals for Detroit, but missed two others in a steady rain that made the artificial surface slick. The cornerback Ken Riley, honored at halftime for his 15 seasons in Cincinnati, recovered a fumble by Billy Sims on the Detroit 37 midway through the first quarter, which led to a 1-yard touchdown run by Johnson. Louis Breeden intercepted an Eric Hipple pass to start a 74-yard second quarter scoring drive. Ken Anderson hit Steve Kreider with a 26-yard pass, then scrambled to the Lions’ 3-yard line before fumbling the ball to his teammate, Dave Lapham. Anderson was shaken on the play and replaced by Turk Schonert, who handed off to Johnson for the final 2 yards and a 14—0 lead.
Rolf Benirschke kicked a 28-yard field goal with 2 seconds left to give San Diego a 41—38 victory over Kansas City. San Diego moved 70 yards in seven plays to set up the winning score. Key plays in that drive were a 25-yard pass interference penalty against the Kansas City cornerback Gary Green and an 18-yard run by the Chargers’ James Brooks that gave San Diego a first down at the Kansas City 14 and Benirschke came on two plays later to kick the game-winner. The final drive overshadowed a brilliant passing day by Bill Kenney of the Chiefs, who completed 31 of 41 passes for 411 yards and 4 touchdowns. Kenney’s last touchdown pass was 3 yards to Willie Scott, which tied the game with 1:34 to play. Dan Fouts also had a fine day for San Diego, completing 25 of 36 attempts for 3 touchdowns, all to tight end Kellen Winslow.
Mosi Tatupu scored 3 touchdowns as the New England Patriots took advantage of 7 turnovers to defeat the Los Angeles Rams, 21—7, and keep their playoff hopes alive. New England (8-7) must win next week at Seattle to have a chance at an American Conference wild-card berth while the Rams, also 8-7, need a victory over the Saints in New Orleans to have a chance at a playoff berth. Quarterback Tony Eason, making only his third start of the year because of an injury to Steve Grogan, finished with 172 yards, completing 12-of-21 passes. The Rams were led by Eric Dickerson, who finished with 94 yards on 27 carries. He set an all-time rushing record for a rookie, breaking the mark of 1,674 yards set by George Rogers of New Orleans in 1981. Dickerson’s performance also vaulted him ahead of Tony Dorsett, Rogers and Earl Campbell into sixth place on the all-time single-season rushing list with a league-leading 1,718 yards.
Morten Andersen’s 50-yard field goal gave New Orleans a 20—17 overtime victory over Philadelphia today and kept alive the Saints’ hopes for a playoff berth. The victory gave the Saints an 8-7 record, which tied the 17-year-old franchise’s single-season record for triumphs that it set in 1979. Philadelphia’s record dropped to 5-10. The Saints started the final drive from their 32 after an Eagle punt. After losing 2 yards on the first two plays, Ken Stabler passed 15 yards to Gene Goodlow for a first down at the Saints’ 45. Stabler then hit Goodlow again for 21 yards to the Eagles’ 34. Hokie Gajan gained 2 yards and Wayne Wilson 1, and a Stabler pass was incomplete before Andersen came in to kick the winning field goal at 5:30 of the overtime period. The Eagles had tied the score at 17—17 with 3:57 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Neil Lomax threw for two touchdowns and the St. Louis defense shut out Los Angeles in the second half as the Cardinals upset the Raiders, the American Conference Western Division champion, 34—24. Lomax, who completed 17 of 24 passes for 227 yards and no interceptions, led the Cardinals back from a 24—7 deficit as St. Louis scored two touchdowns in the last minute of the first half, including a 40-yard run by the defensive end Elois Groom with a fumble. St. Louis took the lead on its first possession in the second half and then scored again on a Lomax pass early in the final period. Los Angeles dominated the opening of the game as Jim Plunkett threw three first half touchdown passes. But Plunkett also threw three interceptions and was sacked five times.
The San Francisco 49ers dressed for the weather. Several players wore panty hose under their uniforms and most had gloves, and the space heaters were set up next to the bench. Although it was not that cold at Rich Stadium, 28 degrees, perhaps the warming measures were effective today, because the 49ers were a hot team in the second half against the Buffalo Bills. The 49ers won a game critical to their chances for a postseason playoff berth, 23—10, after trailing at halftime by 10—6. Because the Los Angeles Rams lost to the New England Patriots by 21—7, the 49ers found themselves in first place in the Western Division of the National Conference. The Bills did not play like a contender for the Super Bowl. They gained only 102 yards and failed to score in the second half of a humdrum game that marked the last appearance of Joe Cribbs in Rich Stadium. Cribbs’s longest run of the season, 45 yards, led to Buffalo’s only touchdown, by Roosevelt Leaks on a 1-yard leap early in the second quarter. Cribbs, who went round the flank on the long run, was caught from behind at the 49er 25-yard line by Eric Wright, the cornerback. That was a feat, because Cribbs runs faster than most defenders. “We struggled,” said Bill Walsh, the 49er coach. “We were able to take advantage of some opportunities.” The biggest opportunity came when Robb Riddick fumbled the second half kickoff after a 41-yard return and Dan Bunz recovered for the 49ers at the Buffalo 41. The 49er running backs, Wendell Tyler and Roger Craig, moved the ball to the Bills’ 4. Joe Montana then passed to Craig for the touchdown and the 49ers were ahead by 13—10. “That was the turning point of the game,” said Walsh. The 49ers scored another touchdown on their next series that began after Dana McLemore returned a Buffalo punt to midfield. Seven plays later, Tyler slipped into the end zone.
Seattle Seahawks offensive guard Reggie McKenzie didn’t score any points in his team’s 17—12 victory over the New York Giants. But he made a few afterward. “The players are learning to win. One thing is the guys haven’t quit. We fight, we scratch and we bite,” McKenzie said. A few minutes earlier, Seattle held off a desperate comeback bid by the Giants that keeps the Seahawks alive for their first playoff berth in their eight-year history. The Seahawks, 8-7, can clinch a wildcard spot in the AFC playoffs with a victory next week over the New England Patriots. The Seahawks had to work to hold off the Giants, and they got some timely help from the officials. New York quarterback Jeff Rutledge’s 10-yard touchdown pass to Earnest Gray on fourth down with 25 seconds to play was nullified by a holding penalty against offensive tackle John Tautolo. Rutledge’s pass was batted to the ground when the down was replayed. “That is how it goes when you are losing. Good teams overcome that,” said Rutledge after the Giants fell to 3-11-1 to clinch last place in the NFC”s Eastern Division. Rutledge hit 29 of 52 passes for 349 yards, with two interceptions, in his first appearance since a knee injury October 30 in a loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
The Washington Redskins waited 15 weeks to get even with the Dallas Cowboys, and they did today, convincingly. The Redskins, who lost the opening game of the season to the Cowboys, 31—30, overwhelmed them today, 31—10. The victory gave the Redskins a one-game lead over the Cowboys in the National Conference East, with a 13-2 record, and a chance to secure the home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a victory Saturday over the Giants in Washington or, failing that, with a San Francisco 49er victory over the Cowboys the following Monday. That would leave the Cowboys to enter the playoffs as a wild-card team, which means they would have to play an extra game on December 26. But because of their record, which is now 12-3, the Cowboys would be the home team. The Redskin victory was also their eighth consecutively — the longest winning streak by any team this season — and their second in 11 games in Texas Stadium and their first victory here since 1976. “This was a big day for the Redskins, and I’m proud to be a part of it,” Joe Gibbs, their coach, said. “We played a great team, and I thought it was a very physical and hard-fought game. There were many stages it rocked back and forth. But we got some plays, got things turned around and got things going our way.”
The Redskins won in a manner that is all too familiar to most of the teams they have beaten this season: They shut off the running game, forced their opponent to pass and, ultimately, forced interceptions. The Cowboys ran the ball 20 times and gained 33 yards, their fewest ever in one game. Tony Dorsett, who had gained 151 yards in the opener, ran for 34 yards, his lowest total of the season; Ron Springs, the fullback, ran six times for minus 1 yard. Over all, the Cowboys produced only 205 yards of offense, their lowest total of the season. For the Redskins, it was only their third-best defensive performance of the season. “We stopped Dorsett, and that’s what it takes,” said Dexter Manley, the Redskins’ right end. “If you can stop Dorsett, you can stop Dallas, and we stopped Dorsett.” With their running game virtually stalled in the first half, when the Redskins led, 14—10, the Cowboys threw liberally in the second, and that proved to be their undoing. The Redskins led the league with 30 interceptions through 14 games and had three more in the second half today. Each of today’s led to a score. Joe Theismann’s 43-yard touchdown pass to the wide receiver Art Monk followed an interception by the rookie cornerback Darrell Green in the third quarter; John Riggins’s 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter followed an interception by the free safety Greg Williams. And Mark Moseley’s 38-yard field goal with 2 minutes 37 seconds remaining followed another interception by Williams, a second-year player who replaced Mark Murphy in the first half after Murphy aggravated a hamstring muscle injury. Williams had never intercepted a pass as a professional player before today. Theismann completed 11 of 17 passes for 203 yards. Riggins, who also scored on a 3-yard run in the first quarter, led all runners with 89 yards on 27 carries.
Baltimore Colts 19, Denver Broncos 21
Chicago Bears 19, Minnesota Vikings 13
Cleveland Browns 27, Houston Oilers 34
Detroit Lions 9, Cincinnati Bengals 17
Kansas City Chiefs 38, San Diego Chargers 41
New England Patriots 21, Los Angeles Rams 7
New Orleans Saints 20, Philadelphia Eagles 17
St. Louis Cardinals 34, Los Angeles Raiders 24
San Francisco 49ers 23, Buffalo Bills 10
Seattle Seahawks 17, New York Giants 12
Washington Redskins 31, Dallas Cowboys 10
Born:
Ann Strother, WNBA guard and forward (Phoenix Mercury, Indiana Fever, Atlanta Dream), in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Died:
Neil Ritchie, 86, British General who commanded the British Eighth Army in North Africa (1941-1942) and XII Corps in northwest Europe (1944-1945) in WWII.
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