A total of 3,561 Poles have been freed from prisons and investigative detention units, and judicial proceedings have been dropped or sentences reduced for more than 7,400 others, the official Polish news agency reported. In the third day of a wide-ranging government amnesty program, nearly 200 people sentenced for, or suspected of, political crimes were freed, the agency said. Among them were Andrzej Gwiazda, Andrzej Slowik, Jerzy Kropiwnicki and Antoni Pietkiewicz, all prominent former members of the now-outlawed independent trade union Solidarity.
The Reagan Administration has decided to lift some of its sanctions against Poland in response to Warsaw’s announcement of amnesty for political prisoners, Administration sources told the Washington Post. The actions include restoring permission for the Polish national airline to make regular flights to the United States and a resumption of cultural and scientific exchanges, the sources said. More important steps, such as the approval of new U.S. farm credits, will await proof that Poland is freeing most political prisoners and proceeding to ease other aspects of the crackdown that began with martial law in 1981.
Nearly 100 British miners were arrested in clashes with police as a 20-week strike continued in Britain’s state-run coal industry. The clashes and arrests occurred outside the Nottinghamshire pit in England and the Bilston Glen pit in Scotland. However, miners in Nottinghamshire, Britain’s second largest coal field, have worked on in defiance of the strike, and there were reports of secret meetings in other areas on the subject of abandoning the strike, called to protest plans to close unprofitable mines. A local union official at the Scottish mine said two protesters were hospitalized, and the police said six others had been hurt. One policeman at Nottingham was reported slightly hurt. The Press Association, the British domestic news agency, reported that Nottingham miners said they were trying to stop a back-to-work campaign spearheaded by some miners.
President Reagan ended the ban on Soviet commercial fishing in American waters. The fishing embargo was imposed by President Carter in January 1980 as one of the steps taken in response to the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.
The first woman to walk in space is Svetlana Savitskaya, a 36-year-old Russian cosmonaut at the Salyut 7 space station, Tass announced. The Soviet press agency said Miss Savitskaya performed welding and soldering operations in the course of her historic excursion of 3 hours and 35 minutes. Her walk today upstages a planned space walk in October by an American woman, Kathryn D. Sullivan. Dr. Sullivan and another astronaut, David C. Leetsma, are to venture outside the space shuttle Challenger to demonstrate techniques for orbital refueling. That flight is scheduled for October. Miss Savitskaya, who was accompanied on her walk by the mission commander, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, is also the first woman to make two space flights. Here again, she is upstaging American plans. On the same mission with Dr. Sullivan, Sally K. Ride will be returning to space. In June 1983, she became the first American woman to fly in space.
Miss Savistskaya was born in Moscow and was graduated from flight school and the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Aviation Institute in Moscow. She worked as an instructor-pilot, and since 1976 has been a test pilot on 20 types of aircraft, Tass said.
Marine researchers reported yesterday that they had found the notorious U-20, the German submarine that sank the liner Lusitania in World War I, and the troopship Leopoldville, which sank with more than 800 G.I.’s off France in 1944. The National Underwater and Marine Agency, a nonprofit foundation supported in large part by the writer Clive Cussler, found the submarine about 600 feet off Vielby Beach on the west coast of Jutland, Denmark, in 17 feet of water. The Leopoldville, a Belgian liner that was torpedoed about 6 miles from Cherbourg, was found about 5.5 miles from shore under 150 feet of water.
Efforts to form an Israeli Cabinet began to focus on a wide coalition of national unity that would include both the right- and left-wing political alignments. Former Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who had declined to take part in the campaign that produced indecisive results in the parliamentary election Monday, broke his silence to express support for the widest possible coalition. “It would be a positive contribution to the country at this time,” he told a reporter for Israel radio, which said Mr. Begin did not rule out supporting a unity government headed by Shimon Peres, leader of the opposition Labor Alignment.
Clashes broke out in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli for the third straight day between Sunni Muslim fundamentalists and their pro-Syrian rivals, security sources said in Beirut. As many as five people were reported killed and 50 wounded in the fighting between Tawhid, the Sunni militia that dominates the city, and the pro-Syrian Arab Democratic Party.
A senior State Department official told a Congressional subcommittee today that Syria was playing a “helpful” role in restoring stability in Lebanon. He said this stemmed from a decision by Damascus “to shift course” and be more cooperative. The praise for Syria’s actions seemed to stun some members of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East and Europe. They sharply questioned the witness, Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, about the apparent switch in Administration polemics about Syria. For most of the last two years, President Reagan, Secretary of State George P. Shultz and other spokesmen have repeatedly blamed Syria for the trouble in the Middle East, for blocking progress toward a Lebanese accord, and for being involved in terrorist actions against the United States, including the bombing in Lebanon that killed 241 American servicemen last October.
Spain has expelled an Iranian diplomat for alleged links to suspected members of an Iranian terrorist group that was plotting to hijack or bomb a Saudi Arabian jet, officials in Madrid reported. Police seized weapons and explosives and arrested four men believed to be members of the “Martyrs of the Iranian Revolution,” which supports Iran’s Islamic fundamentalist regime, the officials said. The unidentified diplomat was believed to be the cultural attaché. Saudi Arabia supports Iran’s enemy, Iraq, in the Persian Gulf War.
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India, speaking in Parliament, linked the recent ethnic strife in Punjab with the U.S. package of military and economic aid to Pakistan, India’s neighbor and adversary. “The happenings in Punjab strangely coincided with the rearming of a neighboring country,” she said. Gandhi has frequently accused a “foreign hand” of stirring up violence by Sikhs.
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi appealed in the Indian Parliament today for reconciliation between Hindus and Sikhs in Punjab and declared that army troops would not be withdrawn from the area until both groups felt safe from Sikh terrorist threats. “The army should come out as soon as possible, but we must also create the conditions that people feel safe — not only the Hindus but also the Sikhs,” she said. Describing sectarian feelings as “the greatest threat” to India’s unity, Mrs. Gandhi urged all political parties to help heal the hurts of the Sikhs. Many Sikhs have been alienated since the army raided the stronghold of armed militants at the Golden Temple in Amritsar last month and killed at least 600 people. Unconfirmed reports have put the toll was as high as 1,000.
A severely handicapped 8-year-old who was placed in Government custody after his parents refused permission for a medical procedure will be returned to their custody, officials said. Stephen Dawson, who is deaf, blind, retarded and has cerebral palsy, was the subject of a long court case last summer after his parents, Robert and Sharon Dawson, refused to grant permission to doctors to replace a shunt that drained fluid from the brain. Judge Bryan Davis gave temporary custody of the boy to the provincial government and Stephen underwent emergency surgery. John Noble, superintendent of family and child services, said Tuesday that Robert Dawson had now given written assurances consenting to Stephen’s medical treatment.
South African officials met with Namibian guerrilla leaders in the Cape Verde Islands to explore prospects for ending the guerrilla war in Namibia, South African Foreign Minister Roelof F. (Pik) Botha announced. South African television reported that Willie van Niekerk, administrator for Namibia, met with Sam Nujoma, leader of the South-West Africa People’s Organization. The guerrillas reportedly hope that once the shooting stops, talks can begin on independence for Namibia.
Religious meetings could be held by students in public high schools before or after regular school hours under a bill approved by a 337-to-77 vote in the House. The Senate has also approved the measure and President Reagan enthusiastically backs it.
The chief Republican tax figure in the Senate, Bob Dole, said that President Reagan had clearly left open the possibility of a tax increase after the November 6 election in responding to a question at his news conference Tuesday. On Sunday, Senator Dole said a tax increase would be necessary next year as part of a Congressional effort to reduce soaring deficits.
President Reagan delivers a speech at the Reagan-Bush Family Festival Rally in Austin, Texas, then flies to Atlanta.
President Reagan addresses a meeting of Southern Republican Leadership in Atlanta, Georgia.
557,000 people have been made poor as a result of budget restrictions in social programs approved by Congress at the request of the Reagan Administration, according to a study issued by a Congressional research agency. The study also said that the 1981-82 recession impoverished an additional 1.6 million.
The House-passed version of a comprehensive immigration bill is “unacceptable” on the ground it is too expensive, the White House said. The statement raised the possibility that Congress could not complete action on the legislation this year.
The U.S. Postal Service said it will begin paying newly hired employees a wage scale 23% lower than the rate for current workers without waiting for an arbitrator’s ruling on the cut. The mail service notified its unions and employees that it would put into effect its last wage offer for the new workers beginning August 4. The proposal was rejected by postal union negotiators before contract talks broke down and contracts expired last Friday night. The mail service and four unions currently are at an impasse, triggering a law that provides for fact-finding and binding arbitration that will determine terms of new contracts.
The House moved to strip the crippled Synthetic Fuels Corp. of billions of dollars and recover what is left of a $20-billion check it wrote four years ago to wean the nation from imported oil. On a 261-148 vote, the House overturned its Rules Committee and demanded a floor vote on amendments to take back between $9 billion and $10.25 billion of the $13.2 billion in uncommitted federal subsidies for squeezing oil and natural gas from shale, tar sands and coal.
The Senate approved legislation giving the Administration $388 million more than it asked for to run the Treasury Department, subsidize the Postal Service, and operate the executive office of the President. The appropriations bill, which passed 78 to 15, provides $12.7 billion. The bill now goes to conference with the House as the House-passed bill covering the same agencies provides $842 million less.
The Postal Service took advantage of its expired labor contracts to announce it would begin hiring new workers at pay levels about 20 percent below the wages of current employees. Moe Biller, president of the American Postal Workers Union, promptly denounced the two-tier pay system as “a provocative, union- busting tactic.”
A federal judge in Chicago approved a $335,000 settlement for 25 civic groups and individuals — including Jesse Jackson — who claimed the police violated their constitutional rights by spying on them. The out-of-court settlement ended nearly 10 years of litigation against the city and the Police Department’s now-defunct Red Squad intelligence unit. The Red Squad kept secret dossiers on scores of religious leaders, politicians and critics of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley. The out-of-court settlement, approved by Federal District Judge Susan Getzendanner, ended nearly 10 years of litigation against the city and the Police Department’s now-defunct intelligence unit.
According to the settlement, 17 individuals will receive $10,000 each. They include Mr. Jackson, the former Democratic Presidential candidate, and Representative Gus Savage, Democrat of Illinois. Mr. Jackson’s group, Operation PUSH, and the Illinois division of the American Civil Liberties Union are among the eight organizations that will receive $20,625 each.
Seven men, including four public safety officers, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for setting 163 fires, allegedly to force the rehiring of laid off police and firefighters. An 83-count indictment charged they set fires in the Boston area in 1982 in which more than 280 persons were injured, property valued at more than $22 million was destroyed and Massachusetts taxpayers lost millions of dollars. A wave of arson in Boston three years ago was carried out by a group composed mostly of police officers, firefighters and private security guards, according to an 83-count Federal indictment. Officials said that 163 fires were set to frighten the public into backing more posts for police officers and firefighters at a time when property tax cuts had reduced their ranks. Federal agents arrested six men in three states, and a seventh later surrendered in Boston.
A Federal judge ruled today that Detroit must recall 800 black police officers illegally laid off in 1979 and 1980, even though the mayor says the city cannot afford it. Federal District Judge Horace Gilmore struck down the layoffs February 22 in ruling on a lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. His new order puts that ruling into effect. In a 58-page order, the judge said the city must recall within 180 days all those black officers laid off in 1979 and 1980 who desire to return to the force and still qualify. Mayor Coleman Young said that the city cannot afford the $30 million needed for the recalls.
A teenage girl’s legs were mangled by “fierce bites” from a shark while another girl required 70 stitches to close bite wounds, but officials at South Padre Island, Texas, decided to keep their popular beaches open. “We’re probably taking more precautions than necessary,” said city official Joe Rubio. “We hope we can get some more publicity and get more tourists down here.” Carmen Gaytan, 18, attacked in the Gulf of Mexico by what rescuers described as a 4-foot shark, was in guarded condition in a hospital’s intensive care unit after extensive reconstructive surgery on her legs. A second, unidentified, tee-age girl required stitches on many leg bites, authorities said.
The widow of James Oliver Huberty said today that she would auction the rights to her story of life with the man who killed 21 people at a McDonald’s in San Ysidro. Etna Huberty, the widow, said she was anxious about her future and that of her two daughters, Cassandra, 10 years old, and Zelia, 14. Mrs. Huberty told a San Diego television station: “I’m going to need money.” A friend, Ann Ruiz, said in a letter today to the San Diego Union that an offer to top all bids for an exclusive interview had been made by The National Inquirer.
Radiation levels from the opened reactor vessel at Three Mile Island are only one-tenth of what had been expected, indicating that the rest of the cleanup of the damaged plant at Middletown, Pennsylvania, may be easier than previously anticipated, Federal officials said.
An advance on mania and depression was reported by researchers. They said they had found the strongest evidence to date that a genetically transmitted abnormality of body chemistry predisposes people to suffer from the disorders.
A Los Angeles security net that officials say is the largest and costliest ever imposed on a peacetime event in the United States is tightening in advance of the Olympic Games, which open Saturday.
Roy Smith, a rookie, allowed five hits over seven and one-third innings and Pat Tabler hit a homer as Cleveland Indians ended the Detroit Tiger’s six-game winning streak with a 4–1 victory. Smith (4–2) struck out six and walked five. Ernie Camacho gave up one hit and got the final five outs for his 12th save. Dave Rozema (7–2) gave up three earned runs on seven hits in six and one-third innings. It was his first career loss against the Indians in eight decisions.
Toby Harrah gets four hits, and the New York Yankees shut out the Milwaukee Brewers, 3–0. Dennis Rasmussen got the win, holding the Brewers to just four hits in seven innings. Dave Righetti finished and got the save.
The Boston Red Sox edged the Chicago White Sox, 3–2. Mike Easler led off the bottom of the 12th with his 20th homer, lifting Boston to its fifth consecutive victory. Easler, the first batter to face Jerry Don Gleaton (1–1), the fourth Chicago pitcher, lined a 1–2 pitch into the Boston bullpen in right-center. The home run was Easler’s third hit of the 3-hour-34-minute game.
Eddie Murray broke up a scoreless game with a two-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 3–1 win over the Texas Rangers. With two outs in the Baltimore seventh, Cal Ripken reached first on a throwing error by the third baseman, Buddy Bell. Murray followed with his 21st home run of the season, off Frank Tanana (9–10). Dennis Martinez (4–5) gave up four hits over seven and two- thirds innings.
Darryl Motley singled home Greg Pryor from second base with one out in the bottom of the 13th to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 5–4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Motley’s hit came after Pryor led off the inning by singling off the glove of the third baseman, Rance Mulliniks. John Wathan then sacrificed Pryor to second and Motley followed with his hit down the right-field line off Bryan Clark (0–1).
The New York Mets downed the St. Louis Cardinals, 9–3, to complete a three-game sweep of the series. Daryl Strawberry batted in four runs. Sid Fernandez (3–0) picked up the win. Ed Lynch added four innings of scoreless relief.
The San Francisco Giants blasted the Houston Astros, 7–3. Chili Davis got three hits and drove in two runs, leading a 15-hit San Francisco attack. Jeff Robinson (6–11) allowed nine hits in eight-plus innings before being relieved by Greg Minton. Mike LaCoss (5–1), the Houston starter, yielded six runs in suffering his first loss since July 28, 1983.
Leon Durham hit a two-run homer, drove in three runs and scored twice today in leading the Chicago Cubs to a 9–4 victory over the Phillies. Ryne Sandberg added two runs batted in and scored three times for the Cubs, who got 15 hits in a game that attracted a crowd of 45,183. Dennis Eckersley (4–6) allowed six hits in seven innings, struck out six and did not walk a Philadelphia batter. Charles Hudson (8–8) was the loser.
Luis Salazar’s two-run walk-off double with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth gave the San Diego Padres a 6–5 victory over Cincinnati and a seven-game lead in the National League West. The Reds had taken a 5–4 lead in the top of the ninth on Dave Concepcion’s run-scoring single off Rich Gossage (5–3). But with one out in the bottom of the ninth, Tony Gwynn got his fourth hit, a single off Bob Owchinko (3–5). Steve Garvey’s single sent Gwynn to second and Brad Lesley walked Bruce Bochy to load the bases. Salazar followed with his double to the wall in right-center for his first game-winning run batted in of the year.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 1096.95 (+10.38).
Born:
Anthony Waters, NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints), in Lake View, South Carolina.
Died:
Bryan Hextall, 70, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (New York Rangers; 3-time 1st team NHL All Star), from a heart attack.
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, 57, American rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter (“Hound Dog”; “Ball & Chain”; “Stronger Than Dirt”), of heart and liver disorders.
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