A new thrust southward on Cyprus by Turkish armor and artillery broke the cease-fire agreed on Friday night with Greek Cypriot forces. After seizing the northern third of the island, the Turkish army appeared to be seeking to reach Turkish communities in the Greek Cypriot part of Cyprus. An armored column progressed well beyond the line that was assumed to be the southern boundary of what would be Turkish-controlled Cyprus. An armored column reached Pyroi, a Turkish Cypriot community 10 miles: southeast of Nicosia on the road to the coastal city of Larnaca. This effectively cut one of the island’s north‐south highways.
Another Turkish Cypriote community, Louroujjna, also appeared to be a goal of the Turkish thrust after its inhabitants reportedly appealed to the Turks for help. The town lies four miles southwest of Pyroi and its capture would enable the Turkish forces to isolate Greek Cypriote National Guard units in Nicosia from those in the south. Larnaca itself has a large Turkish community and up to at least two days ago several hundred Turkish Cypriote men were being held by the Greek Cypriotes in a school. There was conjecteure in diplomatic circles that the Turks might be seeking to seize more territory than they had originally planned to strengthen their bargaining position at a new peace conference. Both sides protested against the breach of the cease‐fire and the commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force, Maj. Gen. Prem Chand of India, expressed concern.
In northern Cyprus, Turkish forces appeared to be settling in for a long stay. Refugees who were moved through the Turkish lines to Turkish Cypriot communities found that life was returning to normality but Greek villages remained deserted, their inhabitants having fled south as the Turks approached. Turkish soldiers were seen removing such items as stoves, refrigerators and washing machines from empty houses. Just after the invasion of Cyprus by Turkey, the Greek Cypriot National Guard took up positions around the Turkish Cypriot communities and virtually cut them off. There was great tension among the Turkish Cypriots as they awaited a Turkish offensive. After a fierce four‐hour battle at Mia Milea on the northeast outskirts of Nicosia on Thursday, Turkish troops broke out to the east in a drive for Famagusta. The national guard fled before them. The Turks arrived at Chatos, a town of 1,200 people, just before 2 PM. For two hours before that, the 400 to 500 Greek Cypriot soldiers stationed near the town had attacked it with mortars and the 120 Turkish Cypriot defenders suffered seven dead. Few houses in the town have escaped damage, but here and in other communities Turkish Cypriots who fled the Greeks are moving back.
Anti-Americanism is sweeping Greece and American and Greek officials are now assuming that the United States will eventually be asked to vacate or reorganize at least some of the seven military installations it maintains in Greece. Greek hostility to the bases — which were established through negotiation between Athens and Washington — was emphasized Friday when the Greek government prohibited all American military aircraft from landing or taking off anywhere in the country. The order was modified today to allow operations only in Athens, and then only with a six-hour notice.
Since the start of their invasion of Cyprus three weeks ago, the Turkish armed forces suffered 250 dead and 550 wounded, General Semih Sancar, the chief of the Turkish General Staff, said at a news conference in Ankara. He spoke of Turkish military operations on the island as ended, and said that the Turkish attack had been renewed Wednesday after the problem of the Turkish-Cypriot minorities in enclaves under Greek Cypriot control had been “left for a week to the politicians.”
Security officials in Belfast said that the Irish Republican Army might be running low on explosives after a series of shootings in that city and in Armagh. “When they can’t bomb, they shoot to keep the pot boiling.” one official said. Two persons suffered slight injuries in the incidents. Recent intelligence reports indicated that the IRA was running low on explosives.
The first of an estimated 50,000 tourists stranded by the collapse of Court Line, Britain’s second largest travel firm, returned to London on money taken out of the company’s insurance bond. Another 100,000 would-be travelers — many paid more than $480 in advance — were stranded at home with little prospect of getting their money back.
Buckingham Palace announced that Prince Charles had completed 18 months of sea duty and had received orders to start a helicopter course next month. During his service aboard the frigates HMS Minerva and HMS Jupiter, he visited the United States, Canada, South America, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Fiji, and Tonga.
The West German Interior Ministry is putting the finishing touches on a bill that would give journalists legal protection from editorial interference by publishers and impose “fairness” requirements for news coverage.
Five mountain climbers, roped together for an ascent in the difficult Meije area of the French Alps, were killed today when they fell off a sheer cliff, police officials said. One of the climbers was Paul Luquin, a professional mountain guide. Late tonight policemen were trying to establish the identity of the four others.
King Hussein of Jordan said he had received sympathy but no commitments from American officials that the United States would meet his desire to press for Jordanian-Israeli negotiations as the next step in the Middle East. In an interview in Washington, King Hussein affirmed his government’s threat to boycott a resumption of the Geneva conference on the Middle East unless the Israelis withdraw from at least part of the West Bank of the Jordan River, which was seized by Israel in 1967.
The Libyan leader, Col.onel Muammar el‐Qaddafi, arrived in Alexandria, today for his first visit to Egypt since last February in an effort to patch up relations between the two countries. The Middle East News Agency said that President Anwar el‐Sadat of Egypt and Sheik Zayed Ben Sultan, chairman of the United Arab Emirates, had met Colonel Qaddafi at the airport. The Libyan Government said that Mr. Sadat’s invitation to Colonel Qaddafi was a result of Sheik Zayed’s visits to Libya last week and to Egypt this week in an attempt to improve Egyptian‐Libyan relations. Colonel Qaddafi’s last visit did little to ease the rift between the two countries that developed during the Middle East war last October when the Libyan leader criticized Mr. Sadat’s strategies.
The Ethiopian armed forces committee announced today that it had arrested Emperor Haile Selassie’s chief bodyguard, Major General Tafesse Lemma. The announcement over the radio did not say where or how General Tafesse had been arrested, but it was understood he was taken by force. The committee said yesterday, also in a radio broadcast, that it had stripped the 82‐year‐old Emperor of some of his powers, abolishing his crown council, court of justice and military committee. General Tafesse, a close friend of the Emperor, was appointed only recently. It was believed that he had been taken to the headquarters of the army’s Fourth Division in Addis Ababa, where some 150 former ministers and Government officials are being held pending military investigations into charges of maladministration and corruption.
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was elected as the fifth President of India over rival candidate Tridib Chaudhuri in the electoral vote system used in India. In addition to all members of the two houses of the Parliament of India, members of the legislative assemblies of all states and union territories of India were allowed to cast votes. Of the 943,309 legislators who cast votes on election day, 754,113 voted in favor of Ahmed and 189,196 for Chaudhuri.
Communist forces were continuing to put pressure on Saigon’s northern defense lines tonight after launching a tank assault. The Saigon command said that the Communists had driven south of the town of Bến Cát to within 18 miles of the center of Saigon. Sharp fighting was continuing. The command said that the initial tank assault had been halted. One Soviet‐built T‐54 tank was destroyed and 32 Communist troops were killed while one Government soldier was killed and six were wounded, a spokesman said.
South Korea said the gunman who tried to assassinate President Park Chung Hee got his instructions from a North Korean agent aboard a ship in Japan. And in Osaka, Japanese police said the murder was planned at least a year in advance and that the assassin, Mun Se Kwang, left a signed statement which was found during a search of his home. Mun fired at Park as Park was giving an Independence Day speech in Seoul Thursday. He missed the president but killed Mrs. Park and a teen-aged girl. He was arrested immediately.
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai is in good health but is still kept from official duties under advice of his doctors, according to the Tokyo newspaper Asahi Shimbun. The paper said the report came from Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsia-ping when he met in Peking with a visiting Japanese politician. Chou is recuperating from a heart attack he suffered in May. He appeared August 1 at a reception marking the anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army.
China Mail, the oldest newspaper in Hong Kong and one of the oldest in the Far East, printed its final edition. The collapse of the 129-year-old English-language afternoon daily was so swift that its editor, Barry Sullivan, currently on vacation in Africa, apparently was unaware his paper had closed down.
Petronas (Petroliam Nasional), the government-owned oil and natural gas company of Malaysia, was incorporated.
Britain’s escaped “great train robber,” Ronald Biggs, celebrated into the early hours at a Rio de Janiero beach resort over the birth — by his half-Indian Brazilian mistress — of an 8¼-pound son who most likely is Biggs’ passport to freedom. As the father of a Brazilian child dependent upon him, Biggs cannot be expelled by presidential decree. And he cannot be extradited to Britain, where he has 28 years of a 30-year prison term waiting for him for his role in the 1963 train robbery in which $7.26 million in used banknotes was taken, because Brazil and Britain have no extradition treaty. Last Tuesday the threat of immediate deportation was lifted by the Justice Ministry’s admission that it could not find a country willing to take Biggs.
A national conference of the Brazil Bar Association in Rio de Janeiro has approved a motion in favor of divorce, which is illegal in the predominantly Roman Catholic country. In closing their meeting the lawyers also voted to approve statements critical of actions by the military-led government, including press censorship, interference with labor unions, and suspension of habeas corpus guarantees.
The White House announced that a mysterious tip linking Nelson Rockefeller, the former Governor of New York, to “dirty tricks” in the 1972 presidential campaign had been referred to the special Watergate prosecutor last week and, after an investigation, was dismissed as baseless. Jerry terHorst, President Ford’s press secretary, said in one of a number of news briefings on the matter that the tip was the work of “extremists who wished for reasons of their own to discredit Governor Rockefeller.” He said that the investigation was “completely closed” and would have no further bearing on Mr. Ford’s choice of a vice- presidential nominee.
On the day he announced that he would resign, President Nixon changed the terms of the gift he had made to the National Archives of his pre-presidential papers and stipulated that no one could have access to them until January 1, 1985, without his personal permission. The paper’s were originally donated with the provision that access would be restricted only as long as Mr. Nixon was President.
A Gallup poll has found that nearly half the adults in the United States have despaired of the nation’s economy and believe the country is headed for a serious depression. However, a wellspring of hope, based on President Ford’s desire to curb the soaring rate of inflation, was apparent in a series of interviews conducted by the New York Times across the country.
Louisiana voters renominated Senator Russel B. Long and four of the five incumbent congressmen in the Democratic primary. Rep John R. Rarick, an eight-year veteran, was forced into a runoff with Jeff LaCaze, a 29-year-old television announcer. Reps. F. Edward Hebert, Otto E. Passman, Corinne C. Boggs and John B. Breaux each won easy renomination. Long’s victory assured him of keeping the seat he has held since 1948 because he has no Republican opposition in the November general election.
Madison Avenue advertising is helping to turn America into a nation of gulpers and snackers who often pay high prices for less nutritious foods, Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz Said today. Dr. Butz, in a speech prepaled for a farm meeting here, said that a neighbor complained recently‐that milk priced at 43 cents a quart was “highway robbery.” At the same time, Dr. Butz said, his friend was paying 80 cents a quart for beer and willingly paying 65 cents a quart for soda from vending machines, “even though the nutritional value of soda is nil.”
Thousands of full-size baby cribs manufactured by the Simmons Co. of New London, Wisconsin, this year do not meet federal safety standards, the Consumer Products Safety Commission reported, and the firm has agreed to refund the cost of the crib if purchasers so request. The cribs were found to have spacing between the side spindles or slats that exceeded the safety minimum of 2⅜ inches established to make sure babies could not slip between them. The commission also warned about sharp corners and rough edges on metal brackets holding the foot release mechanism.
Vinyl chloride has been banned as a propellant in aerosol spray cans of paints, finishers, protective and decorative coatings, paint removers, adhesives, and solvents under an order of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The ban takes effect in 45 days. Consumers were told they would be able to return the products and get refunds. Vinyl chloride has been linked to at least 24 cases of a rare form of liver cancer among industrial workers. Previously the chemical had been banned from drugs, cosmetics and pesticides.
General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union announced a program to help workers with drug problems. Under the program, which will start next month, workers asking for assistance will be treated in confidence and no disciplinary action will be taken against them. The program, funded by a $260,000 federal grant, will operate in five Detroit-area GM plants that employ about 30,000 union workers.
A powerful explosion leveled a warehouse and set off fires in an industrial area in east Los Angeles tonight. Two persons were injured, the fire department reported. Windows in buildings in a four‐block area surrounding the site were blown out and the police reported extensive looting. The blast occurred at 8:40 PM at the Star Trucking Company, at 622 South Mateo Street. Witnesses said they saw a flash, then felt a jolt and saw huge billows of black smoke. “A giant firework,” said one witness. “A giant fireball in the sky,” said another. The explosion was heard as far away as Hollywood, a distance of four miles.
A bomb, believed to have been planted by the man who claims responsibility for the August 6 bombing of Los Angeles International Airport, was found by the police in a downtown L.A. bus terminal locker last night and safely removed. The police pressed their search for the bomber after receiving a warning that a third bomb would be exploded here tomorrow. But late this afternoon a man asserting he was the bomber called a local newspaper and said he had “postponed” tomorrow’s explosion. About 1,000 persons were evacuated last night from the Greyhound bus terminal, and the police carefully pulled the bomb from a public locker and loaded it onto a bomb squad truck. As the truck drove off the bomb’s detonator discharged but the bomb itself did not.
The four largest dairies in Arizona and six of their current and former top executives were indicted in Phoenix on federal charges of conspiring to violate antitrust laws in the distribution of milk products in the state. The four dairies were Borden, Carnation, Foremost-McKesson and Shamrock Foods. The charges allege that the companies and their executives conspired to fix and raise prices, rig bids and allocate customers.
Spencer W. Kimball, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, told a regional conference in Stockholm that sex outside proper marriage “is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord.” He said that without premarital sex, a major cause of abortions would be eliminated.
Four persons were killed as thunderstorms with winds gusting up to 90 m.p.h. struck parts of Kansas and Missouri. John O. Nybald, 16, of Kansas City, drowned when winds destroyed a marina near Stockton, Missouri, and sank or damaged 50 boats on the lake. Martha F. Green, 33, and her son, Bobby Lee, 16, of Pierce City, Missouri, were killed when wind toppled a huge tree onto their car. Floyd Myers, 62, was electrocuted by a downed power line at his home near Manhattan, Kansas. Elsewhere, lightning killed Norma Chinlund, 32, Largo, Florida, and injured her son and another youth who were standing in a crowd of several thousand watching an air show at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa.
“Magnificat,” a canticle composed by Krzysztof Penderecki for the 1,200th anniversary of Salzburg Cathedral, premiered at the cathedral, with the choirs conducted by Penderecki himself.
The championship game of the DFB-Pokal, the knockout game of West Germany’s Bundesliga, was played before 52,800 spectators at the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf. Eintracht Frankfurt, which had finished in 4th place in the regular season, defeated 12th-place Hamburger SV, 3 to 1 after extra time.
Cleveland purchases former National League batting champ Rico Carty from Cordoba of the Mexican League. He will hit .363 for the rest of the season.
It took the Yankees just about four hours to receive credit for a well‐pitched 2–1 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Shea Stadium yesterday. Rain delays were the problem, and fewer than 1,000 persons were around from the original crowd of 14,587 when the umpires called the game at 6:30 PM. George Medich, who lost his last four starts, finally got his 14th victory of the season in a, game that ended with one out in the last of the seventh inning. The Yankees’ right‐hander, who has more victories than anyone on the staff, allowed only three hits and didn’t give up the run until the sixth inning — about three hours after the game started.
Jim Perry fired a four‐hitter today and Charlie Spikes drove the first run of the game to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 4–0 victory over the Texas Rangers. Perry, with a 13–8 won-lost record, did not allow runner to get past second base. He struck out one and walked none.
Harmon Killebrew’s two‐run homer sparked a four‐run Minnesota outburst in the fifth inning today and the Twins went on to beat the Boston Red Sox, 7–4. The loss trimmed Boston’s lead in the American League East to 3½ games over the second‐place Cleveland Indians.
Jim Colborn checked California on six hits through eight innings while Ken Berry delivered four successive singles and drove home the winning run as the Milwaukee Brewers edged the Angels, 4–2, tonight. The runs were the first earned runs allowed by Colborn at Anaheim Stadium in his career spanning four games and 28⅔ innings.
Dick Sharon belted a two‐run homer in the second inning today and the Detroit Tigers held on to defeat the Oakland A’s, 4–3. The Tigers picked up two runs in the first on singles by Ron Lenore, Al Kaline, Ben Ogilvie and an error by Glenn Abbott, the Oakland starter. Detroit disposed of Abbott in the second when Tom Veryzer opened with a walk and scored on Sharon’s second home run of the baseball season.
Dusty Baker’s bases‐loaded, two‐out single in the 12th tonight gave the Atlanta Braves a 7–6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves had loaded the bases on hits by Paul Casanova and Marty Perez and a walk to Darrell Evans. The Philies had tied the score in the ninth on a two‐run pinch homer by Tony Taylor.
Al Oliver’s eighth-inning single drove home Richie Hebner with the winning run today and the Pittsburgh Pirates stung slumping Los Angeles, 4–3. It was the fifth consecutive loss for the Dodgers, leaders of the National League’s West Division. Hebner had opened the eighth with his double against Andy Messersmith, the loser and Oliver drilled the single that capped Pittsburg’s comeback. The Pirates had tied the game with two runs after two out in the sixth against Messersmith, who had allowed only two hits and one run over the first five innings.
The weight removed from their shoulders by the news of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ fifth straight loss, the Cincinnati Reds shook their lethargic bats and defeated the New York Mets, 6–2, tonight before 47,274 fans at Riverfront Stadium. Starting softly but carrying a big bat, Jack Billingham went all the way to gain his 15th triumph, the first pitcher in the National League to reach that mark. He has lost eight. The 6‐foot‐4‐inch right‐hander with a .040 batting average also poked two hits and drove in one of the Reds’ runs. The victory, combined with the Dodger loss to the Pirates, cut the Los Angeles Western Division first‐place margin over the Reds to 3½ games.
Reggie Smith hit a two‐run homer in the ninth to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 5–3 victory over the San Francisco Giants tonight. Ted Sizemore led off the inning with a single off the Giants’ relief pitcher, Randy Moffitt. Smith followed by hitting Moffitt’s first pitch into the bleachers in rightcenter field for his 18th home run of the season.
Dave Winfield ripped a two‐run homer in the eighth inning today to give the San Diego Padres a 4–3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Winfield’s 16th homer of the baseball season came after a walk to Willie McCovey and ended a three‐game Chicago winning streak.
Born:
Jeff Liefer, MLB outfielder, first baseman, and third baseman (Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians), in Fontana, California.
John Emmons, NHL centre (Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins), in San Jose, Califronia.
Nicola Kraus, American novelist (co-author of “The Nanny Diaries”), in New York, New York.
Tony Hajjar, Lebanese-American drummer (At the Drive-In; Sparta), in Beirut, Lebanon.
Died:
Edgar Dearing, 81, American actor (“Pollyanna”, “Abraham Lincoln”, “Free & Easy”).
Aldo Palazzeschi (pen name of Aldo Giurlani), 89, Italian novelist, poet, journalist and essayist.
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