Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader, canceled a meeting with Glafkos Clerides, the Greek Cypriot President of Cyprus, that had been arranged for today by Secretary General Waldheim of the United Nations. Mr. Denktash charged that Greek Cypriot soldiers had committed mass murder of Turkish Cypriot civilians and that consequently he was “physically and mentally” unable to hold the meeting. The long‐awaited meeting had been arranged eight deys ago by Secretary General Waldheim of the United Nations. On his visit to Nicosia to discuss the Cyprus crisis, Mr. Waldheim said that the agreement of the two leaders to meet was a first step, toward improved relations between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
Mr. Denktash, in an interview in his office tonight, added that he would “try to meet” Mr. Clerides on Friday. The two Cypriot leaders had agreed to meet to discuss “humanitarian issues,” such as the refugee problem, caused by the Turkish capture of 40 percent of the island. There was speculation here tonight whether the “mass murder” issue, would seriously impede discussion between the two leaders and whether it would worsen the hostility between Turkey and Greece. The Clerides Government refused to concede that the murders had been committed by Greek Cypriots or that the victims were Turkish Cypriots. The government, however, condemned the “reported crime regardless of which side is responsibie.”
Mr. Denktash said that the “mass murder” had been committed at Maratha, a village near the port city of Famagusta that is now under Turkish control. Earlier in the day Turkish officials said that about 70 Turkish Cypriots from Maratha had been killed by Greeks on August 14. It was also on August 14, Mr. Denktash said tonight, that Greek soldiers apparently killed 90 Turkish civilians near the Greek‐held city of Limassol. The Turkish leader said that the Greeks were now blocking an investigation of the reported killings in the Limassol area. The Clerides Government, for its part, has called for an investigation by the United Nations and the International Red Cross of the charges involving Maratha.
Mr. Denktash said he did not like to use “words that may be taken as threats,” but added that mainland Turkey “was very concerned.” He said the Turkish Army on the island might have to take “precautionary measures” if more evidence of slaughter of civilians was unearthed. He declined to elaborate.
This morning, young Turkish soldiers with handkerchiefs covering their noses and mouths dug the bodies of at least 35 people out of a dump in a field near Maratha. At the edge of the pit two middle‐aged Turkish Cypriot women moaned and wept and embraced each other. Turkish officials said that the pit contained about 70 bodies, almost the entire population of this now empty hamlet. They said the 70 were Turkish Cypriots who had been murdered by Greek soldiers fleeing as Turks advanced toward Famagusta. A white‐haired girl man, Mustafa Hassan Nihat, a retired teacher, said he was in Maratha the day the Greek soldiers came. He said they promised not to hurt anyone, then rounded up most of the villagers and marched them away. The old man said he hid and that a few minutes later he heard a machine gun. Only yesterday, the old man said, did he and his brother, who are among the few remaining residents of Maratha, find the bodies in the dump, which is a mile or so out of town.
A day after his physicians pronounced him cured of a recent serious illness — phlebitis complicated by blood clots — Generalissimo Francisco Franco was back in full power as chief of state of Spain. He had delegated his office to his prospective successor, Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon, when be became ill in July. General Francisco Franco decided to resume the duties as Spanish chief of state that he delegated temporarily because of illness to his designated successor, Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon y Borbon, a government announcement said. The 81-year-old ruler’s decision came the day after his doctors declared he was fully recovered from an attack of phlebitis and intestinal bleeding that had confined him to a hospital for 19 days in July.
Britain announced plans to beef up security forces in Northern Ireland by recruiting more part-time policemen. The announcement, made in Belfast, coincided with a report in the London Times that the British army will soon withdraw 1,000 troops from the province, bringing its strength down to 14,000. But Northern Ireland Secretary Merlyn Rees said the government’s new security plan did not include an army withdrawal.
Lloyds Bank, Ltd., one of Britain’s Big Four banks, reported losses of up to $75 million because of “irregularities,” including unauthorized foreign exchange dealings at its branch in Lugano, Switzerland. Because of its closeness to Italy, Lugano is a center for trading in Italian lire. The Federal Banking Commission of Switzerland announced in Bern that it had begun an investigation to determine whether criminal offenses were committed in Lugano.
Two yachts which had belonged to former British Prime Minister Edward Heath, both named Morning Cloud, were lost within 24 hours in stormy weather on the English Channel. Morning Cloud I tore loose from her moorings and was driven onto rocks off Gorey Castle, Jersey. A large wave struck Morning Cloud III off the Sussex coast. The yacht capsized and sank, and two members of the 7-man crew, one of whom was Heath’s godson, drowned.
In Kruševac, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia, 18-year-old Milica Kostić jumped from a 12th-floor window to escape being raped by a group of 5 young men, telling police afterwards that it was the only way to save her honor. She would die of her injuries two days later.
The oil‐producing nations today dampened hopes of a cut in gasoline prices by agreeing to recommend to its members that crude oil prices should stay at their present level for the rest of this year. The group also said it would recommend a cutback in crude oil production to stave off a surplus which could force down prices and an increase in the taxes paid by oil companies to produce governments to offset inflation.
Repeating an overture made about a month ago, the leadership of the Palestinian liberation movement has informed the United States, through third parties, that it would like to enter into direct discussion with Washington, preferably at a meeting of Secretary of State Kissinger and Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Sources said the proposal was repeated last week when it became known that Mr. Kissinger planned to visit the Middle East soon.
Armed policemen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia today broke up a march by students, unemployed people and children chanting demands for the abdication of Emperor Haile Selassie. The demonstrators, wile marched through the streetcarrying portraits of the 82‐year‐old monarch and shouting demands for his “dismissal,” at first were left alone by the Police. But as night fell the police confronted them in the city center and most of the demonstrators ran off. Several of them shouted that the Emperor should be hanged. It was the first demonstration against the Emperor personally and seemed to have been provoked by the appearance here yesterday of posters attacking him.
Indian officials are privately asking the United States for emergency shipments of food. Although a series of requests as been made in New Delhi and Washington, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has, by all accounts, been reluctant to ask formally for a food deal or a “soft” loan from the United States. Indeed, Indian officials are urging the United States to offer help to India. The delicacy of the current talks has stirred confusion among Indian officials because the New Delhi Government has privately asked for help but, at the same time, has publicly denied doing so. It is known, however, that the Indian Embassy in Washington has asked the United States for a million tons of food on concessional terms.
Cuts in American military aid have begun to force shifts in strategy by the South Vietnamese Army. In an effort to save fuel and ammunition, government forces have abandoned some isolated outposts, have virtually ended the “harassment and interdiction” artillery fire that once peppered Communist territory and have replaced some large‐unit operations with small, long‐range infantry patrols that penetrate and attack deep inside North Vietnamese and Việt Cộng strongholds. Army officers, foreign military men and government civilians who describe these changes differ on their military significance. Some think the withdrawals from outposts will effectively cede contested land to the Communists, thereby sharpening territorial divisions between the two sides and perhaps facilitating any future effort to draw a map delineating areas of control. Such delineation was prescribed by the Paris truce agreement of January 27, 1973, but has been resisted by both sides. Other military men argue, however, that many of the outposts are important only symbolically, representing empty claims to valueless territory and reducing the army’s effectiveness by spreading the forces too thinly.
A military tribunal in Phnom Penh has sentenced two high school students to death and ordered long prison terms for 10 in the deaths of Cambodia’s Minister of Education and his top aide, the press here reported today. The students were convicted on charges of complicity in the deaths of minister, Keo Sangkim, and his assistant, Tach Thia, during a school demonstration June 4. Scores of students and military policemen were injured in the demonstration.
The secretary general of the Islamic Conference, Egypt’s Hassan Mohammed Tohamy, announced that peace talks have been arranged between the Philippine government and Muslim secessionist leaders in the southern islands of Mindanao and Sulu. Tohamy’s report released by President Ferdinand E. Marcos’ Malacanang Palace after the secretary flew home to Cairo, said the groundwork for the negotiations was laid after an 11-day tour of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The mayor of Seoul, Yang Taek Shik, has been dismissed because of the attempt to assassinate Korean President Park Chung Hee two weeks ago. About 40 officials, including all members of the cabinet and the mayor, submitted their resignations after the attack in which Park’s wife was killed. Yang had been mayor of Seoul since 1970. South Korea’s mayors are appointed by the president and have no set term of office. A retired army colonel, Governor Koo Ja Choon of Kyongsang Pukto province, was named to succeed Yang.
The Australian plant genus Alexgeorgea was discovered by American botanist Sherwin Carlquist, beginning with the flower species Alexgeorgea subterranea.
Early returns from Nicaragua’s presidential election gave 95% of the vote to General Anastasio Somoza, according to the electoral office in Managua. A victory would mean six more years in power for Somoza, who has ruled the country since 1967. He is a West Point graduate and his family has run Nicaragua for four decades. Officials said early counting gave Somoza 60,907 votes to his main opponent’s 3,080. Full returns are not expected for at least a week.
Chile’s military government lifted an expulsion order against Joseph Novitski, correspondent of the Washington Post, after earlier placing him under house arrest for seven hours in his apartment in suburban Santiago. Novitski, who maintains the Chile apartment in addition to his home base in Argentina, said that he was told the expulsion order was drafted during a visit he made in June but that he had already left the country when police went to serve it. About a dozen newsmen have been expelled from Chile since the military coup in 1973.
The Washington Post reported today that two supporters of the late Chilean President, Dr. Salvador Allende Gossens, were fatally shot after having been detained by the police near Santiago. The newspaper also said that its correspondent in Chile, Joseph Novitski, was temporarily placed under house arrest after the authorities learned that he was writing an article reporting the two deaths. The two shootings would be the first summary executions in Chile since an end to such killings was ordered, earlier this year by the junta that overthrew Dr. Allende last September, The Post’s article said.
The dead men were, identified as Dr. Hector Garcia, 50, a physician and member of the Socialist party; and Ruben Lamich, 48, a contractor and a member of the Communist party. Both were killed by single bullet wounds in the head shortly after they were detained on Aug. 13 by policemen in Buin, a town just south of Santiago, the article said.
The Post said the article describing the shootings was withheld from publication for two days after what the paper said were threats against Mr Novitski. He was placed uncle house arrest Saturday mornin and released Saturday night.
Portugal and the Mozambique Liberation Front will begin formal talks Thursday in the Zambian capital of Lusaka, according to Samora Machel, the front’s leader. “We are not going to Lusaka to negotiate independence,” Machel said. “The purpose is to establish the quickest mechanism for the transfer of power to the people of Mozambique.” There was no comment from Portugal about the talks.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, providing for minimum standards for pension plans in private industry, was signed into law. In the presence of 200 labor and business leaders, in addition to members of Congress, President Ford signed into law a pension reform bill aimed at protecting the retirement benefits of 23 million employees from company bankruptcies and looting by union officials. The new law will establish a new federal agency that will insure that pension benefits are paid. Officials of the Labor and Treasury Departments said the insurance provision would also aid 3 million to 4 million retired employees and their beneficiaries who now draw pensions.
Doubling of the global yields of food grains may be possible in coming years through the crossbreeding of different varieties by scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in El Batan, Mexico. The center has produced new grain varieties that are said to combine such characteristics as disease resistance and richer protein content, among other beneficial traits.
A congressional subcommittee will begin hearings this month into illegal dogfighting, gambling and other unlawful activity associated with the fights throughout the country. A congressional aide said recently that inquiries had corroborated newspaper accounts of widespread, organized pit-fighting of trained and untrained animals across the country.
Food prices continued their relentless climb during August, rising to a level 14 percent higher than a year earlier, a market basket survey shows. The prices of 15 food and nonfood items in 13 cities were checked on March 1, 1973, and have been rechecked at the beginning of each succeeding month. The latest check, at the start of the Labor Day weekend, showed that during August the market basket went up in every city surveyed except Dallas, where it dropped by a penny. The average increase was 4.5 per cent. During July, the market basket rose in all 13 cities. Many of the increases reflected higher prices paid to farmers and there were indications of further increases because of the recent drought in the Middle West that severely damaged the corn crop that goes to feed the nation’s dairy cows, poultry and beef cattle.
John W. Dean 3rd is scheduled to go to prison tomorrow for his role in the Watergate coverup. Mr. Dean was to turn himself in to United States marshals to begin the 1‐to‐4 year prison term he received last month for his plea of guilty to a single cotint of conspiracy to obstruct justice. The surrender point is to be the Federal Courthouse where, in a few weeks time, Mr. Dean will be a prosecution witness at the trial of some of his former colleagues who are accused of covering up the scandal in the Nixon White House. Former President Richard M. Nixon, whom Mr. Dean served as White House counsel dtiring the critical early months of the Watergate crisis, has been named an unindicted co‐conspirator and has been subpoenaed as a witness. The trial is scheduled to begin September 30 before United States District Judge John J. Sirica.
The Senate race between John H. Glenn Jr., the former astronaut, and Mayor Ralph J. Perk, his Republican opponent, is heating up. Mr. Glenn, a 53‐year‐old Democrat, toured several county fairs in northeastern Ohio yesterday and then appeared at a few fund‐raising dinners. Today he attended the traditional Labor Day picnic in Barberton, near Akron. Mayor Perk, 60, has made what his aides described as “nonpolitical civic appearances” at picnics of various ethnic groups, the annual air show and the city’s Oktoberfest. Today he addressed the national meeting of the Alliance of Poles. Over the weekend he attended the Stark County fair in Canton. While these appearances are billed as “nonpolitical,” they are part of Mayor Perk’s strategy to retain solidarity among ethnic voters, long his source of strength. However, outside of northern Ohio, the Cleveland Mayor faces the problem of voter recognition. Last Thursday the Ohio Poll, conducted by a group of the state’s newspapers, showed that Mr. Glenn would defeat Mayor Perk by the widest margin in Ohio history if the election were held today. The poll showed 55 percent of those surveyed favored Mr. Glenn to 18 percent for Mayor Perk, with the rest undecided.
Lester G. Maddox, fighting for his political life in a campaign he has called the ugliest of his career, and George Busbee, state legislator, ended today a bitter primary runoff campaign for Governor. Mr. Maddox, a long‐time segregationist who says he has strong black support, led a 12‐man Democratic field in the August 13 primary with 35 percent of the vote but was forced into tomorrow’s runoff.
Former Governor Paul Laxalt returned to the political arena after four years and was the odds-on choice to win the Republican Senate nomination in Nevada’s primary election tomorrow.
Young Puerto Ricans and blacks, supporters of the newly named People’s Committee Against Repression and Police Brutality, took part in new disturbances in Newark, New Jersey, following Sunday night’s eruption, in which three men were shot and 13 other persons wounded. City police with nightsticks and some also with shotguns swept up Broad Street after an outbreak of smashing of store windows. Hundreds of mostly Puerto Rican demonstrators in Newark, New Jersey, protesting police actions, hurled stones at City Hall and smashed storefront windows in a second day of rioting. After dark three major fires of suspicious origin occurred in predominantly Puerto Rican areas, several bonfires were set and numerous false alarms were turned in. Earlier, after meeting with two groups of community leaders, Mayor Kenneth Gibson asked the city’s 400,000 residents to “voluntarily stay indoors until further notice.” During the meetings police made two forays to disperse demonstrators, numbering up to 1,000 persons. The latest disorders grew out of Sunday’s incidents when police broke up a dice game and made several arrests during a festival at a park.
The National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ended its annual convention at Stone Mountain, Georgia, with an announcement that in 1976, for the first time in its history, it would run a presidential candidate. James R. Venable, the imperial wizard of the National Knights, said Dale Reusch, 35, of Lodi, Ohio, was the nominee. He said Reusch had chosen Scott Nelson, also 35, of Houston, as the vice presidential candidate. Nelson is the imperial wizard of the Texas Fiery Knights and Reusch is the Ohio grand dragon.
A Russian fishing trawler rescued four Florida sports fishermen 40 miles off Cape Canaveral after their 20-foot open outboard boat began sinking. “We’re just thankful to God to be alive and thankful for that Russian boat,” said Clyde Trosther, 58. The others were Trosther’s son, Terry, 36, Bruce A. Guinares, 31, and Ted Williams, 61. They had been in the water 45 minutes when the vessel Arneb sighted them. “They were very nice. They helped us pick up the boat and tow it in,” Trosther said.
By only 80 votes, members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers agreed to accept a new contract, ending a month-long strike against Western Electric plants across the country, the union announced. Western Electric, the manufacturing arm of the Bell Telephone Systems, employs 75,000 members of the union at 16 plants.
Memphis begins its second year of court-ordered school busing with officials predicting little trouble now that the emotionalism surrounding the issue seems to have evaporated. Last year’s opening day problems ranged from bomb threats to delays as drivers got lost on unfamiliar streets. “But the only thing I anticipate this year are some mechanical problems,” said Robert E. Ditto of the busing program. Superintendent John P. Freeman said this year’s enrollment would total 121,000 pupils, about 69% of them black. He said 30,000 students would be bused at a cost of $1.8 million.
A plan for District of Columbia high school students to carry photo identification cards is under attack on the ground that the system would not help solve discipline problems but could lead to an atmosphere of repression. The proposed identification system, which is favored by Mayor Walter Washington and School Superintendent Barbara Sizemore, has been challenged by members of the Washington School Board, including its president, Marion Barry, and the American Civil Liberties Union. The sysytem would require all high school students to be photographed, given a number and issued an I.D. card similar to a driver’s license.
A tornado touched down in New York City for the first time since storm records were kept, striking the Bronx.
Jerry Lewis’ 9th Muscular Dystrophy telethon.
Courageous, the 12-meter yacht whose syndicate leaders almost lost the courage to build last winter at a time of financial crisis, was selected to defend the America’s Cup against Australia following her victory over her competitor Intrepid. The margin at the end of the 24.3-mile course in the ninth race off Newport in the final selection series was 1 minute 47 seconds.
Cale Yarborough won the 1974 Southern 500, a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.
PGA Tournament Players Championship, Atlanta CC: Jack Nicklaus wins inaugural event; first of his 3 TPC titles, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead.
Sylvester Williams, a fullback on the Florida A&M football team, collapsed and died on the practice field at the age of 20.
The Boston Red Sox have continued to stumble and their American League Eastern Division lead has dwindled to one game over the onrushing Yankees and three over the Baltimore Orioles. Red Sox’ pitchers Luis Tiant and Bill Lee each allow just one run in a Labor Day doubleheader, yet both lose games to the Baltimore Orioles. Ross Grimsley and Mike Cuellar toss twin 1–0 shutouts. The Orioles with six straight victories got a three‐hit pitching performance by Ross Grimsley in the opener and a two‐hitter by Mike Cuellar in the second game.
With exactly one month left to play in the American League Eastern Division, the New York Yankees are just one game off the pace of the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees picked up one notch yesterday by splitting a double‐header with the Milwaukee Brewers at Shea Stadium while the Red Sox were dropping two games to the Baltimore Orioles. New York took the opener 3–1, behind a sterling four‐hit effort by Rudy May. Then the Yankees had the tying run on third base with no one out in the ninth inning of the second game. But Tom Murphy closed the door as the Brewers hung on for a 3–2 triumph. All three Milwaukee runs off Dick Tidrow were unearned as a result of an error by Chris Chambliss at first base. After Johnny Briggs had singled with one out in the third, Chambliss let a hard grounder by Darrell Porter skip past him into right field.
The Chicago White Sox downed the Kansas City Royals, 6–4, in ten innings. Wilbur Wood survived a 13‐hit attack and became the first White Sox pitcher to win 20 games four seasons in a row. Chicago tied the score with three runs in the eighth and won on Jorge Orta’s two‐run double in the 10th.
Reggie Jackson hit a two‐run homer and Joe Rudi added a solo blast in helping Oakland stretch its Western lead to 8½ games, as the A’s beat the California Angels, 6–4.
The Minnesota Twins walloped the Texas Rangers, 9–3. Joe Decker stopped Texas on six hits and Eric Soderholm, Craig Kusick and Tony Oliva homered as Minnesota stretched its winning streak to four games.
A controversial call against the Cincinnati Reds helps the Houston Astros win 4–3. Johnny Bench’s single in the 7th scores one run and the second base runner Joe Morgan is called out, negating the tying run, though replays seem to show him safe. The Cincinnati City Council will pass a resolution stating their shock and dismay at the “atrocious call.” Doug Rader’s home run in the sixth inning gave Houston the decision and kept Cincinnati 3½ games behind Los Angeles in the West.
The Pittsburgh Pirates sweep a pair from the Phillies, winning 7–4 and 11–1. Jerry Reuss beats Steve Carlton in the opener, as Willie Stargell has 4 hits, including a pair of homers. Bob Robertson has a homer and 3 RBIs. In game 2, Bruce Kison allows 3 hits in 8 innings and Richie Zisk hits a grand slam. The twin victory that gave Pittsburgh its 34th and 35th victories in the last 49 games, pushed their Eastern Division lead to 2½ games over the idle St. Louis Cardinals and six over the Phillies.
The Atlanta Braves snapped a three‐game losing streak with a pair of victories over the San Diego Padres, winning the opener of the doubleheader, 8–2 and the nitecap, 4–0. The Padres now have lost seven straight games and 31 of their last 38. The Braves got strong pitching from Phil Niekro and Ron Reed and a barrage of five homers. Niekro, 16–11, gave up four hits in the opener and Reed tossed a three‐hitter. Dave Johnson and Darrell Evans hit two‐run homers each in the first game” and Ralph Garr, Dusty Baker and Johnson homered in the second.
The San Francisco Giants downed the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–3, as Ed Goodson and Chris Speier hit two‐run homers with two out in the sixth inning as San Francisco came back from a 3–0 deficit. Jim Barr scattered seven hits for the victory and also hit his first major league home run.
Born:
Sami Salo, Finnish National Team and NHL defenseman (Olympics, silver medal, 2006, bronze medals, 2010, 2014; Ottawa Senators, Vancouver Canucks, Tampa Bay Lightning), in Turku, Finland.
Mike Peluso, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers), in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Jason Lawson, NBA center (Orlando Magic), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Shirley-Anne Somerville, Scottish Government minister since 2018, Scottish National Party member; in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Died:
Joseph A. Beirne, 63, American labor union leader, president of the Communications Workers of America, died of cancer.
Wallace A. Ross, 52, American advertising executive, founder of the Clio Awards.
Moses Soyer, 74, Russian-born American realist painter.
David Barksdale, 27, African-American gang leader who founded the Black Disciples, died of kidney failure.
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