The State Department announced today that Secretary of State George P. Shultz would meet in New York on September 26 with Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko of the Soviet Union for a discussion of all outstanding Soviet-American issues. The two men will be in New York for the fall session of the United Nations General Assembly. Administration officials said that they also planned to invite Mr. Gromyko to Washington for further talks with President Reagan after his meeting with Mr. Shultz, but that it was premature to say anything official about this now. Larry Speakes, the White House spokesman, said that “it hasn’t been determined” whether Mr. Reagan would meet Mr. Gromyko. There have been no indications of whether Mr. Gromyko would be interested in such a meeting.
Mr. Reagan, who has not met any senior Soviet official, has been criticized by Walter F. Mondale, the Democratic candidate, for being the first American President since relations were established in 1933 who had not met with a Soviet leader. White House officials said a Reagan-Gromyko meeting would underscore Mr. Reagan’s interest in doing business with the Russians. Mr. Reagan will fly to New York with Mr. Shultz on September 23 and address the United Nations General Assembly on September 24. White House officials said it was possible that Mr. Reagan and Mr. Gromyko would have an informal conversation at a United Nations reception.
Mr. Speakes said that there would not be a formal meeting between Mr. Reagan and Mr. Gromyko before Mr. Shultz’s session later that week. He underscored the President’s interest in having a talk with Mr. Gromyko in Washington by saying: “The President is interested in solving problems with the Soviets. He believes that there is considerable misunderstanding. He also believes that the misunderstandings are best overcome by high level dialogue and sees Secretary Shultz’s meeting with Mr. Gromyko as an opportunity for that process to begin.”
Soviet dissident Yuri Shikanovich, a mathematician and friend of noted dissident Andrei D. Sakharov, has been sentenced to five years in prison and five years of internal exile for anti-Soviet activities, other dissidents said in Moscow. They said Shikanovich was sentenced after a two-day trial. The 51-year-old mathematician reportedly told the court that he was the sole author of several documents seized before his arrest and that he was involved with the Chronicle of Current Events, a journal that has been published occasionally by political dissidents in Moscow since 1968.
The Polish Government says it is unfortunate that a call by the Roman Catholic Church and the outlawed labor federation Solidarity for a vodka boycott in August apparently failed. “We admit with grief that the church appeal was not successful,” the Government spokesman, Jerzy Urban, said at his weekly news conference. He acknowledged that Solidarity had also urged a vodka boycott. “It is a pity that not all of their calls go in such a useful direction,” Mr. Urban added. Alcohol consumption in Poland increased by 9 percent from July to August, Mr. Urban said. That means, he said, that Poles consumed 12.93 million quarts of alcohol in August, up from 11.76 million in July.
An Iranian judge threatened to kill a Swedish judge today at the international tribunal that is handling claims arising from the Iranian takeover of the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979, diplomats said. The diplomats said the threat was made after the Iranian judge, Mahmoud M. Kashani, refused to apologize for physically assaulting the Swede, Nils Mangard, on Monday. “If Mangard ever dares to enter the tribunal chamber again, either his corpse or my corpse will leave it rolling down the stairs,” Judge Kashani said today, according to the diplomats and tribunal officials. Judge Kashani and another Iranian. Judge Shafey Shafeiei. were said to have grabbed Judge Mangard by the collar, twisted his arm behind his back and begun beating him up during Monday’s session of the tribunal. Judge Mangard was not seriously hurt. The tribunal president, Judge Gunnar Lagergren of Sweden, issued a letter today that suspended all tribunal proceedings — six sessions due to begin September 14 — until further notice.
Plunging temperatures, heavy rain and snow abruptly ended the mountain summer season in alpine areas of Switzerland, Austria and southern Germany’s Black Forest. Snowplows took to the roads in southeast Switzerland’s mountainous state of Grisons and in western Austria after as much as 21 inches of snow fell, officials said. In West Germany, the first storm of the season swept Feldberg Mountain, the Black Forest’s highest peak at 4,926 feet, only three weeks after the final traces of last season’s snow had melted.
Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said tonight that they now expected it would take until the second half of next week to complete formation of a bipartisan Israeli government. The two leaders said Wednesday that they hoped to complete the task in two days. Neither would offer any specific indication of what caused the delay. It could reflect difficulties within their respective parties over which official will get which post in an expanded but equally divided Cabinet. Mr. Peres, the Labor Alignment leader whose mandate runs out the end of next week, said “minor details” remained to be resolved in the basic guidelines of the coalition he has been forming with the Likud bloc, headed by Mr. Shamir.
The United States vetoed à U.N. Security Council resolution critical of Israeli actions in occupied areas of Lebanon. The resolution would have called on Israel “to respect strictly the rights of the civilian population under its occupation.” It demanded that Israel open all roads and lift restrictions on the movement of people and goods and the operation of Lebanese government institutions. Lebanese Ambassador Rashid Fakhoury said that his country “deeply regrets the opposition of a friendly superpower, the United States, to a resolution limited to humanitarian aspects.”
Ethiopia moved formally today toward establishment of the country’s first Communist Party, which would be the only legal political party here. The country’s leader, Lieutenant Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam, opened a national congress that is to lead to the creation of the Worker’s Party of Ethiopia. The formation of the party reflects the Government’s desire to institutionalize Communism and deepen its base in this country of 40 million, among the poorest in Africa. A committee to organize such a party was formed in 1979, led by Colonel Mengistu. There are no legal opposition groups in Ethiopia.
Emperor Hirohito of Japan, who once ruled Korea as its colonial master, welcomed South Korea’s President to the Imperial Palace tonight and said he was sorry for his country’s past behavior. “It is indeed regrettable,” the Emperor said in a banquet toast, “that there was an unfortunate past between us for a period in this century, and I believe that it should not be repeated again.” The comment to President Chun Doo Hwan of South Korea was reminiscent of other regrets that Hirohito voiced over the last decade to the United States and to China for Japan’s wartime conduct.
The death toll from Typhoon Ike rose to more than 1,000 in the Philippines as the government sent relief supplies to victims of the country’s worst recorded storm in this century. More than 300 were injured and 500 were still missing after the typhoon, with winds up to 137 m.p.h., ravaged the southern and central Philippines for two days early this week. In Peking, authorities said the storm struck southern China with high winds and 2.5 inches of rain before dwindling to an ordinary rainstorm.
The three people killed Monday by a bomb at Montreal’s main railway station were visitors from France, police said. Forty-one people were injured when the bomb, planted in a luggage locker, exploded and showered flaming debris on Labor Day travelers. Thomas B. Brigham Sr., 65, of Norwood, Massachusetts, is being held without bail as a material witness in the case. He has denied planting the explosive.
In an apparent search for an accord with the Roman Catholic Church, a Nicaraguan government delegation met with Vatican officials to discuss, among other issues, the Pope’s firm objections to four clergymen holding high posts in the Managua regime. Church-state relations in Nicaragua have been stormy since the leftist Sandinista government assumed power in 1979.
Chile was reported calm after two days of anti-government protests in which nine people were killed, more than 100 injured and more than 900 arrested. Demonstrators were demanding that President Augusto Pinochet return the nation to civilian rule before 1989, the scheduled date. Meanwhile, leftist leaders in Santiago called for a massive turnout today at a funeral Mass for Father Andre Jarlan, a French priest killed during the disturbances, apparently by a stray bullet. The streets were relatively quiet this morning as Chileans returned to work through streets filled with rubble and the smoldering remains of barricades. A Government representative said the death count reached nine when Manuel Morrales, 30 years old, died in a hospital. He was shot in the head Tuesday night.
Four South African Cabinet ministers, including those in charge of the army and the police, were forced to abandon a tour of the troubled black township of Sebokeng today when hundreds of people gathered on the main highway, forcing their armored convoy to retreat. The delegation was led by Louis Le Grange, Minister of Law and Order. Mr. Le Grange said at a news conference later that he believed protests this week in several townships were not a result of rent increases — as demonstrators maintained — but were timed by unidentified people and organizations to coincide with the inauguration of a new Constitution billed as major racial change. Violence erupted in Sebokeng, Sharpeville and other black townships 40 miles south of Johannesburg when demonstrations, ostensibly against rent increases, turned into a rampage of looting, killing and arson and led to clashes with the police. At least 32 people were reported killed.
The White House today loosened its new restrictions on press coverage of President Reagan on the campaign trail and agreed to permit news service reporters to be included in small group allowed to be close to Mr. Reagan when he plunges into a crowd. After protests against exclusion by United Press International and the Associated Press, Larry Speakes, the White House spokesman, announced an expansion of the restricted news and photography pool to seven people instead of five. “The White House has agreed to a wire service request that they be included in rope-line pools when the President goes into a crowd,” Mr. Speakes said. Last week, Mr. Speakes announced new guidelines limiting the close coverage of the President in crowd situations to a five-member pool consisting of one network correspondent, one two-person television crew and two news service photographers. News service reporters, who by tradition always are with the President when he is in public, were excluded.
Walter F. Mondale, addressing a major Jewish organization, accused President Reagan today of encouraging an “extreme fringe” of fundamentalist Christian leaders to impose their faith on the nation and to question the moral sincerity of those who disagreed with them. Two hours later, Mr. Reagan appeared before the same audience and, without mentioning either Mr. Mondale or his accusations, pledged to preserve the “wall in our Constitution separating church and state.” He aligned himself with Jews on a range of issues, including “unwavering support for the state of Israel.” Delegates to the convention of B’nai B’rith International interrupted both Presidential candidates with frequent applause and gave each a standing ovation at the end of his remarks.
President Reagan today rejected a petition by United States copper producers for protection from imports. His decision came despite a Government agency’s earlier recommendation that the domestic industry was being hurt by imports and was entitled to protection. The action was announced by the United States trade representative, Bill Brock, who said it should “encourage our partners around the world to resist protectionist acts.” He said it should help such heavily indebted copper-producing countries as Chile, Zaire, Zambia and Peru, whose export earnings might otherwise be reduced.
President Reagan places a phone call to the President of the National Baptist Convention.
President Reagan participates in taping a message for the 75th Anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement for Colored People (NAACP).
A bill to speed the introduction of low-cost generic copies of brand-name drugs passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 362 to 0. Supporters say the legislation, which the Senate passed in slightly different form last month, will eventually double the number of generic drugs on the market. Generic drugs, sold under the substance’s chemical name with little advertising and promotion, can be dramatically cheaper to the consumer than the identical brand-name prescription, often about half the price. The bill would eliminate the requirement for long and expensive testing of a generic drug that has already been found safe and effective in its patented form. In return, the big companies whose research yields new drugs would have a longer time to market them exclusively before their patents expired.
A federal appeals court refused to block the execution in Florida of Ernest John Dobbert Jr. for killing two of his children but granted a reprieve to another Florida killer, Nollie Lee Martin, who also had faced electrocution today. Dobbert’s defense attorneys said that they would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Barring further court action, Dobbert will be executed in the state prison at Starke at 10 a.m. tomorrow — two hours before the death warrant signed by Governor Robert Graham expires. The appeals court granted an indefinite stay to Martin.
Groups representing the homeless have no legal standing to sue the Department of Housing and Urban Development over a report on the number of street people in the United States, a federal judge ruled in Washington. The Community for Creative Non-Violence — an activist Washington group that provides services to the homeless — and others sued in federal court in June demanding that HUD retract a study that estimated that there are only 250,000 to 300,000 homeless Americans — a fraction of the 2 million to 3 million previously estimated by some organizations. The groups said they would not receive the resources necessary to handle the real problem because the report would reduce public funding and private charity.
A conservative political action committee, the Fund for a Conservative Majority, asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a defunct committee established with Walter F. Mondale’s support violated federal election campaign laws limiting political expenditures. Separately, the group asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate the financing of Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine A. Ferraro’s 1978 congressional election campaign.
The U.S. Customs Service is investigating whether a group of seven Americans involved in assisting Nicaraguan rebels violated U.S. regulations governing arms exports, State Department spokesman John Hughes said. The investigation resulted from reports that the Americans had provided arms and ammunition to the Nicaraguan insurgents, Hughes said. The inquiry began after two Americans were killed when their helicopter was shot down in Nicaragua.
Allen Friedman was ordered by a federal court to report to prison within three weeks to serve a three-year sentence for embezzling $165,000 from the home local of his nephew, Teamsters Union President Jackie Presser. Friedman, 63, was convicted last September 28 of collecting $165,000 in salary between 1978 and 1981 from Teamsters Local 507 in Cleveland without doing any work. Presser, who was secretary-treasurer of the local, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
Convicted mass murderer Richard Speck refused to appear for his fifth parole hearing in Joliet, Illinois. But several relatives of eight student nurses slain 18 years ago were present and argued vigorously against his release from prison. Speck originally had been sentenced to death after his conviction for the murders of the eight young women, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the sentence. He later was resentenced to eight consecutive prison terms of 50 to 150 years.
A former public safety dispatcher arrested as a ringleader in a fire-setting plan that became the biggest arson case in U.S. history pleaded guilty to 68 charges. Gregg Bemis, 23, was one of seven men charged with setting 163 Bostonarca fires in an attempt to force the rehiring of firefighters laid off under a tax-cutting state law. The blazes injured 282 firefighters — including two permanently disabled with broken backs — and caused $22 million in losses.
A Federal judge ruled today that bankruptcy proceedings against John Z. DeLorean’s automobile company could resume here now that Mr. DeLorean had been cleared of Federal drug charges. Mr. DeLorean’s attorneys had urged Federal Bankruptcy Judge Ray Reynolds Graves to continue his stay of the proceedings because their client faced a second criminal investigation, This inquiry is being conducted by a Federal grand jury here into Mr. DeLorean’s handling of the funds of the defunct DeLorean Motor Company. But Judge Graves rejected that argument, saying, “This court has no contact with the grand jury process.” Judge Graves acted on a request by Robert B. Weiss, attorney for the trustees of the auto company. Creditors of the DeLorean Motor Company charge that Mr. DeLorean diverted more than $17 million from his automotive venture through banks in Europe and New York. The creditors are seeking to recover hundreds of millions of dollars from the company.
The Los Angeles Police Department has filed six internal charges against Officer Jimmy W. Pearson, who is accused of allegedly planting a bomb on the Turkish Olympic team’s bus last month and then removing the device in order to make himself look like a hero. Pearson, 40, a nine-year veteran who was assigned to the Metro Division, has also been suspended without pay pending the outcome of his Board of Rights trial. He is already facing criminal charges in connection with the August 14 incident at Los Angeles International Airport.
Disneyland’s workers are threatening to go on strike because the amusement park is asking many of them to take pay cuts, citing sagging attendance. “I know it sounds like it’s against motherhood and apple pie, but we could be going out against Mickey and the boys,” said Robert Tiernan Jr., spokesman for Local 399 of the Service Employees International Union. The pioneer theme park, which has proposed a 17 percent pay cut over three years, has been hurt finacially by small crowds, especially at the time of the Summer Olympics. Disneyland’s contract with five unions representing 1,844 people from janitors and ride operators to bakery and hotel workers expires September 16.
The McDonald’s Corporation today donated to the city the site where a gunman killed 21 people, saying it was confident San Diego officials would pick a “sensitive and meaningful” use for the property. Mayor Roger Hedgecock said he was gratified by the donation of the property, which a spokesman for the fast food chain, Chuck Rubner, said was worth “hundreds of thousands of dollars.” The Mayor said a committee of residents would offer suggestions for the site. In a 77-minute shooting rampage on July 18, James Oliver Huberty killed or fatally wounded 21 people and wounded 19 others before being killed by a police sharpshooter.
“Amadeus” from the play by Peter Shaffer, directed by Milos Forman and starring Tom Hulce premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1985).
Lanford Wilson’s “Balm in Gilead” premieres in New York City.
Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow.
Greg Luzinski hit a a pair of two-run doubles and his four RBIs included the game-winner as the Chicago White Sox downed the Oakland A’s, 7–3. Lamarr Hoyt picked up his 12th win this season, against 15 losses. The White Sox moved past the A’s into fourth place in the AL West, five games behind Minnesota and Kansas City.
The seventh and eighth innings ended without the Mets scoring tonight, and largely because of that they lost to the Pirates, 2–0, making their challenge to get to first place more imposing than ever. The Cubs won, 4–1, in Montreal, and the combined results pushed the Mets seven games behind first-place Chicago in the National League East, taking some of the drama out of their three-game series that is set to open Friday night at Shea Stadium. “I’m glad we have six games left with them,” Keith Hernandez, the Mets’ first baseman, said of the Cubs. “And I’m glad the schedule has them in New York first.” The Mets will be in Chicago the following weekend. The Mets will be hard pressed to make that series significant. Both teams have 22 games remaining and, because of the seven-game margin, the Mets cannot make up all that ground in the meetings with the Cubs. The most salient failures in today’s game were the four double plays the Mets hit into and the wasted rallies in the seventh and eighth innings. The Mets left runners on first and second in the seventh and first and third in the eighth.
The St. Louis Cardinals edged the Philadelphia Phillies, 6–5 tonight. Pinch hitter Mike Jorgensen hit a two-run triple in the eighth inning to lift the Cardinals past the Phillies at St. Louis.
The Cincinnati Reds walloped the San Diego Padres, 10–3. Eric Show hit a home run but was shelled for nine hits and most of the Reds’ runs in five-and-two-thirds innings. Rookie Eric Davis hit his fifth home run in the last four games, and Pete Rose had three hits at San Diego as the Reds used a six-run sixth inning to beat the Padres.
The Chicago Cubs trailed 1–0 after the first inning, but scored four runs in the last three frames to beat the Montreal Expos, 4–1. Ryne Sandberg — who else? — had the game-winning RBI in the eighth. Bob Dernier led off the inning with a triple; Sandberg’s sacrifice fly brought him home.
At Dodger Stadium, Braves third baseman Randy Johnson belts an 18th-inning homerun, off Larry White, to give the Atlanta Braves a 3–2 win over Los Angeles. It is the latest homerun in Braves history: Rick Camp will tie it next year.
Craig Reynolds has three hits, including a 1st-inning grand slam off Bill Laskey, and scores three as the Houston Astros pound the San Francisco Giants, 14–2. Ex-Giant pitcher Bob Knepper (14–9) contributes two hits and three RBIs as well as a seven-hit complete game. The Astros totalled 16 hits.
NFL Thursday Night Football:
Pittsburgh Steelers 23, New York Jets 17
In their first game as tenants of Giants Stadium, the Jets heard their first boos, suffered their first loss of the season, and discovered they do not yet have an offense as they struggled with Pat Ryan at quarterback. They dropped a 23-17 decision to the Pittsburgh Steelers while Ryan, standing bravely behind an offensive line that was repeatedly penalized, could complete only 11 of 27 passes. He was intercepted three times, the last with no time left as he tossed a desperation sky ball into the end zone from 32 yards out.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 1218.86 (+9.83).
Born:
James Johnson, NFL running back (Cincinnati Bengals), in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Keilen Dykes, NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals), in Youngstown, Ohio.
Danny Irmen, NHL centre (Minnesota Wild), in Fargo, North Dakota.
Died:
E. J. Andre, 74, American actor (‘Eugene Bullock’- “Dallas”).
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