President Ford and Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka of Japan met for the first time and reaffirmed strong economic, military and political ties. The meeting at the White House was a preview of the summit conference the two will hold in Tokyo in November. Earlier, the President met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko to discuss détente. A spokesman said no breakthroughs were achieved but Gromyko was invited back for further discussions. Mr. Ford also met with Argentina’s foreign minister, Alberto J. Vignes, to discuss the decision of the Organization of American States to consider lifting its embargo against Cuba.
President Ford concluded two days of discussions today with Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko of the Soviet Union on the Middle East, limitations of strategic arms and bilateral relations. A White House spokesman said after a brief noontime session that no new subjects had come up in the 30‐minute discussion attended by Secretary of State Kissinger in the Oval Room. Nor was the discussion limited to a particular subject, the spokesman added. Yesterday the President and Mr. Kissinger spent two And one‐half hours talking with Mr. Gromyko, going over the major issues that concern the Soviet Union and the United States.
The Soviet Union indirectly criticized President Ford today, attacking him for announcing plans to visit South Korea. The official Tass, press agency said in a Washington dispatch that Mr. Ford’s trip “will undoubtedly be a demonstration of support of the repressive policy pursued by the Park Chung Hee Government.” It was the first time since Mr. Ford succeeded Richard M. Nixon that the Russians have singled him out for criticism.
Cypriot Greeks and Turks exchanged 153 more sick and wounded prisoners — 42 Greek Cypriots and 111 Turkish Cypriots captured during fighting on the island this summer. The operation, under International Red Cross supervision, completed the transfer of sick and wounded prisoners agreed to last week by the two sides. An estimated 4,000 remaining prisoners will be freed starting Monday and ending in about 10 days.
Premier Joop M. den Uyl of the Netherlands criticized France’s attitude toward dealing with the terrorists who last week held the French Ambassador and other hostages at gunpoint in the French Embassy at The Hague. The French wanted a police action. The Dutch insisted on negotiation.
Turkish Premier Bulent Ecevit has resigned, but it is the kind of resignation that parliamentary leaders sometimes employ to strengthen their leadership. He is expected to be asked by President Fahri Koruturk to form another Goverlment, and when he does, it will probably be minus Necmettin Erbakan, Deputy Premier. Mr. Erbakan is also head of the National Salvation party which last January joined Mr. Ecevit’s coalition but has still opposed Mr. Ecevit’s leftish Republican Peoples’ party on such issues as amnesty for political prisoners. Now the issue is Cyprus. Mr. Erbakan, intensely nationalistic, has repeatedly called for the partition of Cyprus and has urged its annexation by Turkey. Mr. Ecevit, on the other hand, advocates independence for Cyprus, with autonomous Greek Cypriote and Turkish Cypriote sectors. This is the socalled “federation solution.”
A new method of controlling cultivation of the opium poppy to keep it from the heroin market has been approved in principle by Turkey, the U. S. State Department reports, adding that it was pleased by the decision. Under the new process, Turkish farmers will cut the entire poppy plant in the field, with opium gum extracted later by government agents under strict supervision. Turkish farmers previously extracted the gum themselves and apparently diverted portions of it.
Greek Catholic Archbishop Hilation Capucci of Jerusalem went on trial on charges of smuggling weapons to Arab guerrillas in Israel and the defense challenged the court’s jurisdiction in formerly Jordanian territory. After hearing arguments from both sides, the three-man District Court in Jerusalem adjourned until Tuesday to consider the objections without asking Capucci how he pleaded. His defense counsel, however, said the 52-year-old archbishop would plead innocent to all charges.
Despite an impassioned protest by Israel, the United Nations General Assembly, in an unusual Saturday meeting, decided to hold a full-fledged debate on the “Palestinian question” during its current session. Israel objected on the ground that the debate would increase Middle East tension.
Israel and Syria are locked in a test of wills over their conflicting interpretations of the military provisions of the three‐and‐a‐half‐month‐old accord on disengagement of troops on the Golan Heights. At stake is the cease‐fire on the Syrian front and the American-negotiated agreement, which is effective for six months and must be renewed with the consent of both sides before November 30. Despite the tension that still prevails along the Golan front and the charges and countercharges of violations of the agreement, senior United Nations officials in the area are hopeful that the agreement will be renewed for another six months. They also believe that the prospect of a serious outbreak of fighting — as distinct from isolated shooting incidents on the Golan Heights in the near future is remote. Israel and Syria have been testing each other in recent weeks, pushing and probing along the Golan front and continually accusing one other of bad faith.
In an address to a trade union conference in Damascus, President Hafez al-Assad of Syria warned there could be no peace in the Middle East so long as Israel continued to occupy Arab territory and Palestinians were dispossessed. He said Syria was now stronger than before the war with Israel last October, and that she was seeking more military and economic power. His stress on peace was in keeping with Syrian attempts to refute Israeli charges that Syria was preparing for another war.
The officers of Ethiopia’s Provisional Military Government are facing series of make‐or‐break decisions, and one of the most difficult is what to do with Haile Selassie, whom they deposed as Emperor September 12. Lieutenant General Aman Michael Andom, the nominal head of government, held a news conference today — the first by an officer of the new regime. He pointedly failed to answer questions about the regime’s intentions concerning the personal fate of the 82‐year‐old former ruler. The general’s own position within the regime appears to remain precarious — more that of a spokesman than a leader. A power struggle is evident in the background, with no winner yet. General Amen also gave no hint whether the officers intended to set up a permanent military dictatorship or share power with various civilian groups.
Halle Selassie now lives in an officer’s bungalow inside the camp of the Fourth Division in the center of the capital. There have been rumors — false, according to reliable independent sources —that he was taken to a military hospital and even that he started a hunger strike. Yet the former Emperor has long been frail. For years, according to some sources, he has been eating like a bird. He is stubborn, and foreign diplomats, believe that he has refused to make any promise of political abstention in return for better accommodations. “So they have him on their hands, and they are terrified at the thought that he may die,” a Western diplomat said. “If he did, who would believe them that it was simply of old age?” The regime’s dilemma started on theday that Haile Selassie was arrested.
According to well‐informed sources, the military had decided in advance to move him to another palace where he would have lived in style, surrounded by servants and walking in a spacious garden with his beloved dogs. He was thus to have been neutralized and out of harm’s way. But the confrontation between the old Emperor and the young officers turned out badly. He scolded and insulted them, according to the sources, and the angry officers decided on the spot to take him to the military camp. About 160 of his former officials already were in custody there, awaiting court‐martial for corruption and other crimes. Since then he has been accused of having secreted huge amounts of money abroad. The radio and press, strictly controlled by the regime, have branded him an oppressor who drank champagne while his subjects died of hunger and thirst. Thus, having moved him to the camp, the military regime is believed to feel that it would lose.face if it moved him to better quarters.
The South Vietnamese newspaper war erupted again in Saigon as police wielding fire extinguishers clashed with opposition parliamentarians who attempted to burn an entire edition of Điện Tin (the Telegraph) rather than let police confiscate it. Fire extinguishers were torn from the hands of plainclothesmen as gasoline-soaked copies of the paper went up in flames in the street. Điện Tin was one of two newspapers that were ordered to be seized when the government objected to attempts to print corruption charges made by the opposition against President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
Brigadier General Lon Non, controversial younger brother of Cambodian President Lon Nol, returned to Phnom Penh from 16 months abroad as roving ambassador for Cambodia. Lon Non, 44, who had been living in Washington and Paris, arrived by commercial airliner from Bangkok. The reasons for his return were not known.
The Honduran government announced that at least 3,800 bodies had been found and another 5,000 people were missing in the aftermath of a hurricane that struck Central America Thursday. Over 60,000 Hondurans were homeless and vast areas of the Caribbean coastal region were flooded, Many towns and villages remained cut off and whole communities were reported wiped out. But an international effort began to aid the victims, including an airlift of United States military and civilian aircraft bringing supplies.
The U.S. planetary probe Mariner 10, which had made a flyby of the planet Mercury on March 29, was able to make a second, but more distant, pass for data collection because of Mercury’s frequent orbit (every 88 days) around the Sun.
For the first time since becoming Secretary of State, Henry A. Kissinger has found himself a target of sharp criticism on Capitol Hill. These attacks, and some unsubstantiated reports about tension between Mr. Kissinger and President Ford’s White House staff, have caused concern to Mr. Kissinger’s aides, some of whom believe that Mr. Kissinger’s year‐long cordial relations with both Democrats and Republicans may be in trouble. At a closed‐door Senate Democratic caucus on Thursday, for instance, Mr. Kissinger was forced to defend himself against heated rebukes, the first time this has ever happened. But the same aides insist that Mr. Kissinger, preparing for a hectic round of meetings at the United Nations over the next two weeks and a busy month of foreign travel in October, has not lost his composure, as he did last June in Salzburg, Austria, when he publicly threatened to resign over allegations that he had initiated wiretaps on aides and newsmen.
After cracks were found in the pipes of three boiling water reactors within the last 10 days, the Atomic Energy Commission has ordered 21 of the 50 nuclear reactors that produce commercial electric power in various parts of the country to close down in the next 60 days so that inspections may be made. The defective pipes were discovered in two reactors in Illinois and in one in Connecticut. In another development related to nuclear power plants, a leading safety expert announced that he was resigning his job with the atomic commission “in order to be able to tell the American people about the potentially dangerous conditions in the nation’s nuclear power plants.”
Stephen Bingham, the radical lawyer who disappeared three years ago amid charges that he had helped plot an attempted prison escape by the black revolutionary author George Jackson, is alive, is continuing his political work underground, and has no intention of turning himself in. Mr. Bingham, interviewed last month in a Canadian city, is a member of a prominent Connecticut political family. He left no doubt that he favored a total restructuring of American society and that his thinking had evolved into clear-cut Marxism-Leninism.
In the aftermath of Watergate, members of Congress from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey say they are having trouble raising campaign funds, have become more cautious about handling money and are more conscious of the need for integrity. Many of the members say that the Watergate scandal is a major reason why the New York delegation is losing one-fifth of its House members — 8 of 39. “They lost heart in the entire political system,” said Benjamin Rosenthal, Queens Democrat.
The nation’s teachers’ organizations have become one of the best-financed special interest groups in the country and have vastly increased this year the amount of money they are giving to political candidates. Reports of contributions filed under federal law, and interviews with officials of various organizations, indicate that teachers may spend more than $2 million before the November election.
After a decade of robust growth, the Southern economy is beginning to falter. Prices and unemployment are rising more rapidly in the South than in the country as a whole. Many of the same factors that have hurt business in other parts of the country are present in the South but economists say some special conditions have exacerbated the Southern economy. One of these is the diminishing supply of cheap labor.
The Ford Foundation is considering a reduction in its annual grants of as much as 50 percent, because of inflation and a decline in its income, which comes mainly from investments in stocks and bonds. McGeorge Bundy, the foundation’s president, said that a cut of 50 percent of its $220 million annual grant program was one of several alternatives he had presented to the foundation’s trustees for review at their quarterly meeting this week. Another alternative, he said, is the dissolution of the foundation by distributing its assets, which have fallen to $2 billion from $3 billion in market value fn the last year.
At Clarkson College of Technology in Potsdam, New York, 59-year-old John W. Graham Jr., Clarkson’s chancellor, collapsed from a heart attack after his speech at the inauguration of Robert A. Plane as Clarkson’s president. 64-year-old Dr. Hans Levi gave Graham mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but himself collapsed from a heart attack half an hour later. Both Graham and Levi died at Potsdam Hospital.
About 3,000 people were evacuated in Houston, Texas, and 19 people were hospitalized, for injuries that happened within a 5-mile (8.0 km) radius of an explosion and leak of the gas butadiene in a Houston railyard.
Two Boston policemen were struck by a newspaper truck as they attempted to hold back part of a crowd of 1,000 anti-busing demonstrators trying to prevent the Boston Globe from distributing its Sunday newspapers. The crowd, apparently upset with the Globe’s coverage of integration of city schools, blocked exits of the Globe printing plant but, with the help of police, two trucks loaded with newspapers left the building. As a third truck left, the crowd surged around it and the policemen were struck. The officers were taken to a hospital. The driver of the truck was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.
Braniff pilots agreed to call off a strike that had idled 9,278 employees until their differences with the airlines had been studied by a fact-finding panel. Airline Pilots Association leaders planned to meet with airline officers and federal mediators this morning to sign an agreement officially ending the strike which lasted just one day. Service will be resumed Monday. The 1,328 pilots had walked out in an effort to obtain more money.
A second suspect in the killing of a District of Columbia policewoman has surrendered. Homicide detectives said John Dortch, 29, of Silver Spring, Maryland, had turned himself in and would be charged with assault with intent to kill. The first suspect, John Willie Bryant, 24, arrested by officers at the scene Friday, has been charged with homicide. Gail A. Cobb, 24, was the first policewoman killed in the line of duty anywhere in the country since 1960, when the FBI began keeping records.
[Ed: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby.]
The Alabama educational television system, which was accused of failing to broadcast shows for black audiences, will not have its license renewed, the Federal Communications Commission tentatively ruled. If the action is made final, it would be the first time an educational franchise had its license lifted.
The Yankees did some wondrous things in Shea Stadium yesterday, like absorbing a seven‐run inning and storming past the Cleveland Indians, 14–7. With Baltimore losing to Boston in 10 innings, the New Yorkers led the American League’s Eastern Division by one game with nine games to go. Doc Medich of the Yankees was rocked for seven runs in the third, but the Yankees fought back, starting by scoring five in the fourth. Then they added four more runs in the fifth and three more in the seventh.
Deron Johnson singled home the winning run in the 10th inning today, providing the Boston Red Sox with a comeback 6–5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in a game parked by three long rain delays. The loss dropped the Orioles a game behind the first-place New York Yankees in the American League East with nine games to play. The third‐place Red Sox remain four games out. A one‐out single by Tim McCarver, a double by Tommy Harper and an intentional walk to Juan Beniquez loaded the bases before Johnson singled to left off Dave Johnson. The Red Sox tied the game at 5–5 with four runs in the ninth, three on Dwight Evan’s homer off Grant Jackson. Carl Yastzremski singled home the first run of the rally off Bob Reynolds.
Oakland’s Jim (Catfish) Hunter posted his 24th victory tonight, stopping Chicago on six hits and pitching the A’s to a 3–2 triumph over the White Sox and Wilbur Wood, who lost No. 19. Hunter’s 24 victories, tops in the majors, equals the Oakland record for triumphs in a season, set by Vida Blue in 1971. Both runs off the Oakland ace were home runs. Bucky Dent hit his fifth and Ken Henderson his 20th.
Al Fitzmorris stopped Texas on five hits tonight, pitching the Kansas City Royals to a 4–1 victory over the Rangers in the first game of a twilight‐night doubleheader. The Royals also won the second game, 8–5. Fitzmorris (12–6) struck out one and walked four as the Royals prevented Jim Bibby from notching his 20th victory.
The Milwaukee Brewers downed the Detroit Tigers, 6–2. With the game tied at 2–2 in the seventh inning, Pedro Garcia doubled in two runs to pace the Brewers to the win.
The Minnesota Twins spanked the California Angels, 8–1, as Bert Blyleven (16–16) spun a complete-game four-hitter, striking out twelve. The Twins reached Chuck Dobson for four runs in the first inning and never looked back.
In St. Louis, the Chicago Cubs jump on the Cardinals, scoring 5 runs in the 6th and again in the 9th to win 19–4, their biggest scoring output of the year. Steve Swisher belted his first major league grand‐slam homer and Tom Dettore scattered six hits. The Cubs’ 18‐hit assault, which included a three‐run homer by Jose Cardenal, produced the highest run total of the season against the Cards, who used six pitchers. Despite the defeat, first-place St. Louis remained half a game ahead of Pittsburgh in the National League East Division race. The Pirates were beaten, 4–2, by the New York Mets. Lou Brock of the Cards stole his 112th base of the season, adding to his single-season major league record.
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ hopes of taking progress in their pursuit of the National League East crown ran into a detour this afternoon. Checking Pittsburgh’s momentum was Jerry Koosman, who pitched a six-hitter in gaining a 4–2 triumph for the New York Mets. The Pirates, however, remained only half a game behind St. Louis as the Cardinals were threshed by the Chicago Cubs, 19–4. The winning blow was struck by Wayne Garrett. The red‐haired third baseman clouted a three-run homer over the right‐field fence with two on in the seventh to produce the necessary runs to send second‐place Pittsburgh to its first defeat in four games.
Dave Winfield tripled in two runs in the first inning and Nate Colbert brought home two more with a double in the third today as the San Diego Padres beat Los Angeles, 4–3, and snapped a 16‐game losing streak against the Dodgers. A rookie right‐hander, Dan Spillner, scattered five hits to lead the Padres to their first triumph over the National League’s Western Division leaders since last September. The Dodgers fell behind early when Doug Rau was rocked for four runs on six hits in two innings. Rau’s won‐lost record fell to 13–10 while Spillner registered his eighth victory against seven setbacks.
Ed Goodson belted a two‐run homer in the 10th inning today to give the San Francisco Giants an 8–6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds remained 3½ games behind Los Angeles, which lost to San Diego, 4–3. With one out in the 10th, Gary Thomasson singled. One out later, Goodson slammed his sixth homer of the season left‐field fence. The Reds had rallied for two runs in the top of the ninth to tie the score at 6–6.
The Houston Astros edged the Atlanta Braves, 6–5, in ten innings. Leading off in the 10th, Cesar Cedeno drew a walk, stole second, took third on Atlanta Braves’ catcher Vic Correll’s error and scored the winning run for Houston on Doug Rader’s single. Ken Forsch (7–7) won it for Houston with one inning of relief.
Born:
Bryce Drew, NBA point guard (Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls, Charlotte-New Orleans Hornets), in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Manuel Barrios, Panamanian MLB pitcher (Houston Astros, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers), in Cabecera, Panama.
Taral Hicks, American actress (“A Bronx Tale”) and R&B singer (“Silly”), in The Bronx, New York, New York.
Died:
Jacqueline Susann, 56, American writer known for the bestselling novels “Valley of the Dolls” (1966), “The Love Machine” (1969), and “Once Is Not Enough” (1973), of lung cancer, 19 months after being diagnosed. After her death, her final novel, “Dolores,” was the third highest selling novel in the U.S. for 1976.
Walter Brennan, 80, American film and television actor and star of the TV show “The Real McCoys,” winner of three Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (including the first ever supporting actor award, for “Come and Get It”), of emphysema.
Allen J. Greenough, 69, American businessman who was the last president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (1959 to 1968), of cancer.
Paul Robinson, 76, American comic strip artist who had created Etta Kett in 1925 .
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