“No one can dictate to us,” the Shah of Iran said, rejecting President Ford’s call for reduced oil prices. The Shah said that industrial nations should lower the prices of their exports first. He made his remarks at a press club luncheon in Canberra, Australia, where he had been asked for his reaction to Mr. Ford’s demand. Oil prices, he said, contributed only 1 percent to 1.5 percent to world inflation.
Secretary of State Kissinger has told associates and foreign visitors in recent weeks of his grave concern that failure to solve the world’s economic problems — mainly spiraling oil prices — could lead to a break-up of the political fabric of the West, and possible Communist takeovers in some countries. He is expected to express this view Saturday at Camp David when he and treasury Secretary William Simon meet with foreign and finance ministers from Japan, Britain, West Germany and France, to discuss the economic crisis.
Congressional leaders met with President Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger and agreed to support a weaker version of legislation on suspending military aid to Turkey that the House voted Tuesday. The leaders reportedly agreed to support a proposal that aid be suspended unless the President certified that Turkey “is making good-faith efforts” to reach a Cyprus settlement.
Georgios Papadopoulos, the former President of Greece, was placed under house arrest at his villa outside Athens due to reports that he might try to reenter politics. Former Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos is under house arrest and is not permitted to communicate with unauthorized persons, a government official said in Athens. Papadopoulos, a former army colonel who engineered the 1967 military coup, was ousted by hard-line army officers last November. There are no known charges pending against him.
A Soviet destroyer of a type armed with guided missiles reportedly exploded and sank recently in the Black Sea. It is believed to be the worst peacetime naval disaster since the loss of the United States submarine Thresher in 1963 with a crew of 129. The destroyer may have had a crew of several hundred men.
A 2½-week-old wildcat strike by 1,800 Ford workers has snowballed into a mammoth work stoppage halting all of the firm’s auto production in Britain, idling 16,000 employees in London and causing layoffs in two other European countries. Another 12,000 British workers are threatened by layoffs. In Europe, about 4,500 workers have been idled at the Saarlouis plant in West Germany and 700 at a factory in Amsterdam.
The fourth Synod of Bishops will open at the Vatican today with the theme “The Evangelization of Today’s World”-a broad and potentially explosive topic ranging from social activism to relations with non-Christians. Two hundred Roman Catholic bishops are attending the month-long gathering on how to use the word of Jesus to steer the church through political and social turmoil.
The militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine announced today its withdrawal from the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which is the main grouping of guerrillas, in a rift over peace moves. The announcement was made at a news conference by Ahmed Yamani, who had represented his group in the Executive Committee for four years. Mr. Yamani said that two other guerrilla factions, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, General Command, and the Iraqi‐sponsored Arab Liberation Front had also decided to pull out of the Executive Committee. He said the three groups had made a joint decision to withdraw but that each was to carry it out at the time of its own choosing. The withdrawal decision has shaken Palestinian unity and challenged the leadership of Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The withdrawal threatens to weaken the contention of the Palestinian organization that it is the sole representative of all Palestinians.
Iraqi Government forces, in a sustained offensive to crush the Kurdish rebellion, have captured virtually every important city and town in Kurdish Iraq. The Iraqi forces now threaten to cut the Kurdish‐held area in two, pushing thousands of guerrilla fighters higher and deeper into the mountains to wait for the first snows to impede further advances. Gen, Mustafa al‐Barzani, the Kurdish leader, said last night, that it was possible his guerrillas could be so decisively defeated in the next few weeks that Baghdad would gain control of more of Kurdish Iraq than it had in 13 years of intermittent war. Other Kurdish officials say the fighting in recent weeks has produced the fiercest and most concentrated attacks by the Government since the war began in 1961. The Kurds estimate that in recent weeks 12,000 guerrillas have been facing 60,000 Iraqi soldiers and more than 500 Soviet‐made tanks on two main fronts, one around the city of Rania and the other near Ruwandiz.
Employees of two newspapers opposed to the Saigon government burned some of their own papers in front of their Saigon offices to protest repeated police confiscation of newspapers. The seizures began last week after some papers tried to print corruption charges made by opposition politicians against President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
A thousand candle-carrying Roman Catholic priests and laymen demonstrated in Seoul against the South Korean government, demanding democratic reforms and the early release of political prisoners. It was the first street demonstration in the capital since President Park Chung Hee repealed two controversial decrees August 23 which had virtually outlawed opposition to the government.
The crew of the defective Japanese nuclear ship Mutsu received badly needed food and water, but the ill-starred ship continues to drift at sea with no end in sight to its three-week search for a port. The 56-man crew was reported to be restless and, in a petition to the captain, has threatened to refuse further resupply if a decision on the ship’s destination is not reached within a week.
The assistant secretary-designate for inter-American affairs, William D. Rogers, said he opposed U.S. clandestine efforts to overthrow or destabilize governments in South America. Rogers, testifying before a confirmation hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that, if confirmed, he will insist on a voice in discussions of any future covert American activities in Latin America.
Leftist terrorists of the People’s Revolutionary Army were blamed for the deaths of two Argentine army officers — Colonel Jorge Grassi and 1st Lieutenant Alberto Brizt. A right-wing terrorist group, the Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance, meanwhile, threatened five prominent entertainers with death for “disseminating Marxist ideas in artistic circles.” The new round of violence came as parliament considers a sweeping government bill aimed at crushing the terrorism.
President Isabel Martinez de Perón accused left‐wing guerrillas today of trying to provoke a military coup, and promised the armed forces that her Government would press its battle against subversion following the assassination of an army colonel and a lieutenant yesterday. The two officers were shot to death in separate incidents by the People’s Revolutionary Army, a Marxist group that has vowed the “indiscriminate execution of officers” in reprisal for the deaths of guerrillas. The assassination of the two officers led the army’s commander in chief, General Leandro Anaya, to warn all military units today to stay calm but ‘’be prepared to respond drastically within the limits of the law” to guerrilla attacks. Right‐wing terrorists today killed two people — Mauricio Borji, a journalist, and Carlos Beten, a television station employee.
All television stations and networks in Argentina were placed under direct control of the Argentine government by Decree 919/1974.
White House economic advisers believe that it will take 18 to 36 months to achieve a major reduction in the rate of inflation. They do not believe the country faces a depression and mass unemployment. This was reported by the White House press secretary, Ron Nessen, who had asked several presidential advisers their opinions preliminary to President Ford’s so-called “summit” conference on inflation that will be held in Washington tomorrow and Saturday.
The special Watergate prosecutor, at the request of the White House, is investigating many of president Ford’s appointments to high office to insure that the appointees have not been tainted by the Watergate scandal. Among those investigated, according to officials close to the investigation was Vice President-designate Nelson Rockefeller.
The first warnings were made to the general public of the danger of ozone depletion from the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), as The New York Times ran a front-page story headlined “Tests Show Aerosol Gases May Pose Threat to Earth”. The Times noted that Michael B. McElroy, professor of atmospheric science, and Dr. Steven C. Wofsy, an atmospheric physicist, had concluded that if the use of the refrigerant Freon continued, the ozone in the atmosphere, the primary protector against ultraviolet radiation, would be decreased by 30% within 20 years. McElroy and Wofsy publicized the danger of ozone depletion, following up on the findings of its cause by F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina, published on June 28, 1974, “to little fanfare”.
U.S. First Lady Betty Ford, the 56-year-old wife of President Gerald Ford, was first discovered to have a lump that would prove to be cancerous, when she chose “on the spur of the moment” to undergo an examination at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. The appointment at Bethesda had been for the First Lady’s personal assistant, Nancy Howe, and Mrs. Ford had gone along as a friend. Dr. Douglas Knab detected the lump in the examination, confirmed by surgeon William Fouty. The two physicians then contacted the White House physician, Dr. William M. Lukash, who arranged for Dr. Richard Thistlewaite to conduct tests the next day at Bethesda, leading to surgery for breast cancer on September 28.
Secret Service agents guarded six of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s children for more than a week earlier this month because of a kidnapping threat, Treasury officials said today. The threat was made in Boston against an unspecified Kennedy family child and all those who came under Secret Service protection were in the Boston area at the time, the officials said. No protection was afforded the three children of Senator Edward M. Kennedy because they were all in the Washington area when the threat was considered dangerous, the officials said. The protection ended by September 20, they said.
Angela Davis, the black Communist scholar who was acquitted two years ago of charges of murder and kidnapping, and more than a dozen other witnesses testified for and against Nelson Rockefeller’s Senate confirmation as Vice President. The issues of abortion and Attica dominated the final day of hearings, which were recessed for an indefinite period.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz abandoned a proposal for a tent show that would have toured the United States with prayer, music and sketches of pioneer life to demonstrate that food was a better bargain in the U.S. than in any other country and to strengthen the credibility of the Department of Agriculture. Democratic Party politicians had ridiculed the idea, with U.S. Senator George McGovern calling it “almost incomprehensible.”
For the third time in three years, Florida closed the doors of state prisons to new inmates because of overcrowding. State Corrections Director Louie Wainwright blamed crowding on the rising crime rate and the longer sentences being meted out. “A felon in Florida is one-third more likely to get sentenced than in any other state in the nation,” Wainwright said. More than 11,000 prisoners are crammed into a system built to house about 9,000, he said. He cited the Lake Butler Prison Reception Center, which was built for 726 prisoners but held 1,163 on Thursday and which had been receiving 50 new inmates a week. For the time being, new prisoners must remain in county and city jails.
A 13-year-old political committee setup for Donald Rumsfeld, newly appointed presidential aide, to help him in a possible race for the Senate in Illinois did not register under the 1972 federal campaign reporting law until it went out of business this year, documents on file with the Senate show. Rumsfeld’s former campaign manager, Chicago lawyer Donald Lowitz, said the committee was not required to file under the law that took effect April 7, 1972. But officials said the committee should have registered. Rumsfeld, former ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, could not be reached for comment.
A federal judge in Detroit dismissed a government civil suit that accused General Motors and Ford Motor Co. of conspiring to fix prices on fleet sales. The decision killed the second half of a price-fixing case initiated by the government against the nation’s two largest auto manufacturers in May, 1972. Criminal monopoly charges against the firms were dropped last December and a federal jury later acquitted them of criminal price-fixing charges. The latest decision is expected to have a major impact on the outcome of 45 similar suits against the two, most initiated by state and local governments, now pending in Chicago.
Charles Merritts Sr., who referred to himself as “the boss” when he was reelected president of the East St. Louis, Illinois, school board, was being held on charges of conspiring to murder a fellow board member. Merritts, 58, was arrested along with Donald Hodges, 28, after both were indicted on charges of conspiring to murder Clyde Jordan, who has opposed Merritts in school matters. The indictments allege the defendants contracted to pay $2,500 to an undercover FBI agent to do the killing. The motive was alleged to be to facilitate Merritts’ plan to “extort things of value from suppliers and contractors doing business” with the school district.
The Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of four brands of imported electric tea kettles it said can release too much lead into liquids being heated. The lead apparently comes from soft solder joints. The brands being withdrawn — Hamilton Beach, Dominion, Everhot and Toastmaster — were made in Canada and sold in the United States over the last several years. Canada banned the sales of several brands last spring. Infants are especially susceptible to lead poisoning, which can cause severe brain damage.
A three-judge federal court panel in Columbia weakened the hopes of Charles Ravenel to be the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in South Carolina. The panel said Ravenel was not eligible to serve as governor because he failed to meet the five-year residency requirement as set forth in the state constitution. Ravenel said the matter would be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
New evidence has been obtained that raises serious doubts about the guilt of Rubin (Hurricane) Carter and another man who were sentenced to life imprisonment seven years ago for a triple murder in Paterson, New Jersey The two principal prosecution witnesses have recanted their testimony.
Criminal penalties for users of marijuana would be abolished in New Jersey under a report being drafted by the state Attorney General’s office. In addition to recommending to Governor Byrne the abolition of penalties, the report proposes the creation of a new state agency that would administer medical and other therapeutic treatment for hard-drug users who would no longer be sent to prison, provided they entered such a program and were not criminally involved in the use of drugs.
The U.S. performs a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site.
Apple Records releases John Lennon’s fifth studio album, “Walls & Bridges” in US; features No. 1 single “Whatever Gets You Through the Night” (with Elton John) and “#9 Dream”.
George Brett has 4 hits and 2 RBIs and Hal McRae adds a grand slam as the Kansas City Royals beat the California Angels, 10–1. Steve Busby gets the win for KC over Chuck Dobson.
Catfish Hunter pitched a seven‐hitter tonight for his 25th victory as the Oakland A’s clinched a tie for the American League Western Division title with a 2–1 victory over the Minnesota Twins. The victory moved the A’s within one victory or Texas loss of claiming their fourth straight division crown. Hunter lost his shutout with one out in the ninth when Bobby Darwin smacked his 25th homer.
The Chicago White Sox pummel the Texas Rangers, winning both games of their doubleheader, 5–1 and 7–2. Jim Kaat posted his 20th victory in the opener, and recorded his 2,000th career strikeout. Bart Johnson (10-4) was the winner in the finale.
Bob Montgomery, who had tied the score with a two‐run homer in the ninth inning, singled home two runs in the 10th to give the Boston Red Sox a 5–3 victory over the Detroit Tigers, tonight. In the ninth, Montgomery followed Doug Griffin’s leadoff single with his fourth homer of the season, tying the score at 3–3. Then, in the 10th, after Boston had loaded the bases on a walk, a hit batsman, a sacrifice and an intentional walk to Griffin, Montgomery rapped his decisive single to center. Both of his hits were off Detroit’s relief ace, Jonn Hiller.
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres, 5–2, in ten innings. The Dodgers’ magic number is down to 2. Ron Cey’s two-run double broke a 2–2 tie and gave Mike Marshall (15–12) the win in relief. The Padres’ Dave Winfield had tied it in the ninth with one out when he blasted a colossal home run well over the center field wall.
Ken Griffey and Mery Rettenmund belted doubles to key a five‐run fifth inning tonight that carried the Cincinnati Reds to a 10–6 victory over the Houston Astros.The victory was Cincinnati’s 14th in 18 meetings with the Astros. Griffey, who had 11 hits in 19 times at bat heading into the game, snapped 6–6 tie with his run‐scoring double, his fourth hit of the night. Rettenmund followed with a pinch‐hit, bases‐loaded double for two more runs.
At Shea, the Pittsburgh Pirates score early and hang on to beat the New York Mets, 11–6, and move into a tie for first place with the idle St. Louis Cardinals. Willie Stargell has a 3–run homer and drives in 4 runs, while Al Oliver has 5 hits, including two homers, and 5 RBI. He scores 4 times.
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Born:
Larry Izzo, NFL linebacker (NFL Champions, Super Bowls 36, 38, and 39-Patriots, 2001, 2003, 2004; Pro Bowl, 2000, 2002, 2004; Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets), in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Martin Muursepp, Estonian NBA forward (Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks), in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union.
Gary Hall Jr., American competition swimmer, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Joo Jin-mo (stage name for Park Jin-tae), South Korean film and TV actor, winner of the Grand Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1999 film “Happy End”; in Seoul.
Died:
Harry Hartz, 77, American auto mechanic and racing driver who finished in second place in the Indianapolis 500 three times, later inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame.
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