Four months after leading the Carnation Revolution that ended the dictatorship in Portugal, President António de Spínola resigned because of his frustration with attempting to control the speed of reforms implemented by the Movimento das Forças Armadas (MFA). Spinola was succeeded by General Francisco da Costa Gomes. President Antonio de Spinola of Portugal, who assumed the leadership of the country’s democratic revolution five months ago, resigned unexpectedly, warning that his nation was heading toward chaos and “new forms of slavery.” In an emotional farewell address General Spinola, in effect, left political power almost exclusively in the hands of leftist forces in which the Communists are the dominant element. He was replaced as President by General Francisco da Costa Gomes, chief of the defense staff and long General Spinola’s close associate.
The Senate voted 57 to 20 to cut off aid to any country that violates United States laws governing its foreign assistance. The amendment was aimed at Turkey because of her use of American arms on Cyprus, but it was framed so that it could also apply to Israeli attacks on Arab neighbors or Arab attacks on Israel.
Secretary of State Kissinger reported some progress yesterday in discussions with Greek and Turkish officials on ways to resolve the Cyprus crisis. In a separate development, Mr. Kissinger announced formally that he would make a five‐day trip to the Middle East next week in continuing efforts to promote Arab‐Israeli negotiations. Although details of Mr. Kissinger’s discussions with Foreign Minister George Mavros of Greece and Foreign Minister Turan Gunes of Turkey were kept secret, Mr. Kissinger told his spokesman to assert that “progress is being made in clarifying the positions with regard to a solution in Cyprus.” This was the most positive comment since Mr. Kissinger began directly to try to move the two sides closer together on the Cyprus issue. To underscore that some momentum was being recorded, Mr. Kissinger scheduled another session with Mr. Mavros for late yesterday at the Plaza Hotel, where Mr. Mavros was staying.
American officials reported that despite anti‐American demonstrations in Athens, the talks with Mr. Mavros have been constructive, looking toward ways of achieving a solution. Mr. Kissinger has reportedly been seeking from the Turks some assurances that they would agree to begin withdrawing some of the 40,000 troops they are estimated to have on Cyprus to improve the climate for talks.
Premier Bulent Ecevit, whose coalition Cabinet collapsed two weeks ago in a dispute over Turkey’s Cyprus policy, abandoned today an attempt to form a new Government. President Fahri Koruturk asked former Premier Suleyman Demirel to try to form a new coalition. Mr. Ecevit, the leader of the Republican People’s party, which has 185 of the 450 seats in the National Assembly, resigned two weeks ago, citing “irreconcilable differences” between his party and its coalition partner, the National Salvation party. That party, which emphasizes adherence to Islamic tradition, had demanded that Cyprus be partitioned into ethnic Greek and Turkish districts or annexed by Turkey.
The vanguard of about 12,000 U.S. troops being airlifted to West Germany this week for maneuvers arrived at the U.S. air base at Ramstein. An Army spokesman said all the troops will have arrived by Saturday. The aim of the airlift is to test the deployment of troops to Europe in case of an emergency.
Israel is ready to surrender vast amounts of its 26,280 square miles of captured Arab land to prevent further war in the Mideast, said Information Minister Aharon Yariv, but “our chances for getting a real peace are slim.” Yariv told a group of visiting U.S. newsmen, “We have no interest in another war… even if we took Cairo and Damascus.” But he warned that another round of war could erupt within two years. Yariv said a genuine peace was still nowhere in sight because the Arabs do not accept Israel’s very existence.
Two American newsmen, CBS correspondent Hany Howell and Associated Press photographer Neal Ulevich, were roughed up by police in Saigon while covering a demonstration by Buddhist nuns and women demanding the release of all political prisoners held by the regime of President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu. At least two Vietnamese newsmen were kicked and beaten. The 25 demonstrators dispersed at lunch time after staging a sit-in front of the National Assembly in downtown Saigon.
Premier Chou En‐lai made his first major public appearance in two months tonight at a reception marking the 25th anniversary tomorrow of Commoist rule in China. Mr. Chou, who is 76 years old, was greeted with an ovation by more than 4,000 guests in the banquet chamber of Peking’s Great Hall of the People. The Premier was hospitalized during the summer and there have been numerous reports that he suffered a heart ailment. The anniversary brought the biggest gathering of Chinese leaders in recent years, including Soong Ching‐ling, widow of Sun Yat‐sen, making her first appearance after a long illness. The advanced age and state of health of several of the Chinese leaders provided a sobering note to the celebrations.
Soldiers and Royal Canadian Mounted Police forced about 300 demonstrating Indians off Parliament Hill in Ottawa on the opening day of Parliament. The Indians were part of a caravan that had traveled across Canada to present the federal government with eight demands to better their conditions. A small scuffle broke out when a few of the militant tribesmen attempted to pass through police barricades. Police would not say how many persons were injured or arrested.
Senators Jacob K. Javits and Claiborne Pell flew back to Washington today to report on a total of 10 hours of talks with Premier Fidel Castro and other Cuban leaders about improving relations between the United States and Cuba. Athough the legislators reportedly carried no message from Mr. Castro to the Ford Administration, Senator Javits said that he and Mr. Pell planned to convey impressions of their three‐day visit to President Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger. There was no mention whatsoever of their visit this morning in Granma, the official newspaper of Cuba’s Communist party. Instead Granma was filled with capsuling headlines, photographs and texts recording Mr. Castro’s speech Saturday night in which he castigated United States for policies of “intervention” and “oppression” all over the world. Early this morning Senator Pell, Democrat of Rhode Island, described the three‐hour talk he and Senator Javits, Republican of New York, had last night with Premier Castro on CubanUnited States relations as “friendly, frank and warm.”
Hurricane Gertrude was downgraded to a tropical storm when it stalled and weakened in the Atlantic 230 miles southeast of Barbados. Forecasters predicted the storm would continue to weaken, but residents of the Windward Islands were warned to stay alert for further advisories.
While guerrillas continued their siege at the Venezuelan Consulate in Santo Domingo today, the Dominican Republic police were holding two journalists, and some Dominicans look upon their detention as the more disturbing development. The two were taken into custody Friday night because of a photograph taken inside the consulate that day, moments after it was seized. The picture was published that afternoon in La Noticia, a politically middle‐of‐the‐road afternoon newspaper. The two journalists are Silvio Herasme Peña, the paper’s director, and Eduardo Lora, its city editor. The police contend that the picture, showing one of the hostages, Barbara A. Hutchison, director of the United States Information Service here, along with two kidnappers and the Venezuelan Consul, Jesús Gregorio del Corral, could have been taken only if the journalists had had advance warning from the guerrillas. The police assert that if such warning had been given, it was the journalists duty to let the government know. La Noticia denies that it was tipped off. It says it and other newspapers were called by the kidnappers from the consulate after the siege had begun.
Venezuela will probably decree a “moderate increase” of less than 3% in taxes paid by American and other foreign oil companies operating there, authoritative official sources reported. The increase would apply to all company income for 1974 and not just the last quarter of the year. It should give Venezuela, third largest oil exporter and main source of U.S. imports, additional oil revenue of about $230 million.
A little more than a year after fleeing into exile in Argentina, General Carlos Prats, the former Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army during the administration of the late President Salvador Allende, was assassinated along with his wife, Sofía Cuthbert, in a car bombing in Buenos Aires.
The U.N. General Assembly rejected the credentials of the South African delegation, but any move to expel the white-ruled nation from the world body was expected to be vetoed in the Security Council. The assembly decision, on a 98-23 vote with 14 nations abstaining, was part of a campaign by African, Asian and Communist countries. The assembly also asked the council, which has the sole right to expel a member nation, to review “the relationship between the United Nations and South Africa.” The vote on that resolution was 125 to 1 (South Africa), with 9 abstentions, including the United States.
South African Government Security officials have initiated what appears to be a crackdown on militant black political activity in this white‐ruled country. Recent events in neighboring Mozambique, where the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique, known as Frelimo, has won its struggle against Portuguese colonialism, seem to have excited black militants and alarmed white security officers in South Africa. After breaking up two pro-Frelimo demonstrations last week, the police began a nationwide wave of arrests, searches and interrogations, according to newspaper reports. The police activity was aimed primarily at the South African Students Organization and the Black People’s Convention, two groups that have provided at least a faint voice for discontented urban minorities in recent years.
President Ford promised that he would appear personally before a House subcommittee within the next 10 days to answer a series of questions about his pardon of Richard Nixon. He made the promise in a letter to Representative William Hungate, a Missouri Democrat, who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on Criminal Justice. Mr. Hungate had recently put 14 questions about the pardon to Mr. Ford in writing.
The Watergate cover-up trial will begin on schedule tomorrow because of a decision by federal Judge John Sirica. He severed the case of Gordon Strachan, whose prosecution had become involved in a developing legal tangle, and ordered a separate trial for Mr. Strachan rather than delay the trial of the five other defendants with pretrial hearings on the questions surrounding the Strachan case.
In their first decline since last spring, prices of raw farm products dropped 2 percent between Aug. 15 and September 15. The Crop Reporting Board of the Department of Agriculture said lower prices for cattle, hogs, calves, potatoes, dry beans, lambs, soybeans and corn were mostly responsible.
Betty Ford’s physicians reported that they had found cancer cells in two of the 30 lymph nodes removed with her right breast in last Saturday’s operation. They found “no clinical evidence” that cancer had spread and were “optimistic for a prolonged survival.”
The Senate agreed by voice vote to put the nation back on standard time, but only for four months instead of the old six-month schedule. Since the House already approved the measure, the bill now goes to President Ford for an expected signature.
The Defense Department said only 70 military deserters have volunteered so far to take part in President Ford’s amnesty program. It said the other 522 listed as having gone through processing had been arrested for desertion but turned themselves in to military authorities before Mr. Ford announced his program two weeks ago. The Pentagon said there were 71 additional deserters awaiting processing and undesirable discharge before leaving for alternative public service jobs. The figures seemed to indicate that many deserters were heeding the advice of the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups to reject the offer of clemency.
Donald R. Rumsfeld, former U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a former Republican congressman from Illinois, went to work as the chief coordinator of activities at the Ford White House. His appearance as a replacement for Alexander M. Haig Jr. was viewed as a key step in the transition from the bureaucracy left behind by Richard M. Nixon. One of Rumsfeld’s first observations was that he did not view himself as gatekeeper for President Ford and that he expected to keep the machinery working smoothly, rather than contribute to the substance of Administration policy.
An Army major was charged with accepting $50,000 in bribes to help 400 young men in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island avoid the draft or get out of the military service. A federal grand jury in Manhattan filed a three-count indictment against Maj. William Sangemino, 45, who lives on the Ft. Hamilton Army Base in Brooklyn. He is the third-ranking officer at New York City’s Selective Service headquarters. Specifically, he was charged with accepting bribes from Nathan Lemler, 62. Lemler operated as a “Selective Service and college placement counselor” and received fees between $2,500 and $30,000 from young men wanting out of the draft or to get discharges.
A 31-year-old former convict was arrested and accused of the murder of New York City police officer Patrick Kelly, whose dismembered body was found early Saturday on West 79th Street. The suspect, Julio Vasquez, and two women who shared his one-room apartment, were arrested after detectives reported finding clothing believed to belong to the dead officer and his badge and credit cards in the West 80th Street building where the accused lived.
Chairman James O. Eastland (D-Mississippi) of the Senate internal security subcommittee said if the current rate of marijuana use continued, Americans might find themselves “saddled with a large population of semi-zombies.” Eastland, in an introduction to a report of hearings on the drug, blamed the news media, in part, for the increase. He said he opposed decriminalization of marijuana but favored more harmony between states and federal government on penalties for its use. Eastland said 35 million Americans have used marijuana at some time, with estimates indicating that more than 10 million use it regularly.
White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen reiterated President Ford’s opposition to a new 10-cent-a-gallon tax on gasoline but left the door open to it by quoting the President as having “an open mind” on fighting inflation. Nessen acknowledged that the excise tax was among a number of steps being considered by Mr. Ford’s new Economic Policy Board but he emphasized that no recommendation for the tax had been made to the President. On Capitol Hill, Chairman Wilbur D. Mills (D-Arkansas) of the House Ways and Means Committee reiterated that he was “unalterably opposed” to any increase in the tax, which now is about 4 cents a gallon.
Shirley Temple Black, preparing for her new post as ambassador to Ghana, defended her appointment and told a State Department news conference in Washington that she and her husband had contributed a total of only $1,167 over the last four years to various political causes. Although she has long been a supporter of the Republican Party, Mrs. Black said she has given only $310 to the national organization. “I think that proves I didn’t purchase the post,” she said. The former child star then added, “I’ve worked 43 of my 46 years” and had “a good deal of diplomatic experience.”
Lady Bird Johnson and her daughters, Lucy Nugent and Lynda Robb, presented the second annual Lyndon Baines Johnson awards to former Mayor Ivan Allen of Atlanta and Franklin A. Thomas, president of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp., a self-help group for the poor in New York. The awards of $12,500, made in New York City, were established in the name of the late President to honor Americans who make a substantial contribution to mankind.
Superstar Liza Minnelli and producer Jack Haley, Jr. arrived in London to continue their two-week honeymoon. “We’re feeling great,” Miss Minnelli told reporters. “But we’re still recovering from the wedding reception,” Haley added.
The popular British television programme “Oh No It’s Selwyn Froggitt,” with Bill Maynard in the title role, premiered on ITV for the first of four series, running until 1978.
NBA center Wilt Chamberlain, the most controversial and prolific scorer in pro basketball history, will announce his retirement this week. The announcement will be made in an article that will appear in the coming issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.
“What we really need here is to win at least one of the first two games,” said Manager Earl Weaver of the Baltimore Orioles tonight, and a couple of hours later that objective was attained with a 12–6 victory over the Detroit Tigers. By winning, the Orioles moved a full game ahead of the New York Yankees, and now each team has two to play. The key to tonight’s game was a five-run second inning during which Mickey Lolich, the Tigers’ starter, was knocked out. Subsequent Oriole leads were 6–2, 9–2, 9–5 and 10–6 as they collected 16 hits off four pitchers. That was enough to withstand the 14 hits yielded by Ross Grimsley, Doyle Alexander and Grant Jackson.
Jim Perry won his 17th game of the year as the Cleveland Indians edged the Boston Red Sox at Fenway, 2–1. Cleveland got runs in the fourth off loser Bill Lee (17–15). Charlie Spikes singled, John Ellis doubled, and with two out, Dave Duncan singled in the ultimate deciding run.
Bruce Kison of Pittsburgh overcame a shaky first inning and pitched a three‐hitter for his first complete game of the season. Richie Zisk came off the bench and drove in his 100th run of the season with a tie‐breaking triple. The combination brought the Pirates a 2–1 victory over the Chicago Cubs tonight and kept them tied with St. Louis for first place in the National League East with two games to play. If the tie holds for the next two nights, the teams will decide the division title in a one‐game playoff at Three Rivers Stadium here Thursday. Bill Bonham did his best to break the tie, allowing the Pirates just four hits. But the third hit was Manny Sanguillen’s leadoff bunt single in the seventh inning and the fourth, one out later, was Zisk’s pinch‐hit triple that traveled nearly 400 feet to center field.
At Parc Jarry, Ted Simmons hits his 20th homer of the year, a 3–run shot in the first inning off Steve Rogers, as the St. Louis Cardinals top the Montreal Expos, 5–1. Ken Forsch allows 3 hits in the win, as the Birds stay tied with the Pirates for first place in the National League East. The first two hits Forsch allowed didn’t come until the seventh inning, a double by Mike Jorgensen that destroyed the notion of the League’s first no‐hitter of 1974, while a single by Ken Singleton ruined his shutout.
Larry Dierker and Ken Forsch of the Houston Astros combined to stop Los Angeles on six hits tonight in a 4‐1 victory that prevented the Los Angeles Dodgers from clinching the National League Western Division championship. The loss cut the Dodgers’ lead over the idle Cincinnati Reds to two games, with each having two games remaining.
Jerry Koosman concluded his finest season in five years last night when he pitched the Mets to a 5–2 victory last night over Philadelphia that prevented the Phillies from taking sole possession of third place in the National League’s Eastern Division. It was Koosman’s 15th victory, highest total for any member of the Mets’ staff this season and most for the 30‐year‐old left‐hander since he won 17 in the 1969 pennant year. In his last three years, Koosman had losing seasons. He pitched the full nine innings last night and finished the season with a work chart of 265 innings, his highest total in the majors. A three‐run home run by Wayne Garrett in the sixth inning provided Koosman with the margin of victory.
NFL Monday Night Football:
Denver Broncos 3, Washington Redskins 30
Compared to the two previous Monday night games this season, both of which were decided in the last minute, tonight’s contest was a quiet one before a capacity crowd of 54,395 as the Redskins took command of the Broncos early and never let go. It was a reassuring victory for the home team, which had begun the season with a sluggish victory over the Giants and then an unexpected loss to St. Louis. The Washington offense, to which the defensive‐minded coach, George Allen, pays little or no attention, came alive thanks to Billy Kilmer, the persistent quarterback now in his 13th campaign. The 34‐year‐old Kilmer completed 17 of 23 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns, both scored by Charley Taylor. Kilmer also had Larry Brown to work with in his backfield, the runner returning after having rested his aching knee and missed the St. Louis game. That was a plus. Brown showed his usual zeal, slashing at the Bronco defense on inside runs and eating up the yards on the receiving end of quick, flare passes from Kilmer. The Broncos, who now show two losses and a tie, had three scoring opportunities and came out with only 3 points, achieved on a 34‐yard field goal by Jim Turner.
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Born:
Jeremy Giambi, MLB outfielder, designated hitter, and first baseman (Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox), in San Jose, California (d. 2022, suicide).
Greg Favors, NFL linebacker and defensive end (Kansas City Chefs, Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars), in Atlanta, Georgia.
R-Kal Truluck, NFL defensive end (Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals), in Brooklyn, New York, New York (d. 2019, due to complications from ALS and cancer).
Yul Bürkle, Venezuelan actor and model; in Caracas, Venezuela.
Died:
Carlos Prats, Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor.
E Boyd (artistic name for Elizabeth Boyd White), 71, American artist, art historian and curator.
Dermot Morrah, 78, British journalist and royal expert for The Times of London.
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