A substantial cutback in oil consumption by the main importing countries has been suggested by the United States as the first step in a strategy to force down world prices. Some European officials said Secretary of State Kissinger had mentioned a 15 percent cutback at meetings in Washington with British, West German, French and Japanese ministers last weekend.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson said he would visit Moscow soon for talks with Soviet leaders if his Labor Party wins Britain’s October 10 general election. At his daily campaign news conference he also said he is trying to “build on” the improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. He said Britain’s relations with the United States are “very much better” than under the previous Tory administration.
About 50 women and children invaded the outer grounds of Maze Prison in Belfast and burned a reception hut to the ground in protest of conditions inside the prison. Guards with police dogs forced the demonstrators back but no injuries were reported. Most of the demonstrators were relatives of inmates, who have been complaining about conditions and food in the jail for the past month.
The Soviet Union detonated a 1.7-kiloton atomic bomb near the village of Udachny as part of a dam construction project. Plans for further atomic blasts were halted after the radioactivity from fallout proved to be much larger than expected.
The Greek government announced it would hold general elections November 17 and a referendum on the monarchy soon after. The announcements said a caretaker government, headed by Premier Constantine Caramanlis, would be formed “within the next few days” to conduct the elections, the first to be held in Greece since 1964. Martial law is still in effect, but it is expected to be lifted shortly.
Portuguese troops raided the headquarters of the right-wing Progress Party in Lisbon and said they uncovered large quantities of arms and counter-revolutionary propaganda. Lisbon papers carried large photographs of the arms cache. The raid came shortly before left-wing Prime Minister Vasco Goncalves held his first cabinet meeting since the downfall last week of conservative President Antonio de Spinola. The rightists and the leftists have been jockeying for control of the Portuguese government.
Italy’s 36th government in 31 years is about to collapse, leaving the country leaderless in the face of rising inflation, unemployment and terrorist bombings, politicians said in Rome. They said the expected fall of Premier Mariano Rumor’s seven-month-old coalition cabinet may mean the end of the Catholic-Socialist alliance that has run Italy with increasing difficulty since 1962. The outcome may be either elections ahead of schedule or a power deal with the West’s largest Communist Party.
The World Synod of Bishops at the Vatican heard outspoken political comments from a Rhodesian and an Arab prelate. Bishop Donald Lamont of Rhodesia said his country was ruled by men determined to hold onto power and privilege, denying the African majority fundamental rights. Melchite Patriach Maximus V Hakim defended Msgr. Hilarion Capucci who has been charged with smuggling arms and ammunition to Arab guerrillas. He described the priest as a man who has taken risks to draw world attention to the rights of Arabs.
Israel’s military situation as opposed to Egypt and Syria is stronger now than before the outbreak of the war a year ago, according to a government study given to President Ford just before his recent talks with Premier Yitzhak Rabin of Israel. It warned that unless there was movement in negotiations, the odds were for renewed Arab-Israeli conflict on a greater scale.
Secretary of State Kissinger wound up his consultations with officials from the Middle East yesterday in advance of his five‐day trip to the area next week to spur further negotiations between Israel and her Arab neighbors. He and his aides held an extended meeting with Foreign Minister Yigal Allon of Israel and met later in the day with Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy of Egypt. According to Israeli officials, Mr. Kissinger told Mr. Allon that he hoped to work out procedures for the next round of negotiations, but that the United States had not yet determined whether it would be more fruitful for Israel to deal with Egypt or Jordan, or whether the Geneva conference on the Middle East should be reconvened.
The United States is asking Egypt and Israel to agree to a series of safeguards and security measures, including broad international inspection and anti-theft devices, as conditions for receiving American atomic power plants. The State Department said the United States is also insisting on a voice in determining how the fuel discharge by power plants is reprocessed. Any nuclear materials the two countries might obtain in the future from any other countries could be subject to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The Shah of Iran arrived in India today on the last leg of a 17‐day tour of five Asian and Pacific nations. Upon his arrival at New Delhi airport with Empress Farah, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi received one of the warmest welcomes that India has accorded a visiting dignitary. President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Cabinet colleagues were present as he left his Boeing 707 plane and received a 21‐gun salute. Much of his two‐day stay will be spent in discussions with Mrs. Gandhi. Indian commentators have ascribed great significance to the visit. The Shah is in a position to help India substantially in her serious economic crisis marked by food shortages and high prices. The bulk of India’s oil imports come from Iran, and the price increase last year has resulted in huge Indian trade deficits with that country.
China’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Chiao Kuan-hua, hailed the Arab countries’ use of oil as a political weapon and said this “historic pioneering action” could have enormous impact in the third world’s struggle against “imperialist plunder and exploitation.” In his address before the United Nations General Assembly, he called detente a “kind of quack medicine hawked by the Soviet leadership everywhere.”
Opposition politicians reacted today with disappointment, anger and scorn to a policy speech delivered last night by President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu. In a wide‐ranging two‐hour televised talk to the nation, Mr. Thiệu said he would ease decrees restricting political party activity and press freedom, crack down on official corruption, and continue to resist Communist pressure, both political and military. Though much of the speech was conciliatory in tone, opposition legislators fastened on Mr. Thiệu’s frequent disparaging comments about their motivations and his reluctance to discuss in detail specific charges of corruption that have been brought against him. “President Thiệu said that if people have no more confidence in him, then let him know,” observed Deputy Nguyễn Trọng Nho, a member of the Buddhist opposition. “I would suggest holding a nationwide referendum for the people to express their confidence or no‐confidence.”
The Senate voted 41 to 39 to shelve the controversial foreign aid bill, at least until after the November elections. The effect was to uphold the Ford administration. The vote came after critics of its foreign policy had forced through a series of restrictive amendments, including a ban on some clandestine activities of the Central Intelligence Agency. The legislation with its amendments goes back to the Foreign Relations Committee and may not be revived this year.
Richard Moore, a White House lawyer who was special counsel to former President Nixon, was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Watergate cover-up case, according to sources familiar with the case. The addition of his name was apparently the result of conversations recorded on presidential tapes which were recently turned over to the prosecution.
Ed Reinecke submitted his resignation as Lieutenant Governor of California and minutes later received a suspended 18-month sentence for lying to the State Judiciary Committee during a probe of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation contributions to Republican finances. Federal Judge Barrington Parker placed him on one month’s probation. A Washington jury convicted him of lying about his discussion of a $400,000 pledge from I.T.T. with former Attorney General John Mitchell.
The White House announced the resignation of the Rev. Dr. John McLaughlin, a Jesuit priest who has been an avid defender of former President Nixon, and five other holdovers from the previous administration. They are Richard Moore, a special counsel; David Wimer, a special assistant for personnel; David Parker, a special assistant who has joined the Commerce Department; Bruce Herschensohn, a deputy special assistant, and Noel Koch, a speech writer at the White House.
Attorney General William B. Saxbe urged Congress today not to “overreact” to the Watergate scandal by requiring Federal court approval of wiretaps that are designed to provide foreign intelligence or “national security” information for the President. He told a Senate hearing that “there were abuses in the nineteen‐sixties” of Presidential power to wiretap without a court warrant in the name of national security. “I will not abuse this power, for any purpose or any person, no matter who he may be,” Mr. Saxbe said.
Secretary of Labor Peter Brennan announced the start of the distribution of $350 million to states and localities with substantial unemployment to create 73,000 public service jobs. For New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the funds will total over $57 million. This would provide for about 11,500 jobs in schools, hospitals, libraries and other departments.
The House voted to continue its Internal Security Committee, around which controversy has swirled since its establishment 36 years ago as the Committee on Un-American Activities. The 246–164 vote came on an amendment to one of three pending proposals to reorganize the House committee structure. All three recommend abolition of the committee and transfer of its functions, either to the Judiciary Committee or the Government Operations Committee. But Chairman Richard H. Ichord (D-Missouri) offered the amendment to continue the committee with its present jurisdiction to investigate treasonable and subversive organizations and individuals.
Seven students and three school officials were injured in a racial clash among 150 students in the South Boston High School cafeteria on the 15th day of a court-ordered busing plan to integrate Boston schools. Three black students were arrested. The school has been the focal point for white opposition to the busing plan. A number of weapons — including a baseball bat and a knife were confiscated. Attendance at South Boston High reached a new high of 504, including 294 whites and 194 blacks, or an increase of 33 over the day before.
The wife of a rural banker found dead in the trunk of a car near Augusta, Georgia, died from carbon monoxide poisoning while her husband was trying to meet ransom demands, an autopsy showed. The FBI said it was pursuing several leads in its search for three gunmen wanted in connection with her death. The report said Jean R. Reville, 51, died just hours after she was locked in the car trunk. Her husband, E. B. Reville, 53, manager of the Georgia Railroad Bank in Hephzibah, paid an undisclosed amount of cash in the futile attempt to gain her freedom.
Another early frost has again reduced the nation’s 1974 corn harvest and its consequences may be felt by consumers, an official of the National Corn Growers Association reported in Coralville, Iowa. Administrative officer Walter Goeppinger said it would be a few days before his group could estimate the loss caused by the latest in a series of freezing temperatures across the corn belt.
Several hundred ranchers and dairymen agreed to postpone for two weeks the slaughter of 1,000 calves in protest against the low prices they are getting in the marketplace. The ranchers, meeting in Stephenville, Texas, heeded a warning from a state Agriculture Department official that the slaughter would . create a diverse public reaction to their cause. The official said his agency would try to arrange for them to tell their problems directly to President Ford in Washington. The majority of the ranchers, however, predicted the unsold calves would be slaughtered sooner or later.
A day after 1975 models officially went on sale, Chrysler Corp. said its dealers were being notified of a potential accelerator pedal problem with some of the 55,862 early cars because of a bulge in the carpet or rubber mat. The cars affected are Plymouth Valiants and Dodge Darts. At the same time, Chrysler said an air brake problem had been discovered in some 1974 model Dodge heavy duty trucks. The company estimated that only 2% of the 1975 cars were affected by the carpet or mat problem.
The Chase Manhattan Bank disclosed that it had overvalued by $34 million the securities in its bond trading account, The resulting revaluation of its inventory of bonds will reduce the bank’s earnings after taxes by about $15 million. The bank’s announcement sent a tremor of concern throughout the banking community.
“The men didn’t say anything at first, but they started talking to me a little bit. I think we’ll probably talk more after they get to know me,” said Carol Jean Bain. That was how West Virginia’s male coal miners welcomed the state’s first female to go underground with them. As for occupational hazards, Mrs. Bain, 25, of Oak Hill, 5-foot-6, 125 pounds and a divorcee with an 8-year-old daughter, said, “My neck’s sore from bending over all that time. The shaft we were working in was only 42 inches high.”
United Artists released the crime drama film “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three,” starring Walter Matthau and directed by Joseph Sargent.
Paramount Pictures released the crime drama film “The Gambler,” starring James Caan and directed by Karel Reisz.
The Cleveland Indians became the first team in Major League Baseball history to name an African-American manager, with the announcement that they had hired Frank Robinson to guide the team in the 1975 season. The hiring came five days after Cleveland manager Ken Aspromonte’s contract expired and was not renewed.
Future Hall of Famer Al Kaline announces his retirement. During a 22-year career with the Detroit Tigers, Kaline compiled 3,007 hits and 399 home runs. He also batted .379 in the 1968 World Series.
The Baltimore Orioles headed into the playoffs on a winning note, edging the Detroit Tigers, 5–4 in the last game of the regular season. Doyle Alexander (6–9) got the victory.
The New York Yankees end the year with a 2–1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Pat Dobson (19–15) outduelled Jim Colborn (10–13). Ron Blomberg went deep for the Yankees.
The Chicago White Sox edged the Kansas City Royals, 5–4 in 12 innings. Goose Gossage got the win. Lee Richard scored the winning run with two out n the bottom of the 12th on a Bruce Dalcanton wild pitch.
The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox, 8–6. Gaylord Perry (21–13) got the win for the Indians. Frank Robinson, the new manager, hit his 22nd homer of the year and had a sarcrifice fly.
In the Texas Rangers’ season finale, Billy Martin allows Ferguson Jenkins to hit for himself rather than use the designated hitter, the first such incident in the American League all season. Jenkins singles to break up the Twins Jim Hughes’s no-hitter, scores the Rangers’ first run, and goes on to win his 25th game of the season 2–1. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Larry Hisle and strikes out. It is the Killer’s last Major League at bat as a Twin. He’ll sign on as a designated hitter for the Royals after declining the Twins offer to manage in the minors.
The California Angels scored two in the bottom of the ninth to clip the Oakland A’s, 3–2, in their season finale. Chuck Dobson (2-3) won it for the Angels on Denny Doyle’s walk-off RBI single, scoring Leroy Stanton with one out.
Amid an atmosphere reminiscent of the Shea Stadium outburst in last season’s National League playoffs, the Pittsburgh Pirates edged Chicago, 5–4, in 10 innings tonight, and wrapped up their fourth Eastern Division title in the last five years. The Pirates, who started the season with six straight losses and didn’t reach the .500 level until August 12, overcame a two‐run deficit in the ninth inning, scoring the second run on Steve Swisher’s two‐out, third‐strike passed ball and ensuing throwing error. Then they beat the Cubs in the 10th when Al Oliver, who had tripled with one out, raced home on Manny Sanguillen’s slow roller toward third with the bases loaded. The outcome eliminated the possibility of a one‐game playoff with St. Louis on Friday and sent the Pirates into the league’s three‐of‐five game playoff series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Western champions, starting in Pittsburgh Saturday.
During a 13–0 win over the Cincinnati Reds, the Atlanta Braves’ Hank Aaron homers off Rawly Eastwick. It is Aaron’s 733rd career clout and comes in his last National League at bat. Meanwhile, Phil Niekro handcuffed the Reds on four hits.
At Houston, the Los Angeles Dodgers edge the Astros, 5-4, in 10 innings. For the second day in a row, Dodger rookie John Hale doesn’t start but goes 2-for-2. He scores the winning run and his 4 hits in his first 4 at bats sets a since tied National League record. John will finish his 6-year career with a less than hale .201 average.
Bill Robinson’s 10th‐inning sacrifice fly gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 3–2 victory over the New York Mets last night at Shea Stadium in the final game of the season. Mike Schmidt led off the 10th against Jon Matlack (13–15) — with a single and after Willie Montanez had forced him at second, Ollie Brown singled, sending Montanez to third. He scored on Robinson’s fly to left. The Mets Scored two runs in the second on a walk, Duffy Dyer’s triple and Matlack’s squeeze bunt.
The San Diego Padres downed the San Francisco Giants, 9–5, to close out a difficult season for both. The Giants lost 90 games; the Padres lost 102. Larry Hardy (9–4) gets the win in relief.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 601.53 (-3.29, -0.54%).
Born:
Anthony Johnson, NBA point guard and shooting guard (Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersy Nets, Indiana Pacers, Dallas Mavericks), in Charleston, South Carolina.
Norm Maracle, Canadian NHL goalie (Detroit Red Wings, Atlanta Thrashers), in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.
Doug Nickle, MLB pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres), in Sonoma, California.
Robert Edwards, NFL running back (New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins), in Tennille, Georgia.
Ricky Bell, NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears), in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 2011).
Jimmy Sprotte, NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals), in Olathe, Kansas.
Michelle Krusiec [as Ya-Huei Yang], American actress (“Saving Face”), in Taiwan.
Paul Teutul Jr., American motorcycle builder and reality TV personality (co-star of “American Chopper”).
Simon Gregson [Simon Gregory], British actor (“Coronation Street”), in Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
Rachana Banerjee [as Jhumjhum Banerjee], Indian film actress; in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
Died:
Nurul Amin, 81, the only Vice President of Pakistan, known for serving 13 days as Prime Minister in 1971 and eight days as acting president in 1972.
William Lipkind, 69, American anthropologist and children’s author.
Vasily Shukshin, 45, Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and director from the Altai region, died of a heart attack while filming the war epic They Fought for Their Country.
Carl R. Woodward, 84, former president of the University of Rhode Island.
[Ed: Any such effort is, of course, Dead on Arrival in Congress. Most U.S. politicians have washed their hands of Vietnam.]
[And how, pray tell, are you going to do that, Teddy, when the Arabs control the wholesale price? With kind words? Ay Caramba. Tell me you do not understand markets without telling me.]
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