Reports of an agreement reached by the White House and key Senators would mean a compromise giving trade benefits to the Soviet Union in return for a major liberalization of Moscow’s emigration policies. The Soviet Union has never publicly acknowledged its role, but Secretary Kissinger has assured the Senators that the Soviet Union will dramatically liberalize its immigration policies.
Ending its week-long deadlock with the Ford administration, Congress has approved a compromise measure to continue military aid to Turkey until December 10, providing that Turkey does not send American arms to Cyprus. President Ford has told congressional leaders he will “reluctantly” accept the compromise. With that assurance and with Representatives shouting, “Vote! Vote!” the House quickly approved the measure, 191 to 33. With only a few Senators on the floor, the Senate approved the legislation half an hour later by voice vote. Both houses, whose election recess had been delayed by the impasse over the Turkey aid issue, then adjourned until Nov. 18.
Britain rushed 600 more troops to Northern Ireland and gave notice that internment of suspected guerrillas would continue despite prison riots. The British cabinet met in emergency session in London to discuss the bloody clashes at various detention centers in Ulster. The reinforcements raise the total British troop strength in the province to 15,600.
Northern Ireland’s prisons were quiet today after rioting yesterday in which 123 people were injured badly enough to require hospital treatment. Protests continued in Roman Catholic areas in several towns, but on a considerably diminished scale. Some streets in Londonderry and Strabane were blocked by barricades or by lines of demonstrators, clasping hands.
In Belfast several buses were seized and burned, the smoke drifting across the city. Six persons were injured in scattered shooting incidents last right. Tonight gangs of youths seized dozens of cars and trucks and set them ablaze. In general, however, the violent demonstration by Catholic activists, who are protesting the conditions of internment without trial under which some 600 suspected terrorists are being held, seems to have ended.
Accusations that the army and the police in Northern Ireland systematically mistreat prisoners have declined sharply in the last two years. Lawyers and civil‐rights groups that assembled extensive evidence of prolonged and brutal interrogations during 1971 — Amnesty International, in a study of the period, used the word “torture” — say the situation is quite different. The pattern now when patrols pick up people for questioning, they say, is one of brusque and sometimes humiliating treatment and occasional brutality but no deliberate or consistent use of violence.
A prominent Jewish activist went on trial here today for having struck a young woman who he contends leaped in front of his car in a suicide attempt. Viktor G. Polsky, a physicist who lost his job after applying to go Israel, stands accured of reckless endangerment in hitting Tatyana A. Zhukov, the daughter of an influential Government official.” Mr. Polsky’s contention that the girl had told him later that she was trying to kill herself after an argument with her parents was supported today by the physician who treated Miss Zhukov when she was admitted to a hospital. Observers outside the courtroom said a hospital representative had told the court that the physician, identified as Dr. Tsepin, was away on a trip in Leningrad. However, Dr. Tsepin showed up unexpectedly and testified. that the girl had told him she had tried to commit suicide. The physician stuck to his testimony in the face of questioning by the tribunal consisting under the Soviet system of a judge, G. I. Soloyyev, and two assessors.
Russian grandmasters Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi again adjourned their fiercely contested 13th game of the world chess challengers final after six hours of play and 96 moves. Most experts predicted the game would end in a draw. Karpov has a 2-0 lead in the series to choose a challenger to world champion Bobby Fischer.
Ethiopian Government troops, backed by air force jets and artillery, fought large‐scale battles against guerrillas who are demanding independence in Eritrea Province in the north, diplomatic sources said today. The battles with the guerrillas of the Eritrean Liberation Front could be, heard clearly in the Eritrean provincial capital of Asmara, the sources said.
All municipal councils in Ethiopia were abolished today by the military government, which said that those serving on the councils had been illegally elected and were a financial burden to the people.
Communist troops blew up bridges in two sectors of strategic Highway 1, cutting off a 150-mile stretch of road and isolating major cities in northern South Vietnam, a Saigon military spokesman said. The U.S. Embassy announced in Saigon that a unit of 45 Vietnamese soldiers had finished a course to help search for the remains of 2,300 Americans missing in action.
An early morning fire killed 16 people and injured 30 at the New Nam San Hotel in Seoul in South Korea. Some of the guests, unable to escape, jumped to their deaths from the fourth and fifth floors of the hotel.. Police later arrested the owner and two employees of the hotel on charges they neglected faulty wiring that was thought to have caused the fire. Most of the victims burned or suffocated. Two died jumping from windows. The hotel is 300 yards from the Taeyonkak Hotel, where 165 persons died in a fire on Christmas Day, 1971.
Ambassador George Bush left Washington to take over the U.S. liaison office in the People’s Republic of China with the promise to “be on the alert about ways to… improve relations,” Bush, in an interview, predicted that the normalization of relations between the United States and China would continue according to the Shanghai communique, signed during former President Richard M. Nixon’s China trip.
The martial‐law regime of Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos has been trying to mend its fences with the Roman Catholic hierarchy after a protest on behalf of “truth and justice” by the new Archbishop of Manila that seemed to stir a deep current of popular feeling.
American Episcopal bishops meeting in Mexico voted 95 to 35 to uphold the principle of ordaining women as priests, but church officials said the vote won’t change the House of Bishops action in August invalidating the ordination without prior permission of 11 women. The vote came during the House of Bishops annual conference, attended by 150 bishops. It reaffirmed a 1972 vote favoring ordination of women.
Honduran Foreign Minister Cesar Batres resigned following charges that the government mishandled relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Fifi. Reliable sources said the entire Honduran cabinet submitted resignations to President Oswaldo Lopez Arellano but there was no immediate word on whether he accepted them.
President Maria Estela Perón told 80,000 cheering workers her government would “Argentinize” three foreign companies-Standard Electric, a subsidiary of International Telephone & Telegraph; the German-owned Siemens Co., and the Italo-Argentine Electric Power Co. Presumably the companies’ foreign shares would be bought by the government. She made the announcement in a speech for Loyalty Day, commemorating a 1945 rally that freed the late Juan D. Perón from jail.
The first private manufacturer of space rockets, OTRAG (Orbital Transport-und Raketen-Aktiengesellschaft), was founded in Neu-Isenburg in West Germany, near Frankfurt, by aerospace engineer Lutz Kayser. The company would make one successful launch of a launch vehicle on May 20, 1978, from facilities in the African nation of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). International opposition to the first manufacturing, since World War II, of German rockets and missiles led to the West German government closing down OTRAG facilities, after which OTRAG would move its operations to Libya and finally close entirely in 1987.
U.S. President Gerald Ford became the first incumbent President since Woodrow Wilson (and, as of 2024, the last) to testify in a Congressional hearing as he made a personal appearance before a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about his reasons for pardoning former President Richard M. Nixon. Ford testified that the pardon had not been prearranged, and that he made the decision because of his concern over reports of Nixon’s deteriorating mental and physical health. The pardon, Mr. Ford said, was granted solely “out of my concern to serve the best interests of my country.” Then he added, “There was no deal.”
The gross national product has declined during the third quarter of this year, the third consecutive three-month period in which a drop was registered, the Commerce Department had reported, adding that the inflation rate has worsened. Secretary of Commerce Frederick Dent insisted that the nation is not in a recession, despite the nine-month drop in output. He called the current state of the economy “a spasm” or “sideways waffling.”
Lawyers for former President Richard Nixon have asked a Federal District Court in Washington to enforce last month’s agreement giving Mr. Nixon personal control over his presidential tape recordings and papers. The move by the Nixon legal staff came after private negotiations over access to the tapes and papers broke down between lawyers for Mr. Nixon, special prosecutor Leon Jaworski and the White House.
A major energy study sponsored by the Ford Foundation urges a government-led commitment to conserve energy and says that, by such an undertaking, this country could put off for 10 years “massive new commitments” to offshore drilling, oil imports, nuclear power and development of coal and shale in the West.
Four Democratic members of the House Judiciary subcommittee said that they planned to press for additional witnesses to be called after hearing President Ford’s testimony concerning his pardon of former President Richard Nixon. At the same time, four Republican subcommittee members said that they were satisfied the full story had been told, and that there was no need for additional witnesses.
Margaretta (Happy) Rockefeller, the wife of the Vice President-designate, underwent cancer surgery in New York for the removal of her left breast after the discovery of a suspicious lump two weeks ago. Following the operation, the surgeon said there was no immediate evidence that the cancer had spread. Three weeks ago Betty Ford, the President’s wife, in a similar operation had her right breast removed.
A relaxation of the federal deadline for a 90 percent reduction in air pollutants emitted by new autos until 1980 has been proposed in a study by three leading universities. The report, prepared by Columbia and Harvard Universities and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said the forcing of auto companies to adopt the catalytic converter now as an exhaust control was an “unwise gamble.”
Vice President-designate Nelson Rockefeller gave behind-the-scenes help to insure the 1972 re-election of Representative Hugh Carey, now the Democratic gubernatorial candidate favored to defeat Mr. Rockefeller’s hand-picked successor, Governor Wilson. The action was prompted to ease passage of a revenue sharing bill in the House. Mr. Rockefeller’s strategy involved getting John Gangemi, Mr. Carey’s Republican opponent, to reject the endorsement of the Conservative party. Mr. Carey defeated Mr. Gangemi by about 12,000 votes.
The nation’s airlines have agreed to restore free flight privileges in an attempt to mollify air traffic controllers who have been causing sporadic delays at some major airports, an airlines representative said. An agreement was reached with representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration, the controllers and the Air Transport Association, the airlines’ trade organization, said ATA Deputy Director Robert Terneuzen. Recent delays at airports in Chicago, Miami, New York, Washington and other cities have cost millions of dollars in extra fuel, flight time pay and hospitality extended to overdue passengers, Terneuzen said. For years controllers have been allowed to make a number of “familiarization flights” in cockpits but ATA canceled them last month, contending the privilege had been abused.
Democratic congressional candidates picked up support from the undecided column between early and late September while Republican strength declined a bit, the Harris Poll reports. It said the Democrats hold a 55-31% lead over Republicans in a nationwide survey of 1,272 likely voters. The other 14% were not sure. In early September, the results were 51% Democratic, 32% Republican and 17% not sure. By contrast, the figures a year earlier were 51-35-14. “The imminent gains for the Democrats this November will result not so much from enthusiasm for the Democratic Party as from doubts about the Republicans,” the survey concluded.
Air Force Secretary John L. McLucas and Army Secretary Howard H. Callaway dismissed formal charges filed by five Air Force officers against top officials at West Point and the Air Force Academy. The five had requested that present and former superintendents and commandants of cadets at the two service academies be court-martialed for allegedly violating the civil rights of cadets. The charges included alleged violations of the uniform code of military justice, harassment, and excessive punishment.
The AFL-CIO and the National Association of Counties described President Ford’s proposed public jobs program as inadequate to deal with rising unemployment. But the essence of the Ford program, to provide jobs only for those hardest hit by unemployment, was endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Proposals for helping persons suffering from unemployment were the subject of a hearing before a Senate làbor subcommittee headed by Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wisconsin). The senator’s own bill would start providing public-service jobs whenever the national rate of joblessness hit 4.5%… Mr. Ford’s proposal has an area figure of 6.5% and a national figure of 6%. The nationwide rate now is 5.8%.
Nine remote transmission towers in Oregon belonging to Bonneville Power Administration have been blasted this month, officials said. Six towers were destroyed this week. The blasts caused no interruption of electricity. BPA is a federal agency which markets the power from hydroelectric projects throughout the Northwest, the major source of power for the region. Replacement cost was estimated at $50,000 for each tower. The FBI said it had no motive for the acts.
“We are going to get married as soon as it is practicably possible,” said the Welsh actor. It will be Richard Jenkins Burton’s second Elizabeth and third wife. He plans to marry Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, a relative of the British royal family and an old friend of former wife Elizabeth Taylor. Burton, 49, told newsmen of his plans outside his London house, once shared with Miss Taylor. The princess, 37, has made her home in England since fleeing Yugoslavia in 1937. She has been married twice. Once to American millionaire Howard Oxenberg and then to London banker Neil Balfour, 33, from whom she is separated.
A wet-eyed Raquel Welch walked out of a news conference in New York City after being asked if her sex-symbol movie image was too frivolous for her role as chairman of the 1975 American Cancer Crusade. “I don’t feel that at all,” she responded as she left. “I think it was very rude.” But she returned five minutes later and proceeded to zing her unchivalrous interrogator. “Where are you from?” she inquired. From a Newark, New Jersey, newspaper, he responded. “That sort of question explains why you’re still in Newark,” she retorted. The American Cancer Society hopes to raise $100 million this year.
In Stratford, Connecticut, the first flight of the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was made by test pilots James R. Wright and John Dixson. Early flight testing revealed excessive vertical vibrations associated with the main rotor. Extensive engineering and flight testing determined that this was caused by air flow upward through the rotor system and around the transmission and engine cowlings. The purpose of the low-mounted main rotor was to aid in fitting inside transport aircraft with minimal disassembly. It was necessary to increase the height of the mast and reshape the cowlings to achieve an acceptable level of vibration. After eight months of testing, the U.S. Army selected the YUH-60A for production over its competitor, the Boeing Vertol YUH-61A. In keeping with the Army’s tradition of naming helicopters after Native Americans, the new helicopter was named Black Hawk, who was a 17th Century leader of the Sauk (or Sac) people.
“Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope” closes at Playhouse NYC after 1065 performances.
The NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak.
The NHL Washington Capitals get their first franchise home victory, beating Chicago 4–3.
The Oakland A’s won the 1974 World Series, four games to one, over the Los Angeles Dodgers, defeating the Dodgers 3 to 2 in Game 5. The A’s staked Vida Blue to a 2–0 lead with single runs in the first and second innings on a sacrifice fly by Sal Bando and a homer by Ray Fosse. The Dodgers tied it in the sixth with two runs on a sacrifice fly by Jimmy Wynn and an RBI single by Steve Garvey. Joe Rudi got what would turn out to be the game-winning RBI when he tagged Dodger ace reliever Mike Marshall with a homer in the bottom of the seventh. The half-inning was delayed when Bill Buckner complained of A’s fans throwing debris onto the field. Marshall, who always pitched in short sleeves, disdained his allowance of eight warm up pitches after coming in from the bullpen even after the delay. Rudi then proceeded to deposit Marshall’s first pitch over the left field wall. In the Dodgers half of the eighth, Buckner led off with a base hit to center that got past center fielder Bill North. Buckner had an easy double, but tried to stretch it to a triple and Reggie Jackson, backing up North, fired a perfect throw to Dick Green, who relayed to Sal Bando at third to nail Buckner and squelch the last Dodger threat. Rollie Fingers got his second save and was named Series MVP.
Four of the five games had the score of 3–2. Mike Marshall of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the only pitcher to appear in all five games of a five-game World Series, as of 2014. The Dodgers got six more hits than the A’s but scored five fewer runs, showing their lack of timely hitting. They also made six errors in five games, in addition to a number of mental errors. The champion A’s batted only .211 in the Series, the lowest in a five-game Series since the Baltimore Orioles hit .146 and lost in 1969. As of 2024, the A’s are the only team besides the Yankees to win three consecutive World Series.
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Born:
John Rocker, MLB pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays), in Statesboro, Georgia.
Luis Pineda, Dominican MLB pitcher (Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds), in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic.
Curt Lyons, MLB pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), in Greencastle, Indiana.
Kevin McLeod, NFL fullback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns), in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Tawona Alhaleem, WNBA forward and guard (Orlando Miracle), in Flint, Michigan.
Matthew Macfadyen, English actor (“Succession”), in Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom.
Ariel Levy, American feminist writer, in Larchmont, New York.
Died:
René de Rooy, 57, Surinamese and Antillean poet (“Juancho Picaflor”), die of a heart attack.
Johannes Krahn, 66, German architect.
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