The Soviet Union, hitherto publicly pleased with the results of Leonid I. Brezhnev’s meeting in Vladivostok with President Ford, today showed its first uneasiness at criticism in Washington of the understanding the two leaders reached on limiting offensive nuclear arms arsenals.
British police were on full alert against guerrilla bomb attacks expected as Parliament rushed through legislation primarily designed to outlaw the Irish Republican Army. The prevention of terrorism bill cleared its second and principal stage of approval in the House of Commons without opposition but discussion of details were expected to go on until the early hours of today. The bill is expected to become law before lunchtime.
The Irish Government has expressed its shock over the growing Irish Republican Army bombing campaign in Britain. It supports new British measures aimed at combating terrorism, and it has announced that it will take stiffer measures against the I.R.A. itself.
Margaret Thatcher, the Conservative Party’s spokesman on economic affairs, conceded today that she has been storing up canned food for years and said that “I regard it as no more than prudent housekeeping. Mrs. Thatcher, a Member of Parliament who may challenge Edward Heath for the party’s leadership next year, made the remark in a statement after she was publicly rebuked on charges of hoarding. A Labor Member of Parliament, who had read about her household practice in a magazine, said in the House of Commons that she had been buying up “little tins of salmon from supermarkets and taking them out of pensioners’ mouths.”
The French National Assembly passed a bill legalizing abortion through the 10th week of pregnancy despite opposition charges that the measure would “send children to the cremation furnaces.” The vote, after three days of heated debate, came at 3:40 a.m. In favor were 284 deputies with 189 against and 17 abstaining or absent. The bill is now law except for the formality of being published in the daily official journal, expected in the next few days. One Reformist Party deputy, Jean-Marie Daillet, had called the abortion bill a Nazi-like measure. Several amendments to soften the bill were voted down in the last hours of debate.
The 2,450 delegates to the 11th Congress of the Romanian Communist Party unanimously re-elected Nicolae Ceaușescu to a five-year term as Secretary General of the party. The 2,450 delegates to the party’s 11th Congress was unanimous, as usual. The session also unanimously approved the work and policies of Mr. Ceausescu and his subordinates since the last congress, in 1969. In the past year Mr. Ceausescu has strongly consolidated his position as national leader. In March the Grand National Assembly, at his initiative, elected him President of the nation as well as party leader. His wife, Elena, continues as a member of the Executive Political Committee.
Israeli forces killed five Arab guerrillas in a clash near the Lebanese border, an army spokesman announced in Tel Aviv. The spokesman said the Arab band was encountered as it was about to infiltrate into Israel territory from southern Lebanon. He said they were armed with Russian Katuysha rockets, Kalachnikov rifles and bazookas. The clash occurred near the Dan kibbutz, the spokesman added.
Arab diplomatic sources here said today that President Ford and Leonid I. Brezhnev, the Soviet leader, worked out a formula at their meeting at Vladivostok last weekend to break a deadlock in Middle East negotiations. According to their information, the sources said, the Soviet Union agreed to try to persuade Yasser Arafat, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, to agree to recognize the right of Israel to exist as an independent state. Mr. Arafat is currently in Moscow. In exchange, the sources said, the United States would make efforts to get agreement from the Israelis to negotiate with the Palestinians. The Israelis have declared firmly and repeatedly that they will not hold talks with the P.L.O., contending that it is a terrorist group that aims at the ultimate dissolution of Israel.
Secretary General Waldheim said in Cairo at the end of his Middle East talks that unless there was a breakthrough in negotiations, war might break out by next spring or early summer. He said his visit had helped the Syrians and Israelis to delay a showdown. Arab diplomatic sources in Beirut said that President Ford and Leonid Brezhnev had worked out a formula at their Vladivostok meeting to break the deadlock. The Russians would persuade the Palestine Liberation Organization to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a state, and the Americans would persuade Israel to negotiate with the P.L.O. The Geneva conference would then be reconvened.
Brigadier General Tafari Benti became the new Head of State of Ethiopia after he was named as the Chairman of the Derg, the military council that had executed the prior leader. The military junta in Ethiopia elected General Tafari Banti as chairman to succeed General Aman Michael Andom, who died while resisting arrest in a military power struggle Saturday. The announcement did not make clear whether the new chairman would also act as chief of state and civilian cabinet head, as did General Aman. Attention focused on the possibility of expanded fighting in Northern Ethiopia, where ethnic minorities have been waging guerrilla war for 12 years.
A cyclone swept through Bangladesh today knocking down homes with 100‐mile-an‐hour winds and leaving thousands of people homeless.
The Cabinet of South Vietnam was realigned today with the addition of little-known members while teenage Roman Catholic demonstrators clashed fitfully with the police. Two of the appointments—of Nguyễn Văn Hảo, a Harvard-educated economist, as Deputy Premier for Economic Development, and Hồ Văn Châm, a partisan of Premier Trần Thiện Khiêm, as Acting Information Minister — appeared to be gains for the premier in a simmering feud with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu. But the realignment did not seem to signal any dramatic departures from established policies or hope for the Opposition. Mr. Hảo, who has been lobbying for a Cabinet post for almost a decade, was an economic adviser to Premier Khiêm in the late nineteen‐sixties. He has been a bold critic of past economic policies — advocating, for example, a major devaluation of the sinking piaster. He will now have to deal with a rapidly unraveling economy.
A propeller-driven cargo plane of the Cambodian airline Air Cambodge crashed today in territory controlled by the Việt Cộng about 60 miles north of Saigon, the control tower at Saigon’s Tân Sơn Nhứt Airport reported. Airline sources in Phnom Penh, the plane’s starting point on a flight to Hong Kong, said the DC‐4, had been shot down and that all five crew members had been killed. They said a South Vietnamese spotter plane had located the wreckage. South Vietnamese Air Force pilots reported having seen an explosion and smoke near the towns of An Lộc and Quản Lợi, which are about three miles apart. The area is in South Vietnam, about 10 miles from Cambodia and 115 miles east of Phnom Penh.
Officials expressed relief today over the United Nations vote saving the seat for the Government of Marshal Lon Nol for another year. Nervous wealthy people, black-market merchants and high Government officials who have been making huge profits from the war also relaxed a little with the knowledge that they can continue their activities.
About 2,000 veterans staged a demonstration in Seoul today in support of the present Constitution, which has recently come under increasing criticism. Led by a group of 70 retired generals, the veterans marched to the city hall square, breaking through a light police cordon. Several tear‐gas grenades were thrown but the riot police were overwhelmed by the militancy of the demonstrators. The rare pro ‐ Government showing was promptly termed a “Government-sponsored” event by the opposition spokesman. The veterans asserted that there was no need to change the Constitution in view of another possible Communist attack from the north. This is the Government’s rationale for the retention of the current Constitution, which assures Park Chung Hee of a netar‐lifetime term and broad control over the Government.
A Japanese naval task force of planes, destroyers and a submarine tried today for the first time since World War II to sink a ship — a crippled, burning tanker.
Secretary of State Kissinger, exchanging toasts at a Peking banquet, said he had achieved a “better understanding” of the Chinese viewpoint and would take it seriously into account. The assurances may have been intended to allay a feeling in Peking that the United States was taking China for granted in the year since his previous visit. According to highly respected diplomats in Peking, the Chinese have been making discreet but clear signals of their desire for greater movement to full diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Secretary of State flies tomorrow morning to the old garden city of Soochow for a day of sightseeing with his wife and two children. He is due to leave China in the evening, flying from Shanghai to Tokyo.
The 500-man overnight shift of Montreal’s fire department staged a four-hour walkout leaving the city without fire protection for the second time in four weeks. The men walked out after 11 firemen who complained about working conditions were sent home, but the shift returned after an appeal by the Firemen’s Association president. Fifty-five supervisors handled calls in the interim but no serious fires were reported. The earlier walkout sought a cost of living bonus.
Argentine federal and local police maintained their three-week-old anti-subversion drive by arresting a former university dean, a newspaper editor, a former legislator, and several suspected guerrillas, according to police and news reports. The fresh arrests brought to several hundred persons the number estimated to have been jailed since President Maria Estela Perón curtailed civil liberties and increased police powers of arrest November 6.
As a result of official confirmation that a Lufthansa Boeing 747 that crashed at Nairobi last week had its leading-edge wing flaps fully retracted on takeoff the Boeing Aircraft Co. has been asked to inform all other operators of the jumbo jets that, as an interim measure and in addition to the normal indication system, a visual check should be carried out before takeoff to ensure that the leading edge flaps are extended.
President Idi Amin of Uganda dismissed his foreign minister, former model and actress Elizabeth Bagaya, saying she was a security risk for his nation and Africa. He charged that she made love to an unknown European at the Paris airport and had contacts with British and American intelligence. She is believed to be in Uganda but without travel documents and under close watch.
Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
The President and Mrs. Ford celebrated their first Thanksgiving in the White House with a reunion of the president’s Grand Rapids (Michigan) high school football teammates.
Ranking aides of President Ford indicated a shift in his economic perspectives — that he now believes concern about a recession shares equal priority with the problem of inflation, which he previously called the nation’s “public enemy number one.” Roy Ash, director of the Office of Management and Budget, noted the new “balance” shown by his latest budget recommendations, which would put total current spending at $302 billion instead of cutting it to $300 billion or below.
A New York Times survey shows that other major cities, like New York, are being forced into painful austerities by inflation and recession. Cleveland’s mayor has announced a layoff of 1,104 employees after voters rejected his proposed rise in the city income tax from 1 to 1.5 percent. Detroit, reflecting the state of its automobile industry, projects a record high revenue gap. Chicago is doubling the parking fine, closing the city tuberculosis hospital, and trimming its Civil Service.
Farmers raising pork and poultry and fattening cattle are reducing production because the supply of feed grain is at one of its lowest levels since World War II and its cost is going up. The effect on consumer prices is showing already in broilers and eggs, with turkeys scheduled to start their rise in the supermarkets by the end of January. Prices to farmers for pork have been declining, sending production down and prices to consumers up. A record number of cattle on the country’s ranges could keep prices of unfattened beef down well into 1975.
Nelson Rockefeller’s 16-year domination of the Republican party in New York will continue from Washington if he is confirmed as Vice President, according to G.O.P. leaders who are friendly and also those who are not so friendly. This post is considered important for his presidential ambitions because it deters other Republican aspirants from seeking support on his home turf.
Congress is moving to prevent its members from specifying the sex and race of the people they want to hire. Rep. Jack Brooks (D-Texas), vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, said the staff was nearly finished studying the overall personnel situation. The study incorporates a “thorough investigation of alleged discrimination through the congressional placement offices,” Brooks said. A detailed report is expected in a few weeks. Congress exempted itself from the 1964 Civil Rights Act and subsequent acts outlawing discrimination in government but there are signs an attempt will be made to correct the situation.
Idle coal miners began receiving copies today of a proposed new contract that is expected to end the nationwide strike by the 120,000-member United Mine Workers union.
Margaretta Rockefeller left the hospital yesterday, three day after undergoing surgery for the removal of her right breast following the discovery of cancer. “I feel great, I am thankful,” said Mrs. Rockefeller, whose left breast was removed six weeks ago.
An “off the record” anecdote on Pope Paul VI’s position on population control, related in a mock-Italian accent by Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz to reporters at a breakfast Wednesday, set off a flurry of Roman Catholic protests.
American Financial Corp. announced the sale for $70 million of Bantam Books, Inc., to an American subsidiary of IFI International, a diversified, Luxembourg-based holding company. Sales at Bantam, the largest paperback publishing company in the world, will equal 105 million units in 1974. Bantam also owns Trans-World Publishers Ltd., a leading British paperback publisher. The IFI group is substantially controlled by the Agnelli family of Italy.
Automobile insurance rates have been going down in the last several months, but spokesmen for the industry said this week that consumers would face significant premium increases soon.
Police evicted 26 Indians from a Roman Catholic cemetery building in Milton, Washington, after the Indians occupied it, vowing to convert it into a group home for Indian children. Fifteen adult Indians were arrested for criminal trespass and released on bail. The remaining occupants, all children, were taken to a Seattle youth center and to receiving homes. No injuries were reported. Ramona Bennett, chairwoman of the Puyallup tribe, said persons donating funds to the Catholic Missionary Board in the late 1880’s for purchase of the land did so with the understanding the area would be used for Indian educational services.
Hawaii’s sugar workers will be begin voting next week at 16 plantations on a share-the-profits proposal that, if ratified, will bring them about $38-million in added wages and bonuses over the next 26 months.
A paternity suit against Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-New York) has been dismissed, according to his lawyer, Morton Levine. He said the ruling had been made by New York City’s Domestic Relations Court. Bunnye Hearne, 30, who worked for Biaggi’s campaign for the Democratic nomination for New York mayor last year, said the congressman fathered her daughter, Jessica, born last January. Levine said medical testimony and evidence of Biaggi’s whereabouts at the estimated time of conception proved he was not the father.
The government announced today a new program to police doctors and hospitals treating elderly Medicare and needy Medicaid patients, and estimated multimillion-dollar savings for tapayers.
Four tiny radium needles used for medical therapy were found scattered at an REA Express terminal near Chicago, said Phil Brunner, an Illinois Health Department spokesman. He said the needles were part of a shipment from an Omaha hospital to the Radium Chemical Corp. in New York City: Brunner said the needles were not a health hazard but would cause a burn if carried for several days. He said they apparently spilled from a broken carton. He said 10 needles were reported missing several days ago and in addition to the four found at the REA terminal, one was found in Omaha and five were still missing.
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute have concluded that between 5 and 10 million years ago, a virus infection transferred a group of genes from early relatives of man and monkey directly to cats. Genetic transfers have been known in bacteria but not heretofore in higher animals. The research is believed to have important implications for the study of both evolution and cancer. One theory holds that the underlying cause of all cancers is virus genetic material in the individual’s heredity.
The National Science Foundation has approved the spending of $50 million over the next three years on the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Dr. Melvin N. A. Peterson, director of the project designed to study the earth’s crust, said in La Jolla that Congress and the regents of the University of California must also give their approval before the money can be spent. Peterson told an interviewer that the Soviet Union and West Germany are expected to contribute $1 million each to the project annually and several other nations may participate.
The European Common Market proposed a 10-year energy saving program for its nine member nations that it said would trim energy demands by 15% and cut oil imports by $8 billion. The 22-point program, drawn up by the Common Market’s executive commission, will be debated by energy ministers of the nine nations on December 17. Similar past programs by the commission have never been enacted by the ministers.
Singer John Lennon gave his final live musical performance, appearing at New York’s Madison Square Garden as the guest of Elton John; they perform “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night”; “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”; and “I Saw Her Standing There.” According to New York Times critic John Rockwell, “Not that the crowd hadn’t given every indication of loving Mr. John and his music. But with Mr. Lennon, there was an electricity that sparked through the crowd long after Mr. Lennon had left the stage.”
NFL Football:
Washington Redskins 23, Dallas Cowboys 24
Denver Broncos 31, Detroit Lions 27
Clint Longley, whom an awful lot of people had never heard of, threw a 50‐yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson with 28 seconds left in the game today, and that spectacular play enabled the Dallas Cowboys to heat the Washington Redskins, 24–23. Longley is a 22-year-old rookie quarterback who revived a passive and punchless Dallas team in the third quarter and produced three touchdowns. It was the first regular-season game the young Texan had played in, and he was something special. The only reason for him to be in the game was because Roger Staubach, the starting quarterback, was knocked down in the third quarter on a stiff tackle by Dave Robinson, the Washington linebacker. Staubach lost his sense of reality and had to stagger to the bench. The Cowboys were behind, 16–3, and the Dallas team had played poorly. Furthermore, Staubach was enduring one of the poorest performances of his career. Longley then completed, in the span of 23 minutes of playing time, 11 of 20 pass attempts for 203 yards and two touchdowns against what is probably the best defensive unit in pro football. His first touchdown pass was to DuPree for 35 yards in the third quarter. That made the score 16–10, Washington comfortably ahead inasmuch as Dallas had played so indifferently. Then Longley brought his offense down the field again, and the Cowboys were on the Washington 1-yard line following a pass interference penalty against Dave Robinson. Wait Garrison scored from there, and the Cowboys, to their astonishment and that of the crowd of 63,243 in Texas Stadium, went ahead, 17–16. They had four injured regulars on the bench. But they were fighting and blocking and tackling for a change. This lead lasted just six minutes as the Redskins drove 64 yards and Duane Thomas scored his second touchdown on a dandy, 19-yard run around left end. That was 93 seconds into the fourth quarter, The Redskins continued to turn back the Cowboys as the quarter proceeded, and the Dallas outfit had next to no chance when the offense took possession with 1:45 to go. On fourth down, Longley completed a pass to Bob Hayes for 6 yards and a first down at midfield with one minute remaining. It was that close a call. His next pass was incomplete, and there were no time-outs left for Dallas. Then came the bomb, the 50-yard diamond, Longley to Pearson, which won the game.
Trick plays set up three third quarter touchdowns today and lifted the Denver Broncos to a 31–27 National Football League victory over the Detroit Lions that virtually destroyed Detroit’s playoff hopes. The loss was only the second in the last eight games for the Lions but dropped their won‐lost record to 6–6. Greg Landry, completing 12 straight passes, tried desperately to rally Detroit but could only get one fourthquarter touchdown. The Broncos’ defensive tackle, John Grant, sealed the victory when he batted down a pass on fourth down at the Detroit 24‐yard line with less than two minutes to play. Otis Armstrong led the Broncos’ attack and became the first player to gain more than 1,000 yards this season. He gained 144 yards in 24 carries to push his season total to 1,082. Denver trailed at half‐time, 17–10, but surprised Detroit by opening the second half with an onside kick that the Broncos’ Fran Lynch recovered at midfield. After Charlie Johnson passed 20 yards to Haven Moses, Armstrong raced 31 yards to set up a 1‐yard touchdown run by Jon Keyworth that tied the score. The Broncos surrendered Errol Mann’s ninth consecutive field goal without a miss — a 36‐yarder that enabled Mann to set a Detroit scoring record with 537 career points — but marched right back for two more touchdowns that gave them a permanent lead. Armstrong ran 1 yard for one of the touchdowns, set up by Riley Odoms’s 31‐yard gain on an end‐around play, the Broncos’ second successful trick play. Then Denver’s defensive tackle, Lyle Alzado, recovered a Landry fumble at the 50, and the Broncos put their third trick play into operation. Johnson pitched over to his wide receiver, Billy Van Heusen, and Van Heusen fired a pass downfield on which interference was called at the Detroit 19. Armstrong then ran 13 yards and Odoms went in motion and caught a 1‐yard pass for a touchdown.
Born:
Jason Ferguson, NFL defensive tackle and nose tackle (New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins), in Nettleton, Mississippi.
apl.de.ap [Allan Pineda Lindo], Filipino-American rapper and producer (Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”), in Angeles City, Philippines.
Died:
Robert Gaudino, 49, American political scientist, died of a neurological disease.
Konstantin Melnikov, 84, Soviet architect.
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