President Ford warned in a Minneapolis speech that he would have to accelerate the nuclear arms race unless the Soviet Union agreed to a curb on strategic weapons this year. Defending detente but stating that the Soviet Union should not abuse a cooperative atmosphere, he said he would ask Congress for nearly $3 billion to step up nuclear weapons development in the next two years unless agreement was achieved in the negotiations. In a 31‐minute speech to the 57th national convention of the American Legion that was interrupted by applause 27 times, the President said that détente meant “a fervent desire for peace, but not peace at any price.” He also Made the following points:
— Soviet actions in strife‐torn Portugal would be a test of Moscow’s fidelity to the 35nation security accord signed early this month in Helsinki, Finland. The United States expects Portugal to restore a democratic form of government, he said, but the Portuguese “must find the solution in an atmosphere that is free from the pressures of outside forces.”
— Congress should restore American arms sales to Turkey. He contended that he was “at a loss to explain” Congressional willingness to risk damage to the Atlantic alliance and the loss of strategic intelligence information through Turkish retaliation against the arms embargo.
— National security must be tied to a resourceful, if legally restrained, intelligence effort. Mr. Ford warned Congressional investigating committees that he would not brook “sweeping attacks” on the Central Intelligence Agency.
High administration sources said that President Ford’s warning on nuclear arms was prompted by Secretary of State Kissinger’s wish for a tactical shift in negotiating strategy, placing more pressure on Moscow. The Pentagon has not asked for the additional funds hinted at by the President in his speech. This latest negotiating tactic is similar to the one used by former President Richard M. Nixon and Mr. Kissinger in 1972, months before the conclusion of the first five‐year nuclear pact reached by the United States and the Soviet Union. At that time, on orders from the White House, the Pentagon was directed to increase its spending request on nuclear arms by about $2‐billion. Administration officials said that the idea for the, tough line toward Moscow on nuclear arms originated with Mr. Kissinger in a discussion with the President about two months ago.
A clearly authoritative article in Pravda gave Kremlin backing to Portugal’s Communists with a call for “mass solidarity” with them and their allies. Offering no definitions or goals, it reasserted the Soviet pledge of noninterference in Portuguese affairs. The call was issued in a major article in the Communist party daily Pravda that displayed Moscow’s growing apprehension over recent events. The article was signed “Observer,” which signifies Kremlin‐level supervision. Some diplomats read it as a response to Secretary of State Kissinger’s statement that the United States was ready to help a democratic Portugal. In the article, which spanned part of two pages, Pravda blamed the Socialists for the current turmoil and charged that they were “gathering under their colors all the reactionary forces of Portugal.” Pravda charged Western interference not only in Portugal, but also in Angola and the Azores. It is not a secret to anyone that international reaction began interfering in the internal affairs of the country from the first days of the Portuguese revolution,” Pravda contended. It accused the Socialists of receiving support from “circles” of the North Atlantic Treaty alliance and from other Social Democrats in Western Europe.
Portugal’s Communist party canceled a major rally here tonight after a new outbreak of anti‐Communist violence north of Oporto and the failure of the military to curb it. Communists prepared for an all‐night vigil in their party headquarters because of rumors that armed peasants from surrounding villages had been arriving here for the rally, which the Communist party leader, Alvaro Cunhal, was to attend. The anti‐Communist peasants were expected to move on the party headquarters when they learned the meeting was called off. People in downtown Oporto jeered when sound trucks announced the cancellation and in the post office employes declared: “Now Cunhal understands stands we don’t want him here.” On Liberty Plaza, where people traditionally gather at the end of the day to talk over the day’s news, the faces were serious. There were a few heated disputes but most people felt the Communists had done the right thing and many were concerned about what would happen next.
Military and civilian groups applied increasing pressure today to oust Portuguese Premier Vasco Gonçalves. There were moves to replace the last of the regional military, commanders still backing the premier. This was Brigadier General Eurico Corvacho of the Northern Region, centered in Oporto, whose leadership is contested by most of his own men and who may be replaced by Brigadier General Agustinho Ferreira, the Army’s chief of intelligence. The Communist party called off a rally in Oporto that was to have been addressed by its secretary general, Alvaro Cunhal. Following continuing anti-Communist violence in the north, the party referred today to “the confused, complex, unstable and very tense situation.”
The United States has presented the Soviet government with a new list of 641 names comprising 249 Soviet families it views as having legitimate claims to travel to the United States, U.S. sources said. U.S. officials see the Soviet response to the list as one test of whether the Kremlin intends to live up to the humanitarian provisions of the European security conference.
The Soviet Union recalled one of its embassy clerks in The Hague after complaints by the Dutch government that the clerk, Andrei Kisseleff, who worked in the military attache’s office, had tried to gain classified information from senior Dutch officials on North Atlantic Treaty Organization matters. The Dutch Foreign Ministry made the announcement of the recall.
Poland will grant about 125,000 visas within the next few years to Germans who want to emigrate to either of the two German states, the Polish Communist Party newspaper said. This was the first official disclosure of the emigration quota in the controversial “money for people” accord concluded by West Germany and Poland during the 35-nation European security summit in Helsinki. The agreement involves $416 million in credits and $543 million in pension claims made against Germany by Poles, including inhabitants of former German territories that have become part of Poland.
At least four leaders of the military junta that seized power in Greece in 1967 face mandatory death sentences if the Athens Court of Appeal trying them on charges of high treason and revolt accepts the recommendations made by the prosecution today. Constantine Stamatis, the deputy prosecutor, asked the tribunal to declare 13 defendants guilty as charged, three guilty with attenuating circumstances and two guilty of treason only, and to acquit two others for lack of evidence of participation in the coup. Verdicts are expected this week. A death sentence is mandatory for revolt, under the military penal code, for the instigators, the leaders and the senior officer involved. Mr. Stamatis made it clear that he regarded the triumvirate, George Papadopoulos, described as the “mastermind,” Stylianos Patakos, and Nikolaos Makarezos as the leaders of the overthrow.
Egypt, Israel, and the United States have agreed to support the establishment of a new peace-keeping force in Sinai if the United Nations Security Council should unexpectedly discontinue the United Nations buffer force during the three years of a projected new accord between Israel and Egypt. In Washington, United States officials and informed diplomats said the new international force would not include American or Soviet contingents and would probably have at least the endorsement of the United Nations General Assembly.
Israel’s new chief representative at the Uniited Nations, Haim Herzog, said today that negotiations for an interim Sinai agreement between his country and Egypt had reached a “very advanced stage,” but he hinted that it might prove unworkable if his delegation were to be ousted from the coming General Assembly session. Mr. Herzog spoke at a press briefing at United Nations headquarters after he had presented his credentials to Secretary General Waldheim, and discussed the Middle East’s problems, Israel’s status in the world organization and other issues with him for 45 minutes. A campaign is being conducted by groups of member countries to bring about suspension of the Israeli delegation by the 30th General Assembly which will open September 16.
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who maintains that many Westerners are not even trying to understand the recent events in India, has stepped up her efforts to explain the situation to them. In a series of speeches and interviews, the Prime Minister has tried to refute the impression that the current state of emergency is what she said her critics viewed as “an essay in dictatorship.” “What is not understood by some of our casual critics, she said in an interview published in London the other day, “is that the political and social institutions of a nation should meet the immediate and large‐term requirements of that nation; approval of outsiders is peripheral.”
The coup that cost Bangladesh President Sheik Mujibur Rahman his life was sparked by Mujib’s plan to put the nation’s armed forces under political control, according to sources in Bangkok who are in touch with observers in the Bangladesh capital of Dacca. The sources said junior army officers turned on Mujib without the knowledge of civilian authorities. They said the new president, Khandakar Mushtaque Ahmed, was informed of the coup only after Mujib was shot.
A mob of angry policemen stormed the residence of Thailand’s Premier Kukrit Pramoj late tonight, looting and wrecking the building in protest against the Thai Government’s recent release of nine detainees in response to pressure from left‐wing students. This was believed to be the first police mutiny in Thai history and observers saw it as another sign of a growing polarization in Thailand between left‐wing and right‐wing pressure groups. Premier Kukrit, who was not at home when the house was broken into, moved to his office at Government House and held an emergency Cabinet meeting. There was concern that if the situation was not brought under control quickly, Thailand’s six‐month experiment in parliamentary democracy could end in chaos and the way could be open for a return to military rule.
Exiled Cambodian chief of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk and Khieu’ Samphan, a deputy premier of the Khmer Rouge government, attended a banquet in Pyongyang, North Korea, hosted by President Kim Il Sung. It was the first time the two Cambodians had appeared together in public since the Khmer Rouge victory in Cambodia April 17. A diplomatic source in the North Korean capital told Agence France-Presse that the banquet was held in an “extremely cordial” atmosphere.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has decided not to penalize Flying Tiger Airlines for flying 99 Vietnamese refugees to the United States without proper entry documents. Asked whether the case was terminated for humanitarian reasons, spokeswoman Janet Graham said, “I suppose it could be classified as that because of the situation at the time.” The agency earlier had filed a notice of intent to fine the company $99,000.
The U.S. Customs Service may have blown a trap set for drug smugglers by announcing it had discovered a 40-ton stack of marijuana bricks off Grand Bahama Island, police sources in Nassau indicated. The sources claimed that Bahamas police had had the stack — which was the size of a boxcar — under surveillance for a week when the Customs Service said Monday in Washington that one of its helicopters had spotted the marijuana. The Customs Service said it had told the Bahamian government about the discovery and had ferried Bahamian police to the site.
South African officials have begun a crackdown on dissident elements in the disputed territory of SouthWest Africa following the murder of a pro-South African tribal leader on Saturday. The measures taken so far, however, do not seem to be as harsh as some liberals in South Africa had feared following the shooting of Chief Filemon Elifas, Chief Minister of Ovamboland in South‐West Africa. Chief Elifas had support ed Smith African policies of “separate development,” or Bantustans in which the territory might have been fragmented into semi‐independent black states with a safeguarded white area. Reports this evening indicated that South African policemen had arrested at least seven officials of the SouthWest African People’s Organization, which stands for quick and full unitary independence for South‐West Africa, which it and the United Nations call Namibia.
The Federal Election Commission deadlocked over a proposal that could severely restrict the amount of federal matching campaign funds given to presidential candidates. Half of the six-member panel favored a plan that would make most of the present Democratic contenders ineligible for federal funds by requiring that they deduct fund-raising expenses from the money they want matched. One other member strongly objected to the proposal, while the remaining two did not express an opinion. The controversial issue was put off until August 28. Under the new campaign law, a candidate must raise $100,000 to qualify. If fund-raising costs are deducted from the initial $100,000, most of the current Democratic contenders would not qualify, an informal survey showed.
The Ford Administration made official an earlier tentative decision to ask the Civil Aeronautics Board to let the nation’s airlines automatically pass on increased fuel costs to their customers. Such a mechanism was needed on an emergency, short-term basis, the Administration said, because current controls on domestic crude oil prices are scheduled to expire August 31, thus raising fuel costs. A petition to the CAB signed by the Transportation Department, the Federal Energy Administration and the Council on Wage and Price Stability said decontrol of domestic crude would raise airline jet fuel prices by not more than 3 cents a gallon.
An official of the Department of Transportation’s highway safety administration was indicted in a three-year, $40,000 bribery and corruption scheme, said a spokesman in Washington, D.C., for acting U.S. Attorney Earl J. Silbert. Charged was Ralph L. Cummins, chief of the general services division of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. In addition the spokesman said that William L. Greenham, a contractor of Alexandria, Virginia, who made alleged payoffs to Cummins, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of making false statements.
A Federal grand jury investigation, said by investigators to represent the best hope of solving the mystery of the disappearance of James R. Hoffa, former teamsters’ union president, has been delayed unexpectedly until at least after Labor Day. There was no immediate explanation. Federal prosecutors had hoped to force testimony from witnesses who have refused to give statements to the Federal Bureau of Invetigation. A knowledgeable source said that prosecutors were still wading through thousands of reports already filed on the case, which is being investigated by more than a hundred agents of the F.B.I. and the local and state police in Michigan. Several prosecutors said in Detroit more than a week ago that they planned to call major suspects before a sitting grand jury this week in an effort to get them to make statements or to clarify statements already made.
Senator Birch Bayh announced today that he would lead a drive to defeat the proposed revised criminal code if it was not rewritten to eliminate “repressive” provisions restricting availability of government information. In an unusual move, the Indiana Democrat said that he was withdrawing his sponsorship of the controversial criminal code legislation to end any public identification with the section to which he objected. When the code bill was introduced last January, the Senator was one of 11 sponsors. His decision to remove his name from the measure is largely symbolic. His determination to fight for changes is more important, but his prospects are far from certain. He denied that his announcement reflected the possibility that he would soon announce his candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination. As a purely political matter he said, he would probably have won more points by opposing rather than seeking to amend the bill.
San Francisco experienced sporadic violence on the first day of the city’s first police strike. Transit workers scheduled a strike tomorrow night and firemen are taking a vote on the same issue — higher pay. With 90 percent of policemen idle, supervisors were handling emergency calls only. San Francisco’s labor troubles, involve one key element — money — and the city shares the woes of many American cities, exemplified in recent weeks by the financial predicament of New York City and union‐city discord in Seattle. The unionized police here, for instance, have demanded twice the pay rises the county says it can afford, especially in light of recent costly police pension settlements.
Houston longshoremen who refused to load wheat on ships bound for the Soviet Union were ordered to end the boycott by a federal judge in Galveston. They were seeking guarantees that the export would not raise domestic food prices and that more of the grain would be carried in American ships. President Ford called their action “tragic and unfortunate.” Earl Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, suggested that if the unions were concerned with high food prices they should discontinue “some of the featherbedding practices that jack up those very prices.”
Dominic Byrne was described by his lawyer as in innocent unwittingly involved in the kidnapping of Samuel Bronfman II and as one who did not want to hurt anyone. The court-appointed counsel for Mel Patrick Lynch, the other defendant, said that the events, if true, were totally inconsistent and abnormal and an aberration in Mr. Lynch’s way of life, It was also learned that the first ransom letter with death threats arrived with 10 cents postage due.
Patricia Hearst’s mother made a brief appearance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania today before a grand jury investigating the possibility that her daughter and other Federal fugitives were harbored in a Pennsylvania farmhouse last year. Catherine Hearst refused to discuss the nature of her testimony and said only that she was “interested in getting Patty home safely.” Her appearance here coincided with a report that Federal agents were concentrating their search for Miss Hearst, missing since February, 1974, in a rural area not far from this city.
Mafia boss Gerardo Catena was ordered released from prison by the New Jersey Supreme Court after being confined 5 ½ years for refusing to answer questions about the underworld. Catena had been jailed under a contempt citation from the State Commission of Investigation, which had given him immunity from prosecution in hope of forcing his cooperation. But Catena kept his silence and in March 1970, he was jailed for the first time in 35 years.
Dr. Milton Helpern, former New York City chief medical examiner, testified at the trial in Cleveland of the Kent State University case that he thought one of the students wounded during the campus shootings was struck by a bullet from the type of weapon Ohio national guardsmen were carrying. Helpern’s testimony was in rebuttal to that of another doctor who testified that the wound would have been more severe if caused by a military weapon.
Mary Lombardi, a 48-year-old school teacher accused of killing her son in a hospital emergency room, in Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to four to 25 years in prison. Mrs. Lombardi was originally indicted for aggravated murder in the April 25 slaying of her son, Joseph Charles Lombardi, 18. Police said the youth was taken to the emergency room suffering from a drug overdose.
“Intolerable” levels of radioactive materials and poisonous chemicals in the water supply of residents near uranium mines in New Mexico were reported by the Environmental Protection Agency. The report, obtained by Ralph Nader’s Public Interest Research Group through the Freedom of Information Act, said drinking water tested at two plants exceeded allowable levels of radiation. Nader’s group urged EPA officials to notify about 200 mine workers and their families of the contaminated water.
The President of the Pacific Science Association warned that a growing number of wildlife species are in danger of extinction despite new conservation efforts. Dr. Ian McTaggart-Gowan, addressing about 1,000 delegates attending the opening of a two-week Pacific Science congress in Vancouver, Canada, cited Hawaii, New Zealand and the Galapagos Islands as areas with the greatest concentrations of endangered species.
The New York Times became the first major American newspaper to call attention to sexual harassment of female employees, in an article syndicated nationwide by The New York Times News Service. The Wall Street Journal would follow with an article in January.
Major League Baseball:
The Astros hire Bill Virdon, recently dismissed by the Yankees, to replace Preston Gomez as manager.
Dave May’s two-run pinch-homer in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Braves over the Phillies, 6–4. The Phils, who fell out of a tie for first place in the N. L. East, led 4–0 after 2½ innings. Greg Luzinski doubled home Jay Johnstone in the first and the losers got three in the top of the third on Johnstone’s RBI single and a two-run double by Garry Maddox. The Braves bounced back with three in the bottom of the third on run-producing hits by Earl Williams, Dusty Baker and Rowland Office. They caught up in the fifth when Rod Gilbreath raced home from second as Maddox misplayed Williams’ fly ball to right.
Ted Simmons and Ted Sizemore each singled home a run in the first inning and Lynn McGlothen made the lead stand up with a four-hit mound effort as the Cardinals snapped the Reds’ nine-game winning streak, 2–1. The Reds got their only run in the top of the first on Pete Rose’s double, an infield hit by Ken Griffey and sacrifice fly by Joe Morgan. Willie Davis, returning to the St. Louis lineup after a short absence because of alimony problems, went 4-for-4.
Lee Lacy, who had tripled, scored the winning run on John Hale’s eighth-inning sacrifice fly as the Dodgers edged the Cubs, 2–1. Chicago’s only run came in the same fashion in the fourth when Bill Madlock hit a three-bagger and came home on Jose Cardenal’s fly ball. L.A.’s first run in the seventh came after Steve Yeager reached second on Madlock’s throwing error and moved to third on an infield out. Bill Buckner, pinch-hitting for starter Don Sutton, delivered an RBI single.
The Mets, with Del Unser and Wayne Garrett hitting home runs, spoiled Bill Virdon’s Houston managerial debut by beating the Astros, 6–3. Unser and Garrett connected with the bases empty in third and fourth innings, respectively. Winning pitcher Jon Matlack singled and scored in the fifth and the Mets expanded their lead to 6–0 in the eighth on Garrett’s RBI single and a two-run double by Jerry Grote. Matlack was within one out of a complete game shutout when Cesar Cedeno and Cliff Johnson belted back-to-back homers, Cedeno’s coming with a mate aboard.
The Expos scored three unearned runs in the first inning, more than enough for Steve Rogers, who blanked the Padres, 5–0, despite giving up 10 hits. Larry Parrish’s two-run double was the only Expo hit in the opening frame, but it followed an error, wild pitch and walk. Another San Diego miscue allowed Parrish to score from second base. The Expos had only three other hits — but they included an RBI double by Larry Biittner in the fifth and solo homer by Pete Mackanin in the eighth.
Jerry Reuss stopped the Giants cold on three hits as the Pirates snapped their six-game losing streak, 4–0. An RBI double by Al Oliver and follow-up single by Dave Parker in the third accounted for the Bucs’ first two runs. Richie Zisk hit a bases-empty homer in the sixth and Oliver followed suit in the seventh. The shutout was the fifth of the season by Reuss.
Jorge Orta singled home pinch-runner Nyls Nyman in the top of the 11th, giving the White Sox a 7–6 nod over the Yankees. Nyman was running for Carlos May, who had walked and moved to second on a sacrifice. Bucky Dent’s three-run homer in the seventh had pulled the Sox into a 6–6 tie. Thurman Munson and Graig Nettles drove in first-inning runs to give the Yanks a 2–0 lead. Chicago counted once in the second and Pete Varney tied the score in the third with his first big league homer. Nettles put the home club back in front with a two-run double in the bottom of the third, then homered in the fifth after New York had scored a single run in the fourth.
Bert Blyleven retired the first 13 batters he faced, then settled for a five-hit victory as the Twins rolled past the Orioles, 5–2. Minnesota scored a pair of unearned runs in the first on only one hit — Jerry Terrell’s single — with the help of two Baltimore throwing errors, then struck for their final three runs in the fourth. Lyman Bostock tripled home Steve Braun, who had singled, then scored on Phil Roof’s squeeze bunt. Terrell tripled and strolled home on a double by Dan Ford. The Orioles bunched three hits — singles by Jim Northrup, Tony Muser and Doug DeCinces — with a Blyleven wild pitch for both of their runs in the fifth.
Bill Lee turned in a four-hit performance to earn his 16th victory, as the Red Sox stymied the Royals, 5–0. Fred Lynn capped the winners’ scoring with a homer in the seventh after Carl Yastrzemski had walked. Boston scored once in the third on Dwight Evans’ double, a sacrifice and single by Bob Heise. Lynn doubled to open the sixth and scored on a throwing error. Rick Burleson’s sacrifice fly plated Carlton Fisk, who had walked, stolen second and moved to third on an infield hit by Evans. The shutout was the fourth of the season for Lee.
Mike Miley’s leadoff homer in the bottom of the 15th ended a four hour-plus contest to give the Angels a 5–4 victory over the Brewers. Milwaukee took a 4–3 lead in the seventh on Bobby Mitchell’s two-run homer, but the Angels evened the score in the home half on singles by Leroy Stanton, pinch-hitter Bobby Valentine and Miley. California scored a pair of unearned runs in the first after spotting the Brewers a 1–0 lead in the top of the frame. The Angels expanded their lead to 3-1 in the fourth when Stanton hit a bases-empty homer. The Brewers cut the lead to one in the sixth when Kurt Bevacqua singled following a base hit by Darrell Porter and walk to Hank Aaron.
Jim Spencer’s seventh-inning homer proved the difference as the Rangers nudged the Indians, 2–1. The round-tripper gave Texas a 2–0 lead, but Cleveland threatened in the bottom of the inning, scoring once on a single by Rico Carty, a walk and hit by Buddy Bell. Steve Foucault, replacing starter Jim Umbarger, later walked a batter to load the bases, but worked out of the jam to earn his seventh save. The Rangers took a 1–0 lead in the first on Dave Moates’ leadoff double, a long fly and infield out.
Held hitless by Dick Bosman until the fifth, the Tigers scored twice in that frame on singles by Ben Oglivie, Aurelio Rodriguez and Ron LeFlore, plus a sacrifice, and went on to defeat the A’s, 3–1. Mickey Lolich, going the route for the Bengals, had a shutout until the sixth, when Bill North doubled and scored Oakland’s only run on Sal Bando’s single. The Tigers tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on a single by Bill Freehan and double by Leon Roberts.
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Atlanta Braves 6
Milwaukee Brewers 4, California Angels 5
Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Chicago Cubs 1
Texas Rangers 2, Cleveland Indians 1
New York Mets 6, Houston Astros 3
Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 0
Baltimore Orioles 2, Minnesota Twins 5
San Diego Padres 0, Montreal Expos 5
Chicago White Sox 7, New York Yankees 6
Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 1
San Francisco Giants 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Cincinnati Reds 1, St. Louis Cardinals 2
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Born:
Chynna Clugston Flores, American comic book creator (“Blue Monday”), in Fresno, California.
Tracie Thoms, American actress (“Rent”), in Baltimore, Maryland.
Andreas Karlsson, Swedish NHL centre (Atlanta Thrashers, Tampa Bay Lightning), in Ludvika, Sweden.
Juan Sosa, Dominican MLB outfielder, pinch hitter, and shortstop (Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks), in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic.
Jason Miskiri, Guyanan NBA point guard (Chicago Bulls), in Georgetown, Guyana.
Died:
Ima Hogg, 94, American philanthropist and art collector.
Mark Donohue, 38, American race car driver and 1972 Indianapolis 500 winner, following a racing accident at Österreichring racetrack in Spielberg bei Knittelfeld, Austria.
Frank Shields, 65, American tennis player and International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee.
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