
About 20,000 demonstrators staged a mass protest march in Bonn to demand the abolition of the West German law against abortion. The rally marked the opening of a new campaign to revoke a restrictive ruling by West Germany’s highest court that vetoed a liberalized abortion bill. Present West German law punishes women who have illegal abortions with up to five years in prison and provides 10-year terms for abortionists.
The wife of Soviet dissident artist Yuri Titov committed suicide in Paris and the artist himself has disappeared, according to their friends. They said Yelena Titov was found by her husband hanged at their home. Later, the artist disappeared from a cafe where he had been taken by a journalist, the friends said. The Titovs left the Soviet Union in 1972.
The Irish Republican Army threatened to launch a new terror campaign against Northern Ireland’s police force because of the alleged torture of a young Roman Catholic accused of being a terrorist. The IRA said an 18-year-old youth tried to kill himself after being tortured at Castlereagh police station in East Belfast. The IRA demanded the immediate closure of the interrogation center.
Amnesty International, a London-based rights organization. published a list of 85 lawyers around the world who it said were detained for political reasons. It said there were 23 nations involved. “Lawyers in countries like Brazil, Spain, Uruguay. Syria. Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union were imprisoned because they exercised fundamental rights such as freedom of speech or freedom of association, the report said.
Pope Paul VI issued an appeal for clemency for Spanish terrorists condemned to die and pleaded for harmony in Northern Ireland and Lebanon, both torn by sectarian strife. In addition to his public appeal in St. Peter’s Square, the Pontiff is believed to have sent a personal note to Spain’s General Francisco Franco, asking him to commute the death sentences of the terrorists, two of them pregnant women.
A high-ranking Syrian mediation mission appeared determined to establish a durable truce among Lebanon’s warring factions on the left and right as an uncertain calm settled over Beirut. Syria’s Foreign Minister, Adbul Halim Khaddam, said “we will not leave Lebanon until the crisis is solved, even if we have to stay a month.” On Saturday night he had cajoled the leftist and rightist leaders into a cease-fire that has only been occasionally violated. Ultimately, the leftists hope to alter the National Covenant of 1943, which gives a leading political role to Lebanon’s Maronite Christians and divides electoral offices on the basis of religious affiliation. Altering the National Covenant is anathema to the Phalangist leader, Pierre Gemayel, who has threatened to “internationalize the crisis” if it is not resolved soon.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launched the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, one of the largest mega project wonders of the 20th century marking the beginning of a new era in industrialization for the kingdom and a benchmark for the petrochemical industry around the world. The multibillion-dollar investment exceeded speculations and was ahead of its time. Two twin industrial cities on the east and west coast of the Arabian Peninsula were constructed from scratch as well as infrastructure for a community and heavy industry set-up, thus achieving ultimate sustainable development objectives before the issuance of the 1987 UN Bruntlaund Report on sustainability which is an indicator that the project was ahead of its time (the project was featured in the 1981 Guinness World Record).
The left-wing New Delhi newspaper Patriot said President Ford’s recent comments about India’s state of emergency should be cause for canceling a scheduled meeting of the Indo-U.S. Commission in Washington. Mr. Ford had expressed his distress at the emergency declared last summer and made harsh, indirect references to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan became the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, an elected monarch, of Malaysia.
About 3,000 people rallied in the southern Japanese port of Sasebo, protesting the government’s plan to repair Japan’s first nuclear-powered ship, the Mutsu, in the port. The ship has been unable to find a new home port since last October because of opposition by fishermen and local governments which fear the ship would bring nuclear contamination.
He strictly observed his nation’s constitution in his actions both at the start and the end of World War II, says Emperor Hirohito. That was his answer to Newsweek magazine when asked how he would reply to those who contend he was involved in decision-making policy when Japan entered the war. To end the war, “I made the decision on my own,” he said. But the cabinet had made the decisions leading to hostilities. Hirohito said he was looking forward to his visit next month to the United States. His opinion of Americans: “They seem to have very clear-cut views; they are always straightforward, pragmatic and realistic; I believe they are a people who are very easy to be friends with.”
[Ed: Be that as it may, he still had to assent to everything, including each and every individual use of chemical weapons in China. The man was lucky enough to be too useful to the American occupiers to hang him in 1945.]
Bulldozers sealed off an Australian mine shaft, entombing 13 miners killed a mile below the surface by an explosion and cave-in of a central Queensland mine. Officials said the shaft was sealed to stop oxygen from feeding an underground fire raging in the pit since the blast Saturday. State mine inspectors said there was no hope for the 13 men.
Argentine President Maria Estela Peron is recovering rapidly from exhaustion and will reassume power Oct. 17. Peronism’s “Loyalty Day.” the Justicialist (Peronist) Party announced. The 44-year-old widow of Juan Peron has been resting in the central Cordoba hills since September 14 after temporarily handing over power to Senate Speaker Italo Luder.
Patricia Hearst and her parents are expected to testify tomorrow when a hearing resumes in Federal District Court in San Francisco on her request to be freed on bail. One of the questions Miss Hearst will he asked is why she gave her occupation as “urban guerrilla” when she was booked after her arrest last Thursday. “It would be my advice that she must testify,” the lawyer, James Martin MacInnes, a specialist in federal criminal defense, said.
The Federal Energy Administration announced that it was removing the 60-cent-a-barrel fee on imported petroleum products, mainly to end uncertainties about the future of the fee that threatened to create shortages this winter of imported home heating oil and heavy industrial oil. Officials said that the fee’s removal, retroactive to September 1, should produce a prompt price reduction of about 1½ cents per gallon on imported home heating oil. They also said that President Ford would decide by the end of the month whether to lift the $2-a-barrel on imported crude oil.
Frank G. Zarb, head of the U.S. Federal Energy Administration, announced that the President had rescinded part of a $2.00 per barrel fee on imported oil, reducing the price per barrel of refined petroleum products to $1.40.
Sargent Shriver said he would not dissociate himself from Senator George S. McGovern (D-South Dakota), his 1972 presidential running mate, in his own quest for the Democratic presidential nomination next year. He also said that Democrats should accept the word of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts). Shriver’s brother-in-law, that he would not be a candidate. “I’m not a stalking horse, he doesn’t need one,” Shriver said on the television program “Meet the Press.” “I’m in the campaign to go the distance and to win… on my own facts and my own career.” On other subjects, Shriver said he supported court decisions permitting abortion in certain cases and busing to achieve racial integration.
The 25th Amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1967, “operated exceedingly well” in filling vice presidential vacancies in the last two years and no changes in the procedure are needed, a Senate panel concluded after hearings. Under the amendment, Gerald R. Ford became Vice President in 1973, after Spiro T. Agnew resigned, and Nelson A. Rockefeller in 1974 after President Richard M. Nixon resigned and Mr. Ford succeeded to the Presidency. The amendment provides that, in case of a vacancy, the President may appoint a Vice President subject to approval by both the Senate and the House.
Rep. Les Aspin (D-Wisconsin) said projections from a sampling of official Navy inspection reports indicated that only about 30 of the Navy’s 500 ships may be combat-ready. “Instead of spending billions of additional dollars in new ship construction, we should be spending the relatively small amounts needed to improve the readiness of existing ships,” he said. An analysis of 82 ship inspections — 31 between 1966 and 1973 and 51 in 1974 — indicated that only five ships were found fully combat-ready. Previously, Aspin had said that 22 ship inspections earlier this year had turned up an average of 482 defects, each serious enough to affect seaworthiness or combat-readiness.
A murder suspect identified as the man who said God told him to kill a desegregation expert will be charged also in the sniper killings of several black residents, police said in Dayton, Ohio. Neal Bradley Long, 48, a service station attendant with a history of mental problems, will be charged early this week with the sniper shootings in which five persons have been killed and eight wounded. Long was being held without bail under federal charges in the murder Friday of Charles A. Glatt, an Ohio State University professor who was at the federal courthouse working on a plan to further desegregate Dayton schools. Long’s own 12-year-old son was being bused as part of the plan.
Tropical storm Eloise, regaining some of the fury that made it a killer hurricane, aimed its gales and heavy rains at the U.S. Gulf Coast. Forecasters said hurricane warnings might be required by early morning. At last reports the storm was about 415 miles south of New Orleans, was moving toward the north-northwest at 12 mph and was expected to turn toward the north. Highest sustained winds had risen to 50 mph and gales extended 100 miles north and 50 miles south of the storm’s center. Eloise killed at least 45 persons when it hit Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic as a hurricane. “All the area from the Florida Panhandle west to Texas should keep in close touch,” said the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
More than half of the energy savings it promised within its own operations already has been achieved by the oil-refining industry, the American Petroleum Institute claimed. The refining industry, which in 1972 burned about 11.5 barrels of oil for every 100 barrels it refined, pledged a 15% improvement by 1980. The institute said 50 companies operating 172 of the nation’s 297 refineries already have reported an 8.9% improvement in their efficiency rate.
The presence of cancer-causing agents called nitrosamines in the air of two American cities has prompted an Environmental Protection Agency investigation into the extent of the threat in both air and water. Nitrosamines are formed by a combination of amines and nitrates. They originate with various pollutants including automobile exhaust and industrial smoke. In water, they may be formed by fertilizer or pesticide runoffs. The EPA inquiry was announced after consumer advocate Ralph Nader asked for a study of a report by two scientists that nitrosamines had been confirmed in the air in Baltimore and Belle, West Virginia.
The African elephant, the largest land animal alive, is declining in numbers so rapidly that some wildlife experts fear that within a decade it may be on the verge of extermination in much, if not all, of Africa. The most acute threat is a sharp increase in illegal slaughter to supply a booming ivory trade.
Greater snow geese are expected to fly to mid-Atlantic coastal areas in such numbers this winter that a 44-year ban on hunting them has been lifted. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said nearly 200,000 of the geese may make the flight this year, compared to only 7,000 in 1931 when the ban was imposed. The ban and favorable breeding ground conditions helped increase the population of the birds which migrate from such arctic and subarctic nesting spots as northern Baffin Island. Ellesmere Island and Greenland.
The world’s last 19 Puerto Rican parrots, the most endangered bird species in the United States, will be receiving official aid from the Interior Department. The dwindling flock of the foot-long, emerald-green birds is known to exist only in the wet, windy mountains of eastern Puerto Rico, and a U.S. government research team has been named to help the parrot population grow. The once-thriving species came close to extinction after hunting and foresting killed many and pearly eyed thrasher birds successfully competed with the parrots for nesting space.
Major League Baseball:
Starting with a two-run homer by Ken Griffey in the first inning, the Reds defeated the Braves, 3–0, for their 103rd victory of the season, surpassing the previous Cincinnati club record of 102 games won in 1970. Don Gullett, who pitched the first seven innings, and Rawly Eastwick combined on the shutout. The Braves collected only two hits.
The Phillies kept their faint division hopes alive by defeating the Mets, 4–2, to remain six lengths behind the Pirates with seven games left to play. The Phillies decided the outcome with three runs in the fourth inning. Larry Bowa and Greg Luzinski singled and both crossed the plate on a double by Dick Allen, After Allen was thrown out trying to score on a single by Jerry Martin, Mike Anderson doubled to drive in Martin with the third run. Another double by Allen led to the Phillies’ last counter on a sacrifice fly by Anderson in the sixth. Tug McGraw relieved Dick Ruthven in the seventh and put down a threat by the Mets, but then gave up a two-run homer by Ron Hodges in the ninth before saving the game.
Erupting for four runs in the eighth inning, the Pirates defeated the Cardinals, 5–3, to retain their six-game lead over the Phillies in the East Division race. The Cardinals were leading, 3–1, when the Pirates began their rally with their first run on a single by Manny Sanguillen, pass to Bob Robertson and single by Willie Randolph, who batted for Jerry Reuss. Rennie Stennett bunted and when Mike Garman threw wildly to third, Miguel Dilone scored the tying tally as the pinch-runner for Robertson. Richie Hebner followed with a sacrifice fly, sending Randolph home with the go-ahead run. Al Oliver then singled, driving in Stennett with the clinching counter.
The Expos extended their winning streak to five games when a single by pinch-hitter Jim Lyttle scored Jerry White in the ninth inning to beat the Cubs, 5–4. White, who had homered earlier in the game, led off with a single and went to second on a sacrifice by Pete Mackanin before Lyttle batted for Dale Murray. Manny Trillo homered for the Cubs, who lost after tying the score with a two-run rally in the top half of the ninth.
J.R. Richard nailed down his own decision with a two-run single in the fourth inning while pitching the Astros to a 4–1 victory over the Dodgers. Jerry Royster scored the Dodgers’ run in the first on a single, stolen base, infield out and wild pitch. The Astros knotted the count in their half with a single by Art Gardner, wild pickoff throw by Rick Rhoden, an infield out and a sacrifice fly by Cesar Cedeno. The Astros then went ahead with singles by Jose Cruz, Milt May and Enos Cabell in the second before Richard provided the insurance runs.
John Montefusco struck out seven batters, raising his rookie season’s total to 211, while pitching the Giants to a 2–1 victory over the Padres. With one more start certain, plus possible relief appearances, Montefusco needed 16 more strikeouts to tie the National League rookie record of 227 by Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1911.
The Red Sox retained their 3½-game lead over the Orioles in the East Division by coming from behind with a two-run double by Denny Doyle in the ninth inning to defeat the Tigers, 6–5. Rick Miller drew a walk to open the rally. An error then put the Tigers in the hole when Gary Sutherland dropped a pop fly by Rico Petrocelli. Rick Burleson sacrificed, leading to an intentional pass for Cecil Cooper. Doyle followed with his double to drive in the tying and winning runs. The Red Sox’ happiness over their victory was subdued because Jim Rice was hit on the left hand by a pitched ball during the game and suffered a fracture that will put him out of action for the rest of the season, including the World Series.
Bobby Bonds hit his 29th and 30th homers of the season and set a major league record as the Yankees split a doubleheader with the Indians, losing the first game, 3–2, and winning the second game, 11–5. With his circuit clouts, Bonds became the first player to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in three consecutive seasons. Rico Carty had four hits, including his first triple since 1972, in the Tribe’s triumph. Bonds hit his first homer of the day in the eighth inning. Roy White, Sandy Alomar and Bonds all rapped round-trippers for the Yankees in the nightcap. White, who also hit two doubles, drove in a total of four runs. Boog Powell and John Lowenstein had homers for the Indians.
Allowing only two hits, Mike Torrez became a 20-game winner for the first time in his career as the Orioles shut out the Brewers, 3–0. Batterymate Elrod Hendricks backed Torrez by driving in two runs. A double by Bobby Grich and single by Hendricks produced the initial tally in the second inning. A walk to Lee May, single by Don Baylor and infield out by Grich added a marker in the fourth before Hendricks singled to drive in the final run in the eighth.
The Rangers hit four homers, tying a Texas club record, to support the pitching of Gaylord Perry, who defeated the White Sox, 8–2. Wilbur Wood, who suffered his 20th loss, gave up all four homers for the only hits off his deliveries before being kayoed in the sixth inning. Jeff Burroughs started the Rangers’ slugging in the fourth. Jim Fregosi connected for the circuit after a pass to Tom Grieve in the fifth and Dave Nelson and Mike Hargrove hit back-to-back homers in the sixth.
The Royals staved off elimination from the West Division race by defeating the Athletics, 2–1. With seven games left for each club, the A’s held a seven-game lead and needed just one victory to clinch their fifth consecutive division title. The Royals scored their first run in the fifth inning when Al Cowens and Bob Stinson singled and Fred Patek grounded into a double play. The deciding tally followed in the sixth on a triple by Vada Pinson and double by George Brett. Sal Bando drove in the A’s run with a single in the eighth.
Leroy Stanton rapped four singles in four trips and drove in three of the Angels’ runs in a 5–2 victory over the Twins. After hitting a single and scoring in the second inning, Stanton broke a 1–1 tie with a two-run single in the third. The Twins came back with a run in the fifth on a double by Lyman Bostock and single by Rod Carew, but Stanton singled again in the Angels’ half for his third RBI of the game.
Cincinnati Reds 3, Atlanta Braves 0
Milwaukee Brewers 0, Baltimore Orioles 3
Minnesota Twins 2, California Angels 5
Texas Rangers 8, Chicago White Sox 2
New York Yankees 2, Cleveland Indians 3
New York Yankees 11, Cleveland Indians 5
Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 5
Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Houston Astros 4
Oakland Athletics 1, Kansas City Royals 2
Chicago Cubs 4, Montreal Expos 5
Philadelphia Phillies 4, New York Mets 2
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5
San Diego Padres 1, San Francisco Giants 2
NFL Football:
The Washington Redskins routed the New Orleans Saints, 41–3. Bill Kilmer threw four touchdown passes — two to Charlie Taylor — as Coach George Allen scored his 10th opening‐day, victory without a loss. Taylor caught six passes to run his career total to 588 completions, the third highest career total in history. Only Don Maynard (633) and Raymond Berry (631) are ahead of him. A surprise starter for New Orleans was Archie Manning, the quarterback, who was sidelined for three weeks with broken left arm.
Trailing 33–24 midway through the final period, the Broncos came to life with two touchdowns to steal a 37–33 win. Otis Armstrong broke loose for a 33‐yard run, but fumbled at the 2‐yard line. Jack Dolbin, however, scooped up the loose ball and scored. When Jim Turner’s conversion attempt was blocked, the Broncos trailed, 33–30. On their next possession, the Broncos marched from their 20 to the Kansas City 11yard line. Charley Johnson then hit Bill Van Heusen with a scoring pass with 1:49 left.
The Vikings topped the 49ers, 27–17. Fran Tarkenton threw a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to Brent McClanahan and set up a scoring run by Chuck Foreman with another completion to McClanahan, who was pushed out of hounds on the 3‐yard line. Neil Clabo scored San Francisco’s last touchdown on a 15‐yard run with a blocked punt only 24 seconds front the final gun. Windlan Hall of San Francisco suffered a possible skull concussion and was taken to a hospital for observation. Norm Snead threw a 22‐yard scoring pass to Gene Washington for the 49ers’ first touchdown.
The Cardinals edged the Falcons, 23–20. Jim Bakken booted a 25‐yard field goal at the final gun for the Cardinals, who had trailed, 20–13, with five minutes left to play. St. Louis tied the score of Jim Hart’s touchdown pass to Earl Thomas and then Hart engineered a 75‐yard march in eight plays that set up Bakken’s field goal. The 34‐year‐old kicking specialist chalked up the 400th successful conversion of his 14‐year career. Steve Bartkowski, playing in his first pro game after being the No. 1 pick in the college draft, completed eight of 16 passes for 81 yards for Atlanta
The Steelers crushed the San Diego Chargers, 37–0. The Super Bowl champions put a strong defensive clamp on the Chargers. San Diego’s deepest offensive advance was to the Pittsburgh 41‐yard line. The Steelers scored the first four times they had possession of the hall and did not punt until midway through the third quarter. Terry Brawshaw threw a 40‐yard touchdown pass to Frank Lewis and a 36‐yard scoring aerial to John Stallworth.
The Bengals held on to beat the Browns, 24–17. Ken Anderson, the N.F.L.’s passing leader last season, connected on 17 of 27 aerials for 287 yards, but the Bengals had to fight off a furious secondhalf rally by the Browns, who trailed, 24–3, midway through the third quarter. The Browns scored two touchdowns within 48 seconds to get into contention. The first came on an 8‐yard touchdown run by Greg Pruitt and the second on a fumble recovery in the end zone by Charlie Hall. But Mike Phipps, the Cleveland quarterback, fumbled the snap from center three times on the Cincinnati 1‐yard line to frustrate the Browns’ attempt to get the tying touchdown, twice in the third quarter and once in the fourth.
Having lost a possible 7 points because Bill Bergey blocked three kicks — two field goals and an extra point — the Giants looked as if they had put themselves in position to lose another game on a last-minute field goal today. That happened to them three times last year in a season-ending six-game losing streak, but that was last year and coaches like Bill Arnsparger never look back. At least not when they win this year and that’s what the Giants did today, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles, 23–14, as Craig Morton finished the game with a flourish — a 50-yard touchdown pass to Ray Rhodes when the Giants could have been expected to be running out the clock. “There are a lot of calls you can make in that situation [third-and-10],” Morton said of the clinching touchdown with 39 seconds to play, “but we can’t be afraid to take chances. We’re young and we’re going to make mistakes so you gotta go with unexpected things.”
The Colts thumped the Bears, 35–7. Ted Marchibroda made his N.F.L. coaching debut a winning one as Bert Jones tossed two scoring passes to Glenn Doughty and Don McCauley ran for a pair of touchdowns. ;tones, the son of Dub Jones, former Cleveland Browns player, had 15 completions in 24 attempts for 177 yards.
The Lions converted three blocked punts (two by Levi Johnson) into touchdowns and Errol Mann added three field goals as Detroit downed the Packers, 30–16. Johnson scored a touchdown on his first blocked punt and Larry Ball ran 34 yards to the end zone with Johnson’s second deflection. When Ben Davis blocked a third punt, it set up a 1‐yard scoring run by Dexter Bussey. Bart Starr lost his first game as head coach of Green Bay.
Stunned almost immediately by their own mistakes, the Jets floundered through one of their poorest performances in years today and dropped their National Football League opener to the Bills by 42–14. Two out of five times when Buffalo had the ball it went to the great O. J. Simpson. His 173‐yard day, on 32 carries, helped the Bills amass 309 yards rushing — most ever given up by the Jets. Simpson’s two touchdowns and generally spectacular runs were created by an offensive line that nudged the Jet defenders out of the way just enough for Simpson to spot a hole and magically elude grasping New York hands. But the other star at Rich Stadium, Joe Namath, was not so fortunate. He was rushed all day, tackled several times after throwing the ball, and twice was sacked. The Jet quarterback, besides being so harried, was throwing with or against a 20‐mile-an‐hour wind. He was intercepted four times. After a fourth‐quarter interception, Namath watched with hands on hips as Pat Toomay ran 44 yards for the final Buffalo touchdown.
The New England Patriots, who spent most of last week on strike, lost their opening game to the Houston Oilers, 7–0, today. But their walkout, which ended late Thursday afternoon, had less to do with the outcome of the game than rain, which first came down in volume at the start of the second quarter and continued to the end of the contest. By the time the rain began the Oilers had their winning touchdown, scored by Willie Germany in the fifth minute. Germany, the strong safety, recovered a fumble by Mack Herron that bounced into his hands while he was going full tilt, and he raced 48 yards into the New England end zone. This play was about all that happened. The two teams sloshed around in the water, which collected on the artificial turf, and the defenses were way ahead of the offenses.
The Dallas Cowboys, weakened by the loss of Calvin Hill, Walt Garrison, Bob Lilly and Cornell Green, still had enough yesterday to topple the highly rated Rams, 18–7, for their 11th straight opening‐game triumph. With 12 rookies on their roster, the Cowboys had dropped four of six preseason games, including a 35–7 loss. N.F.L. Roundup to the Rams. But they used a smothering defense and the place kicking of Tony Fritsch to subdue Los Angeles. Fritsch tied a Cowboys’ record by booting four field goals — of 25, 39, 19 and 31 yards. The only other Dallas points, came on a 1‐yard plunge by Doug Denison in the second quarter. Fritsch missed the conversion after that touchdown. But the key to victory was the swarming pass rush that the Cowboys put on James Harris. The Ram quarterback could connect on only one of 10 passes for 5 yards and he was intercepted three times — twice by Mel Renfro.
New Orleans Saints 3, Washington Redskins 41
Kansas City Chiefs 33, Denver Broncos 37
San Francisco 49ers 17, Minnesota Vikings 27
Atlanta Falcons 20, St. Louis Cardinals 23
Pittsburgh Steelers 37, San Diego Chargers 0
Cleveland Browns 17, Cincinnati Bengals 24
New York Giants 23, Philadelphia Eagles 14
Baltimore Colts 35, Chicago Bears 7
Detroit Lions 30, Green Bay Packers 16
New York Jets 14, Buffalo Bills 42
Houston Oilers 7, New England Patriots 0
Los Angeles Rams 7, Dallas Cowboys 18
Born:
Doug Davis, MLB pitcher (Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs), in Sacramento, California.