Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union told the United Nations General Assembly that the Geneva peace conference was the “appropriate mechanism for dealing with Middle East problems.” He mentioned neither the Egyptian-Israeli agreement for a Sinai disengagement nor Secretary of State Kissinger’s proposal Monday for an informal meeting of key states on the Middle East. Evidently alluding to Mr. Kissinger’s shuttle diplomacy, he said the area must avoid “an approach based on momentary considerations and publicity.”
Tougher army and police action against the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army was ordered by Britain’s secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Merlyn Rees. The instructions for stepped-up security measures came after a 20-bomb guerrilla offensive in nine provincial towns, which was claimed to be retaliation for increased British army and police harassment in Catholic areas.
Five confessed members of a Maoist urban guerrilla group in Spain were jailed for up to 18 years for belonging to an outlawed organization. The sentences were handed down by the public order court in Madrid. Eight other members of the group are awaiting outcomes of their appeals from death sentences.
The trial of the leaders of the West German Baader-Meinhof anarchist group on murder and bank robbery charges was adjourned for one week in Stuttgart after medical specialists testified that the defendants were not in good health. The trial has been bogged down in legal wrangling and has been carried on sporadically since it began more than four months ago. The court has yet to start hearing evidence.
In the course of a renewed campaign against religion, the government of Albania issued Decree #5339, requiring all persons with “religious” names (such as those with a Muslim, Hebrew or Christian origin) to change them to “Illyrian” names that had been used by ethnic Albanians before Christianity had been introduced.
Is Lebanon becoming another Cyprus? A few years ago, such a comparison would not have come to mind. Lebanon was, as its leaders proudly asserted, “a crossroads roads of civilizations,” a mosaic of faiths coexisting in a prosperity envied by neighboring Arab states. But since last February, violent spasms of communal fighting — first in the southern port city of Saida, then in Beirut, then in the mountain resort of Zahle, then in northern Lebanon, now again in Beirut — have hardened positions and loyalties. The word “partition” has become part of an envenomed dehate on the future of the country. And as in the case of Cyprus, the possibility of a widening of the conflict to neighboring states — in this case, Syria and Israel — is distressing number of capitals.
“Today we are faced with incidents the like of which have not happened in the darkest eras of darkness and injustice.” the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Antonios Boutros Kreish, warned in an appeal for reason, issued on September 12. “In view of this situation,” the Patriarch continued, “Some people have begun to think that there can be no salvation except by division. But we believe that this country, which groups the followers of various religions, is the best formula for man’s development. It would be sinful for anybody who believes in man’s value to destroy it.”
Egyptian and Israeli military negotiators completed an agreement early today setting forth the procedures to be followed in Israel’s second troop withdrawal in Sinai. In a 15‐minute ceremony following a final session of almost 18 hours, the Egyptian delegation signed the bulky document and the Israelis initialed it. The Israeli Government has announced that it will not sign until the United States Congress approves the stationing of American monitors in the buffer zone between Israeli and Egyptian forces.
Two Senators will propose tomorrow that Congress vote on the secret United States undertakings to Israel and Egypt as well as on the 200 American, technicians who are to police the Sinai disengagement pact, according to Senate aides. The Administration has sought to restrict Congressional action to the approval of the technicians, and is considered likely to oppose the effort to broaden Congressional deliberations. Senator Clifford P. Case, Republican of New Jersey, and Senator Jacob K. Javits, Republican of New York, will make the proposal to a closed session of the Foreign Relations Committee tomorrow, the aides said. Their expectation is that the approach will receive considerable support in the committee and in Congress. As described by the aides, the Case‐Javits joint resolution would have the effect of allowing Congress to vote not only on the technicians, but on the assurances given by the United States to Israel and Egypt.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a two-year, $2.9 billion foreign aid bill after accepting an amendment that will bar aid to countries discriminating against Americans on the basis of race, creed or sex. The amendment, proposed by Senator Clifford P. Case (R-New Jersey), would affect aid to countries such as Saudi Arabia, which in the past has refused visas to Jews and women. The aid bill deals only with economic assistance.
The Shah of Iran revealed a new plan for the oil-producing countries to establish a special fund for the least-developed nations. In an interview in Teheran with a New York Times editor he said it would be presented today at the Vienna meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. A five-year assessment on each barrel of oil would go into a low-interest loan fund for specific projects in developing countries.
Ousted President Ahmed Abdallah of the Comoro Islands, which proclaimed their independence from France in July, has given up his seven-week fight to regain control, according to Comoro Radio. Abdallah was overthrown August 3 and a new government set up in the Indian Ocean islands under Prince Said Mohamed Jaffar.
Police officials said that raids were carried out on 1,081 gangster hideouts throughout Japan today and that 1,221 persons, including 27 “big bosses,” were arrested. The operation was the biggest crackdown on criminal organizations since World War II, they added. About 10,000 policemen were mobilized in all of Japan’s 47 prefectures, or states. The police said they had seized 2,474 illegal items, including 27 pistols, seven shotguns and hundreds of knives, as well as a quantity of prohibited drugs. Authorities said that 22 of the pistols were actually model guns converted to use real bullets to circumvent Japan’s strict gun control laws. Those arrested were charged with crimes ranging from engaging in violence to gambling, use of threats and extortion and illegal possession of drugs, the police said.
Canadian paper mill workers struck three Quebec plants, bringing to 11 the number closed in central Canada. Union spokesmen said the new strikes were called to strengthen demands for a “credible and responsible offer” from the industry. Seven plants in Ontario and one in Quebec were struck last week. Combined with a shutdown in British Columbia’s forestry industry, the strikes have curtailed Canadian newsprint production by more than 42%. About two-thirds of Canadian newsprint production is used in the United States.
A State Department official said the Ford Administration is opposed to legislation that would end U.S. trade constraints against Cuba without concessions by Premier Fidel Castro’s government. William D. Rogers, assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs, also said the sanctions will not be lifted until a face-to-face official meeting determines that Cuba also will act to normalize relations.
About 600 to 800 students stoned the U.S. Embassy in Panama City during a demonstration against presence of U.S. military bases in the Panama Canal Zone, an embassy spokesman said. He said that Panamanian national guardsmen watched the demonstration for about 45 minutes before breaking it up. There were no reports of injuries during the 50-minute disturbance.
The Panamanian Government says it and the United States are still far apart on essential aspects of a new Panama Canal treaty. In an official report on the negotiations, it says that there are a number of points of agreement but that it “has emphatically rejected” a United States proposal that American forces continue to defend the waterway for an “indefinite time.” In addition, the report says that the United States and Panama are still far apart on issues involving defense bases, disposition of Canal Zone lands and waters, the status of Canal Zone residents, the size of an annuity for canal use, expansion of waterways and neutrality of the canal.
Ethiopia’s new military rulers need every cent in the treasury for their task of raising the country after centuries of neglect and feudal oppression. But a substantial part of their budget is being diverted to the costly task of putting down the secessionist rebellion in the northern province of Eritrea, which has claimed thousands of lives this year. For the Eritreans themselves, 1975 has been a tragic year. They have lived through eight months of battles, air strikes and guerrilla raids that have caused death, destruction, hunger, fear and hatred. The severity of government reprisals has led to charges, denied in Asmara and Addis Ababa, of army atrocities.
The French Government said today that it had won a reprieve for a French woman scientist held captive in northern Chad by African rebels, who had threatened to put her to death this morning. A government spokesman said that the Toubou rebels, who captured the scientist, Francoise Claustre, more than 17 months ago during an archeological expedition, had let the deadline pass without action as a result of French offorts to negotiate her freedom. Further talks are due later this week, the spokesman added. There was no indication whether the rebel leader, Hissene Habre, had set a new deadline for the execution of the 38year‐old woman or for the payment of part of the ransom in supplies and equipment. Under the pressure of aroused public opinion in France, Paris agreed 12 days ago to pay the rebels a ransom of $2.4‐million, but the rebels reportedly insisted that some of it be provided in medical supplies and equipment such as jeeps.
President Ford told aides he was determined not to be held “hostage” in the White House and rejected suggestions to curtail public appearances following the second apparent attempt on his life in 17 days. His White House spokesman said Mr. Ford believed all elected and public officials need to get out and meet those they serve. The President believes it would fundamentally alter the American democratic system if he were to “take refuge in the White House,” Ron Nessen, the White House press secretary, said at a news briefing. Mr. Nessen spoke after conferring with Mr. Ford about mounting pressure from members of Congress and the public for a reappraisal of the President’s frequent cross‐country travels and of Secret Service protective methods. The President was said to be proceeding with his duties in a “serious and businesslike” manner less than 24 hours after he escaped harm when a woman fired a revolver as he emerged from a San Francisco hotel.
The Secret Service learned two days before President Ford’s visit to San Francisco that Sara Jane Moore, charged Monday with an attempt on his life, had suggested to the local police that she might attempt to “test” the presidential security system.
Investigators are just beginning to trace Miss Moore’s murky transcontinental trail following years in which she deliberately obscured her background. There is evidence of at least two marriages with a total of four children, two divorces, participation in civil rights and radical left activity and being an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Miss Moore will be sent to San Diego Friday for a psychiatric examination. She startled the investigators with what seemed to be a confession of her intention to shoot the President when she told the Secret Service that she would have hit President Ford, if the police had not confiscated a .44‐caliber pistol from her the day before. “If I had had my .44, I would have caught him,” Miss Moore said, according to a San Francisco police officer, William S. Taylor, who stood guard over her during the interrogation moments after the episode yesterday.
A special committee to decide which presidential candidates should receive Secret Service protection recommended that it be offered immediately to all who are qualified to receive federal campaign funds. It mentioned the four Democrats who claim to have qualified — Senators Henry Jackson and Lloyd Bentsen, Representative Morris Udall and Gov. George Wallace of Alabama, as most likely to receive it.
The House passed a comprehensive energy bill that would restore strict oil price controls, allow emergency gasoline rationing and bar the busing of students to achieve racial integration on grounds it wastes fuel. The measure now goes to a conference committee to attempt to settle differences with a Senate-passed energy bill. But the legislation in any event is likely to draw a veto from President Ford because of its reimposition of strict price controls on domestic crude oil. “The bill has no prospect of becoming law,” said Rep. Clarence J. Brown (R-Ohio). “It is veto bait. It’s mostly an exercise in futility,” he said.
Alan Greenspan, chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, gave Congress an optimistic picture of a “robust” economic upswing and discounted the view that a resurgence of inflation threatened to halt the recovery. At the same time, James T. Lynn, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said “massive uncertainties” made it unclear how large this year’s deficit was likely to be. He said it could be anywhere from $55 billion to more than $90 billion. Both testified before the Senate Budget Committee at the start of hearings in which Congress must decide whether to cut spending, increase taxes or vote for a deficit even larger than its $68.8 billion target.
Patricia Hearst said in an affidavit to the federal court in San Francisco that physical mistreatment, confinement, terror and possible use of LSD caused her to take part in the bank robbery for which she was arrested Thursday. Details in the document prepared by her lawyers appeared to conflict with some previously disclosed information about her kidnapping. Judge Oliver Carter rejected her lawyers’ argument that she be placed in a private guarded clinic for examination by a psychiatrist picked and paid for by her family. He ordered that she be examined by a panel of psychiatrists while in custody to determine if she can face cross-examination.
Judge Thomas MacBride ruled in federal court in Sacramento that Lynette Alice Fromme, 26-year-old disciple of the convicted murderer Charles Manson, is mentally fit to stand trial on a charge of attempting on September 5 to kill President Ford. He also granted her request to represent herself in the trial. The rulings by District Judge Thomas J. MacBride paved the way for the trial to start in Sacramento November 4. Miss Fromme waived a request she had made at an earlier court appearance to have the trial moved to another city. The judge ruled after testimony by Dr. James R. Richmond, a psychiatrist, that he had examined Miss Fromme for an hour and 40 minutes and concluded that she was “mentally competent to understand the proceedings” and to cooperate in her defense.
Aides in Richard M. Nixon’s White House were “shunned and sidelined” if their consciences wouldn’t let them indulge in unethical conduct, says Maureen Dean in the current Redbook magazine. The wife of John W. Dean III, the presidential counsel who helped trigger Mr. Nixon’s downfall, said “loyalty and devotion” to the President were rewarded by such privileges as flights on the presidential plane, or use of limousines. But those who “refused or even hesitated to do something” against their ethical standards, “would increasingly be shunned.” The word “quickly filtered down,” Mrs. Dean said, “if a staff member would not play ‘hard ball’ “.
Former U.S. Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. (D-North Carolina) was a “hypocrite,” said Julie Nixon Eisenhower, because he failed to investigate former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s aide, Bobby Baker. “That’s just politics,” she said while a guest on the syndicated television Phil Donahue Show, taped in Charleston, South Carolina. Ervin, contacted at his Morganton, North Carolina, home, said Mrs. Eisenhower had been misled by a columnist who tried to “discredit” the Senate Watergate committee, which he headed. “As a matter of fact, I voted for the Bobby Baker investigation as the Congressional Record will disclose,” Ervin said. As for Watergate’s aftermath, “I don’t see my father any different,” Mrs. Eisenhower said. “I have, growing up in politics, a very real sense of human frailty.”
Senator James Buckley, the New York Conservative-Republican, said he opposed direct federal intervention in New York City’s financial crisis and agreed with the Ford administration that the impact of possible default had been overstated. In a related development, three leading New York bankers gave President Ford their evaluation of the city’s situation. After the meeting an aide said it brought no change in the hands-off policy.
A mathematician who worked on secret Defense Department projects was indicted on a charge of failing to report the illegal photographing of a national security document. Sahag K. Dekeyan of Rickville, Maryland, was indicted by a federal grand jury in federal court in Baltimore. Dedeyan, 41, was an associate mathematician at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University from 1966 to September, 1973. The government charged that he allowed a distant relative, Sarkis O. Paskalian, to photograph the document for an official of the Soviet mission to the United Nations.
Incumbent Mayors Kevin H. White of Boston and Albert J. Hofstede of Minneapolis won primary victories in city elections that provided no surprises. Democrat White, aiming for a third four-year term, claimed victory less than two hours after the polls closed in his city’s four-way nonpartisan primary but said he wished he had tallied more votes in the city’s antibusing neighborhoods. He noted, however, that “we won big” in the predominantly black area of Roxbury. Hofstede, seeking a second four-year term, polled nearly 20 times as many votes as any of the other four contenders for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor nomination.
Two officers of the Boston Teachers Union were found in contempt of court for leading a strike that has left the city’s newly integrated schools all but empty. The judge imposed no immediate sanctions.
In the harshest disciplinary action imposed since it accused the late Bishop James A. Pike of heresy nine years ago, the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church voted to censure three bishops who ordained 11 women to the priesthood 14 months ago. The House voted 118 to 18, with eight abstentions, to censure Daniel Corrigan of Santa Barbara, California, and Edward R. Welles, of Manset, Maine, both retired, and Robert L. DeWitt, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, who has resigned. In a separate resolution, the bishops voted to “decry the action” of Bishop George W. Barrett, who ordained four women priests in Washington three weeks ago.
The accused killer of a desegregation expert has “admitted being responsible for the shooting of 25 to 30 black people in the Dayton, Ohio, area during the last four years, a police affidavit stated. Police cautioned, however, that the figures given by Neal Bradley Lang, 48, a service station attendant with a history of mental problems, “could be inflated.” Long is being held on a charge of murdering Charles A. Glatt in his office last Friday as he worked on school desegregation plans. Sniper attacks have claimed the lives of seven blacks since 1972.
The national wildlife refuge system has deteriorated markedly for lack of sufficient funding, staff and policy-making conservationists said in Washington. “The refuge system, in a few short years, will cease to play a viable role in this nation’s conservation program,” Forrest A. Carpenter, president of the National Wildlife Refuge Association, told a Senate subcommittee on the environment.
The governor of New Jersey, Brendan T. Byrne, called for a new federal law that would permit states facing natural gas shortages to tap intrastate gas pipelines in the South. He told a House Commerce Committee subcommittee that deregulation of natural gas has no merit.
Major League Baseball:
The White Sox moved out of last place in the West Division with a 5–4 victory over the Angels, who fell back into the cellar. The White Sox jumped on Joe Pactwa for four runs in the second inning, but the Angels came back to tie the score behind the batting of Leroy Stanton, who hit a single and double, driving in two runs and scoring one. Ken Henderson then decided the game in favor of the White Sox by hitting a homer in the seventh inning.
Following the announcement that Frank Robinson would return for a second season as manager in 1976, the Indians defeated the Brewers, 4–3, to bring their record to the .500 mark at 77–77. Boog Powell homered with two men on base in the third inning and George Hendrick won the game with a circuit clout to lead off the ninth. George Scott drove in one of the Brewers’ runs with a single in the fourth for his 100th RBI of the season.
Four pitchers for the Royals combined on a two-hitter and shut out the Rangers, 4–0. Doug Bird, who started for the Royals, was forced to quit after 1 ⅓ hitless innings. Rookie southpaw Bob McClure, who relieved and gained his first major league victory, continued the hitless hurling until giving up a single by Roy Smalley with one out in the eighth. Steve Mingori yielded the Rangers’ second hit, a single by Jim Fregosi. Marty Pattin finished the game. The Royals, who kept their West Division hopes alive, decided the outcome in the first inning with two runs on doubles by Frank White and Amos Otis and a single by John Mayberry. White added a run with a homer in the third and Otis tacked on the final marker with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
The Athletics’ drive for their fifth consecutive West Division title was stalled by a 4–3 loss to the Twins. The A’s needed one victory or one defeat for the second-place Royals to decide the race. Dan Ford drove in two runs with a double in the ninth inning for a 4–1 lead to enable the Twins to shrug off a homer by Joe Rudi with a man on base in the A’s half of the final frame. Bert Blyleven (15–9) got the victory.
The game between the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium is postponed by rain. It will be made up on the 25th.
The game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at Shea Stadium is postponed due to rain. The game will not be made up.
Pete Rose and Cesar Geronimo each drove in two runs as the Reds defeated the Astros, 5–3. The Reds bunched singles by Bill Plummer, Ken Griffey and Geronimo, a sacrifice by Fred Norman (12–4) and single by Rose for three runs in the second inning. Joe Morgan singled and Tony Perez doubled for another tally in the third. The Reds added their final run in the eighth on a double by Griffey, a stolen base and grounder by Geronimo. The Astros were held to four hits, but they included homers by Cliff Johnson and Larry Milbourne.
The Mets, after trailing, 6–0, battled back to defeat the Cubs, 8–6, and moved into third place in the East Division standings ahead of the Cardinals. Dave Rosello hit a two-run homer in the Cubs’ early attack. The Mets rallied for three runs in the fourth inning and added two on a double by Dave Kingman in the fifth before staging their winning rally in the eighth. Jerry Grote singled and gave way to Bob Gallagher, who scored the tying run on a double by John Stearns. Felix Millan singled to put the Mets ahead and Rusty Staub singled for an extra run.
Bob Moose (2–2), making his first start since his return from Charleston (International), allowed only three hits and pitched the Pirates to a 3–1 victory over the Phillies. A double by Doug Allen and single by Garry Maddox accounted for the Phillies’ run in the fifth inning. The Pirates bounced back with their counters off Steve Carlton in the sixth. Richie Zisk singled and Bob Robertson doubled. After an intentional pass to Bill Robinson, Richie Hebner singled, driving in two runs, and Duffy Dyer followed with another single to plate the final marker.
Formerly an East Division contender, the Cardinals fell into fourth place when they were shut out by Steve Rogers (11–12) and lost to the Expos, 7–0. Pete Mackanin batted in two of the Expos’ runs with a triple and picked up a third RBI by drawing a pass with the bases loaded, while Mike Jorgensen hit a two-run homer.
Randy Jones became the first 20-game winner in the Padres’ seven-year history when the southpaw defeated Dodgers, 6–4. His record was 20–11 in a comeback from a 1974 mark of 8–22. Tito Fuentes provided the principal batting support for Jones with four hits. The Padres broke a 3–3 tie with a run in the seventh inning on a double by Fuentes, single by Hector Torres and infield out by Willie McCovey.
The game between the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium is postponed due to rain. This game will not be made up.
Chicago White Sox 5, California Angels 4
New York Mets 8, Chicago Cubs 6
Milwaukee Brewers 3, Cleveland Indians 4
Cincinnati Reds 5, Houston Astros 3
Texas Rangers 0, Kansas City Royals 4
St. Louis Cardinals 0, Montreal Expos 7
Minnesota Twins 4, Oakland Athletics 3
Philadelphia Phillies 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Diego Padres 6
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 819.85 (-0.55, -0.07%)
Born:
Jaime Bergman, American model and actress (“Son of the Beach”), in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Layzie Bone [Steven Howse], American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), in Cleveland, Ohio.
Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player, Olympic gold medalist 1996 and 2000, doubles world championships in 1999 and 2003; in Gokseong, South Korea.
Lorenzo Bromell, NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New York Giants), in Georgetown, South Carolina.
Phil Ostrowski, NFL guard (San Francisco 49ers), in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Dave Elder, MLB pitcher (Cleveland Indians), in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2023).
Garrett Burnett, Canadian NHL left wing (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), in Coquitlam, British Columbia.
Vitali Yeremeyev, Russian NHL goaltender (New York Rangers), in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
Chris Hawkins, British radio presenter, DJ, and music pundit (BBC Radio 6 Music), in Loppington, England, United Kingdom.
Died:
Ian Hunter, 75, South African character actor (“Dr. Blood’s Coffin”; “White Unicorn”).
René Thomas, 89, French auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1914).
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