Secretary of State George P. Shultz said today that the Reagan Administration would not stop work on its space defense program even in return for the 50 percent cut in nuclear arms that the Soviet Union is expected to propose formally this week. But he said that he was pleased that, for the first time since the Geneva arms talks began in March, the Soviet side seems ready to offer specific proposals for reductions in offensive strategic and medium-range weapons. The Soviet plan, however, is reportedly linked to the American abandonment of the space-based missile defense program popularly known as “Star Wars,” which the President calls his strategic defense initiative. “It’s clear that they want us to abandon the President’s strategic defense initiative,” Mr. Shultz said of the Soviet plan, which was outlined to Mr. Reagan and Mr. Shultz on Friday by Eduard A. Shevardnadze, the Soviet Foreign Minister. “It’s also clear the President won’t.”
Young whites in London milled among crowds of young blacks in a spirit of common hostility toward enforcement officials, who prepared for a second night of rioting. What was being seen in the rest of Britain as a racial confrontation between blacks and whites sometimes seemed less racial than generational on the streets of Brixton, a mostly black neighborhood in London. “The blacks are all right,” said a young white with the name of the punk rock star Sid Vicious tatooed on his shoulder, a flaring crest of spiky hair and a necklace fashioned from a chain and padlock. “We were with them last night,” he said. “It’s not a black-white thing,” he added. “It’s the people against the police.”
Lech Walesa, former leader of Poland’s banned Solidarity union, condemned as blackmail a hint by Polish Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski that he may grant amnesty to political opponents if there is a high turnout in Polish parliamentary elections October 13. “My first reaction is that this is blackmail,” Walesa said by telephone from his home in Gdansk. In an interview with the Washington Post, Jaruzelski said a turnout of 75% to 85% in the elections would be “of great importance to the decision to announce another amnesty” because it would indicate a high level of national stability. Solidarity is urging a boycott of the elections.
Thousands of Jews marched in the center of Paris in the first of a series of human rights demonstrations against the Soviet Union during the week of an official French visit of Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev. The marchers were protesting restrictions on emigration of Soviet Jews and carried signs reading, “Gorbachev, Let My People Go.” The government has banned street rallies and marches during his visit, which begins Wednesday.
About 5,000 demonstrators went on a rampage in downtown Frankfurt, West Germany, battling police, smashing store windows and looting luxury shops. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The demonstration started as a peaceful rally to protest a clash with police the night before in which a demonstrator protesting a neo-Nazi party meeting was run over and killed by a police watercannon vehicle.
Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres welcomed Jordanian King Hussein’s call for direct peace talks but said his proposal for an international conference would result in “everlasting delays.” Peres, in a statement released by his Cabinet in response to Hussein’s speech Friday at the U.N. General Assembly, also condemned a proposed $1.5-billion U.S. arms sale to Jordan. He reiterated Israel’s refusal to negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization and accused Hussein of condoning terrorism by the PLO. And even though the international conference suggested by King Hussein as the forum has been rejected by Israel, Mr. Peres congratulated the King at a Cabinet meeting and noted his remarks in a positive way.
Two bombs exploded in the Israeli port city of Haifa today, one of them wounding five people, a police spokesman said. One bomb exploded in an open-air vegetable market that was crowded with shoppers on the eve of Succoth, a harvest festival that begins this evening. Five people were wounded, none of them seriously, the police said. The police said the bomb had been planted under a vegetable stand. While the police were conducting investigations in the market, another bomb went off a few hundred yards away, the police spokesman said. The second bomb was hidden under a bush in a public park. It caused no casualties or damage. The police spokesman said about 130 people, most of them Arabs, were detained for interrogation.
Administration officials will look to King Hussein of Jordan, in his meeting with President Reagan tomorrow, to provide an impetus for ending the deadlock in Middle East diplomacy. Top American officials were heartened by what they regarded as forthcoming statements by King Hussein on Friday and by Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel. The Jordanian leader publicly said he and a Palestinian group were prepared to negotiate “promptly and directly” under the proper auspices.
A fierce battle for control of the northern port of Tripoli in Lebanon continued today with mounting casualties and fires burning out of control. Telephone communications with Tripoli remain cut, but radio stations in the Lebanese capital quoted witnesses as saying shells and rockets exploded throughout the city during the day. The Voice of the Homeland radio station in West Beirut reported that 5,000 inhabitants who fled the predominantly Muslim town and took refuge in the neighboring Christian village of Shekka on the Mediterranean coast “watched their city go up in flames.” The police were quoted as saying that 130 people had been killed and wounded in the past 24 hours when several thousand pro-Syrian militiamen mounted a full- scale offensive to try to wrest control of Tripoli from Muslim fundamentalists.
An anonymous caller who said he represented the Islamic Holy War organization said today that the group would hold a news conference at which it would produce some of the six Americans whom it is believed to be holding hostage. The caller, who telephoned a Western news agency here, did not say when or where such a news conference would be held. But he hinted that after the conference the attitude of the kidnappers toward their hostages would be negative. “We also confirm to families of the hostages, American public opinion and world public opinion that as regards what happens after this period, the American Government will assume full responsibility for the lives of the hostages,” the caller said. The message warned that if the demands were not fulfilled soon, the kidnappers would execute the hostages and kidnap other Americans.
Iraq said its planes attacked Iran’s oil terminal at Kharg Island in the northern Persian Gulf today in the 16th raid since last month. Iraq also said it had shot down an Iranian F-4 jet. Iran conceded losing the plane, but attributed the crash to technical difficulties. The Iranian press agency said two Iranian aircraft bombed the Haritha power station, 13 miles north of Basra, causing a big fire and explosion. Iraq called on Iran to produce photographic proof. An Iraqi military spokesman denied that Haritha was hit. A military spokesman said after the Kharg attack that all planes had returned safely.
A moderate Sikh government took control in India’s troubled Punjab state as the federal government ended two years of direct rule. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary troops sealed off the governor’s mansion in Chandigarh as Chief Minister Surjit Singh Barnala and his Cabinet ministers were sworn into office. Barnala, 59, a lawyer, said his first priority will be to implement an agreement between Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the late Sikh leader, Harchand Singh Longowal, aimed at redressing longstanding Sikh political and economic grievances.
A successful and peaceful election in the troubled state of Punjab last week has raised new hopes that India can end three years of violence and turmoil over demands by Sikhs. But the voting also shows that the task remains extremely difficult. Because of the threat of more assassinations by Sikh terrorists, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi took an enormous risk in scheduling the election now. But no disruptions occurred, and Mr. Gandhi can now savor an almost ideal political result from his point of view.
At least 150 people were injured, 50 critically, in a soccer riot Saturday night in Dhaka, the police said today. Rival supporters fought with iron rods and stones during the match between Bangladesh’s main clubs, Abahani Krira Chakra and Mohammedan Sporting Club. The badly injured were taken to two hospitals. The police made 25 arrests.
Opponents of a plan to expand the New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Japan, hurled flaming bottles filled with gasoline at an airport guardhouse, injuring two guards. The attack came a day after about 700 leftist protesters wielding bamboo sticks and hurling stones battled with riot police following an anti-airport demonstration. Police made 75 arrests. The leftists support local farmers who refuse to give up their land for construction of a second runway at Narita, which opened in 1978.
French loyalists led in elections for a new regional parliament in New Caledonia today, but a pro-independence party scored an upset by capturing three of four electoral regions, initial returns showed. The election was the first stage of a French Government plan to extend greater autonomy to locally elected officials on the Pacific islands before a 1987 referendum on limited independence from France. Between 80 and 90 percent of the islands’ registered voters turned out for the elections and few incidents were reported between pro-independence Melanesian Kanaks and white settlers. Initial returns showed the conservative Rally for Caledonia in the Republic party won 25 of 46 seats in the newly created Congress, made up of representatives from four regional assemblies. The pro-independence Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front captured 16 seats, the extreme right-wing National Front 3 and a moderate separatist group and an offshoot of Rally for Caledonia 1 each.
Pierre Marc Johnson, a political moderate who favors independence for Quebec only as a last resort, was elected today as the leader of the Parti Quebecois. He succeeded Premier Rene Levesque, who has stepped down. Under Canada’s parliamentary system, Mr. Johnson, as leader of the majority party, will also succeed Mr. Levesque as the Premier of Quebec. He will be sworn in later this week.
Roberto d’Aubuisson, the standard-bearer of El Salvador’s militant and often violent right, stepped down today as the head of his party, the National Republican Alliance. His resignation is widely believed by diplomats and politicians to be a tacit recognition that he has outlived his usefulness as party leader. They also feel he has become a liability to his backers, important sectors of the country’s military, businessmen and landowners. The party has been weakened by internal squabbling, desertions, loss of funds and a crushing defeat in the March legislative elections.
A band of more than 100 Maoist guerrillas hacked and shot to death 14 Peruvian peasants they accused of supporting President Alan Garcia, witnesses said in Ayacucho, Peru. The witnesses, four of whom suffered machete wounds in the attack, said guerrillas of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) movement sacked their village of Huallao, about 60 miles northeast of Ayacucho.
Peace talks between the Ugandan Government and rebels adjourned tonight with officials expressing optimism that a formula to end years of bloodshed was close. “There is a commitment on both sides to resolve the issues,” said Elijah Mwangale, the Foreign Minister of Kenya, which is is host to the talks. The two sides are to meet again Monday. Mr. Mwangale’s optimism was echoed by members of Uganda’s military government and representatives of the rebel National Resistance Army, which has fought first civilian, then military Ugandan governments for more than four years. “We are making some progress,” the chief rebel spokesman, Sam Kisekka, said. He declined to elaborate.
South African businessmen called for the abolition of apartheid and negotiations with “acknowledged black leaders” on sharing power, in full-page newspaper advertisements. The advertisements appeared in both English-language and Afrikaans newspapers and were signed by 91 corporate leaders including Afrikaners and representatives of foreign companies. The appeal represented a further step by businessmen to push the South African Government to move quickly to introduce a policy of broad-based changes.
An AIDS antibody test has emerged as a potential new tool for tracking and perhaps slowing the spread of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Determining how the test should be used, however, is provoking debate over questions of personal liberty and the public interest. Civil liberties advocates say that the personal trauma of infected individuals is intensified by fears that test results will be disclosed and that restrictions will be placed on their lives. Others say society should use the means at its command to identify individuals who could potentially spread an incurable affliction. A senior Federal official, who declined to be identified, said progress would be slow. “We need to proceed cautiously and be sure that what we’re doing is rational,” he said. “We need to build a consensus about what should be done.”
President Reagan spends the day at the White House catching up on paperwork.
A report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics said that white residents in the nation’s capital are almost twice as likely as blacks to be victims of violence, which contradicts the national trend in urban crime. The study focused on which people are victimized by certain crimes and compared crimes from May, 1982, to April, 1983, reported by people in the capital with those reported by residents of the Maryland and Virginia suburbs and other cities. Black suburban residents, it said, appeared to experience a higher rate of violent crimes than white suburban residents.
The armed services and defense contractors appear to be meeting Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger’s three-month goal, inspired by a Navy spy scandal, of reducing security clearances by 10%. Weinberger’s deadline for the cut expires today and some preliminary figures have been compiled, Pentagon officials said. When the cuts were ordered June 11, there were 4.3 million people with clearances ranging from confidential to secret to top secret.
Industrial corporations are turning to specialists — in many cases overseas companies — to take over part of the manufacturing process because they offer more cost efficiency and flexibility. In doing so, they are backing away from a mines-to-markets orthodoxy that has prevailed since Andrew Carnegie’s day and are also cutting down the size of the huge corporation in America.
Seven and a half acres of land on Cleveland’s waterfront will be gouged out to create an inner harbor and a waterside park over the next several years. The effort will make Cleveland one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of life and attract people and businesses. One survey found that 38 of 50 communities on the Great Lakes had new waterfront projects under construction or in an advanced planning stage.
Great Society programs to aid impoverished, handicapped and otherwise disadvantaged students have forever altered the relationship between the Federal Government and education in the United States. They have withstood attempts by the Reagan Administration to dismantle them, but even if the programs were to die, the Federal Government’s impact on education has gone beyond financial aid into shaping current educational philosophy.
The Boeing Co. said it is developing a warning system to alert airline pilots to wind shears and tell them what evasive action to take. John Wheeler, spokesman for the Seattle aircraft maker, described the new system as “simply a change in the computer software” aboard the big jets. Its main value, he said, is in telling the pilot how to avoid the danger. Wind shear, a sudden and violent down-draft, is suspected of causing the Delta Air Lines crash in August that killed 136 people.
The number of American households grew at a faster rate than the U.S. population between 1980 and 1984, the Census Bureau said. While the population grew 4.2% between 1980 and 1984, the number of households jumped 7%, a new bureau study said. Changes in the nation’s age structure, primarily young people leaving their parents and setting up their own homes, were cited for the results. The study said that in the 1980 to 1984 period, the population 18 years and over increased by 6.6%.
Mormon women cannot be ordained to the priesthood unless God orders a change in the practice of ordaining only men, a leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says. Gordon B. Hinckley, counselor to the church’s president, Spencer W. Kimball, told the general women’s meeting Saturday: “Only the Lord, through revelation, could alter that situation.
A single-engine plane packed with skydivers preparing for a formation jump stalled shortly after takeoff today and nosedived onto a rural road, killing all 17 people aboard. The plane had been grounded Friday because of fuel contamination, and it was not known if the problem had been fixed, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said. The craft may also have been overloaded, another F.A.A. official said. The Cessna 208 Caravan, owned by Air Carrier Express Services, of Atlanta, and leased to the Westwind Sports and Parachute Center, stalled three minutes after takeoff from the skydiving club’s private airport 45 miles south of Atlanta and crashed at about 12:15 PM, the police said.
A judge has ordered the State Department of Human Services to return a 1-year-old girl to her parents, saying that it wrongly took the infant while the mother was stranded in Memphis. Judge James Swearingen of Circuit Court issued the order Friday to return Tanika Glover to her mother, Marie Ewing, 20, and father, Willie Glover, 23, both of Chicago.
Three members of the local rock bands Rage and Shooter were slain in a suburban California home by a man who apparently then watched television for several hours before committing suicide, the police said today. Lieutenant Tom Doty said the man, Eugene Ibanez, 32 years old, had been identified as the suspect in the killings Friday of Ricky Byrd, 28, Phillip Bleuer, 25, and Gloria Padilla Vigil, 26. The police surrounded the house Friday afternoon after Miss Padilla telephoned the police emergency number and said she had been shot. Seven hours later, after orders by the police went unheeded, the officers entered and found Miss Padilla’s body in a ground floor bedroom, Mr. Byrd’s in a hallway and Mr. Bleuer’s in a basement recording studio, where Mr. Ibanez’s body was also found. Lieutenant Doty said all had been shot except Mr. Bleuer, who was stabbed.
The East Coast continued to clean up after Hurricane Gloria, and most government and utility officials said they had no estimate of the damage, although some early figures exceeded $47 million. Seven more deaths were attributed to the storm, bringing to 16 the number of people believed killed. About 1 million utility customers remained without power in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New Hampshire and North Carolina.
The nation’s midsection received a blast of winter as a storm dumped up to 14 inches of snow on Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska and spread record cold through the region. Five persons died in traffic ‘accidents on slippery roads in Nebraska and Kansas. The storm stranded some travelers, and travelers’ advisories were posted in parts of Colorado and Kansas. In Denver, where 8.7 inches of snow fell Saturday, the overnight low of 17 degrees was the coldest reading ever recorded for September, breaking the old record of 20 degrees set on September 19, 1971. It also broke the 112-year-old record for the date of 28 degrees.
“Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” returns to NBC-TV.
“Amazing Stories” by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV.
“MacGyver” starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV.
Major League Baseball:
Hubie Brooks lined a two-run triple to right field today, breaking up a seventh-inning tie and lifting the Montreal Expos to a 7–5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The loss left the Cardinals’ number to clinch the National League East title at four. St. Louis has a three-game lead over the second-place Mets, who defeated Pittsburgh. Tim Raines tied the game for Montreal when he drew a two-out walk off Ken Dayley (4–3) in the seventh, stole second and scored as the third baseman Terry Pendleton threw away Vance Law’s grounder.
The Mets, locked in the hectic National League East pennant race, outlasted the Pirates today, 9–7, scoring the decisive runs on Gary Carter’s two-run home run against Larry McWilliams in the 10th inning. Howard Johnson had led off the ninth inning with a game-tying home run against Cecilio Guante after the Pirates rallied for three eighth-inning runs against Roger McDowell for a 7–6 lead. “When they went ahead, it was like a knife stuck in me,” Johnson said later. “You don’t want to think bad thoughts, but…” By that time, the Cardinals had lost to Montreal, 7–5. A victory would slice the Mets’ deficit to three games; a loss would leave them four back with a virtually impossible task in St. Louis. Their assignment will still be difficult enough. “It’s in our hands, and that’s all I can ask for,” the Mets’ other Johnson, Manager Dave, said. “Now if we sweep, we can control our destiny. I like to be able to control our destiny.” The Mets have Monday off, then begin the crucial series in St. Louis Tuesday night.
Pedro Guerrero singled in the tying and go-ahead runs in the fifth inning and Mike Marshall added a two-run homer two innings later to lead Los Angeles to a 7–2 win over the Giants. The victory reduced the Dodgers’ number for clinching the National League West title to three. The Dodgers broke the game open with three runs in the seventh against the reliever Mark Davis. Mariano Duncan led off with a walk, advanced to third on a sacrifice and a stolen base and scored when Madlock struck out on Davis’s wild pitch. With two outs and Dave Anderson on first, Marshall wrapped a 2–0 pitch around the left field foul pole for two more runs. In the bottom of the eighth, Anderson brought in Duncan, who had singled, stolen second and reached third on a ground out, for the Dodgers’ seventh run. The Giants’ losing streak reached five games and they ended their road schedule at 24–57, their worst road record in history.
Jay Tibbs threw a five-hitter and Buddy Bell drove in a pair of runs to send Cincinnati to a 5–0 victory and a three-game sweep of Houston. The Reds have won four in a row and 12 of their last 14 to stay in contention in the National League West. The Reds remain five and one-half games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, who defeated the Giants. Tibbs (10–15) struck out seven and did not walk a batter to win his fourth straight decision. The right-hander is 6–4 since coming back up from the minors on August 1.
The Braves edged the Padres, 3–2. San Diego reliever Gene Walter walked Atlanta pinch hitter Rafael Ramirez with the bases loaded, forcing in Milt Thompson with the winning run for Atlanta. Thompson got on base to open the ninth when Lance McCullers hit him with a pitch. He went to second when Brad Komminsk was safe attempting to sacrifice on McCullers’ error, and the two moved to second and third before an intentional walk to Albert Hall loaded the bases. The loss went to McCullers, 0–2, who allowed one unearned run in 13 innings. Rick Camp, 3–6, got the victory by getting Steve Garvey to pop out to short with the bases loaded in the Padres ninth.
The Cubs downed the Phillies, 6–2. Keith Moreland drove in two runs with a pair of two-out singles, extending his hitting streak to 18 games. The victory gave the Cubs a sweep of their three-game series and left the Phillies with a 10-game losing streak. Chicago starter Steve Trout, 9–6, gave up seven singles and picked up his first victory since July 9. Philadelphia’s Fred Toliver, 0–3, lost his third major-league start. Moreland tied Ryne Sandberg for the longest National League consecutive-game hitting streak this year and has driven home 102 a home run to drive in two runs.
Kirk McCaskill pitched a seven-hitter and Bob Boone and Dick Schofield drove in two runs each today as the California Angels beat the Cleveland Indians, 9–3, to take sole possession of first place in the American League West. The Angels moved one game ahead of Kansas City, which lost to Minnesota. California begins a decisive four-game series in Kansas City Monday night. McCaskill (12–11) gave up two runs in the first inning on a double by Brett Butler, a triple by Julio Franco and a sacrifice fly by Andre Thornton. But McCaskill, who struck out a career-high 10, limited the Indians to one run on four hits the rest of the way. Cleveland, which won the first two games of the series, suffered its 100th loss. This year marks the third time since 1900 that the Indians have lost at least 100 games, having done it in 1914 and 1971.
Kent Hrbek drove in three runs and Mark Salas hit a homer as Minnesota completed a three-game sweep with a 6–3 victory over Kansas City that knocked the Royals out of first place in the American League West. John Butcher (11–14) pitched six and two-thirds innings for the victory and Ron Davis got the final two outs for his 25th save. The Twins scored twice in the fifth inning to take a 4–3 lead. Greg Gagne drew a leadoff walk, took second on a sacrifice and moved to third on an infield hit by Kirby Puckett. Mickey Hatcher and Kent Hrbek then delivered run-scoring singles off Mark Gubicza (13–10).
Tony Fernandez drove in four runs with four hits, highlighting a season-high 22-hit attack that powered Toronto to a 13–5 rout of the Brewers. Toronto, which also set its season-high for runs, leads the American League East by five and one-half games over the Yankees, who swept a doubleheader against Baltimore. The Blue Jays lowered their number for clinching their first-ever division title to three.
Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver is ejected from both games of a doubleheader, at Yankee Stadium; Weaver is the only manager be tossed twice in a day two times.The Yankees’ Don Mattingly clubbed two home runs, passed the 200-hit mark for the second straight season and drove in four runs in the Yanks’ 4–0 and 9–2 sweep at the Stadium. The Yankees gained a half-game on the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East but lost a little more time. The Blue Jays, who lead by five and a half games as the season heads into its final week, crushed the Milwaukee Brewers, 13–5, and can clinch the title with any combination of Toronto victories and Yankee defeats totaling three. Don Baylor drove in four runs with a homer and a double and Dave Winfield had three hits, including his 26th home run, in the second game. The pitching wasn’t bad, either: Joe Cowley won the opener by allowing just two hits in seven innings; Dave Righetti earned his 27th save, and Rich Bordi took the second game with six innings of work.
The Red Sox topped the Tigers, 8–4. Wade Boggs and Mike Easler each collected four hits and Rob Woodward won his first major-league start for Boston. Woodward, a 23-year-old rookie, was touched for four runs in the second inning but went eight innings, giving up six hits. Boggs went 4-for-5 and raised his major league-leading average to .372, and Easler was 4-for-5 and drove in three runs.
The White Sox blanked the A’s, 3–0. Tom Seaver won his 303rd career game and Bob James got his 30th save of the season for Chicago. Seaver, 15–11, pitched 63 innings and left with the bases loaded in the seventh inning. He allowed eight hits, walked one and struck out five. James replaced Seaver and struck out Tony Phillips to end the threat before finishing up.
The Rangers beat the Mariners, 5–2. Pinch-hitter Bill Stein’s three-run double broke an eighth-inning tie for Texas. Reliever Roy Thomas intentionally walked pinchhitter Bobby Jones to load the bases and then Stein, batting for pinch-hitter Oddibe McDowell, greeted reliever Paul Mirabella with his double.
San Diego Padres 2, Atlanta Braves 3
Philadelphia Phillies 2, Chicago Cubs 6
Houston Astros 0, Cincinnati Reds 5
California Angels 9, Cleveland Indians 3
Boston Red Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 4
San Francisco Giants 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Toronto Blue Jays 13, Milwaukee Brewers 5
Kansas City Royals 3, Minnesota Twins 6
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Montreal Expos 7
Baltimore Orioles 0, New York Yankees 4
Baltimore Orioles 2, New York Yankees 9
Chicago White Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 0
New York Mets 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Texas Rangers 5, Seattle Mariners 2
NFL Football:
Miami’s Dan Marino won his duel with Denver’s John Elway, passing for 390 yards and three touchdowns today to lead the Dolphins over the Broncos, 30–26. Marino – despite the loss of his best receiver, Mark Clayton, to a sprained ankle early in the third quarter — completed 25 of 43 passes. Marino put the Dolphins (3–1) ahead for good late in the third quarter, flipping a pass to Clayton’s backup, Vince Heflin, who spun away from two Denver defenders and dashed into the end zone to complete a 46-yard scoring play. It gave Miami a 27–23 lead.
The Jets, bruised and disparaged only a few games ago, are suddenly believing their own pep talks. Their confidence grew today with their third straight victory, a 25–20 decision over the Indianapolis Colts. They won despite playing the entire second half with three regulars missing from the secondary. The victory hinged on an old-fashioned goal-line stand in the final quarter. And it featured a star performance by the wide receiver Kurt Sohn, who may soon return to a supporting role because of the development of Al Toon, the No. 1 1985 draft pick, and the expected return of Wesley Walker from injured reserve. Sohn caught eight passes for 112 yards and a touchdown.
Dieter Brock, a 34-year-old first year player, completed 16 of 20 passes for 215 yards and a pair of touchdowns as Los Angeles stopped Atlanta, 17–6. Brock, signed by the Rams after 11 seasons in the Canadian Football League, put the Rams (4–0) ahead to stay when he and Henry Ellard hooked up on a 64-yard touchdown play to make it 7-3 in the second quarter. The Rams relied on their passing game after the running back Eric Dickerson went out in the first half because the hamstring muscle in his left leg had tightened up. The Falcons (0–4) played the second half with Dave Archer at quarterback after Steve Bartkowski was benched.
Danny White threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Fred Cornwell with 1 minute 47 seconds to play to give Dallas a 17–10 victory. The Cowboys got the ball at their own 25 with 2:14 left in the game and Tony Dorsett ran 21 yards, White hit James Jones for 22 yards and Dorsett ran 31 yards on successive plays to give the Cowboys a first down at the Oiler 1. In addition to losing 82 yards on 12 sacks, Moon also was intercepted four times. Dallas (3–1) took a 7–0 halftime lead on the strength of White’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Timmy Newsome. Dallas extended its lead to 10–0 in the third quarter when Rafael Septien, who missed four attempts, kicked a 36-yard field goal. The Oilers (1–3) rallied in the third quarter on Moon’s 57-yard touchdown bomb to Drew Hill and a Tony Zendejas 33-yard field goal.
The Giants struck a blow today for the argument that defense wins football games. But their 16–10 overtime victory made an even stronger case for the notion that good fortune wins games. “We fumbled on the goal line, a center messed up a snap, we self-destruct in our own end zone. . .yeah, it was luck. The whole game was a wash,” said Coach Bill Parcells. And, in perhaps the best explanation for the Giants’ victory, Parcells said: “We made some bad plays. They came back and did the same thing.” With 3 minutes 2 seconds left in regulation, the Giants seemed to kiss away an almost certain victory when Herman Edwards picked off a deflected Phil Simms pass inside the Giant 5-yard line and raced home for a touchdown. The extra point tied the game at 10–10. But the Giants’ despair turned to joy a little while later when the Eagles’ Paul McFadden missed a 43-yard field goal with 32 seconds left in regulation time. Their joy became euphoria on the third play of overtime when Elvis Patterson, the Giants’ left cornerback, intercepted a Ron Jaworski pass and ran 29 yards for the winning touchdown.
The Raiders downed the Patriots, 35–20. Lyle Alzado scored on a fumble recovery in the end zone and Lester Hayes and Sam Seale returned interceptions for touchdowns as Los Angeles’ defense made up for a sputtering offense. The Raiders broke a two-game losing streak despite playing nearly half the game with their third-string quarterback, the rookie Rusty Hilger. Jim Plunkett missed the game with a shoulder injury and Marc Wilson hurt his right ankle in the third quarter. Trailing 20–14 at halftime, the Raiders (2–2) took the lead for good on Alzado’s fumble recovery with 1:49 left in the third period. The Patriots (2–2) had a first down at their 11-yard line when Craig James was stripped of the ball by the linebacker Brad Van Pelt. Rod Martin picked the ball up and then fumbled it into the end zone, where Alzado, a defensive end, pounced on it.
Mark Nichols, the Detroit wide receiver had not caught a pass all season, caught two for touchdowns as the Lions beat Tampa Bay, 30–9. Nichols finished with six catches for 54 yards, including scoring passes of 4 and 9 yards from Eric Hipple. James Wilder, who led the league in rushing coming into the game, turned in his sixth consecutive 100-yard game for the Buccaneers (0–4). Wilder finished with 104 yards on 27 carries and caught 7 passes for another 57 yards.
Dave Wilson, working behind a patched-up line, threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Eugene Goodlow early in the fourth quarter to give New Orleans an upset victory over the 49ers, 20–17. The Saints’ defense sacked Joe Montana six times and intercepted him twice. A 79-yard San Francisco drive, ending with Roger Craig’s 2-yard touchdown run, gave the 49ers (2–2) a 17–13 lead two minutes into the fourth period. But three minutes later, the Saints (2–2) got the ball and scored on a three-play, 83-yard drive.
Willie Gault’s 99-yard kickoff return triggered a 31-point second quarter today as the undefeated Chicago Bears went on to rout the Washington Redskins, 45–10, for their fourth straight triumph. Jim McMahon threw touchdown passes of 14 yards to Dennis McKinnon and 10 yards to Emery Moorehead and he also caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Walter Payton during the second-quarter flurry. Kevin Butler added a 28-yard field goal with four seconds left in the half to give the Bears their biggest single quarter of scoring in the club’s history and a 31–10 halftime lead. The Redskins, who dropped to 1–3, never recovered and the Bears put the game out of reach early in the third quarter when McMahon hit Payton with a 33-yard touchdown pass. Washington had dominated play in the first quarter and had taken a 10–0 lead on the running of John Riggins and George Rogers and some short passes by Joe Theismann. But they lost their punter, Jeff Hayes, who was injured on Gault’s kickoff return and poor punts by Theismann and Jay Schroeder led to two of Chicago’s touchdowns in the second quarter.
Leonard Smith set up 10 second-quarter points with a blocked punt and an interception, and Neil Lomax passed for three touchdowns to help St. Louis roll past Green Bay, 43–28. After a scoreless opening period, the Cardinals got 26 points in just under 18 minutes extending into the second half. The Cardinals, while improving their record to 3–1, dropped Green Bay to 1–3 despite Jesse Clark’s 80-yard run for the Packers, the longest ever by a St. Louis opponent, and Lynn Dickey’s three scoring passes in relief of Randy Wright. Smith, the Cards’ strong safety, broke through to bat down Joe Prokop’s punt from Green Bay’s 24 with St. Louis leading 9–0 in the second quarter. Ottis Anderson banged 1 yard to score three plays afterward. Moments later, Smith grabbed a deflected a pass by Wright, who was making his first start at quarterback for the Packers, and raced 67 yards to set up the first of Neil O’Donoghue’s two field goals to give the Cardinals a 19–0 lead at halftime.
The Browns beat the Chargers, 21–7. Kevin Mack ran for one score and caught one of Gary Danielson’s two touchdown passes to lead Cleveland past San Diego, which lost Dan Fouts to a knee injury. With the game tied 7–7 at the half, Cleveland (2–2) scored its go-ahead touchdown on an 11-yard pass from Danielson to running back Earnest Byner with 6:55 remaining in the third period. Two plays earlier Danielson completed a 48-yard pass to the wide receiver Clarence Weathers to put the ball at the Charger 13. The Browns added an insurance score with 2:34 gone in the final period on Mack’s second touchdown, a 10-yard pass from Danielson. Mack had 16 carries for 130 yards. The Chargers (2–2) scored on their first possession with Fouts rifling a 54-yard scoring strike to Jesse Bendross. Fouts then injured his right knee midway through the period and the Chargers never scored again.
Bill Kenney threw two touchdown passes to Stephone Paige, and Deron Cherry intercepted four Seattle passes to lead Kansas City to a 28–7 rout of the Seahawks. Paige, getting a rare start in place of the injured Carlos Carson, caught scoring passes of 34 yards in the first quarter and 8 yards in the third quarter. Kenney also rushed 1 yard for a touchdown and Herman Heard ran 2 yards for another score. Cherry led a spirited defensive effort by Kansas City (3–1) that produced seven Seattle turnovers, including four interceptions of the A.F.C.’s top-rated quarterback, Dave Krieg. Seattle (2–2) finally broke Kansas City’s shutout on a 35-yard pass from Krieg to Daryl Turner in the closing minutes of the third quarter.
A 22-yard touchdown run by Ted Brown with just under three minutes to play gave Minnesota a 27–20 victory at Buffalo. Tommy Kramer threw three touchdown passes for the Vikings, including one to Brown, but Minnesota (3–1) squandered a 17-point halftime lead. Greg Bell had his best day of the season for the 0–4 Bills, rushing 24 times for 92 yards and one touchdown. Vince Ferragamo snuck in from the 1-yard line for Buffalo’s other touchdown. Scott Norwood kicked two field goals for the Bills. The Vikings dominated in the first half, with Kramer throwing touchdown passes to Leo Lewis and Anthony Carter. The Bills, however, got 1-yard touchdown plunges in the second half from Bell and Ferragamo to tie the game at 20–20.
Miami Dolphins 30, Denver Broncos 26
Indianapolis Colts 20, New York Jets 25
Atlanta Falcons 6, Los Angeles Rams 17
Dallas Cowboys 17, Houston Oilers 10
New York Giants 16, Philadelphia Eagles 10
Los Angeles Raiders 35, New England Patriots 20
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9, Detroit Lions 30
New Orleans Saints 20, San Francisco 49ers 17
Washington Redskins 10, Chicago Bears 45
Green Bay Packers 28, St. Louis Cardinals 43
Cleveland Browns 21, San Diego Chargers 7
Seattle Seahawks 7, Kansas City Chiefs 28
Minnesota Vikings 27, Buffalo Bills 20
Born:
Calvin Johnson (“Megatron”), NFL wide receiver (Pro Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2021; Pro Bowl, 2010-2015; Detroit Lions), in Tyrone, Georgia.
A’Quonesia Franklin, WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs, Seattle Storm), in Tyler, Texas.
Candice LeRae, American professional wrestler (WWE), in Riverside, California
Died:
Benjamin Markarian, 71, Armenian astrophysicist (Markarian galaxies).
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