Italian Communist Party officials said that they would not press for immediate inclusion in a new government in return for a more formal role in formulating policy with the Christian Democrats. A senior party official said in an interview that the Communists had not given up on their long‐range goal of joining with the Christian Democrats and other parties in a coalition Cabinet. During the election campaign, the Communists had stressed the need for a government of “national unity” embracing all parties except the neo-Fascists. It was clear from the comments today that the Communist Party was prepared to settle for less at present. “Our policy is not all or nothing,” said the senior party official. “The key thing is to try to work together and give Italy a chance to work out its economic problems and stabilize. The minimum is working with the Christian Democrats on a program to do all these things and more.”
French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing and British Prime Minister James Callaghan announced that they would meet alternately in France and in Britain once a year to discuss international problems. A joint declaration said the meetings would focus on problems of common interest, particularly those involving the Common Market. The declaration was issued at the end of talks in Britain, which began four days ago.
The official Moscow weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta renewed charges that three resident American correspondents have links with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and described them as a “holy trinity” pursuing James Bond-like activities. All three — Christopher S. Wren of the New York Times, George Krimsky of Associated Press and Alfred Friendly Jr. of Newsweek — denied the accusations after the charges were leveled at them previously. The current article was in reply to a protest by 14 other U.S. reporters about the initial charges.
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Prime Minister John Vorster of South Africa opened talks today on the situation in southern Africa, but apparently reached no agreement. Following two hours with Mr. Vorster alone and two hours in a larger group, Mr. Kissinger said, “We laid out the whole situation with respect to southern Africa and so did the Prime Minister and we indicated the direction which we think things should move and we’ll meet again tomorrow.” He said it was “a very, very businesslike, constructive meeting, but obviously no conclusions could be reached.”
Maoists and neo‐Nazis ventured deep into the Bohemian Forest today to greet Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Prime Minister John Vorster of South Africa and agreed on one matter: They disliked Mr. Kissinger. “Seller‐out of the free world,” proclaimed the poster held aloft by an elderly man who wore the stained leather shorts of this backwoods region. He was in a group from the National Democratic Party, which shelters the few Germans who confess to nostalgia for Nazism. A large group consisted of younger people who represented the Communist Party of Germany. They stood outside the Sonnenhof Hotel in this summer resort near the Czechoslovak border, where Mr. Kissinger and Mr. Vorster conferred today, and shouted, “Kissinger and Vorster, get out of Germany.”
Ugandan Princess Elizabeth Bagaya accepted an apology and an undisclosed sum in damages from a British newspaper that said that she had had sexual intercourse in a public lavatory at Orly Airport in Paris. The 34-year-old princess, former foreign minister of Uganda, had sued the London Daily Express for libel. Other papers also carried the story in 1974, but, although the Express published her repudiation, the paper repeated the accusation in 1975.
An Israeli armored personnel carrier was parked outside a restaurant in Nablus on the West Bank of the Jordan today, its machine gun untended and its heavy steel door open to the sun. On the restaurant terrace, three Israeli soldiers in combat gear were eating roasted corn on the cob and bantering cheerfully with an Arab waiter about the price of a small bottle of arak. The scene could not have been more peaceful. Yet just month ago, this volatile city was the wellspring of violent anti‐Israel rioting that spread throughout the occupied West Bank and took the lives of nine Arab demonstrators. The area has been largely quiet since then. Except for a few scattered protest demonstrations on June 5, the anniversary of the start of the 1967 war, most West Bank residents have gone back to their daily lives. Even the new radical mayors and town council members elected April 12 have so far devoted themselves to municipal matters rather than fomenting trouble, as many had feared. The calm may prove to be short‐lived, however. Two days of interviewing here and elsewhere on the West Bank suggest that the root causes of the disturbances are still there, unaffected by either the riots or anything that has happened since.
The United States is pulling its military advisers out of the Nationalist Chinese islands of Quemoy and Matsu — two small islands off the China mainland that once were a source of armed tensions between the United States and China — according to State Department sources. The sources added that although there had been concern about the possible impact of the troop cutbacks, the government was proceeding as part of a 1972 U.S. promise to China to end the U.S. military presence in Taiwan.
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser of Australia has told China that the has serious doubts about the ability of the United States to counter growing Soviet power because of disagreements between President Ford and Congress. Mr. Fraser linked his concern about the United States to Soviet involvement in Angola, where pro‐Western forces fighting against the Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola were denied aid by the United States Congress. The Popular Movement triumphed and now govern the country. The Prime Minister said that he believed the conflict between Congress and the President on foreign policy had — materially contributed to Soviet intervention in Angola and their belief that there would not be a reaction from the United States.”
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau appealed to Canadian pilots and air traffic controllers to end their shutdown of air service because it was having a serious economic impact on Canada. The 2,800-member Canadian Airline Pilots Association and the 2,200-member Canadian Air Traffic Control Association have staged rotating strikes this week protesting federal government proposals to extend the use of the French language to air-ground communication at major Montreal airports. Trudeau said the government would not expand the speaking of French in flight control from seven small Quebec province airports until a commission of inquiry establishes the effects on safety.
The oil barge NEPCO 140 spilled 250,000 U.S. gallons (almost 950,000 liters) of fuel oil into the St. Lawrence Seaway after running aground near Alexandria Bay, New York and rupturing three of its 16 storage tanks.
CN Tower, world’s tallest free-standing structure (555 m/1,815.3 ft), built by Canadian National Railway, opens in downtown Toronto, Ontario (surpassed in 2007)
A plot to seize three foreign consulates in protest against next week’s economic summit conference in Puerto Rico was frustrated by police in San Juan. Police Supt. Astol Calero said far left-wing groups advocating Puerto Rico’s independence from the United States planned to take over the British, West German and Japanese consulates. Earlier, the United States had retracted an order that would have banned the Puerto Rican flag and national anthem from Sunday welcoming ceremonies for the summit.
Argentina’s military rulers stripped former President Maria Estela Peron and 35 officials and labor leaders of the ousted Peronist government of their political rights-preventing them from voting, running for public office or serving in official capacities. The three-man junta that seized power in March also ordered that Mrs. Peron and the others be interned in different areas of the country.
Angola’s application for membership in the United Nations was vetoed by the United States on the ground that the west African nation failed to meet the requirements of independence while thousands of Cuban troops remained on its soil. The United States delegate said in the Security Council that there was no justification for such a foreign force in a truly independent state.
Jimmy Carter, who will probably be the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, told the Foreign Policy Association that his administration would encourage a more active participation by other democracies in the resolution of international problems. The former Georgia Governor criticized the Ford administration’s foreign policies as being “secretive” and “amoral.”
[Ed: This stupidity will produce bleeding wounds in Iran and Nicaragua that will trouble America long after Jimmy’s tenure.]
Democratic members of the House of Representatives passed the bulk of reform proposals that would substantially change the chamber’s administrative operations after hours of debate. In a night session, the Democratic Caucus approved a series of leadership-sponsored proposals intended to prevent future abuses. House Democrats approved a package of payroll and expense account reforms that members openly called essential to keep the current sex scandal and other alleged abuses from hurting their reelection campaigns. The overhaul, including monthly accounting of every House employee’s job, elimination of some expense accounts and public disclosure of others, was approved by voice vote. Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. (D-New Jersey), who earlier was elected to succeed Rep. Wayne L. Hays (D-Ohio) as chairman of the Administration Committee, said he would hold a meeting today to implement most of the revisions without further House action.
In its last report, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency had failed to fulfill their obligations in investigating the death of President Kennedy. While concluding that there was no new evidence to justify a conclusion of conspiracy, the report called for a new investigation by the new Senate intelligence committee. The report is the fifth and last issued by the select committee, which was set up to study governmental intelligence activities. Previous reports dealt with plots against lives of foreign leaders, covert operations and the history of the C.I.A. The 106‐page document dealt entirely with the performance of the Federal Government’s intelligence agencies, domestic and foreign, with regard to the investigation of the Kennedy assassination. It said that the C.I.A. leadership had ignored the possibility of a connection between its own assassination attempts against Prime Minister Fidel Castro of Cuba and the murder of President Kennedy. Further, it accused the C.I.A. of having deceived the investigatory commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren about its knowledge of facts relating to the assassination.
A Department of Justice investigation into illegal burglaries committed in the last five years by the Federal Bureau of Investigation could ultimately involve hundreds of the bureau’s agents, according to sources close to the inquiry. The investigation has already prompted a dozen agents, including an assistant director of the bureau, to seek private counsel.
The Navy and the Air Force say they aim at building a personnel force with a black population proportionate to the total U.S. black population of military age. The two services say they have set percentage objectives for recruitment of blacks but deny imposing ceilings. The Army says, “We will accept any qualified enlistee, regardless of race.” But it also says it has set percentage goals to assure “equitable distribution of blacks in all career fields.” Only the Marine Corps replied with a flat “no” when asked if it had any numerical objectives for black recruitment. But the corps also said it was against Marine policy to discriminate against blacks. Ever since the armed forces shifted to an all-volunteer basis there have been allegations that the services have tried to hold down the number of blacks.
Senator James Abourezk (D-South Dakota) sharply criticized the FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs for circulating what he called an erroneous report that his son was storing guns for use by militant Indians. The FBI admitted Tuesday it was investigating an unsubstantiated report from an informer that Charles Abourezk, 22, was storing guns in his house on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota for use in July 4 violence. “I think it’s a damned outrageous practice-that these unfounded, unverified reports are given such widespread distribution,” the senator said. Charles Abourezk lives on the reservation and attends a community college at Wamblee.
U.S. and Canadian emergency teams fought to contain a major oil spill that interrupted shipping traffic on the busy St. Lawrence Seaway and threatened the scenic wildlife and resort area of Thousand Islands Park, New York. About 250,000 gallons of the 6 million gallons aboard a New England Petroleum Co. barge spilled into a 10-mile area after the barge ran into a fog-shrouded shoal, Coast Guard officials said. The leakage from three ruptured tanks of the barge’s 16 was almost stopped but the potential for further leakage existed. The spill was 20 miles downriver from Lake Ontario. Booms were placed near the listing barge, around the beaches and near wildlife areas.
A federal judge in Washington refused to accept the guilty plea of a former congressional aide who admitted defrauding the government of more than $32,000 and referred the case to a grand jury. U.S. District Judge William B. Jones said there were discrepancies in statements made by MIchael McPherson, an aide to Rep. William Clay (D-Missouri), when he first entered the plea and statements in documents he submitted later to the court. McPherson admitted receiving 22 checks issued to Loretta Sanderson, listed on Clay’s payroll from December, 1972, to October, 1974, and depositing them for his use. At the time, Miss Sanderson was employed as a teacher by the Los Angeles school system and did not endorse the checks.
A striking Massachusetts public employees union was ordered to pay a $200,000 a day fine if a three-day illegal statewide strike was not ended by 6 AM today. Judge Thomas Morse also ruled in Boston that union leaders Howard V. Doyle and Paul F. Quirk must pay a $5,000 daily fine beginning at the same time if they do not order the strike ended. The walkout, which has disrupted a wide range of services from hospitals to welfare, is illegal under state law. About 20,000 of 65,000 state employees are on strike for higher wages.
Two men who have been questioned by federal officials in the disappearance of James Hoffa were indicted with two other men for the kidnapping and murder of a New Jersey Teamster Union official in 1961. Federal officials said the indictments of the officials, Anthony Provenzano and Salvatore Briguglio, were not connected with Mr. Hoffa’s disappearance.
A barge carrying seven million gallons of fuel oil ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, spilling 250,000 gallons of oil and forcing a temporary closing of the waterway. The barge was towed for another seven miles by its tug before anchoring so that the Coast Guard could place booms around it to contain the leaking oil.
American mob leader Anthony Provenzano, nicknamed “Tony Pro”, was indicted in the Ulster County Court in Kingston, New York, on state charges of conspiracy and murder for the death (in 1961) of Teamsters official Anthony Castellito on June 4, 1961 Provenzano, already under indictment on federal charges of racketeering, would be convicted of the murder charge on June 14, 1978, and sentenced to life in prison.
Investigators for the Labor Department have found that the Teamster’s union’s Central States Pension Fund has several hundreds of million dollars in funds that are unaccounted for, and sources close to the investigation said the department was considering placing the fund in the hands of federal trustees. In addition, indictments may be sought against some of the 16 present trustees of the pension fund.
The National Institutes of Health released guidelines to govern research in the revolutionary and potentially hazardous field of genetics. The research has been called one of the most exciting frontiers of biological science, but some of it is deemed so potentially dangerous to public health that scientists have adopted moratoriums on some experiments.
A number of Long Island public officials began blaming New York City as the major source of the sewage that has washed up on their beaches recently. Meanwhile, a few Suffolk County beaches reopened, while others in both Nassau and Suffolk were cleaned in anticipation of reopening for the weekend.
American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (34) divorces 2nd wife Diane Clatworthy (28), after 6 ½ years of marriage.
Major League Baseball:
The Dodgers trade pitcher Mike Marshall to the Braves for pitcher Elias Sosa and infielder Lee Lacy.
Andy Messersmith turned in his fifth straight complete-game victory and Phil Niekro followed with a shutout as the Braves beat the Expos in a twi-night doubleheader, 5–2 and 3–0. Jerry Royster batted in the Braves’ first two runs in the lidlifter with a pair of singles and Messersmith helped himself by driving in two more with a bases-loaded single in the sixth. Niekro allowed only four hits in the nightcap while posting his first shutout of the season. Rowland Office hit safely in both ends of the twin-bill, extending his batting streak to 29 games.
With the Orioles on the brink of defeat, Bobby Grich hit a two-out, two-run homer in the 10th inning to beat the Red Sox, 3–2. The Orioles scored their initial run in the first on a single by Paul Blair, a sacrifice and double by Reggie Jackson. Jim Rice homered for the Red Sox in the second and then put them ahead again with another circuit clout in the 10th. However in the Orioles’ half, Tony Muser batted for Paul Blair and singled before Grich smashed his winning homer.
Mike Norris gained his first victory since being recalled from Tucson (Pacific Coast) when the Athletics defeated the Angels, 8–2. Don Baylor singled and Sal Bando homered in the first inning to provide Norris with an early lead. Bert Campaneris had a perfect night for the A’s with 4-for-4 and also drove in two runs.
Although Willie Stargell and Richie Zisk hit homers for the Pirates, a throwing error by Bob Moose in the ninth inning enabled the Cubs to emerge with a 6–5 victory in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was stopped by darkness after four innings with the Pirates leading, 2–0, and will be replayed in its entirety at a later date. The Pirates made five errors in the completed game, but the fatal one occurred in the ninth. Joe Wallis singled and stopped at second on a single by Jose Cardenal. Bill Madlock forced Wallis at third. Jerry Morales then grounded to Bob Moose, who threw wildly to second, allowing Cardenal to score.
A throwing error by Pete Rose with two out in the ninth inning enabled the Phillies to score twice and defeat the Reds, 4–2, George Foster homered for the Reds and Mike Schmidt for the Phillies to effect a 2–2 tie before Dick Allen opened the ninth with a double. After advancing to third on an infield out by Jay Johnstone, Allen held up when Garry Maddox lofted a short fly for the second out. Following an intentional pass to Ollie Brown, Bob Boone grounded to Rose, who made a wild throw to first, allowing Allen to score. Dave Cash then added an insurance run with a single to drive in Brown.
Rick Rhoden decided his own pitching duel with J.R. Richard by scoring the Dodgers’ run in a 1–0 victory over the Astros. Neither club managed a hit until Rhoden singled in the sixth inning. Bill Buckner followed with a double, sending Rhoden to third and putting the Dodger hurler in position to score on a sacrifice fly by Ted Sizemore.
George Scott, Sixto Lezcano and Robin Yount batted in two runs apiece to lead the Brewers to a 9–5 victory over the Tigers. Scott drove in his runs with a homer and single. Lezcano accounted for a pair with a double and Yount hit two singles to account for his RBIs.
A homer by Jack Brohamer and triple by Jorge Orta accounted for a 4–3 victory in the first game before the White Sox also won the second game of a doubleheader with the Twins, 9–5. The White Sox put together four walks and a single by Brian Downing for two runs in the first inning of the lidlifter and added their other pair in the fourth when Brohamer homered and Orta drove in Chet Lemon with his triple. In the nightcap, Jim Essian and Brohamer each batted in two runs with a double and Orta homered with a man on base, hitting safely in his ninth straight game.
Used primarily in relief, Don Hood made only his fourth start of the year and gained his first victory since April 14 when the Indians defeated the Yankees, 4–1. The Indians tagged Ken Holtzman for two runs in the first inning on a single by Rick Manning, triple by Larvell Blanks and single by George Hendrick. The other pair was driven home with a single by Charlie Spikes in the fourth.
Despite being outhit in both games, the Giants sweep a pair from the Padres, winning 7–6 and 8–7. Darrell Evans homers in each game, with his game 2 homer a grand slam. Evans walked and scored in the first game, counted again after his triple when Marc Hill hit a sacrifice fly and then whacked his homer with a man on base in the eighth to provide the Giants’ decisive blow. Gary Thomasson earlier had a three-run homer for the Giants in the second inning. In the second game, the Giants resumed their slugging with a three-run blast by Bobby Murcer in the first inning. Dave Tomlin, making his first major league start for the Padres, was knocked out in the third when the Giants added five runs. Rich Folkers, relieving Tomlin, was on the mound when Evans hit his grand slam. The Padres collect 31 hits to the Giants 17 on the night — but leave 12 men on base in each game.
Snapping an 0-for-23 slump, Jerry Grote smashed a homer in the ninth inning to make a winner out of Tom Seaver as the Mets defeated the Cardinals, 5–4. The Cardinals stepped off with three runs in the first inning, but the Mets took a 4–3 lead in the third with the aid of a homer by Del Unser before Joe Ferguson tied the score in the sixth with his first circuit clout for the Cardinals since being obtained from the Dodgers.
Superb relief pitching by Steve Foucault, who allowed only two hits in 4 ⅓ scoreless innings, enabled the Rangers to defeat the Royals, 7–5. Toby Harrah hit a three-run homer for the Rangers in the first, but the Royals tied the score at 5–5 before Foucault appeared on the scene in the fifth. Then in the sixth, the Rangers put over their winning pair on singles by Mike Hargrove and Harrah, a run-scoring wild pitch by Dennis Leonard and infield out by Tom Grieve.
Montreal Expos 2, Atlanta Braves 5
Montreal Expos 0, Atlanta Braves 3
Boston Red Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 3
Oakland Athletics 8, California Angels 2
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 6
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cincinnati Reds 2
Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Houston Astros 0
Detroit Tigers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 9
Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Chicago White Sox 9, Minnesota Twins 5
Cleveland Indians 4, New York Yankees 1
San Diego Padres 6, San Francisco Giants 7
San Diego Padres 7, San Francisco Giants 8
New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Kansas City Royals 5, Texas Rangers 7
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 996.56 (-1.07, -0.11%)
Born:
Brandon Stokley, NFL wide receiver (NFL champions, Super Bowl 35-Ravens, 2000; Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks, New York Giants), in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Reggie Nelson, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars), in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Paola Suarez, Argentinian tennis star (1995 Futures-Buenos Aires), in Pergamino, Argentina.
Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress (“CSI:NY”; “Lost Girl”), in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Joe Becker, American rock guitarist and composer, in Chicago, Illinois.
Died:
Lon Warneke, 67, American baseball pitcher with the best ERA in 1932.
Dehart Hubbard, 72, American athlete (Olympic gold medal, long jump, 1924; first African American to win individual event)
Imogen Cunningham, 93, award-winning American photographer (1965 ASMP award).
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