The United States made it clear today that it wanted a broad debate of hijacking and terrorism when the Security Council takes up African charges that Israel committed “wanton aggression” by its air rescue of hostages from Entebbe Airport in Uganda. The debate was put off until Friday to await the arrival here of Uganda’s Foreign Minister, Juma Oris, to lead his country’s delegation. William W. Scranton, the chief United States delegate, conferred privately with Piero Vinci of Italy, the Council’s President for July, and then said that the United States “feels strongly” that the agenda for the coming meeting ‘should be interpreted in a wide scope.” The African request for an urgent meeting of the Council was made yesterday. The 47-nation African bloc here condemned Israel for raiding the Uganda airport around midnight Saturday night to rescue more than 100 hostages held there by pro‐Palestinian hijackers, who had seized an Air France plane over Greece on June 27.
The U.S. and Soviet delegations held the longest session yet of the strategic arms limitation talks in Geneva. The two sides met for three hours and 25 minutes at the U.S. mission before deciding to recess on July 30 until September 21, conference sources said. The latest round of talks aimed at limiting the superpowers’ nuclear arsenals began June 4.
A State Department spokesman said in Washington that in recent months the Soviet Union had sharply reduced the level of microwave radiation beamed at the American Embassy in Moscow. He nonetheless rebuked the Russians for continuing the waves even at the current insignificant level, and said that they thus showed a lack of concern for the living and working conditions of Americans.
The Soviet Union today called on its East European partners to further tighten economic links by setting common production goals for the 1980’s. Prime Minister Aleksei N. Kosygin, addressing an economic conference here, said it was especially important for the Soviet bloc to work out “long‐term goal programs” in key industrial sectors. The Soviet leader’s proposal appeared to mark a new departure for the Soviet bloc’s Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, or Comecon, which up to now has coordinated the national plans of member countries but has avoided setting international economic targets. A Soviet plan to establish, joint planning in Comecon foundered under the opposition of Rumania in the early 1960’s and Mr. Kosygin avoided using the word today.
German left-wing women terrorists Monika Berberich, Gabriella Rollnick, Juliane Plambeck and Inge Viett escaped from the Lehrter Straße maximum security prison in West Berlin. The four women convicted or accused of terrorism escaped from the West Berlin prison early today by overpowering two guards, climbing onto a roof and hanging by window bars to reach the top of the outside wall, city officials said.
The Portuguese Communist Party said the Portuguese people would oppose and resist the Socialist minority government expected to be formed later this month. The position was contained in a 29-page document published by the party’s Central Committee, which also said such a government was bound to pursue policies harmful to the working people.
Spain had a new Government tonight committed to preparing for legislative elections and party democracy over the next few months. A Cabinet of relatively young, reform‐minded officials of the old Franco system, conservative Christian democrats and persons considered liberal under the old regime was announced by Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez Gonzales after four days of negotiation that included attempts to attract members of moderate opposition parties. The attempts failed, and what was officially described as “a Cabinet of independents” without strong party attachments will attempt to revive the stalled reform program until elections scheduled for early next year.
David Steel became the new leader of the UK’s Liberal Party in the aftermath of the scandal which forced out Jeremy Thorpe. Steel, 38, was elected leader of Britain’s small Liberal Party to succeed Thorpe, whose resignation over charges of homosexual involvement with a former male model had plunged the party into turmoil. Steel has been the party’s parliamentary floor leader and more recently its principal foreign policy spokesman. The Liberals constitute Britain’s third largest party with only 13 seats in the 635-seat House of Commons.
The French government dismissed Rear Admiral Antoine Sanguinetti from the navy for publicly challenging French defense policy. The forced retirement of Admiral Sanguinetti, brother of prominent Gaullist politician Alexandre Sanguinetti, was ordered by President Valery Giscard d’Estaing.
Palestinian and Lebanese leftist forces yielded ground today in heavy fighting in northern Lebanon. Spokesmen for their joint command said their troops, which had begun an offensive into Christian — held northern areas in retaliation for Christian attacks against the Tell Zaatar Palestinian camp in Beirut, had been pushed back about three miles. But they said the Palestinians and their allies still held the Christian town of Chekka, whose fall they had reported two days ago, and also the nearby town of Amyun. The Christian Phalangist Party radio disputed this, saying rightist militiamen were in full control of Chelda and had raised their flag in Amyun, about four miles away.
A meeting of Arab foreign ministers was called for by Mahmoud Riad, the head of a three-member commission originally delegated to work out a cease-fire in Lebanon. The meeting was scheduled for Monday in Cairo. Riad said the ministers will hear a progress report on the commission’s effort to end the 15month-old Lebanese civil war. A cease-fire arranged by the commission failed to materialize last weekend. On Sunday, the group brought together opposing factions for talks, but subsequent meetings were scrapped because of continued fighting.
A correspondent visiting Lhasa from Peking reports that in the former holy city of Tibet, Peking-style maxims in Chinese and Tibetan have replaced the traditional mantras painted on walls and rocks. Modern Lhasa is like other towns of frontier China, with wide streets, new low buildings, industries, and department stores stocking sensible and enjoyable goods. The Jorkang, a temple dating from the seventh century and a focus of Buddhist pilgrimage, is now little more than a splendid museum.
Charges of police brutality were leveled in South Korea by members of the Seoul Metropolitan Community Organization after the release of the last three of 12 members held by officials for six weeks. Police punched and threatened Christian ministers and lay workers when they refused to say their church group was Communist-influenced, those arrested said. Police gave no explanation for the original arrests or their release.
Nearly 6,000 people were buried in landslides triggered by an earthquake in Indonesia’s West Irian province on the island of New Guinea, authorities said. West Irian’s governor said some villages in the Baliem Valley were smothered under 90 feet of mud and rocks in the June 26 quake that measured 7.2 on the Richter scale. Delayed reports reaching Jakarta did not say if rescuers had managed to free some of the landslide victims.
South African authorities announced plans to expand to black townships outside Pretoria in a move designed to clear the capital of blacks at night. The multimillion dollar project would include huge hostels for 26.000 black workers at the riottorn townships of Mabopane and Mamelodi to provide accommodations for all black workers who are not involved in service industries, such as hotels and hospitals. Construction is scheduled to begin next April.
Queen Elizabeth II was received at the White House with top-grade honors, looking cool despite Washington’s sultry heat. The state dinner at the White House was televised live, the first time this had been done. Earlier, the Queen, Prince Philip and the Fords had a private lunch in the family dining room. Queen Elizabeth II came to Washington today for a 48-hour marathon of ceremony and festivity, punctuated with 21-gun salutes, that included a state dinner at the White House, honor‐guard reviewing, wreath‐laying, monument‐visiting and a lot of tiny waves of a white‐gloved hand. The Queen, who flew here this morning from Philadelphia in a VC‐10 of the Royal Air Force, was given the top‐grade White House formal welcome.
In the morning, before the Queen’s long black limousine pulled up at the south portico of the White House, on time to the minute, State Department aides had thoughtfully distributed tiny American and British flags to the crowd, which was larger than usual for such events. As the welcoming fanfare of “Rule Britannia” died away, the Queen emerged from the car to be greeted by the President and Mrs. Ford. The two national anthems were played — the Queen’s first — and there was a 21‐gun salute. By the time that ended, General George S. Brown. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — four minutes late — had scurried to his appointed place next to Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and his wife.
Daniel P. Moynihan urged the United States yesterday to join with other industrial nations in combating international terrorism. Asking immediate action. Mr. Moynihan, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for United States Senator from New York, said the recent hijacking of an Air France jet and the events surrounding it marked “the onset of new and ominous developments” in terrorism. The plane was hijacked to Entebbe Airport in Uganda. where many of the hostages were released and the rest, mostly Israelis, were rescued by Israeli commandos. Three hostages were killed in the raid.
Authoritative government sources in Washington said that the likelihood of delay in the scheduled July 1977 startup of the Alaska oil pipeline has increased because of problems with the pipeline company’s records of quality-control radiographs of its welds. At the same time Interior Secretary Thomas Kleppe has advised President Ford that the pipeline service company expects no consequential delay.
President Ford appears to have a dozen or more “hidden” supporters among nominally uncommitted New York State delegates to the Republican National Convention. A New York Times canvass showed a behind-the-scenes shift toward the President in a contest in which even half a dozen delegates could be crucial. Their chief reasons for shifting to Mr. Ford appear to be his incumbency and the belief that, at least in New York, he would be a stronger candidate than Ronald Reagan.
119 women joined the Corps of Cadets, establishing the first class of women in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA; succeeded by E Henry Knoche.
The U.S. Postal Service announced costs of special delivery mail, money orders and several other services would be increased on July 18. Special delivery stamps will go from 80 cents to $1.25 and the minimum money order charge from 30 cents to 50 cents. Registered mail will cost a minimum of $2.10, up from $1.25, and certified mail will be 60 cents instead of 40 cents. A spokesman said the increases won’t produce much additional revenue, compared to the $12.5 billion budget, but would bring charges more closely in line with handling costs.
The deaths of 38 wild mustangs on Dugway Army Proving Ground in Utah were not caused by past or present nerve or biological warfare experiments at the base, said its commander, Colonel James Templeton Jr. But neither he nor horse experts had any idea what killed the animals, found dead or dying earlier this week near a spring in the Cedar Mountains about 17 miles northwest of Dugway headquarters. There have been no open air tests of toxic agents at the base since 1969, when they were banned following the deaths of 4,900 sheep in March, 1968, on the opposite side of the Cedar Mountains. The Army never admitted it was responsible for the deaths, but it paid the owners.
Inspectors of the Internal Revenue Service are investigating allegations that its employees who reviewed tax matters of the Gulf Oil Corporation regularly accepted gratuities from its representatives. Many employees of the I.R.S. office in Pittsburgh, where Gulf has its headquarters, have undergone questioning, and some are understood to have declined to answer, relying on their constitutional right not to testify against their own records.
San Francisco will stem sewage discharge into San Francisco Bay with the help of nearly $200 million in state and federal grants, according to Mayor George Moscone. City officials predicted that the release of sewage plant expansion funds may cause the state to lift its ban on building in San Francisco by September. The Regional Water Quality Control Board imposed the partial ban on the city last May on grounds that San Francisco had not taken swift enough action to reduce sewage discharge into the bay.
Employees at 33 nonprofit private hospitals in the New York City area went on strike in a dispute tied to the New York state fiscal crisis. Both the League of Voluntary Hospitals and the striking National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees said money needed for contract improvements was cut off by state freezes on Medicaid and Blue Cross reimbursements. After the 40,000 nonmedical employees struck, emergency rooms remained open and supervisory and nonunion personnel cared for 15,000 patients. The union wants binding arbitration on the issue of pay in creases. The hospitals contend the only solution is a “no-cost” contract such as public employees have accepted. Municipal and proprietary hospitals, as well as volunteer hospitals affiliated with the Catholic archdiocese, were not affected.
Two tornadoes whipped through heavily populated areas of northern New Jersey, skirting the Statue of Liberty and 11 tall ships still standing in New York Harbor. A wind squall overturned 30 to 40 sailboats racing on Long Island Sound. None of the seamen was injured and only three minor injuries were reported in New Jersey. The twisters ripped through parts of Bayonne and Jersey City near the Hudson River, damaging buildings, overturning trucks and cars and knocking down utility lines, police said.
Two Soviet sailing ships that took part in bicentennial celebrations at New York said they had been ready to receive New Yorkers aboard their ships, but had been warned against doing so. They left for home without ever docking. The ships had been ready to receive visitors “if local authorities and police guaranteed the safety of our student-sailors,” said Capt. Ivan Schneider of the fourmasted bark Kruzenshtern. “But to our regret the local authorities refused to give such guarantees. That is the main reason,” he said at a news conference before departure. The ships’ crews, however, did visit the city. Sailing with Schneider was Capt. Oleg Vandenko and his threemasted bark Tovarisch.
At a meeting in Monte Carlo of the International Lawn Tennis Federation, the United States Tennis Association did an about-face in deciding against withdrawing from the Davis Cup international tennis competition. Britain and France, which in sympathy with the United States had withdrawn from the Cup for one year on the ground that it had become too political also reversed their decision. The three had cited Mexico’s refusal to play South Africa as the latest example of politics in tennis.
NFL running back Walter Payton (21) weds Connie Norwood in Los Angeles, California.
Major League Baseball:
Only hours after Dick Ruthven (10–8) had been named as the pitching replacement for Andy Messersmith in the All-Star Game, the Pittsburgh Pirates jumped on him for nine hits and eight runs in six innings to defeat the Atlanta Braves, 9–7. The Pirates’ attack included Manny Sanguillen’s first homer of the season.
Breaking loose for three runs in the 10th inning, the White Sox defeated the Red Sox, 6–3. Alan Bannister opened the stanza with a single and was forced by Jorge Orta. Jim Spencer walked. Jim Essian then delivered a single for his third hit of the game, scoring Orta with the tie-breaking tally. On the throw home, the other runners advanced and both then scored insurance markers on a single by Bucky Dent.
With Bobby Bonds driving in both of the Angels’ runs, Nolan Ryan shut out the Indians, 2–0. Bonds homered in the first inning and then doubled in the third to drive in Mario Guerrero, who had reached base with a single.
Rick Reuschel pitched the Cubs’ third straight shutout in a 10–0 romp over the Padres, but the veteran righthander was the first member of the Chicago staff to turn in a whitewashing as a complete-game effort this season. In the Cubs’ two previous shutouts of the Padres, both their starters needed relief help. They also had two other shutouts this year on pitching combinations. Manny Trillo and Steve Swisher hit homers in the Cubs’ trouncing of the Padres. Trillo’s drive came with two men on base.
The Mets ripped into the Astros for 20 hits and gained a 12–4 victory. Mike Phillips and Jerry Grote each had three hits, but John Milner was the most productive batter, driving in three runs with a double and single while hitting safely in his 13th straight game.
Mike Cubbage hit his first homer of the year and it was a big one, coming with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to climax a five-run outburst that clinched the Twins’ 8–2 victory over the Brewers. The homer was the fifth of Cubbage’s major league career and slam was his second. In the eighth, an error led to one of the Twins’ runs before they filled the bases and Cubbage whacked his homer off reliever Bill Castro.
The Reds come back from a 3-run deficit to beat the Expos, 4–3. Cincy scores 3 in the 9th, with 2 scoring on Cesar Geronimo’s triple. Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen both singled ahead of Geronimo’s three-bagger that tied the score. Mike Lum followed with a sacrifice fly, sending Geronimo home with the winning run.
Andy Hassler, who had lost 17 straight games with the Angels, made his first pitching appearance with the Royals and allowed only four hits and one run in 7 ⅔ innings, but reliever Mark Littell received credit for the victory when the Royals beat the Yankees, 2–1. Catfish Hunter drew the defeat on a run in the ninth. Frank White led off with a single, stole second and continued to third when shortstop Mickey Klutts, playing his first major league game, failed to hold the throw from catcher Thurman Munson. Amos Otis then hit a sacrifice fly, scoring White.
The formerly powerful Athletics extended their winning streak to four games, their longest so far this season, by defeating the Orioles, 5–3. Don Baylor drove in the A’s first run with a double in the opening frame. Consecutive singles by Bert Campaneris, Baylor, Joe Rudi, Sal Bando and Gene Tenace added three in the fifth before Bando accounted for the A’s final tally with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
An error by Mike Schmidt, his second of the game, enabled the Dodgers to cap a three-run rally in the seventh inning and defeat the Phillies, 6–5. Steve Yeager drew a walk to open the stanza and scored on a pinch-double by Lee Lacy, knocking out Jim Kaat. Davey Lopes greeted Ron Reed with a single, driving in Lacy. Ron Cey then grounded to Schmidt and when the third baseman threw wildly, Lopes counted what proved to be the Dodgers’ winning run.
A solo homer by Darrell Evans in the ninth inning lifted the Giants to a 3–2 victory over the Cardinals. John Montefusco pitched the first seven innings for the Giants, but then had to leave with a blister on his right index finger. As a result, Gary Lavelle in relief gained the victory, his second in the three-game series with the Cardinals.
Bert Blyleven continued to suffer from a lack of scoring support, but actually beat himself by hitting two batters with pitched balls as the Tigers defeated the Rangers, 2–1. When the Rangers counted in the ninth inning, the run was the first they had scored for Blyleven in the first nine innings of any of his last four starts, although he won two of them, 1–0, in 10 innings. The Tigers picked up both their tallies in the eighth. Dan Meyer singled and Ron LeFlore was safe when Mike Hargrove booted his bunt. Blyleven then hit both Tom Veryzer and Ben Oglivie to force in one run and the deciding tally followed on a sacrifice fly by Rusty Staub.
Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Atlanta Braves 7
Chicago White Sox 6, Boston Red Sox 3
Cleveland Indians 0, California Angels 2
San Diego Padres 0, Chicago Cubs 10
New York Mets 12, Houston Astros 4
Minnesota Twins 8, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Cincinnati Reds 4, Montreal Expos 3
Kansas City Royals 2, New York Yankees 1
Baltimore Orioles 3, Oakland Athletics 5
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5
San Francisco Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Detroit Tigers 2, Texas Rangers 1
The Dow industrials, after trailing by more than 4 points for most of the day, finished at 991.16 with a decline of 0.65 point. The transportation and utility averages edged higher.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 991.16 (-0.65, -0.07%)
Born:
Natasha Collins, English actress whose career was ended by a 2001 auto accident; in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom (d. of drug overdose, 2008).
Bérénice Bejo, Argentine-born French film actress and César Award-winner for The Artist; in Buenos Aires.
Hamish Linklater, American TV actor and comedian (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”); in New York City.
Grettell Valdez, Mexican telenovela actress.
Died:
Gustav Heinemann, 77, former president of West Germany from 1969 to 1974
Norman Foster, 75, American film actor, screenwriter and director known for the Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto mysteries.
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