The 10‐day‐old Spanish Government of Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez Gonzales promised today to amnesty political prisoners except for those convicted of violence against persons. It also promised to hold general elections by June 1977. The first policy statement of the new Government was made early this morning after hours of deliberation that suggested there were differences of opinion among Cabinet ministers. The eagerly awaited program was couched in general terms and did not set a timetable for amnesty. It was therefore expected to cause disappointment among opposition politicians. The statement did meet opposition demands to some extent on the amnesty question, however. The Cabinet said that it would urge King Juan Carlos to declare an amnesty for all political crimes except those involving attacks on persons.
The Portuguese Socialist leader, Mario Soares, was called on today to form this country’s first constitutional Government since the overthrow of the right-wing dictatorship on April 25, 1974. Prime Minister-designate Soares declared tonight that he would form a “homogenous” Socialist Government but said he hoped to win as broad a consensus as possible on his Cabinet and program. The choice of Mr. Soares, 51 years old, came as no surprise, since the Socialist Party won last April’s parliamentary election with a plurality of 35 percent of the vote. Portugal’s newly elected President, General Antonio Ramalho Eanes, who was sworn in Wednesday, announced the appointment of Mr. Soares tonight after meeting with leaders of the five political parties represented in Parliament. The Socialist Party’s national leadership declared today that it was ready to form a Socialist Government “without alliances or compromises.” This confirmed Mr. Soares’ decision to reject Government alliances with either the Communists or parties to the right. The Communist Party continued today to urge the formation of a “government of the left,” meaning themselves and the Socialists. After the audience with the President, the Communist Party’s Secretary General, Alvaro Cunhal, expressed “apprehensions” over the future Socialist Government, saying it would not have the parliamentary or popular support it needs.
Seven Polish workers charged with having caused disturbances following the announcement of food price increases three weeks ago went on trial in Warsaw today. The seven are from a tractor factory in Ursus, a Warsaw suburb. where they occupied the local railway station on June 25 and stopped traffic for several hours. No casualties were reported during the Ursus protest but other disturbances at same time in Radem, 60 miles south of Warsaw, resulted in two deaths and numerous injuries. Work slowdowns and sit-ins were reported all over Poland.
The French franc today gave up 2 percent of its international value in the Paris foreign-exchange market, the biggest one-day drop since it was pulled out of the joint European currency float in mid-March.
Albert Spaggiari and his gang broke into the vault of the Société Generale Bank in Nice, in France and robbed its contents undetected during the weekend. An estimated $12 million of assets were stolen from the bank by the gang, which had driven into the sewer tunnels running beneath the building and then created an opening in the floor of the vault.
Ireland’s powerful Roman Catholic Church, in sometimes striking and sometimes subtle ways, is losing its grip on how the Irish manage their family lives and govern their impoverished agrarian republic. Catholicism is stronger here than anywhere outside the Vatican itself. Ninety‐five per cent of the Irish are baptized members of the Catholic Church, and 90 percent of Irish Catholics go to mass at least once a week. Each town with barely more than 1.000 Inhabitants has its priest, its church, and its church‐controlled school. Nevertheless, the anticlerical currents of the open society that inundated most Western countries years ago have begun to seep through Ireland’s once-impermeable barriers of religion and tradition.
The major factions in the Lebanese war say they are convinced that their basic objectives can be fulfilled only by further military battles and that political negotiations if they come, will be ineffective. The outlook is for military and political maneuvering in the coming weeks and more decisive action in the fall. This was made clear during the last two days in statements by leaders on both sides. Against this background the American Embassy today published a notice on the front page of L’Orient — Le Jour, Beirut’s French‐language newspaper, to advise Americans here that it will eliminate its consular services next Tuesday and from that day on will no longer be able “to provide protection or services for the American community.” “We strongly urge all American citizens to leave the country at this time,” the embassy said. It added that transportation would be arranged for Americans and citizens of other countries, presumably by road to Damascus.
The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon scheduled an evacuation for next Tuesday and urged 1,000 Americans to leave the country. The United States fears that Christians will soon begin an offensive against the Muslim part of Beirut, where the embassy is located. The embassy is cutting its staff to 15 and Ambassador Talcott Seelye may leave. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is pushing for a peace conference.
The casualty toll from Wednesday’s earthquake on the island of Bali has reached 440 lead and almost 3,000 injured, Governor Sukannen said today. The second major earthquake to hit Indonesia in three weeks, the Bali quake was centered well away from the usual tourist areas. Most of the casualties were reported in the Buleleng district in the northern part of the island. Survivors have been gathered at emergency camps built by local government, a police spokesman said. The earthquake measured 5.6 on the open‐ended Richter scale.
In an experiment that is being watched by the rest of Africa, Senegal is edging toward democracy by re-establishing the multiparty state. The grip of the governing Senegalese Progressive Union headed by President Leopold S. Senghor, who has been comfortably ensconced in power since independence from France in 1960. is hardly threatened for the immediate future. But the mere fact that opposition parties are allowed to exist — indeed, encouraged to some extent — is enough to make the military regimes and one‐party states that predominate elsewhere take notice.
Defense Minister James Gichuru said the Kenyan Army would “crush forthwith” Uganda soldiers if they moved even one inch into Kenyan territory, the official Kenya News Agency said today. The agency quoted the Defense Minister as telling farmers in Limuru, a township outside Nairobi, that Kenya was aware that Uganda soldiers were massed on the border. But, he said, if they dared to “enter even an inch of Kenyan territory, they will be crushed forthwith, and they will be held responsible for the consequences.” Mr. Gichuru said, however, that since Kenya was a peaceloving country, it would not attack first but would wait until the “enemy” attacked and then “react sharply.”
A retired Israeli colonel who headed a military mission in Kampala said today that he helped make General Idi Amin President of Uganda in 1971. Colonel Baruch Bar‐Lev, now a businessman, remained on good terms with President Amin after Uganda broke diplomatic relations with Israel and the men exchanged friendly telephone calls during and after the recent crisis that ended with an Israeli landing in Uganda that rescued hostages held by pro-Arab terrorists. Colonel Bar‐Lev was head of the Israeli mission to Kampala shortly after General Amin became chief of staff of armed forces. The Israeli became his confidant and their families became close friends. The colonel, In an Interview today, said he supported General Amin against President Milton Obote because the latter was hostile to Israel and was planning to expel Israeli forces from his country. He said General Amin once confided that he was concerned because his main supporters were outside Kampala and the President could arrest and execute him before they could reach the capital. Colonel Bar‐Lev advised the general to station In Kampala a military force from his own tribe. The force would include paratroopers, armor and jeeps. Its mobility and firepower would be such that 600 to 800 men could overcome 5,000, he said.
The South African Government sent large contingents of police into the streets of Soweto and neighboring townships around Johannesburg today in a show of force to discourage a renewal of the black upheaval here last month. Backing his pledge to use all necessary force to prevent new violence, the Minister of Justice, Jame T. Kruger, put police units on the alert in more than 20 townships affected by the anti‐Government rioting three, weeks ago. All whites were banned from Soweto, the sprawling dormitory town where more than a million blacks live. Police officers stopped whites with entry permits at roadblocks on the perimeter of the township, explaining that they could not guarantee their safety.
The African nation of Nigeria began a walkout of teams from the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, as it withdrew its 45 Olympic athletes to protest New Zealand’s “continued collaboration with racist South Africa.”
Taiwan withdrew its team in protest because the International Olympic Committee would not allow it to compete under the name “Republic of China”, or to fly its national flag or play its anthem in the event of a medal award. The Canadian government had initially said that it would not allow the 43 athletes from Taiwan to participate in the Olympics because of the presence of the People’s Republic of China, but reversed the decision after protests and offered to allow participation on the condition that the country not identify itself as the Republic of China. The International Olympic Committee agreed with Canada that Taiwan could march under its flag and sing their national anthem but not call themselves the Republic of China. Premier Pierre Trudeau said that the International Olympic Committee knew about this problem with Taiwan a year ago, and noted that Taiwan called itself Formosa in the 1960 Olympics.
Twenty-six school children and their bus driver disappeared Thursday near Chowchilla, California. Only the abandoned bus had been found as of this morning. There were no signs of violence at the bus site. The FBI is coordinating a search in the San Joaquin Valley. There had been no word from any abductors, nor is the motive known, as of this morning. The 26 children and their bus driver who were abducted were found tonight in good condition at a rock quarry in Livermore, 100 miles northwest of Chowchilla, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced.
On Thursday, July 15, 1976, 55-year-old school bus driver Frank Edward “Ed” Ray was transporting 26 Dairyland Elementary School students home. The children had spent the day on a summer class trip to the Chowchilla Fairgrounds swimming pool. At approximately 4 p.m., a van drove into the bus’s path and blocked the road. Ray stopped, and three men with nylon stockings covering their faces exited the van and hijacked the bus. One man pointed a gun at Ray, a second drove the bus, and the third followed in the van.
The kidnappers drove to Berenda Slough (37°09′26″N 120°07′28″W), a shallow branch of the Chowchilla River, where they hid the bus. They retrieved a second van they had hidden nearby. The kidnappers had modified both vans to transport their victims: the rear windows were painted black, and the interiors were insulated with soundproof paneling.
The kidnappers ordered Ray and the children into the vans, then drove them to the California Rock & Gravel quarry (37°39′47.3″N 121°48′32.8″W) in Livermore, roughly 110 miles (180 km) from the fairgrounds. In the early morning hours of July 16, the victims were forced at gunpoint to climb down a ladder, through a hatch, and into an underground bunker.
The kidnappers had buried a truck trailer and converted it into a bunker equipped with ventilation and a pit toilet, and stocked with several mattresses and a small amount of food and water.[5] As the victims climbed from the van into the bunker, the kidnappers wrote the name and age of each child on a Jack in the Box hamburger wrapper. Once the victims were inside, the kidnappers removed the ladder, covered the hatch with a heavy piece of sheet metal, weighted it with two 100-pound (45-kilogram) industrial batteries, and buried the opening.
After several hours, Ray and the older children stacked the mattresses to reach the hatch. As Ray lifted the hatch, 14-year-old Michael Marshall wedged a piece of wood into the opening, moved the sheet metal and batteries, and dug away the remainder of the debris covering the entrance. Sixteen hours after being imprisoned, Ray and the children climbed out of the bunker and walked to the quarry guard’s shack, near Shadow Cliffs Regional Park.
Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies responded and took the victims to Santa Rita Jail, the nearest facility with medical staff. Jail doctors and EMTs examined and treated them and gave them food and water, while deputies took down statements and descriptions of the kidnappers. The victims were then driven back to their families in Chowchilla.
Jimmy Carter cautioned his fellow Democrats yesterday on the perils of overconfidence, then told them he would not concede a single state to the Republicans—not even California to Ronald Reagan or Michigan to Gerald R. Ford. In New York City, the two Democratic candidates breakfasted with the Democratic National Committee. Carter said he doesn’t intend to lose the general election. Afterwards, Carter left for Georgia to plan his campaign.
As measured by a cross-section of special interest groups, Senator Walter F. Mondale’s voting record has been at times more liberal than some of his better-known liberal Senate colleagues, such as Hubert H. Humphrey and Edward M. Kennedy. The Democratic Vice‐Presidential nominee has received consistently high ratings from the liberal Americans for Democratic Action and consistently low ratings from the conservative Americans for Constitutional Action since going to the Senate from Minnesota in 1964. Mr. Mondale’s voting record is expected to be an issue in the general election campaign, since President Ford and Ronald Reagan as well as their campaign aides have already begun to portray the Democratic ticket of Jimmy Carter and Mr. Mondale as too far to the left.
His first venture in national politics behind him, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. planned to fly back to California yesterday, promising to campaign hard for the Democratic ticket in California and elsewhere in the nation. Mr. Brown, the last of Jimmy Carter’s rivals to reconcile himself with the Democratic nominee, said that he found Mr. Carter “extremely cordial” when he conferred with him Thursday. The cordiality had been preceded by a brief but intense history of hard feelings in the Carter camp toward the 38‐year‐old Californian, whose 11th‐hour entry into the Presidential race prevented Carter victories in five primaries in the final stages of the campaign.
President Ford, going all-out to win delegate support in his nip-and-tuck battle with Ronald Reagan for the Republican Presidential nomination, has invited the entire New York State Republican delegation to the White House next Thursday.
Ronald Reagan returned to friendly Western territory this evening, empty-handed in his two-day search for delegates in New Jersey and Pennsylvania but still outwardly sanguine in his race against President Ford.
In a federal court affidavit, the C.I.A. admitted breaking into the homes of left-wing Americans living abroad. The C.I.A. also bugged U.S. citizens traveling overseas.
Nicholas P. Callahan, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s second-ranking official, was abruptly dismissed from his job today by Clarence M. Kelley, director of the bureau. In a statement released late today by the bureau, Mr. Kelley, who is undergoing treatment for a back ailment at Bethesda (Md.) Naval Hospital, declined to elaborate on his action “because of continuing investigations of various allegations concerning former and present officials and personnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” Mr. Callahan, whose title was associate director of the bureau, has recently come under scrutiny from Justice Department lawyers investigating allegations of kickbacks to bureau officials from companies that supplied electronic equipment to the bureau, according to sources close to that investigation.
A federal judge upheld the Air Force’s decision to discharge Sgt. Leonard Matlovich after he acknowledged his homosexuality. However, Judge Gerhard Gesell asked the military to reexamine its policy of not letting homosexuals serve. Matlovich will appeal the decision.
In a decision that could put into question draft-evasion charges against thousands of youths living abroad, a Federal District Court judge in Brooklyn yesterday dismissed an indictment for draft evasion against a former Queens college student now living in Israel.
The Ford Administration officially forecast today that the economy would improve at a faster-than-expected rate for the rest of this year and next, and the President promptly claimed credit for the improved outlook. Administration economists say that the economy is improving faster than predicted. Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said that the number of unemployed persons will drop below 7 million by the end of this year. Consumer prices are expected to rise 5%. James Lynn, director of the Office of Management and Budget, noted how President Ford’s policies improved the economy.
The Ford and Reagan campaigns agreed not to file credential challenges at the Republican National Convention. Fourteen unseated Reagan delegates from Washington, DC have filed challenges, and the Ford camp is considering challenging 44 Reagan Texas delegates. The search for uncommitted delegates continues.
Ronald Reagan spoke to uncommitted delegates in Pennsylvania. Reagan toured the Civil War battleground at Gettysburg today. Reagan will also try to woo uncommitted delegates in West Virginia and New York.
President Ford and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt met at the White House regarding NATO defense and the world economy. Schmidt placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Ford and Schmidt then visited Baltimore for a reception on a West German tall ship.
Ford also met with American Indian leaders. Some suspect that the meeting was politically motivated.
A federal jury in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, acquitted two members of the American Indian Movement, Robert Robideau and Darrelle Butler, of murdering two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation last year.
A mental patient went berserk on an airplane, beating up a boy and shooting a policeman upon landing in San Juan, P.R. The FBI is investigating the incident.
Author and 1930’s sportswriter, Paul Gallico, 78, died at his Monte Carlo home. “The Snow Goose” and “The Poseidon Adventure” are two of Gallico’s works.
Rock duo Loggins & Messina break up after 6 years.
Queen Elizabeth arrived in Montreal today to open the 21st and most expensive Olympic Games in modern history, a two-week pageant that will begin tomorrow with lavish pomp, maximum security, international disputes and staggering cost.
Major League Baseball:
Wayne Garland boosted his record to 11–1 when Brooks Robinson smashed a two-run homer in the fifth inning to enable the Orioles to defeat the Angels, 5–4, for their sixth straight victory. A sacrifice fly by Tony Muser produced the Orioles’ initial run in the first inning. A single by Ken Singleton and bases-loaded walk to Reggie Jackson pushed over a pair in the second before Terry Crowley doubled and Robinson homered in the fifth to permit the Orioles to eke out their victory.
A single by Bucky Dent that knocked in two of three runs in the fourth inning started the White Sox on their way to a 5–2 victory over the Brewers. Lamar Johnson singled for one run to tie the score at 1–1 before Dent cracked the deadlock. The White Sox added their other runs on scoring singles by Jorge Orta in the fifth and Brian Downing in the seventh.
After tying the score in the eighth inning on a homer by Joe Morgan, the Reds again came from behind with two runs in the 10th inning to defeat the Expos, 4–3. In the top half of the overtime frame, Mike Jorgensen put on an extra burst of speed and raced home from second on an infield hit by Jose Morales to put the Expos ahead. However, in the Reds’ half, Morgan walked and counted the tying tally on an infield out by George Foster and single by Bill Plummer. Then, after an intentional pass to Tony Perez, Dave Concepcion singled for the winning run.
The loser in the All-Star Game, Mark Fidrych returned to his brilliant rookie form for the Tigers, shutting out the Athletics, 1–0, in 11 innings for his 10th victory of the season. The shutout, which reduced Fidrych’s earned run average to 1.61, was his second and the complete game was his 12th in 15 starts. The Tigers scored the run that broke up the scoreless duel when Ron LeFlore singled, Tom Veryzer sacrificed and, after an intentional pass to Rusty Staub, Willie Horton singled off Rollie Fingers.
Paul Splittorff pitched a three-hitter and Al Fitzmorris followed with a five-hitter as the Royals defeated the Red Sox in a twi-night doubleheader, 5–1 and 2–1. Splittorff was assured of his 10th victory in the opener when the Royals scored four runs in the fourth inning. John Mayberry and Jamie Quirk each rapped RBI singles before Buck Martinez capped the outburst with a two-run double. In the nightcap, both of the Royals’ runs came in the sixth inning when Amos Otis and George Brett walked and Mayberry drove them home with a double.
Don Sutton, who yielded only five hits, retired the last 19 batters in order while pitching the Dodgers to a 4–1 victory over the Cubs. Rick Monday homered for the Cubs’ run in the third inning to tie the score at 1–1, but the Dodgers broke away in the sixth when Reggie Smith singled and scored from first base as Steve Renko threw wildly on a safe bunt by Ron Cey. Bill Russell homered in the eighth before Davey Lopes knocked in the Dodgers’ final run with a triple.
Relieving for the first time since May 18, 1975, Dennis Eckersley struck out Phil Roof in the ninth inning to save a victory for the Indians, who ended their five-game losing streak by defeating the Twins, 7–6. Rico Carty and Buddy Bell cracked bases-loaded singles to drive in two runs apiece and lead the Indians’ attack. In the ninth, Butch Wynegar hit a three-run homer to pull the Twins within one run and Lyman Bostock doubled. That’s when Eckersley made his relief appearance as the Indians’ fourth pitcher of the game. After passing Larry Hisle intentionally, Eckersley “blew” the ball past Roof for the game-ending strikeout.
Making his first start since pitching a no-hitter against the Expos July 9, Larry Dierker was kayoed in the sixth inning but still received credit for the victory when the Astros edged the Mets, 4–3. Bob Watson smashed a three-run homer in the fourth inning before the Astros went on to add what proved to be the deciding tally in that same stanza when Leon Roberts was safe on an error, advanced to third on a single by Ed Herrmann and scored on a wild pitch by Jon Matlack.
Although tagged for 10 hits, Jerry Reuss easily defeated the Braves, 7–2, after the Pirates pounded Andy Messersmith for all their runs in the first two innings. In the first, Frank Taveras, Rennie Stennett and Al Oliver rapped RBI singles before Richie Zisk climaxed the five-run outburst by hitting a homer with a man on base. Oliver singled again in the second and Willie Stargell homered. The Pirates subsided thereafter and collected only one hit off Braves’ relievers in the last seven innings.
Starting with a two-run homer by Ted Simmons in the first inning, the Cardinals triumphed over Randy Jones for the second time this season, beating the Padres, 4–2. Mike Anderson, who collected three hits, was on base with a single when Simmons connected for the circuit. Anderson also scored after hitting a single in the fourth and a double in the sixth.
Pitching his second successive shutout for the Giants, Ed Halicki came out the winner in a duel with Jim Kaat when Bobby Murcer homered with two out in the ninth inning to beat the Phillies, 1–0. The game was the fastest in the National League this season, lasting only one hour, 32 minutes.
Getting only two hits off Ken Holtzman, the Rangers lost to the Yankees, 3–0, for their ninth defeat in a row. The Yankees sent Holtzman on his way to success over Bert Blyleven with two runs in the fourth inning on a single by Chris Chambliss, a wild pitch, pass to Carlos May, single by Graig Nettles and grounder by Oscar Gamble. Chambliss doubled and Nettles singled for the other run in the eighth.
California Angels 4, Baltimore Orioles 5
Milwaukee Brewers 2, Chicago White Sox 5
Montreal Expos 3, Cincinnati Reds 4
Oakland Athletics 0, Detroit Tigers 1
Boston Red Sox 1, Kansas City Royals 5
Boston Red Sox 1, Kansas City Royals 2
Chicago Cubs 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Cleveland Indians 7, Minnesota Twins 6
Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 3
Atlanta Braves 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 7
St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Diego Padres 2
Philadelphia Phillies 0, San Francisco Giants 1
New York Yankees 3, Texas Rangers 0
From the start today, the stock market seemed destined to fall. The Dow Jones industrial average began the day down 7.20 and, after some slight up-and-down movements, closed at 993.21, down 4.25. The most frequently cited reason for the decline was uncertainty about the money supply and interest rates. On Thursday the Federal Reserve Board reported that the nation’s money supply rose by 82.6 billion in the latest week, fueling investors fears that interest rates might begin to rise as the Fed moves to curtail monetary expansion.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 993.21 (-4.25, -0.43%)
Born:
Romain Haguenauer, French ice dancing choreographer and coach; in Lyon, France.
Anna Smashnova, Russian tennis star (1993 Futures-Erlangen GER), in Minsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
Kory DeHaan, MLB outfielder and pinch hitter (San Diego Padres), in Pella, Iowa.
Bobby Lashley, American professional wrestler (WrestleMania XXIII, WWE Smackdown!), in Junction City, Kansas.
Died:
Carmelo Soria, 54, Spanish-born Chilean dissident and United Nations diplomat who had been using his diplomatic immunity status to arrange asylum for endangered Chileans in foreign embassies, was found dead, two days after he had been kidnapped and tortured.
Billie von Bremen, American sprint runner and gold medalist in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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