President Reagan formally responded today to arms control proposals offered by Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, with a plan for deployment of a missile defense system, Administration officials said. The White House announced late this afternoon that Mr. Reagan had sent his reply, which had been long awaited, to a letter that the Soviet leader sent last month. The brief White House statement said that the contents of Mr. Reagan’s letter were private, but that “the President is hopeful that the ideas he has put forth in this letter will continue the process of building a firm basis for progress in a number of critical areas.” Administration officials said, however, that a portion of the Reagan letter dealt with the Administration’s proposed Strategic Defense Initiative, the space-based shield that the Soviet Union has assailed as a threat to peace and a key barrier to an arms control agreement between the two nations. The program is popularly known as “Star Wars.”
A car bomb exploded today outside the headquarters of a leading West German aerospace concern. It was the latest attack on a company that has connections to the American space-based missile defense program, and the authorities said it was the most recent evidence of a revival of the terrorist Red Army Faction. No one was killed or wounded. The bomb, which the police said contained about 15 pounds of explosives, damaged offices of the Dornier company in Immenstaad, in southern Germany near Lake Constance. On Thursday a bomb caused heavy damage to offices of the Fraunhofer Research Institute in Aachen, near the border with Belgium, and earlier this month terrorists using a remote-control bomb killed Karl-Heinz Beckurts, the research director of the Siemens electrical company, and his driver. The Red Army Faction, in letters left at the site of the attacks, took responsibility for all three attacks. The terrorist organization, made up of scattered groups of left-wing extremists, was formed in the 1970’s by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhoff.
A pending grain-sale bill to allow the purchase of subsidized grain by the Soviet Union and China has touched off a major rift with Australia and a sharp attack on the bill by Secretary of State George P. Shultz. At the urging of the Senate majority leader, Bob Dole, Republican of Kansas, and other senators from hard-hit farm states, the Senate on Tuesday amended a bill on the Export-Import Bank to lift a ban on subsidized agricultural sales to China and the Soviet Union. The two countries have been major purchasers in the past of American grain, but subsidies are prohibited. The House version of the bill does not include the provision on subsidies, and the issue is being discussed in a House-Senate conference. Australia, concerned that such subsidies would cut into annual sales of $500 million to those countries, has reacted strongly.
A car bomb exploded outside the offices of a leading West German aerospace concern, the Dornier company, in Immenstaad. No one was killed or wounded. Authorities said it was the most recent evidence of a revival of the terrorist Red Army Faction, which took responsibility for the bombing, as well as an explosion on Thursday in Aachen and another earlier this month at the Siemens electrical company.
The Supreme Court of the Yugoslav republic of Croatia today rejected Andrija Artukovic’s appeal of his death sentence for war crimes, the official press agency Tanyug reported. Mr. Artukovic, 86 years old, was the Interior Minister and security chief of Croatia when it was a Nazi puppet state in World War II. He was found guilty in May of crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to death. The public prosecutor said that more than 700,000 people were slaughtered in Croatian concentration camps during Mr. Artukovic’s term. He was extradited from the United States in February after living in Seal Beach, California, for 36 years. Mr. Artukovic can appeal to the Yugoslav Supreme Court.
A prominent Russian writer recently produced a tattered old Bible and with a practiced hand turned to Revelations. “Listen,” he said, “this is incredible: ‘And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; and the name of the star is called wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.’ ” In a dictionary, he showed the Ukrainian word for wormwood, a bitter wild herb used as a tonic in rural Russia: chernobyl. The writer, an atheist, was hardly alone in pointing out the apocalyptic reference to the star called chernobyl. With the uncanny speed common to rumor in the Soviet Union, the discovery had spread across the Soviet land, contributing to the swelling body of lore that has shaped the public consciousness of the disaster at the Chernobyl atomic power plant in the Ukraine.
Strong winds fanned forest fires near the French Riviera today, killing at least one person and leaving devastated woodland, burned-out buildings and smoldering cars. The winds eased by noon but started to blow again in late afternoon, rekindling a number of fires in the Mediterranean departments of Var and Alpes-Maritimes. Most of the blazes were eventually brought under control, the authorities said. An unidentified charred body was found in the medieval town of Eze, east of Nice. It was the first death reported.
President Reagan participates in a photo opportunity with Jacques Chaban-Delmas, President of the French National Assembly.
The Secretary General of the Arab League today called for an emergency summit meeting in the aftermath of King Hassan II’s talks with Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel. The head of the 22-member Arab group, Chedli Klibi of Tunisia, did not directly criticize the Moroccan King’s decision to invite Mr. Peres for two days of talks in the resort city of Ifrane this week. But Mr. Klibi attacked what he called the “intransigence” that Mr. Peres demonstrated during the talks.
The Reagan Administration, seeking to nurture the recent Israeli-Moroccan initiative, tentatively decided today to have Vice President Bush stop in Morocco during a visit to the Middle East. Aides to Mr. Bush, who left tonight on a 12-day tour of the Middle East, said he was considering adding such a stop, which will likely come at the end of the trip. Mr. Bush is also expected to visit Israel, Jordan and Egypt. A trip to Morocco would be likely to involve a meeting with King Hassan II and would come only days after the Moroccan leader held talks there with Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel.
Sikh extremists halted a bus in a rural area of the Punjab Friday, singled out the Hindu passengers and shot 15 of them to death, news agencies reported. It was the worst attack by extremists in the northern state in at least a year, and it caused concern that Hindus in nearby areas would retaliate. The killings were immediately condemned by Indian political leaders. The police recently stepped up their efforts against Sikh extremists. Hundreds have been rounded up in recent weeks, and about 50 have been reported shot by the police. An indefinite curfew was imposed Friday evening in Muktsar, the town near the Pakistani border where the shooting occurred early this morning. Paramilitary police officers were reported to have stepped up their patrols in the neighboring state of Haryana, which has been a scene of Hindu agitation against Sikhs. The major political parties, including the Congress Party of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the moderate Sikh party, the Akali Dal, called for a one-day strike and shutdown of stores and Government buildings in the Punjab to protest the incident. The killings occurred one day after the first anniversary of the signing of an accord between Mr. Gandhi and leaders of the Akali Dal.
The voters of Thailand, heading toward a national election July 27 that political leaders hope will put the country on the road to real democracy, have instead watched the political campaign degenerate into daily reports of corruption and abuse. The articles that have dominated campaign coverage in the press range from humorous asides, with a candidate giving women fake designer handbags, to charges of criminality, over the buying of national identity cards or the printing of phony ballots. The contest is devoid of issues, political columnists say, except for the question of whether the next Prime Minister should be appointed or elected. But most Thais seem to assume there really is no debate, because Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda is likely to serve another term at the head of a coalition Government appointed by the King on the advice of Parliament. Mr. Prem, a former army Commander in Chief, chose not to run for his seat.
President Daniel Ortega Saavedra says that when he visits the United Nations next week, he will submit a resolution demanding that the United States stop backing anti-Sandinista rebels. In an interview Thursday, Mr. Ortega said that if the resolution is defeated in the Security Council, which he is scheduled to address on Tuesday, he will take it to the General Assembly, where there are thought to be good prospects for a vote condemning the United States. “We are going to present a resolution supporting the verdict of the World Court,” Mr. Ortega said. “We will also denounce the escalation which the United States has launched in the period since the verdict was announced.”
A bomb exploded half a block from the Chilean presidential palace during the evening rush hour, wounding 24 people, officials said. The police said one of the victims was a policeman. The rest were waiting for a bus on Santiago’s main street or were passing by when the bomb exploded, the police said. The President, General Augusto Pinochet, was not in the palace at the time of the blast, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, but similar attacks have been carried out by left-wing guerrillas fighting the military government.
Senator Jesse Helms said today that a United States resident and a companion who were burned and dumped in a ditch in anti-Government protests in Chile this month were “young Communist terrorists” who were seen setting fire to a barricade. Mr. Helms, Republican of North Carolina, visited Chile on a private trip two weeks ago, after the incident on July 2 in which Rodrigo Rojas de Negri, a 19-year-old Washington resident who was born in Chile, was killed and a companion, Carmen Quintana Arancibia, 18, was hospitalized with severe burns. A lawyer for the victims’ families has quoted witnesses as saying the two were sprayed with gasoline and forced to lie on the ground while a soldier threw a firebomb between them.
President Reagan is considering two black career diplomats for the post of Ambassador to South Africa, senior Administration officials said today. The officials said the two candidates were Terence A. Todman, 60 years old, Ambassador to Denmark, and Edward J. Perkins, 58, Ambassador to Liberia. They said Mr. Todman, who has also been Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs held several ambassadorial posts, was the leading candidate. The Administration is determined to choose a black envoy to dramatize its commitment to improving the plight of South African blacks, a senior official said.
The British Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, expressed pessimism about his South African mission for the first time today, saying it may be left to another person to pave the way for peace. Sir Geoffrey spoke in an interview as more signs emerged that the South African Government was taking a firm line on his demands to free the black nationalist Nelson Mandela and lift the ban on opposition groups. “What I do may not in the end be enough to light the way to the top of the mountain, but somebody, somewhere, sometime, is going to get the case for peace and dialogue accepted,” said Sir Geoffrey, who returned to Pretoria today after visiting Zambia and Botswana.
The South African Government reported today what it called the most peaceful day in black townships since President P. W. Botha declared a nationwide emergency six weeks ago. The Bureau for Information, whose reports are difficult to verify because of restrictions on journalists, said no deaths or injuries and few incidents of unrest occurred in the 24 hours before 6 AM today. “On the whole, South Africa yesterday experienced the most peaceful day since the state of emergency was announced,” despite some incidents of stone-throwing, it said.
Asserting that the Johnson Space Center would retain its pre-eminent role in the space program, the Administrator of the space agency made an effort today to calm extraordinary local fears about the center’s future. However, after meeting with the Administrator, Dr. James C. Fletcher, Mayor Kathy Whitmire said she was disappointed he had not been able to give specific reassurances about future projects at the Johnson center. The local fears arose June 30, when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration proposed organizational and management changes in the space station program that would take some responsibilities away from the center. Houston officials fear any diminution in the Johnson center’s role will hurt the already battered local economy.
President Reagan participates in a Domestic Policy Council meeting.
Misgivings about the safety of nuclear power plants, which began to recede shortly after the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island, were revived by the accident in April at the Soviet nuclear plant at Chernobyl, according to the findings of two recent polls. More Americans today, 73 percent, say they would oppose construction of a nuclear power plant within five miles of where they live, according to the latest Gallup poll. A 1979 Gallup poll showed that 60 percent said they would oppose such a project.
The attending physician of the Congress is abruptly being released by the Navy from the job he has held for 13 years, to be replaced by another military doctor. Although the Navy described the shift as routine, a Senate source, who spoke only on condition he not be identified, said a factor in the removal of the physician, Rear Admiral Freeman H. Cary, was his involvement in the treatment of Senator John P. East, Republican of North Carolina. Mr. East’s committed June 29 followed a lengthy illness. Dr. Cary, 59 years old, was informed Thursday that today would be his last day in his Capitol office, according to a source close to Dr. Cary. Dr. Cary, a rear admiral in the Navy reserves, had been on active duty in his post. The doctor did not accept a reporter’s phone call. His administrative assistant, Robert F. Moran, referred all queries to the Navy and said, “I’m not talking.”
An Internal Revenue Service investigation of extravagant expenditures by Jerry A. Whitworth, coupled with records of money he received for spying, were the “absolutely deadly evidence” that led the jury to convict him of espionage and tax fraud Thursday, the jury foreman said in an interview today.. The foreman, Donald A. Neumann, an economist who lives in San Francisco, said, “The trail of spending was so far in excess of his income and he did it in a manner that he was obviously hiding the source of income.” The fact that deliberations lasted 52 hours over 10 days led to speculation that jurors were having difficulty reaching a verdict. But Mr. Neumann said the jury had spent the time slowly and methodically reviewing all the evidence. “Because of the sheer complexity of the case, it was a time-consuming process, that’s all,” he said.
A tentative agreement on a new, three-year contract was reached just before midnight tonight, ending a 10-day strike in Detroit by 7,000 municipal workers and 5,000 city employees who supported the walkout. The agreement, which came after negotiations resumed at 8 P.M. tonight, was announced at 11:45 P.M. by bargainers for the city and striking members of Council 25 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
Delta Air Lines and its pilots have reached tentative agreement on a new three-year contract, the Air Line Pilots Association said Thursday. The pact, reached after 13 months of negotiations, calls for no wage increase the first year, 1 percent the second year and 2 percent the third year. The agreement, effective through March 1, 1989, also grants significant changes in work rules designed to improve productivity while not eliminating jobs. The contract also calls for establishing a wage scale that would start newly hired employees at salaries equal to 66 percent of existing pay rates. The tentative agreement is subject to approval by a 21-member union executive council. The vote is expected in three weeks, the union said.
Massachusetts Republicans chose a new candidate for Governor after two others were forced to drop out because of disclosures about their backgrounds. But the new candidate, George S. Kariotis, who is a former Democrat, was immediately confronted with questions about his background, focusing on his high-technology company, Alpha Industries, a maker of microwave components, largely for the military.
A lawsuit accusing the General Motors Corporation of discrimination against four black salaried employees has been expanded to cover 14,000 black men and women in management jobs in three states. Attorneys for the employees said today that a Federal district judge in Detroit, John Feikens, had approved expanding the three-year-old lawsuit to an action that covers 14,000 blacks in salaried jobs in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana as a class. The lawsuit contends that G.M.’s performance appraisal system discriminates against blacks in pay, promotion, demotion, layoffs, job recalls and transfers. Attorneys for the plaintiffs said a victory in the lawsuit could bring a multimillion-dollar settlement, perhaps reaching $100 million, that would be divided among the employees.
Livestock and crop losses from the drought that has parched eight Middle-Atlantic and Southern states are estimated at $2 billion or more, twice as much as earlier this week, state agricultural officials said today. The loss would represent nearly 15 percent of the $15 billion of gross earnings last year by farmers in the arc of drought, which stretches from Alabama to southern Pennsylvania. No agricultural region has suffered such high losses since drought spread across the Midddle West and Rocky Mountain states in the 1930’s, according to the Department of Agriculture. The drought is the fourth to strike the South in the last seven years. Parts of Alabama, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi and Virginia received some rain today and Thursday, but meteorologists predicted that the arid conditions would persist through August and possibly longer.
A 29-year-old heir to the du Pont family fortune who gave or lent thousands of dollars to the political extremist Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. has lost a court fight to regain control of his $1.5 million estate. The heir, Lewis duPont Smith, was judged mentally incompetent to manage his affairs in November, and Judge Lawrence E. Wood of Chester County Orphans Court temporarily designated the Wilmington Trust Company of Delaware as guardian of Mr. Smith’s assets, which earn about $200,000 annually.
A Federal jury today convicted the leader of the White Patriot Party, F. Glenn Miller Jr., and his second-in-command of operating a paramilitary organization in violation of a consent decree in a Federal court. A former member of the Ku Klux Klan testified at the trial that the group held frequent training sessions on firearms and hand-to-hand combat. The trial began Monday.
A jet-powered helicopter carrying law-enforcement officers on their way to destroy a marijuana field crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing three of the officers aboard and injuring two others, officials said. Sheriff James Roy Camack of Montgomery County said the Bell Ranger helicopter crashed near the airport in Mount Ida, about 90 miles southwest of Little Rock. The pilot and an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration were thrown clear of the helicopter but were injured when they went back to help the others, the sheriff said. Those aboard were members of a task force undergoing training by the drug agency in its marijuana eradication program in Arkansas. Killed were Kevin Brosch, 34 years old, of Pine Bluff, an investigator for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department; James A. Avant, 39, of Scott, an investigator with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department, and Mike Bassing, 33, of Pine Bluff, an investigator with the Arkansas State Police.
Caught in a dispute between the husband of a brain-dead woman and the father of her 21-week-old fetus, a hospital won a court order today to keep the woman alive so the fetus would have a chance to survive. Judge William M. Fleming Jr. of Superior Court granted University Hospital’s request for an order to continue life support for Donna Piazzi, a 25-year-old Augusta woman who has been hospitalized since June 27 after an apparent drug overdose. After her brain stopped functioning, her husband, Robert Piazzi, asked hospital officials July 16 to turn off her life-support systems. But David Hadden, who says he is the father of the fetus, asked them to continue use of a respirator and intravenous feeding.
The cost of medical care is still rising at more than double the overall inflation rate despite sustained efforts to contain costs, according to Labor Department figures. The continuing increase is attributed to weaknesses in the cost-control system, expensive advances in medical technology and the growing needs of both elderly and low-income people. Another important factor is said to be that many physicians and hospitals are finding ways to evade cost-control.
Vincente Minnelli, whose deft intermingling of song, dance and plot made him one of the greatest directors of Hollywood musicals, died in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles last night. He was 76 years old. The director had been hospitalized several times within the last year for emphysema and pneumonia, according to Ron Wise of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Mr. Minnelli won an Academy Award for directing “Gigi” in 1958. The prize was one of nine Oscars for the picture, the most any movie had won until then. Among the other Oscars for “Gigi” was the one for best film of the year, which Mr. Minnelli’s 1951 movie “An American in Paris” also received. The director’s other notable film musicals included “The Band Wagon” (1953), “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944) and “The Pirate” (1948).
Four-time Grand Slam winning tennis player Hana Mandlíková (24) weds restaurateur Jan Sedlak at Prague’s old town hall.
Joe Theismann was declared unfit to play this season by the Washington Redskins, who then announced today that they would put the veteran quarterback on waivers at his request. By putting Theismann on the waived-failed-physical list, the club is doing the quarterback a $65,000 favor. The veteran of two Super Bowls will receive that amount from the league for injury protection, and his medical bills will be paid by the National Football League for one year. The Detroit Lions did the same for Billy Sims and the Philadelphia Eagles for Wilbert Montgomery.
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The Baltimore Orioles downed the Chicago White Sox, 6–2. Fred Lynn and Rick Dempsey hit bases-empty home runs as Baltimore sent the White Sox to their fifth straight loss. Mike Boddicker (13–5) allowed one run on six hits in seven innings. Don Aase finished up for his major-league-leading 26th save. Neil Allen (7–2), who had pitched two consecutive shutouts, was the loser. The Orioles ended Allen’s scoreless string at 21 ⅔ innings when Lee Lacy led off the fourth with a single, took third on a single by Lynn and scored as Cal Ripken grounded into a double play. Lynn broke a 1–1 tie in the sixth with his 17th home run of the season. Allen left the game after apparently pulling a muscle while warming up for the seventh inning. Baltimore broke the game open with four runs in the eighth against Bob James.
Rich Gedman hits a grand slam and Roger Clemens (17–2) fires a 2-hitter as the Red Sox win over the host Angels, 8–1. Clemens allowed doubles to Reggie Jackson in the fifth inning and Jerry Narron in the seventh. Clemens, who is 10–0 on the road this season, struck out seven and walked two in his seventh complete game. Gedman’s second career grand slam capped a five-run fifth inning that chased John Candelaria (3–1). The Red Sox have three grand slams this season, all in support of Clemens. The Sox lead by 4 games in the American League East.
The Chicago Cubs topped the Los Angeles Dodgers, 8–3. Steve Trout limited Los Angeles to five hits over six innings and Jody Davis hit a two-run homer for the Cubs. Keith Moreland had four hits, scored two runs and knocked in another to help the Cubs snap the Dodgers’ four-game winning streak. Trout (4–3) won his first game since June 8 by not allowing a run. He struck out four and walked two. Trout, who has not had a complete game since last September, was relieved in the seventh by Dave Gumpert. Davis’s homer, his 13th of the season, came in the eighth after the Dodgers had rallied from a four-run deficit and climbed to within 5–3. Los Angeles scored its final runs in the eighth on a single by Alex Trevino and a sacrifice fly by Mike Scioscia.
The Cincinnati Reds walloped the Montreal Expos, 9–2. Eric Davis hit a homer and scored three runs, and Buddy Bell hit a three-run home run to back John Denny’s five-hitter. The victory ended he Reds’ five-game losing streak. Davis had three hits in the game. His 15th home run, in the second, brought the Reds to a 2–1 deficit. He doubled in Cincinnati’s three-run fourth as the Reds took a 4–2 lead. Eddie Milner led off the fourth with a home run. Wayne Krenchicki singled and Tim Wallach hit a home run in the second inning, his 15th, giving the Expos a 2–0 lead. The Reds scored three more in the fifth, chasing Dennis Martinez (0–3). Dave Parker and Davis singled and Bell hit his seventh home run.
The Detroit Tigers set back the Kansas City Royals, 9–2. John Grubb had a homer and drove in four runs, and Kirk Gibson and Lance Parrish hit consecutive homers to lead the Tigers. Eric King (7–2) gave up one run on five hits in six and two-thirds innings as Detroit won for the 11th time in 15 games. Parrish had four of the Tigers’ 15 hits. Detroit got 11 hits in five innings off Dennis Leonard (6–9). Leonard has not won in his last nine outings.
The Minnesota Twins went into last night’s game against the Yankees with the worst record in the American League. Their staff earned-run average was 5.10, last in the major leagues. Opposing teams were batting .288 against them. With those factors, it would have appeared easier for the Yankees to continue their surge in an attempt to catch the Boston Red Sox in the American League East. It did not work out that way. The Yankee pitching, which has been inconsistent all season, faltered. The Twins, with 13 hits, including three home runs — two by Gary Gaetti — defeated the Yankees by 9–5 at Yankee Stadium. After Boston’s victory last night, the Yankees were four games out of first.
The Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 6–5, as Carney Lansford led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run, giving Oakland the victory. Lansford hit his 10th home run of the season. He connected on an 0–1 pitch from Bill Caudill, 2–3, who had relieved to start the inning.
The Houston Astros bowed to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4–2. Mike Schmidt hit his 22nd home run of the season, and Charles Hudson allowed only one unearned run over six innings as the Phillies ended the Astros’ seven-game winning streak. Schmidt leads the National League with 74 runs batted in and is tied with Dave Parker of Cincinnati for the home run lead. Hudson (6–9) allowed five hits, struck out three and walked two. Jim Deshaies (5–3) was the losing pitcher. Steve Bedrosian pitched the final two innings to gain his 13th save.
Pittsburgh first baseman Sid Bream committed two run-scoring errors during San Francisco’s four-run third inning and Dan Gladden hit a two-run double in the fifth as the Giants defeated the Pirates 7–3 Friday night. The victory snapped a three-game Giants’ losing streak. It was Pittsburgh’s fourth straight loss. Roger Mason, 3–4, worked 5 ⅔ innings, allowing six hits, for the victory. The three runs off him came on Barry Bonds’ homer and R.J. Reynolds’ two-run homer. Jeff Robinson finished, allowing two hits, for his sixth save.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Seattle Mariners, 4–2. Ted Higuera checked Seattle on five hits over seven innings and Charlie Moore drove in two runs with a bases-loaded double.
The St. Louis Cardinals edged the San Diego Padres, 3–2. Bob Forsch allowed six hits while pitching into the eighth inning and Vince Coleman and Ozzie Smith singled home runs in the second as St. Louis defeated San Diego. Coleman also stole second and scored in the first inning. He stole his major-league leading 62nd and 63rd bases in the game.
The Texas Rangers nipped the Cleveland Indians, 7–5. Oddibe McDowell and Scott Fletcher, the first two hitters in the Ranger lineup, combined to go 7 for 8 with six runs scored. With the score tied, 5–5, in the seventh inning, McDowell singled off Scott Bailes (7–6), and Fletcher doubled him to third. One out later, Ernie Camacho relieved and Pete Incaviglia singled home McDowell with the tie-breaking run. Larry Parrish added a sacrifice fly, his second of the game and third run batted in. Greg Harris, who helped blow a 5–1 lead in the top of the inning, raised his record to 4–8. McDowell went 3 for 3 with two walks and three runs. Fletcher, who had a 19-game hitting streak snapped Thursday, went 4 for 5 with three runs.
The scheduled game between the New York Mets and the Braves at Atlanta was postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader tomorrow.
Chicago White Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 6
Boston Red Sox 8, California Angels 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 8
Montreal Expos 2, Cincinnati Reds 9
Kansas City Royals 2, Detroit Tigers 9
Minnesota Twins 9, New York Yankees 5
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Oakland Athletics 6
Houston Astros 2, Philadelphia Phillies 4
San Francisco Giants 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Milwaukee Brewers 4, Seattle Mariners 2
San Diego Padres 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Cleveland Indians 5, Texas Rangers 7
Helped by an optimistic forecast on the economy from the Reagan Administration, Wall Street staged an impressive rally yesterday that sent the Dow Jones industrial average above the 1,800 level for the first time in two weeks. Traders and market experts agreed that the rosier forecast, which estimates economic growth of 4.5 percent in the fourth quarter, helped, but they said the market was primed to go higher anyway. The Dow, which had been moving erratically over the last few weeks, gained 18.42 points yesterday, to 1,810.04. It was the blue-chip index’s best gain since June 20, when it rose 23 points, and the first time it closed above 1,800 since July 11. The Dow rose 32.06 points for the week.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 1810.04 (+18.42)
Born:
Ahtyba Rubin, NFL nose tackle, defensive tackle, and defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons), in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Died:
Ted Lyons, 85, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (MLB All-Star, 1939; AL wins leader 1925, 1927; AL ERA leader 1942; no-hitter, 1926; Chicago White Sox) and manager (Chicago White Sox, 1926-1928).
Vincente Minnelli, 76, American director (“Gigi”, “Goodbye Charlie”) and father of actress and singer Liza Minnelli.
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