Three days after the killing of a pair of U.S. Army officers in the Korean DMZ by North Koreans, the United States carried out “Operation Paul Bunyan”, a show of force to remind North Korea of the U.S. determination to protect South Korea, accompanied by the dispatch of F-4, F-111 and B-52 fighters and bombers, as well as helicopter gunships and 300 soldiers. A group of 110 U.S. servicemen went to the Panmunjom site and completed the job of cutting down the 40 foot (12 m) tall poplar tree that had been the cause of the international incident.
A convoy of 23 American and South Korean vehicles (“Task Force Vierra”, named after Lieutenant Colonel Victor S. Vierra, commander of the United States Army Support Group) drove into the JSA without any warning to the North Koreans, who had one observation post staffed at that hour. In the vehicles were two eight-man teams of military engineers (from the 2nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division) equipped with chainsaws to cut down the tree.
The teams were accompanied by two 30-man security platoons from the Joint Security Force, who were armed with pistols and axe handles. The 1st Platoon secured the northern entrance to the JSA via the Bridge of No Return, while the 2nd Platoon secured the southern edge of the area.
Concurrently, a team from B Company, commanded by Captain Walter Seifried, had activated the detonation systems for the charges on Freedom Bridge and had the 165mm main gun of the M728 combat engineer vehicle aimed mid-span to ensure that the bridge would fall if the order was given for its destruction. Also, B Company, supporting E Company (bridge), were building M4T6 rafts on the Imjin River in case the situation required emergency evacuation by that route.
In addition, a 64-man task force of the ROK Army 1st Special Forces Brigade accompanied them, armed with clubs and trained in taekwondo, supposedly without firearms. However, once they parked their trucks near the Bridge of No Return, they started throwing out the sandbags that lined the truck bottoms and handing out M16 rifles and M79 grenade launchers that had been concealed below them. Several of the commandos also had M18 Claymore mines strapped to their chests with the firing mechanism in their hands, and were shouting at the North Koreans to cross the bridge.
A US infantry company in 20 utility helicopters and seven Cobra attack helicopters circled behind them. Behind these helicopters, B-52 Stratofortresses came from Guam escorted by US F-4 Phantom IIs from Kunsan Air Base and South Korean F-5 and F-86 fighters were visible flying across the sky at high altitude. F-4Es from Osan AB and Taegu Air Base, South Korea, F-111 bombers of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing out of Mountain Home Air Force Base, were stationed, and F-4C and F-4D Phantoms from the 18th TFW Kadena Air Base and Clark Air Base were also deployed. The aircraft carrier USS Midway task force had also been moved to a station just offshore.
Near the edges of the DMZ, many more heavily armed US and South Korean infantry, artillery including the Second Battalion, 71st Air Defense Regiment armed with Improved Hawk missiles, and armor were waiting to back up the special operations team. Bases near the DMZ were prepared for demolition in the case of a military response. The defense condition (DEFCON) was elevated on order of General Stilwell, as was later recounted in Colonel De LaTeur’s research paper. In addition, 12,000 additional troops were ordered to Korea, including 1,800 Marines from Okinawa. During the operation, nuclear-capable strategic bombers circled over the JSA.
Altogether, Task Force Vierra consisted of 813 men: almost all of the men of the United States Army Support Group of which the Joint Security Force was a part, a South Korean reconnaissance company, a South Korean Special Forces company that had infiltrated the river area by the bridge the night before, and members of a reinforced composite rifle company from the 9th Infantry Regiment. In addition to this force, every UNC force in the rest of South Korea was on battle alert.
South Koreans warmly welcomed the news today that a work group of the United Nations Command had cut down a tree near which two American military officers had been killed Wednesday by North Korean soldiers.
Eight persons were killed and 43 seriously injured when a West German tour bus plunged down a cliff into the Danube River near Melk, west of Vienna, after a brush with a small car driven by an 84-year-old pensioner, police reported. An ambulance crashed and overturned after the bus accident, injuring two attendants, they said. Police quoted the pensioner as saying he had been driving the narrow winding cliffside road almost daily for 28 years and accused the bus driver of excessive speed. The injured bus driver said the small car turned suddenly, forcing him to swerve the bus over the embankment.
The town of Mont-de-Marsan, located in southern France, held what it would claim to be the first punk rock festival. Organized by promoter Marc Zermati, Le Festival Punk de Mont-de-Marsan featured British bands Eddie and the Hot Rods and The Damned, and the French bands Bijou, Il Biaritz and Shakin’ Street.
In Battle, East Sussex, Mary-Joy Langdon becomes the first British firewoman. Langdon was a British nun who was the first woman to be an operational firefighter in Britain. In the summer of 1976 there was a major drought in Britain and the fire brigades needed extra people. Langdon volunteered and joined the Battle fire station, close to her family farm as part of the East Sussex Fire Brigade, part-time but being on call for 24 hours. She had passed all the normal tests including carrying an 11 stone (150 lb; 70 kg) man for 100 yards. At the age of 25, she was the UK’s first ever female firefighter to be formally admitted to a brigade. She joined on 21 August 1976, leaving in 1983. In 1978, women firefighters were accepted everywhere in the UK. In 1984, Sister Mary-Joy joined the Roman Catholic congregation Sisters of the Infant Jesus. Sister Mary-Joy founded the Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre, a charity, in 1989. In 2012, she was chosen to be one of the people carrying the Olympic torch on its journey to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Shopkeepers in Nablus, the largest town on the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the Jordan River, ended their 20-day strike against an Israeliimposed value added tax-but swore not to pay the levy. A spokesman said the merchants, who opened their shops for the first time in three weeks, said they would not keep account books and would not collect the 8% tax on goods and services. The Arab merchants argue that Israel has no right to impose the tax in the area administered by Jordanian law.
Two U.S. diplomats have been sent to Lebanon to resume contacts with Christian leaders that were interrupted by the assassination of Ambassador Francis E. Meloy Jr. in June. The State Department said the men, Robert Houghton and David Mack, both of whom have experience in Lebanon, will spend a week or so in the Christian areas of Beirut “to discuss with key Lebanese personalities there, current developments on the Lebanese scene and to obtain their views.”
Egypt and representatives of four contributing countries signed an agreement to establish a $2 billion fund to help bolster Egypt’s economy. The country is plagued by budgetary and balance-of-payment deficits and needs at least $12 billion in hard currency for its 1976-1980 development plan, according to official sources. The contributing nations were Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Rioting broke out in Bangkok between rival groups of students as the controversy over the sudden return a week ago of a former military strongman continued to grow. At least one student was killed and 38 wounded by gunfire and plastic explosives in the brief but violent clash at Thammasat University. The police broke up the fighting. The crisis for the four-month-old coalition government of Prime Minister Seni Pramoj began nearly a week ago when Field Marshal Prapas Charusathien, the former deputy Prime Minister and the power behind Thailand’s last military dictator, Thanom Kittkachorn, returned secretly from exile in Taiwan.
Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki conferred again today with his chief political critic and challenger, Takeo Fukuda, in an unsuccessful effort to patch up the political split that widened this week within Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The meeting took place at the end of a hectic week that saw some unusual political developments here, including jeering of the Prime Minister by members of his own party and the mounting drive to seek a party vote of no‐confidence in Mr. Miki as leader of the Liberal Democrats. There was a series of meetings of local and national party officials, elders and members of the Diet to discuss the political consequences of the Lockheed aircraft bribery scandal. Former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka was indicted Monday for bribery in the scandal. Mr. Miki, who heads only a minor faction in his party, used the sessions to repeat his public appeals for thorough party reforms, for a special session of the Parliament to handle pressing fiscal legislation and then for a general election. “The final political settlement rests with the general election,” Mr. Miki told 200 delegates from his party’s provincial chapters. “Let us leave everything to the judgment of the people.”
Tomisaburo Hashimoto, a former Cabinet minister and a leading political elder, was arrested in Tokyo today as the investigation of the Lockheed Aircraft bribery scandal moved deeper into the ranks of Japanese politicians. Mr. Hashimoto, a 75-year-old former Transportation Minister. was charged with accepting a bribe of 5 million yen, or $14,000, to use his influence in the purchase of Lockheed aircraft by All Nippon Airways, Japan’s largest airline company in terms of passengers, planes and flights.
The Greenpeace Foundation, a Canadian group opposing whale hunting, reported that it had intercepted a Soviet whaling ship in the northern Pacific, about 1,400 miles north of Hawaii. A spokesman said a significant portion of the whaling operation by the Soviet ship was disrupted the night it was intercepted. Greenpeace has several ships off the coast of Hawail and the United States, attempting to prevent whaling by Japanese and Soviet crews. Neither the United States nor Canada engage in whaling.
The mass murder of suspected guerrillas by right‐wing terrorists in Argentina has produced a wave of revulsion that puts pressure on the military regime to impose effective control over all armed groups. Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla, president of the ruling junta, and the backers of his moderate political position, are angry about the adverse international impact and internal challenge to the junta caused by the anti‐Communist extremists who killed 47 persons in two mass executions yesterday. These killings at two deserted, locations outside this capital indicated by their size the scope of the right‐wing armed groups and the impunity with which they carry out abductions and killings. Such actions are described by the military as uncontrolled in contrast to the anti‐leftist campaign of the armed forces. This is aimed against guerrillas who began operating against the military and private businessmen during the regime of President Isabel Martinez de Perón, contributing to her downfall.
The leaders of South Africa’s tribal homelands, representing nearly half the country’s 18 million blacks, said that the reaction of Prime Minister John Vorster’s government to the unrest in the black townships showed that the only language they were prepared to listen to was violence. In a strong condemnation of apartheid, the homeland leaders demanded full human rights and rejected government concessions that could no longer satisfy the aspirations of the blacks. The group demanded an early meeting with Mr. Vorster, followed by a national conference attended by the black leaders who have been detained by the security police since the rioting began.
Jimmy Carter will formally start his presidential campaign in Warm Springs, Georgia, on Labor Day and then will concentrate on the states where President Ford seems strongest, Mr. Carter’s press aide, Jody Powell, said. Major investments of time and money would be made in those areas, Mr. Powell said, “that look to be the most hotly contested, from California, running through the industrial midlands, up into the Northeast.” The choice of Warm Springs as a campaign starting point was announced on the eve of a four-day trip by Mr. Carter to the West Coast and Iowa. He will speak in Los Angeles on Monday, Seattle on Tuesday and Des Moines on Wednesday before returning to his home in Plains, Ga. Warm Springs was a favorite retreat of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died there 31 years ago. Its connection with Mr. Roosevelt apparently was a factor in choosing it as the setting for the start of the campaign.
Jimmy Carter is courting Congress well before the November elections and more warmly than any other presidential candidate in recent years. He is going to unusual lengths to aid Democrats running for the Senate and House, as well as discreetly soliciting the cooperation of key committee chairmen and party leaders. The power changes in Congress will be the most sweeping in years. There will be changes in the Democratic leadership of both houses, 50 changes in chairmanships and perhaps 100 new members. Mr. Carter, realizing that he cannot take congressional cooperation for granted, is moving quickly to head off problems before they may arise.
President Ford relaxed in Vail, Colorado, a resort in the Rocky Mountains. He played golf and planned to open campaign strategy sessions this week. His campaign chairman, Rogers C. B. Morton, was also in Vail, and Senator Robert Dole, his running mate, will arrive this week. Mr. Morton denied reports that Mr. Ford, in selecting the Kansas Senator, had written off the Northeast and the South. “We haven’t written off anything,” he said. “We’re going to campaign on Carter’s doorstep.”
Democratic Party leaders in Missouri chose Warren Hearnes, a former Governor of the state, to take the place of the late Representative Jerry Litton as the party’s candidate for the Senate. Mr. Hearnes finished second to Mr. Litton in the August 3 primary. Mr. Litton and his family were killed in a plane crash on the way to a victory party. Mr. Hearnes was chosen over James Spainbower, the State Treasurer, who had many Litton supporters rallying behind him in an attempt to stop Mr. Hearnes from resuming his long hold over the state’s Democratic machinery.
A black civil rights march on Chicago’s Marquette Park and a white counterdemonstration were halted by police officers. About 100 policemen stopped 250 civil rights marchers eight blocks from the park area and 90 officers prevented a group of about 800 whites from marching to meet the black demonstrators. Police reported 13 arrests, including two black men who fired guns into the air. There were no injuries. City authorities, fearing a repetition of the violence of a July 17 march into the area, had denied the demonstrators a parade permit. The July 17 march had been held to demand open housing in the working-class area on Chicago’s southwest side.
Eight persons were killed and 16 injured when a tractor-trailer truck sped out of control down a long, steep hill and crashed into 10 cars stopped for a traffic light in Valley View, Ohio. The collision caused explosions and fires. The truck driver, John Harris, 56, of Detroit, told police his brakes had failed. Police said the truck, which hit the rear of two cars, jackknifed and rolled over and crushed several other cars, was in fifth gear instead of second or low gear, as recommended on a lighted sign atop the hill. Because of this, Harris may face charges, police said. Several victims burned to death when they were trapped in their cars.
Fire that started in the engine room of a 700-foot freighter anchored at Destrehan, Louisiana, burned out of control for six hours but firemen finally disregarded the danger of a possibly toxic cargo and contained the blaze. However, it was learned later that the dangerous cargo had been unloaded before the fire started. Most of the crew abandoned ship and were rescued by ferry boats and other vessels but two crewmen were reported missing. The ship was the Central Gulf Lines’ Green Island.
No violations of law were found in the state’s investigation of a Boynton Beach, Florida, nursing home where five elderly patients died this month, apparently of heat stroke. The victims and 19 others were stricken a few days after the Boulevard Manor Nursing Home’s air conditioning failed. A state health official disputed reports that the temperature in the home had reached 110 degrees, saying the highest reading he had seen was 89. The home apparently did everything it could to get the air conditioning functioning again, he said.
Senator Herman E. Talmadge (D-Georgia) and three other investors stand to gain $1.83 million in federal funds when the city of Atlanta completes the purchase of land for a jail and courts complex, the Atlanta Constitution reported. The City Council voted in 1973 to buy 3.56 acres owned by the four, who had bought the land that year, and has paid them $150,000 for the option to buy. The investors have increased pressure on the city to buy the property because of their tax and interest bills, the paper said. Talmadge, it said, voted for three federal laws under which the city is getting funds to pay for the land and construction. He told the paper he had been a “passive investor” and denied having approached city officials.
The value of nearly all types of New York City property has declined in the last two years, persuading many of the city’s banks to reduce their investments in local real estate, according to a study of the city’s lending institutions. Overbuilding, high real-estate taxes and the city’s fiscal difficulties were given as the main reasons for the decline in office-building values. Rent control and deteriorating neighborhoods were said to be the principal causes for the decline in the prices of apartment houses. Consequently, most banks believe there are no good opportunities for investment in the construction of offices or apartment houses in the city.
A 10-year-old Massachusetts boy, Angelo “Andy” Puglisi, went missing from a public pool near his home in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Angelo had last been seen leaving the Den Rock Park at 2:00 in the afternoon after swimming with friends. More than 30 years later, the case would become the subject of “Have You Seen Andy?”, a 2007 HBO documentary by one of Andy’s friends, Melanie Perkins McLaughlin, who had been with him at the pool on the day of his disappearance.
Richard Burton, 50, and model Susan Hunt, 28, were married in Arlington, Virginia, and then flew to New York for a reception at the Lombardy Hotel, where they will live while he makes a movie. The bride, the former wife of British race car driver James Hunt, wore a coral-pink silk off-shoulder dress and Burton was dressed in a dark business suit. Burton, twice married and divorced from Elizabeth Taylor, telephoned the actress in Vienna to tell her about the marriage. Miss Taylor is filming a musical in Austria. Burton and Mrs. Hunt were married in a civil ceremony by Judge Francis E. Thomas Jr., who married Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry A. Kissinger also. Bob Wilson, best man for Burton in his first marriage to Miss Taylor, had the same role Saturday.
Pornographic magazine publisher Larry Flynt (33) weds Althea Leasure (23) (his fourth time).
Evidence of a 150-mile-wide crater near the South Pole, the result of what could be the largest meteorite ever to strike the earth, was reported by Dr. John G. Weihaupt, associate dean of science at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis. He gave the report at an international geological congress in Sydney, Australia, saying that the half-mile-deep crater lies beneath the ice of northern Antarctica, according to his evidence. Larger than any other meteorite crater so far found on earth, it would cover the distance between Chicago and Indianapolis. Wilkes Land crater is a hypothesized giant impact structure beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. The hypothesis is based on indirect geophysical observations, especially regional gravity anomalies and subglacial topography. It remains unconfirmed because the site is buried under ice and there are no direct bedrock samples to test for diagnostic impact evidence. Because mass concentrations on Earth are expected to dissipate over time, it is believed the structure must be less than 500 million years old and also note that it appears to have been disturbed by the rift valley that formed 100 million years ago, during the separation of Australia from the Gondwana supercontinent. The researchers speculate that the putative impact and associated crater may have contributed to this separation by weakening the Earth’s crust at this location. These bracketing dates also make it possible that the site could be associated with the Permian–Triassic extinction event. The Permian–Triassic extinction occurred 250 million years ago and is believed to be the largest extinction event since the origin of complex multicellular life.
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Cecil Cooper hit a homer and single, accounting for two runs, and Carl Yastrzemski also batted in two with a pair of doubles to lead the Red Sox to a 5–2 victory over the Athletics. Reggie Cleveland, who started for the Red Sox, gave up a homer by Don Baylor in the first inning but the checked the A’s until the ninth when a single by Billy Williams and single by Sal Bando forced his exit. Tom Murphy, relieving with two out, gave up a run-scoring double by Gene Tenace before retiring Ken McMullen on a fly to left field to end the game.
Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park home run in the Orioles’ history but Baltimore is edged by the Chicago White Sox, 11–10. Winding up a high-scoring contest, the White Sox counted on a single by Bill Stein in the 12th inning and defeated the Orioles. The Orioles were beaten although piling up 22 hits against 15 for the White Sox. The Orioles also had an advantage in extra-base blows with a homer, triple and double by Al Bumbry, homer by Doug DeCinces and doubles by Reggie Jackson, Ken Singleton and Paul Blair. Jack Brohamer hit a homer for the White Sox, who also had doubles by Alan Bannister, Jim Essian and Pat Kelly. In the 12th, Essian beat out a bunt and moved to second on a sacrifice by Kevin Bell. Jorge Orta popped up, but Stein hit a grounder that struck third base and bounced away for a single, driving in Essian with the winning run.
Errors by Dave Concepcion and George Foster enabled the Cubs to score a pair of unearned runs to defeat the Reds, 3–2. The Cubs counted their initial marker in the first inning. Rick Monday singled and Manny Trillo walked with one out. George Mitterwald grounded to Joe Morgan, but Concepcion dropped the throw at second, allowing Monday to score. In the third, Trillo walked, stole second and scored on a double by Mitterwald. Rob Sperring singled in the fourth and when Foster dropped a fly ball by Rick Reuschel (11–8) for a two-base error, Sperring raced home with what proved to be the Cubs’ winning run. Morgan hit a homer for the Reds. Bruce Sutter picked up his seventh save.
Blowing up in the 10th inning, Mark Fidrych (14–5) loaded the bases, hit Dan Ford with a pitch and then gave up three more runs to go down to defeat as the Twins triumphed over the Tigers, 7–3. The Tigers counted their runs in the first, two scoring on a double by Rusty Staub, but the Twins came back with a two-run homer by Steve Brye in the second before tying the score in the seventh on singles by Lyman Bostock and Brye around a sacrifice and a grounder by Larry Hisle. In the 10th, with one out, Bob Randall and Steve Braun singled for the Twins. Roy Smalley also singled, but Randall was thrown out at the plate by Ron LeFlore. Fidrych then walked Rod Carew intentionally to load the bases before hitting Ford with a pitch to force in the tie-breaking tally. Upset, the Tigers’ rookie righthander gave up a two-run single by Butch Wynegar and run-scoring double by Bostock before the inning ended.
Don Sutton (15–9) pitched a perfect game for 7 ⅓ innings before giving up a homer by Dave Parker, but the Dodgers’ righthander had no trouble beating the Pirates, 5–1, for his 15th victory. Manny Sanguillen later doubled for the Pirates’ second and final hit. The Dodgers opened the scoring in the third with two runs on a walk to Ellie Rodriguez, triple by Davey Lopes and single by Bill Buckner. Three singles added a run in the fourth before Steve Garvey hit a homer with Buckner on base in the fifth.
Although forced to call on three pitchers, the Royals defeated the Brewers, 6–2, with a 14-hit attack that included three each by Ruppert Jones and Amos Otis and two apiece by George Brett and Hal McRae. The Royals jumped off to a two-run lead in the first inning on singles by Jones, Otis and Brett and an infield out by John Mayberry. After the Brewers came back with a tally on a triple by Mike Hegan and grounder by Sixto Lezcano, the Royals put the game away with three runs in the fourth. Singles by Frank White and Otis and an infield out by Brett produced the first counter. Mayberry walked. Otis stole third and scored on a single by McRae. Pinch-hitter Al Cowens followed with a single to drive in Mayberry. Von Joshua homered for the Brewers in the sixth before the Royals picked up their last run in the ninth on an RBI single by Fred Patek.
Leading off in the 10th inning, Rusty Torres smashed a homer to bring the Angels a 4–3 victory over the Yankees. The Angels took an early 3–0 lead, counting a run in the first inning on an RBI single by Tony Solaita and adding two in the second on a single by Dave Chalk and wild pitch by Dock Ellis. The Yankees tied the score in the fourth when Chris Chambliss and Carlos May singled and Oscar Gamble homered.
Led by Jay Johnstone and Garry Maddox, each with three hits and two runs batted in, the Phillies defeated the Astros, 7–4. Cliff Johnson started the Astros’ scoring with a homer in the second inning, but Johnstone knocked in the tying tally with a double in the fourth. The Astros broke ahead again with a three-run outburst in the fifth that included doubles by Jerry DaVanon and Roger Metzger, but their lead was short-lived. The Phillies erupted for four runs in the home half of the inning after loading the bases with singles by Tommy Hutton, Dave Cash and Larry Bowa. Greg Luzinski walked to force in one run, another scored on an infield out by Johnstone and two followed on a single by Maddox and a wild throw from the outfield by Wilbur Howard.
Jerry Koosman (16–7) was a winner for the sixth straight time and the 10th time in his last 11 decisions when the Mets’ southpaw defeated the Padres, 7–1. The Mets took a 2–0 lead before Tito Fuentes homered for the Padres’ run in the sixth inning. The Mets then locked up Koosman’s decision with four runs in the seventh. Bruce Boisclair doubled for the first tally. John Milner and Joe Torre followed with run-scoring singles and Mike Vail capped the inning with a sacrifice fly.
The National League’s two last-place clubs battled through 16 innings before the Giants defeated the Expos, 5–4. Jose Morales hit a three-run double in the eighth inning when the Expos scored four times to take a 4–2 lead, but the Giants rallied to tie the game in the ninth with a homer by Bobby Murcer and run-scoring single by Dave Rader. The game then wended its way to a conclusion in the 16th after four hours and 16 minutes of play. Ken Reitz opened the inning with a single and was forced by Gary Matthews. Murcer grounded out, sending Matthews to second, and Larry Herndon followed with the winning single.
Carl Morton stroked three singles and drove in three runs to help himself to victory as the Braves defeated the Cardinals, 6–2. Pitching with a badly bruised left leg, Morton allowed 10 hits in 7 ⅓ innings before yielding the mound to Adrian Devine. Morton singled to produce one of the Braves’ two runs in the second inning. With the score tied, 2–2, the Braves broke away with three runs in the sixth on consecutive singles by Ken Henderson, Rod Gilbreath and Darrel Chaney, an infield out by Vic Correll and single by Morton. The Braves’ righthander added his third RBI with a single in the eighth.
Gaylord Perry (12–10) pitched a seven-hitter and gained his 12th victory when the Rangers defeated the Indians, 5–3. A defensive lapse enabled the Indians to score two runs on an infield out in the first inning. After Rick Manning singled, John Lowenstein walked and Rico Carty singled to load the bases, Larvell Blanks grounded to second baseman Danny Thompson, who failed in his attempt to tag Carty. Thompson then was forced to throw to first to retire Blanks while both Manning and Lowenstein scored on the play. The Rangers came back with two runs in their half and broke the tie with a run in the fifth before putting over the winning margin in the sixth when Jim Fregosi singled, Tom Grieve tripled and Juan Beniquez doubled. Boog Powell homered for the Indians in the seventh.
Oakland Athletics 2, Boston Red Sox 5
Chicago White Sox 11, Baltimore Orioles 10
Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 2
Minnesota Twins 7, Detroit Tigers 3
Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Kansas City Royals 6, Milwaukee Brewers 2
California Angels 4, New York Yankees 3
Houston Astros 4, Philadelphia Phillies 7
New York Mets 7, San Diego Padres 1
Montreal Expos 4, San Francisco Giants 5
Atlanta Braves 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Cleveland Indians 3, Texas Rangers 5
Born:
Liezel Huber [née Horn], South African-American tennis player (4 Grand Slam titles in women’s doubles with Cara Black, 1 with Lisa Raymond, and 2 mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan), in Durban, Republic of South Africa.
Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican MLB shortstop, third baseman, and second baseman (Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates), in Aibonito, Puerto Rico.
Derrin Ebert, MLB pitcher (Atlanta Braves), in Anaheim, California.
Alex Brooks, NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils), in Madison, Wisconsin.
Died:
Juliana Mickwitz, 87, Finnish-born American cryptanalyst and translator, official with the National Security Agency from 1952 to 1963.
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