The “Americanization” of the Roland air defense missile developed in Europe and adopted by the United States Army as part of an effort to standardize weapons among the Western allies may cost more than $250 million. Pentagon officials say the cost, originally put at $104 million, was rising because they underestimated the opposition of the Army and its contractors to accepting a weapon developed and produced abroad. When the Army, in January 1975, selected the Roland missile jointly developed by French and West German companies as its new short‐range air‐defense defense weapon, the step was hailed by Defense Department officials as “a milestone” toward standardization of weapons among the Atlantic allies. Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger said at the time that it was “sheer waste” for the United States to duplicate the weapons development of its allies. Defense officials now acknowledge that they underestimated the cost of production of the Roland in the United States and the reluctance of the Army and its contractors to accept a weapon developed abroad.
West Germans were expected to vote in large numbers in tomorrow’s election to choose a new government. A close race was predicted between Chancellor Helmut Schmidt’s Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats of Helmut Kohl. Whatever the outcome, it was believed that West Germany’s policies would face no drastic change. Other Europeans, however, see the election as an indicator of the strength of the Socialists in other countries.
East Germany has completed about two-thirds of an elaborate new barrier system that will run along the West German frontier from the Baltic Sea in the north to Czechoslovakia in the south. This is the fourth barrier to be raised along the frontier since the division of Germany after World War II. Like its predecessors, it is designed to keep the East Germans in rather than the Americans and West Germans out. When completed, the new barrier system will cover about 900 miles. The assumption in intelligence circles is that Czechoslovakia will build a similar barrier along its section of the frontier with West Germany. From one of the watchtowers manned by the First Squadron of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment the new barrier is visible in all its forbidding detail.
About 10 yards back from the border is a fence of wire mesh. The fence is not electrified, but the wire would cut into hands. The fence extends about nine feet above ground and three feet underground. The concrete posts to which it is anchored are studded with antipersonnel mines, which can be exploded by trip wires or by remote control. Beyond the fence is an antivehicle ditch about 15 feet across and about five feet deep at the western side. This has been dug to prevent East German defectors from driving tractors or trucks through the barrier. The next part of the system is a plowed strip of soft earth on which footprints or tire prints would be visible to patrols of the East German Border Guards. Finally, two strips of concrete slabs have been laid to parallel the fence. Along these pass motorcycle and jeep patrols and occasionally a marching squad.
Defense spending is starting to get some of the hard scrutiny in France that it has long had in the United States. A Finance Ministry report that few people have seen because of its super-sensitivity reveals interservice procurement rivalry, waste and intimate relationships between certain defense agencies and arms suppliers. It also describes the practice under Which the agencies, with taxpayers money, make commission payments abroad. Several Paris journals have written of the report. Their information presumably came from leaks from the Finance Ministry, which is now subtly seeking to show that defense is losing the sacred‐cow status it had in Gaullist days. No specific examples of overseas payments have been published. But those who have seen the report say enough cases are cited to cause considerable embarrassment.
Protestant and Roman Catholic supporters of the Northern Ireland women’s peace movement marched and rallied in Northern Ireland, England the Republic of Ireland as the two founders of the movement, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, prepared to fly to the United States to appeal to Americans to stop sending funds to Northern Ireland for relief purposes because the funds end up being spent for arms. The television appeal to Americans was called off at one point because of threats to the station in Buffalo, New York, where it was to be recorded. But the Public Broadcasting Service station, WNED, rescheduled the interview at a secret location.
Experts attending a conference in Athens on preventing stone decay recommended a ban on the use of gasoline in much of Athens to save the monuments on the Acropolis. They also called for nonrusting titanium bars to strengthen stone columns instead of steel, and they urged Greek authorities to forbid all but electrical heating within half a mile of the rock where the Parthenon and other famous temples stand.
The raw‐looking settlement of 1,500 Jews named Kiryat Arba has become a microcosm of the problems facing Israel because of the territories it captured here on the West Bank of the Jordan during the 1967 war. The problems touch on a broad range of concerns—politics, religion, relations with the Arabs, history, Zionism, obedience to Israeli law, expansion. These complex and conflicting issues have now focused on the activities of Rabbi Moshe Levinger, a resident of Kiryat Arba and a leader of the right‐wing religious bloc called Gush Emunim, meaning the Bloc of Believers. Kiryat Arba’s walkways and paths bustle with construction by day. At night they are empty and lunar as they are bathed in a halo of floodlights. The community sits atop a promontory looking down at the old Moslem town of Hebron, where Jews, although unwelcome, lived for centuries and where 63 of them were massacred by their Arab neighbors in 1929. For many weeks Rabbi Levinger has led a band of his followers into a busy quarter of Hebron to demonstrate and pray near an abandoned Jewish hospital. The demonstrations have heightened tensions between Jews and Arabs; on many occasions Israeli soldiers on duty in the occupied territories have had to intervene.
Hundreds of Arab demonstrators stoned Jewish worshipers here today in retaliation for an alleged desecration of the sacred Tomb of the Patriarchs. Arab politicians and Islamic leaders barricaded themselves for six hours in a mosque at the tomb. Israeli sources said false rumors of desecration had touched off the violence, but an Arab source said a group of Jews had beaten a Muslim clergyman and ripped up a copy of the Koran.
Palestinian troops held on to the key village of Aleih, outside of Beirut after stopping a Lebanese Christian attempt to push them out. The Syrian army did not make an attempt to take the village and the fighting appeared to be in a lull. There were reports that the Russians, the Saudi Arabians and the Palestinians were attempting to bring about another cease-fire. The Syrian Army, whose forward positions are only a few miles east of there, did not resume its offensive today. The right‐wing Christians, who attempted yesterday to take Aleih by pushing up the rocky and wooded slope from the north, confined their action to shelling and bursts of machine‐gun fire. The Christians were reported to have suffered heavy losses in the fighting yesterday. Abu Jihad, the Palestinian regional commander, was back at his headquarters in the center of the otherwise deserted Aleih, ignoring the crash of artillery bursts nearby. Yesterday, fearing that the town might be cut off in a combined Syrian‐Christian attack, he directed operations from the village of Ain al‐Remmane, a short distance to the west. Palestinian artillery and other weaponry that had withdrawn to positions on the mountain ridge farther to the west also returned today to Aleih and to Bhamdun, immediately east of here. The Palestinian leaders were again hoping that political efforts would lead to a cease‐fire and permit them to recover from this week’s military setbacks.
For President Kim II Sung of North Korea, the belligerence of summer has given way to the Quiet of autumn. Mr. Kim’s policy of increasing hostility toward the United States, in which his subordinates declared that war was nearing, culminated in the slaying in August of two American officers by North Korean soldiers at Panmunjom, the truce village. But Mr. Kim. considered by many American officials to be the most unpredictable of Communist leaders, suddenly switched tactics with an expression of regret, and the crisis passed. Since then, he has been surprisingly subdued. Information from government analysts here suggests that a peace offensive may be coming, possibly after the American election. North Korean diplomats in Europe, for instance, have been reported calling for a plan to ease tensions. Government analysts in Washington said Mr. Kim appeared to have backed down in August because he miscalculated the American reaction. President Ford ordered a show of force that was supported by Jimmy Carter, the Democratic Presidential nominee, and by political leaders and editorial comment across the country. Moreover, the North Koreans failed to arouse support from their Communist allies or from third‐world nations then meeting in Sri Lanka. Nor did the Japanese object when the show of force was mounted from American bases there.
The Soviet Union renewed its offer to normalize relations with China in the first authoritative Kremlin statement on Sino-Soviet ties since the death of Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Zedong) last month. A long article in the Communist Party newspaper Pravda marking China’s National Day, the 27th anniversary of the Peking regime, contained no mention of Mao — an omission that analysts regarded as proof of Soviet interest in setting aside the tensions that Mao personally came to represent.
Chinese‐Japanese relations, hampered by adverse economic conditions, stalled diplomacy, natural disasters and internal political uncertainties in China and Japan, appear to have entered a period of marked inactivity with little prospect for immediate improvement.
Four years after Ferdinand E. Marcos imposed martial law in the Philippines and two weeks before the referendum that is expected overwhelmingly to reaffirm the mandate he seized, the small but active political opposition here is continuing its efforts to “reveal the other side of martial law, and the truth about this election.” The problem is that few in the Philippines will ever find out about their half of the campaign. The other campaign—the one Mr. Marcos and the huge Commission on Elections is mounting in a new effort to win its traditional 90‐plus percent majority — is in full swing. The mass media of the country have been flooded for weeks with news of the referendum‐plebiscite of October 16 in which voters will be asked whether they want martial law continued and whether they approve nine changes in the federal Constitution.
A flu epidemic has struck Guam, but health authorities do not believe it to be caused by swine flu. Absenteeism has reached 100% in public schools and 75% in most private businesses. Nearly 30% of the Guam police force has reported in sick.
Teams of workers dug through a blanket of mud over the Baja California city of La Paz, Mexico today, unearthing or reburying the bodies of the victims of a hurricane. Some bodies were burned, to prevent disease. Officials said that at least 630 and possibly as many as 1,000 people were killed when the hurricane, designated Liza, swept across the southern end of Baja California early yesterday with winds up to 130 miles an hour. The storm then turned north across the Gulf of California and struck the mainland between Ciudad Obregon and Los Mochis, in Sonora state. Some 14,000 persons were reported injured and 70,000 homeless. The dwindling storm, which had circled in the Pacific for three days before turning on the peninsula, passed over the northern Sierra Madre mountains early today and entered the United States at El Paso, Texas. It was moving northeastward through eastern New Mexico and western Texas.
Argentina’s President Jorge Rafael Videla narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by guerrillas who had planted a time-bomb beneath the reviewing stand at the heavily guarded Campo de Mayo Army Base near Buenos Aires. Videla reviewed a parade of the base’s troops and made a speech to mark “Army Communications Day”, then left the area to inspect a display at a nearby building. Five minutes after the ceremonies ended and the reviewing stand had emptied, the bomb exploded, destroying the stand and the area on which the president had been standing. General Videla, who had continued living on the base after being installed as president, had preceded a speech by the base commander, General Jose Catan, who told the assembled soldiers that the Argentine armed forces were winning the battle against left-wing opponents and said that “the guerrillas have given up trying to attack military bases,” a few minutes before the bomb exploded.
Argentina is making a rapid comeback from the economic anarchy of six months ago, when the armed forces overthrew President Isabel Martinez de Perón. The industrial recession that rocked manufacturers between May and July, when demand fell by up to 80 percent for consumer durables, seems to be over and employment is being maintained, although real wages are down about 30 percent. A key to the industrial situation is the automotive industry, which provides jobs for 100,000 people and consumes large volumes of steel, glass, rubber and other locally produced goods. After a decline of sales in May and June to a monthly level of 10,000 units, compared with previous monthly highs of 25,000 cars and trucks, sales rose to 13,000 units in July, 16,000 in August and nearly 18,000 last month. There are 10 automotive companies, mainly United States and European, producing here.
Cuban troops and South-West African guerrillas have joined Angolan forces in a sweep through southern Angola to crush pro-Western insurgents, according to Namibia (South-West Africa) officials. who say the reports came from Angolan refugees. The officials express fear that the joint operation in Angola foreshadows a major attack on Namibia from the north. South Africa now administers Namibia. The guerrillas seek independence and black rule.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Schaufele and British envoy Edward Rowlands met with Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere for two hours in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to settle differences on setting up an interim government in Rhodesia. High-ranking Tanzanian government sources said Nyerere opposes what he thinks are British intentions to include the present white minority Rhodesian government in the constitutional conference that Britain is organizing.
Pope Paul VI has sent a message of support to Rhodesian Bishop Donal R. Lamont, who has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for not reporting the visit of black nationalist guerrillas to a Roman Catholic mission near the Mozambique border. The message expressed the “wish, certainly shared by all who maintain the same high ideals of racial justice for which he fought, that his dedication contribute to bringing about the desired justice and fraternity among all the people of Rhodesia.”
An interracial cricket match was held without incident in Johannesburg in the initial test of South Africa’s new liberalized policy on nonsegregated sports. The match pitted an all-white team against a team of Indians. The players shared refreshments during the teatime break, a traditional feature of cricket. South African officials announced last month that interracial games would be permitted within the country and racially mixed teams could compete in international sports.
Earl Butz’s resignation as Secretary of Agriculture will be accepted by President Ford if the controversy over Mr. Butz’s racial remarks widens, a well-placed administration source said. Mr. Ford avoided any comment on the matter, but sharp criticism of the remarks continued from both Republicans and Democrats.
Jimmy Carter leads in enough states to give him a majority in the Electoral College, according to a survey by the New York Times, however the Democratic candidate’s lead in most of those states is small and is growing even smaller in some of the most important of them. Although President Ford is leading in only eight states, a relatively small increase in his popular support could bring enough states into his column to give him the victory.
About 200 persons from throughout the country paid $5.000 each to attend a $1 million fund-raising event for the Democratic National Committee near Jimmy Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia. The national committee may legally contribute up to $3.2 million to Carter’s presidential campaign. The $1.000-per-person limit on direct contributions to a presidential candidate does not apply to committee fund-raising events.
Former California Governor Ronald Reagan made a campaign appearance in New Haven, Connecticut, for the Republican national ticket but did not mention President Ford’s name during a six-minute speech. Appearing at a campaign breakfast with GOP vice presidential candidate Robert J. Dole, Reagan called on the nominees to stand by the Republican platform, particularly the foreign policy section.
The two-year battle between President Ford and the 94th Congress ended in a draw, according to leaders of both parties. The President and his supporters in Congress prevented the Democratic leadership from fulfilling its plans to expand the economy and provide more government services. On the other hand, the heavily Democratic majorities blocked White House efforts to cut back spending and revise many of the social programs of the 1960’s.
With great reluctance, President Ford signed today a $3.7 billion public works jobs bill, which he called inflationary. Supporters of the measure say it will put 300,000 unemployed people to work, and Mr. Ford’s Democratic Presidential opponent, Jimmy Carter, had urged that the President sign it. The money will go for public works projects and for local governments in areas of high unemployment. “Another confrontation with Congress on this bill is pointless,” the President said, noting that Congress earlier had rejected his veto of a bill authorizing the appropriation for the jobs legislation. The President also signed a bill extending 260,000 public service jobs in state and local governments through the fiscal year 1977. It authorizes expenditure “of such sums as may be necessary.”
Abortion and the death penalty are the two main issues facing the United States Supreme Court as it reconvenes for a new term. The Court is to decide whether it is constitutional to ban the use of public funds and facilities for abortions. It is also expected to decide not to reconsider last July’s decision upholding the death penalty for murder.
A ban on Medicaid payments for most abortions was blocked by temporary restraining orders issued by federal judges in Washington and New York. Congress Thursday overrode President Ford’s veto of a Health. Education and Welfare Department funding measure that prohibits the use of Medicaid funds for abortions except in cases in which the mother’s life is in jeopardy. The temporary orders, issued in suits brought by pro-abortion and civil liberties groups, apply nationwide.
Rep. Spark Matsunaga defeated Rep. Patsy Mink for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Hawaii’s primary election. With slightly more than half of the votes counted, Matsunaga had 52,992 votes while Mrs. Mink, who had hoped to break the male monopoly in the Senate, had 39,.879. Former Governor William F. Quinn easily won the Republican nomination in the race to succeed retiring Republican Senator Hiram L. Fong.
Two of three San Quentin Prison inmates convicted for violence in 1971 that left six persons dead have been sentenced to life behind bars with eligibility of parole later. A third defendant was placed on probation. The three inmates were John L. Spain, 26 years old; Hugo Pinell, 31, and David Johnson, 29, three of the San Quentin Six. The other three were acquitted of charges in the case. The charges resulted from an escape attempt by the black revolutionary inmate George Jackson on August 21, 1971. He was killed by guards’ gunfire when he raced from the Adjustment Center. Others killed in the violence were three white convicts who had been working with the staff in the center. The acquitted defendants were Willie Tate, 32, Luis Talamantes, 33, and Fleeta Drumgo, 31. Marin County Superior Court Judge Henry J. Broderick sentenced Mr. Spain to prison for seven years to life on two counts of murder in the deaths of two correctional officers, Frank P. DeLeon, 44, and Jere P. Graham, 39. Mr. Pinell was sentenced to nine years to life for assaulting two guards while Mr. Johnson was placed on probation.
The United Mine Workers union revived its arbitration review board at the end of a 10-day convention in Cincinnati. Delegates had earlier voted against continuation of the board amid complaints that the panel acted too slowly. The board makes final decisions on union grievances against coal companies and delegates decided it was still needed.
Two Dallas men face possible prison terms for their roles in a commando-style raid on a Mexican jail that freed 14 American prisoners. William McCoy Hill Jr. and Sterling Blake Davis Sr. were convicted in Del Rio, Texas. of conspiracy and firearms violations in connection with the March 11 raid. The American prisoners, including Davis’ son, were being held on drug-related charges in the Piedras Negras, Mexico, jail and fled across the Rio Grande into the United States.
Nelson Rockefeller is nearing the end of his public career outwardly cheerful and conveying the image of a team player fighting for the ticket. Friends and long-time associates, however, say the Vice President is angry, but resigned, over the events of history that kept him from the White House.
Nazi war criminal suspects living in the United States have come under increased investigation by the Immigration and Naturalization Service after years of delay. The new effort has produced a list of about 91 leading suspects, and the Immigration Service is reported ready to begin deportation proceedings against about 14 of them.
Two men charged with kidnapping Samuel Bronfman II have gone on trial in White Plains, New York, amid mysteries, discrepancies and allegations against the victim. Mel Lynch and Dominic Byrne, the defendants, have both recanted previous statements about the kidnapping of the heir to the Seagram liquor fortune. Mr. Lynch now contends that the kidnapping was a “fake” concocted by Mr. Bronfman to obtain money from his father; Mr. Byrne says that the crime was real, but that he was “duped” in to participation by Mr. Lynch. Mr. Bronfman says he was just an innocent victim.
Former pressmen for The Washington Post marched today at the newspaper’s headquarters to commemorate the first full year of striking and to demand that all charges be dropped against members of Local 6. The strike began on October 1, 1975, in the Post pressroom, where alleged rioting left property damaged and forced the Post to print its editions elsewhere. A former president of Local 6, Jim Dugan, said about 160 pressmen remained out of work and were living on $70-a-week strike benefits. They cannot work elsewhere, he said, because they have been “blacklisted.”
Common Cause charged today that political action committees of the American Medical Association and its state affiliates violated the $5,000 legal limit on campaign contributions to Congressional candidates 21 times. In the first major allegation of violation of the Election Reform Act, the group, which describes itself as a citizens lobby, filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission asking for an order halting the contributions.
A planned geothermal power plant in the Imperial Valley may have half its costs borne by the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. requested federal funds to help finance the $42 million plant. A spokesman for the utility said 25 other Western utilities have been asked to be part owners or to contribute to the project, the first to generate power from hot underground water. Construction is to begin in 1978, with operation due for 1980.
“Let My People Come” closes at Morosco Theater in New York City after 106 performances.
Major League Baseball:
Danny Thompson, a shortstop for baseball’s Texas Rangers, played his final game, after having played for four seasons with leukemia. He died on December 10.
A run on a single by Dwight Evans and triple by Jim Rice with two out in the first inning was all that the Red Sox needed to defeat the Orioles, 1–0. Reggie Cleveland (10–9) gets the shutout “W” for the Sox.
Rick Monday drove in one run with a sacrifice fly and scored another after a fluke double to lead the Cubs to a 3–1 victory over the Expos. Larry Parrish homered for the Expos in the second inning, but a triple by Mick Kelleher and Monday’s scoring fly knotted the count in the third. Batting again in the sixth, Monday reached second with a double when Andre Dawson lost his fly ball in the sun. Joe Wallis sacrificed and Bill Madlock then drove in the tie-breaking tally with an infield out.
Two outs away from the second no-hitter of his career, Phil Niekro (17–11) suffered disappointment when Cesar Geronimo doubled for the Reds in a 3–0 loss to the Braves. After Geronimo’s spoiler, Niekro retired Dave Concepcion on a grounder and struck out Doug Flynn to complete his victory. The knuckleball righthander’s no-hitter came on August 5, 1973, against the Padres.
J.R. Richard breezed to a 10–1 victory over the Giants and became the second 20-game winner in Astros’ history. Larry Dierker won 20 in 1969. Richard also rapped three hits including a homer, and drove in three runs to mark the season’s final contest for both clubs.
While Hal McRae and George Brett sat out, Rod Carew collected three hits in four trips in a bid for his fifth straight American League batting championship and sixth of his career as the Twins defeated the Royals, 3–2. McRae’s average was .33078 and Brett’s was .33073, while Carew raised his mark to .329. The Twins counted all their runs in the sixth inning on singles by Steve Brye, Roy Smalley, Carew and Larry Hisle. Jamie Quirk batted in the Royals’ first run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and counted their other tally in the seventh, hitting a single and crossing the plate on a double by Dave Nelson.
Mike Ivie homered with two men on base in the eighth inning to cap a four-run outburst that brought the Padres a 4–1 victory over the Dodgers. The Padres touched Don Sutton for their first run on singles by Johnny Grubb, Jerry Turner and Bobby Valentine before Ivie smashed his homer. Until the Padres erupted, Sutton had pitched 23 consecutive scoreless innings.
Shortly after it was announced that Mark Fidrych (19–9) had been given a bonus and had signed a new three-year contract, the Tigers’ sensational rookie went out and defeated the Brewers, 4–1, for his 19th victory of the season. The complete game was his 24th. Rusty Staub batted in two of the Tigers’ runs with a single and sacrifice fly.
After a double by Graig Nettles drove in one run, the Yankees scored twice more on passes with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to defeat the Indians, 6–5, to start a sweep of a doubleheader. Nettles again came up with the key hit in the second game, rapping a triple in the seventh and scoring on a safe squeeze bunt by Carlos May to account for a 4–3 victory. Oscar Gamble homered for the Yankees with two men on base in the opener, but the Indians forged ahead, 4–3, before May walked in the eighth and scored the tying run on Nettles’ double. After an intentional pass to Gamble, Sandy Alomar moved the runners along. Dave LaRoche walked Lou Piniella on purpose to load the bases and then could not relocate the plate, passing both Otto Velez and Roy White.
The Athletics, after coming from behind with four runs to tie the score, finally ended this overtime game when Gene Tenace singled with the bases loaded and two out in the 14th inning to beat the Angels, 9–8. Don Baylor drew a walk to lead off the final frame and Bill North sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Ken McMullen, the runners advanced on an infield out by Tommy Sandt. Another intentional pass to Ron Fairly then filled the sacks and set the stage for Tenace’s winning single.
After falling behind in the first inning, 3–0, the Phillies rallied to defeat the Mets, 7–4, for their 100th victory of the season. The Phillies began their comeback with a two-run homer by Jerry Martin in the second. The Mets added a run in the third, but the Phillies tied the score in their half with a single by Dave Cash for one of his four hits in the game and doubles by Mike Schmidt and Ollie Brown. Cash singled again in the fifth and subsequently scored on a single by Brown to put the Phillies ahead to stay. Jim Lonborg won his 18th of the year against 10 losses.
While John Candelaria (16–7) pitched a five-hitter, the Pirates turned the tables on Lynn McGlothen while defeating the Cardinals, 8–0. McGlothen had blanked the Bucs, 3-0, September 25. This time, the Pirates whacked the Cards’ starter for three runs in the second inning on a single by Dave Parker, triple by Richie Hebner and doubles by Ed Kirkpatrick and Rennie Stennett. McGlothen was kayoed when the Pirates added two tallies in the third. Their final runs counted off Tom Walker in the fourth on a single by Miguel Dilone, double by Omar Moreno and homer by Parker.
A pass to Ken Pape with the bases loaded in the 10th inning handed the Rangers a 5–4 victory over the White Sox. Jim Fregosi walked to start the stanza and took third on a single by Juan Beniquez. After passing Lenny Randle to fill the sacks, Pete Vuckovich also walked Pape to force in the Rangers’ winning run.
Baltimore Orioles 0, Boston Red Sox 1
Montreal Expos 1, Chicago Cubs 3
Atlanta Braves 3, Cincinnati Reds 0
San Francisco Giants 1, Houston Astros 10
Minnesota Twins 3, Kansas City Royals 2
San Diego Padres 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Detroit Tigers 4, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Cleveland Indians 5, New York Yankees 6
Cleveland Indians 3, New York Yankees 4
California Angels 8, Oakland Athletics 9
New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 7
St. Louis Cardinals 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Chicago White Sox 4, Texas Rangers 5
Born:
John Thornton, NFL defensive tackle (Tennessee Titans, Cincinnati Bengals), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bashir Levingston, NFL cornerback and kick returner (New York Giants), in Monterey County, California.
Víctor Santos, Dominican MLB pitcher (Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles), in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic.
Ryan Robertson, NBA shooting guard (Sacramento Kings), in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian women’s handball national team line player; in Szerencs, Hungary (d. 2005)
Mandisa [Hundley], American Grammy Award-winning gospel and contemporary Christian singer (Overcomer), in Citrus Heights, California (d. 2024).
Alexander Sevastian, Russian-born Canadian accordionist; in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2018).
Died:
Mary Poonen Lukose, 90, Indian gynecologist and former Surgeon General of the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor (now part of Kerala state)
Gladys Leslie (stage name for Gladys Leslie Moore), 81, American silent film actress.
R. C. Anderson, 93, English historian.
