A Russian missile now being introduced can disrupt the nuclear balance in Europe and the United States is considering ways to upgrade its own nuclear capability in the region as a result. General Alexander M. Haig Jr. said. Haig, supreme commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, said he believed modernization of NATO’s atomic arsenal was the means of responding to the Soviet SS-20 missile rather than negotiations.
One thousand U.S. marines waded ashore from landing craft at a beach near Oksboel, Denmark, in a simulated North Atlantic Treaty Organization maneuver to liberate the Danes from foreign occupation. Denmark, which commands the entrance to the Baltic Sea, is considered a prime target for attack by the Warsaw Pact countries in the event of a conflict in Europe. A NATO spokesman said the two-week exercise involves 11,000 troops from the United States, West Germany and Denmark.
Five hundred Dutch police fought a gun battle with South Moluccan nationalists who were being evicted from an antiquated settlement they had occupied for about 20 years in Epe, Holland. Police said 14 of the Moluccans had been arrested and probably would be charged with shooting at police and illegal possession of arms. The majority of the 40,000 Moluccans in Holland want independence from Indonesia for 150 islands they claim as their homeland.
Fourteen nations, including Communist countries, will meet in London next month to consider proposals by President Ford designed to check the spread of nuclear weapons, diplomats said. At the center of the Administration’s proposal is a project to set up a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Barnwell, South Carolina, as an international center that can be a model of safety and safeguards against cheating. Sources said the cost of the transformation could run up to $500 million.
The Swiss owners of an Italian chemical factory at which an explosion in July contaminated an area near Milan with a poisonous gas announced it has created a $12.4 million fund to pay for the damage. The Geneva-based Givaudan Co. said the fund would cover the damages and consequences of the accident at the factory in Seveso. More than 700 people have been evacuated from the polluted area and about 10 women in early stages of pregnancy, fearing their children might be deformed by the effects of the gas, had abortions.
The East German oil tanker Boehlen, carrying a cargo of 10,000 tons of Venezuelan crude oil, sank in a storm off of the coast of France, drowning 26 members of its 37-man crew. Afterwards, the French government would work for ten months to protect the Île de Sein, known for being a French beach resort and a major supplier of lobsters, from destruction. In an operation that cost US$30,000,000 and cost the lives of two divers and a soldier, France saved the island from continued pollution by pumping water into the wreckage, forcing its gradually-leaking oil from its ruptured tanks to the surface, and burning what was left.
Tough new import controls were reportedly under study by the British government after it reported that the trade deficit rose $118 million last month. At the same time, the miners’ union threatened a strike, and the pound fell to only a fraction above its record low.
Syrian troops almost completely encircled the predominantly Muslim western section of Beirut after pushing through Palestinian positions east and south of the city. House-to-house fighting was reported in Bhamdun, 12 miles east of Beirut, and a Syrian armored column reached Abra, only four miles from Saida, the last Palestinian supply port. The Arab League’s peacekeeping force that had been stationed in the port was reported to have been pulled out. The tank column had begun its push Tuesday from the Lebanese Christian town of Jezzin, 20 miles east of Saida. It took the town of Rum, 15 miles from Saida, and then halted through yesterday. Jbaa, a road junction eight miles southwest of Jezzin, was also reported in Syrian hands today. With today’s developments, west Beirut, the bastion of the Palestinians and their Lebanese leftist and Muslim allies, was almost completely locked in. The Museum, the only crossing point between west and east Beirut, open to those willing to risk their lives, was closed by both sides more than a week ago. Any car venturing into the debris-strewn no man’s land was shot at from the other side. The airport, south of the city, has been closed for four months. The road to Damascus — even the back roads — became impassable when the Syrians launched their offensive in the Bhamun‐Aleih area yesterday. There the Syrians were advancing behind a curtain of shelling by their artillery and fire from dug‐in tank positions higher along the highway above Bhamdun.
China’s leaders remained silent on reports that at least four senior leftist leaders, including Chairman Mao Tse-tung’s widow, Chiang Ching, had been arrested for fabricating a quotation of Mao, while China’s information media issued warnings against “conspiracies” and anyone who “tampers” with Mao’s words. Wall posters appeared in Shanghai naming the four as members of an “anti-party plot group.”
A federal grand jury is investigating allegations that Washington-based South Korean businessman Tongsun Park and Korcan agents have given cash and gifts to more than 20 congressmen to “create a favorable legislative climate” in Washington for the South Korean government of Park Chung Hee. A government source said the investigation involves the most sweeping allegations of congressional corruption ever investigated by the Justice Department. Another Washington source said the investigation has progressed furthest on allegations involving Reps. Joseph P. Addabbo (D-New York), Robert L. Leggett (D-California), Otto E. Passman (D-Louisiana), and former Reps. Cornelius Gallagher (D-New Jersey) and Richard Hanna (D-California).
A joint pact to control North American plant pests has been signed by the United States, Mexico and Canada in Yosemite National Park. Working relationships between the three governments will be formalized under terms of the agreement. Antipest programs will be merged as the need arises. Under negotiation since 1973, the pact will give legal authority to pest-control programs and standards throughout the continent.
Tens of thousands of workers throughout Canada stayed off the job and took part in demonstrations today against the wage‐control provisions of the government’s program to combat inflation. The Canadian Labor Congress, representing 2.2 million union members, had scheduled the protest to coincide with the first anniversary of the wage and price restraints introduced by Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. While some major industries were affected by the walkouts, and some areas’ mail deliveries and other services were interrupted, in most of the country there was little to distinguish the day except an unusual number of picket lines, parades and other type of public gatherings of unionists.
Venezuelan authorities announced the arrests of Cuban exile leader Orland Bosch and several other persons in their investigation of a Cubana Airlines crash that killed 73 persons near the island of Barbados. The Interior Ministry said in a communique that evidence had been found linking one of those arrested, Luis Posada Carriles, with two other Venezuelans being held in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in connection with alleged sabotage.
A United Nations panel of inquiry has charged that Chile’s ruling military junta is systematically extending its suppression of human rights to additional sectors of the population, including the church, trade unions, academics and professional groups. The panel of rive diplomats urges other governments to exert economic pressure on Chile to compel it to abandon its practices of arbitrary arrests, torture and deportation, which it said “should not occur in our time in any country.” The panel set out its findings in a 229-page report to the General Assembly, made public today, that it said included data supplied by many sources, including Chileans who fled after the junta seized power in September 1973.
The 1976 Ebola Outbreak: A mysterious disease that has killed at least 310 people in central Africa has been blamed on a virus spread by the green monkey. “We finally know the enemy but we still have to find a weapon to defeat it,” said Dr. Stefeen Pattijn of the Institute of Tropical Diseases in Antwerp. Belgium. A deadly green monkey virus was discovered nine years ago, but the outbreak in Sudan and Zaire is a new variety. No vaccine exists to combat it.
Despite gloomy predictions of a deadlock at the Geneva conference on Rhodesia, American officials believe that an agreement on a temporary government for the white-ruled country will be reached before the end of the year. Secretary of State Kissinger believes that after the deadlock the Americans and British will be able to produce a compromise acceptable to both black and white Rhodesians.
South African officials announced today that a 22year-old student hanged himself in the Johannesburg Fort last week. The student, Jacob Mashabane, who comes from the black township of Soweto, was the 26th detainee to die in prison since 1963, when the Government began making regular use of special detention powers. Relatives of Mr. Mashabane said they had been unaware he was in detention until they were officially informed of his death. The South African Press Association quoted them as having said that he disappeared after leaving home on October 1. The police are not obliged to inform detainees’ relatives of their arrest. The death was the fourth of a detainee this year, and the third to be officially attributed to suicide by hanging since protests against apartheid broke out in black townships across the country four months ago. Altogether, more than 300 blacks have been detained without trial since the protests began.
Soyuz 23, with Soviet cosmonauts Vyacheslav Zudov and Valery Rozhdestvensky, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 17:39 UTC (10:39 p.m. local time) to dock with the Salyut 5 space station, but would be forced to return 48 hours later because it was unable to dock.
Five hours later, the U.S. maritime communications satellites Marisat 3, second in the COMSAT series, was launched at 22:44 UTC (5:44 p.m. local time) from Cape Canaveral.
President Ford used a nationally televised news conference tonight to attack his campaign opponent, Jimmy Carter, and to stress what he called “distinct differences” between himself and the Democratic candidate on government spending and tax policy. Mr. Ford said that Mr. Carter “wants to spend more and I want to hold the lid on Federal spending.” He went on to portray himself as a champion of middle‐ and upper‐income taxpayers. The news conference, the President’s 39th, was the first full‐dress nationally televised conference since February, and it offered him a valuable political opportunity that he tried to seize. However, much of the questioning was focused on the propriety of his past actions. Mr. Ford acknowledged that he had “made a slip” in the second Presidential debate in saying that Eastern Europe was not under the domination of the Soviet Union. But he accused Mr. Carter of “slandering the good name of the United States” by asserting that the United States was not strong, that it had lost international respect and had tried to initiate a conflict resembling Vietnam in Angola. Such statements, Mr. Ford said, “discourage our allies and encourage our adversaries.”
Jimmy Carter has succeeded in making President Ford’s record, rather than his own personality, the main focus of the most recent phase of the Presidential contest, and as a result the Georgian has regained the strong position he held at the beginning of the general election campaign. According to the third national survey by The New York Times and CBS News, Mr. Carter’s criticism of the President’s stewardship of the economy and conduct of foreign policy, together with his emphasis on populist themes, has swung the volatile and perhaps decisive independent voters back behind him. The most substantial gains for the Democratic nominee are coming in the Midwest, where he now leads by a comfortable margin. He has lost ground in the East. In the South, he retains a sizable lead, and in the West the race remains even, according to the survey.
Charles F. Ruff, the Watergate special prosecutor, said today that he had found no evidence to support an allegation that President Ford had misused political contributions from maritime unions or a “reason to believe that any other violations of law had occurred.” In a statement issued by an aide, the prosecutor, Charles Ruff, said that reviews of the records of the unions and those of Republican committees in Michigan, as well as Mr. Ford’s personal finances and tax returns for the years 1967 through 1972, showed no violation of law and that the matter was closed. In a news conference at the White House tonight, Mr. Ford said in a prepared statement that he was “very pleased” that “this morning the special prosecutor has finally put this matter to rest once and for all.” Mr. Ford noted that since his selection as Vice President in 1973, his life had been placed under “microscopic” scrutiny and that Mr. Ruff’s conclusion confirmed the findings of earlier investigations of his integrity in political activities.
Most of the states that suspended swine flu vaccination programs after some elderly recipients of the vaccine died have either resumed them or are expected to do so soon.“I think most people who have stopped and evaluated the information are going back into immunization activities,” said Dr. David J. Sencer. director of the Federal Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, at a news conference here today. The Atlanta center has investigated 14 cases in which death followed vaccination by 48 hours or less and has found no evidence that any of the deaths was caused by the vaccine or its administration.
A Federal Court of Appeals reversed a lower-court decision granting an injunction against the sale of leases for offshore oil drilling on the East Coast. The sale had gone on under a stay granted by the appeals court pending a hearing on an environmental dispute. The higher court said in its decision that there was doubt that the opponents of drilling could win if they pressed for a trial.
A former University of Wisconsin student was convicted in Madison, Wisconsin, of spitting on Senator Henry M. Jackson (D-Washington). It was the first conviction under a federal law designed to protect congressmen, according to U.S. Attorney David Mebane. The jury found Bennett Masel, 21, guilty of assault without causing bodily harm. He faces a maximum penalty of $5,000 and a year in jail. Masel was among spectators at a Madison airport on March 30 when Jackson arrived for primary campaigning. Introduced as evidence was a leaflet allegedly distributed by Masel that asked voters to write in his name and said, “Bennett Masel spitman extraordinaire. A vote for me spits on all politicians.”
The promotion of large new communities in the nation’s deserts, swamps and mountains has deteriorated into “the old snake-oil racket, sold by the acre instead of the bottle.” Buyers spent millions on the installment plan for plots of land — often sight unscen — that today have no resale value or do not provide basic services to sustain housing, said a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that conducts “research on the impact of American corporations on the environment, employees and consumers.”
The Justice Department is considering bringing criminal charges against 14 companies in connection with alleged corporate bribery abroad, a knowledgeable department source said. The source declined to identify the companies or to elaborate on the charges. That development came as the department announced formation of a task force to investigate possibly illegal payments to foreign nationals by scores of U.S. companies.
Naprosyn, a leading prescription drug since last March for relief from arthritis pain, will be taken off the market because a key safety study omitted important information, the Food and Drug Administration said. Tumors and lesions in test rats that received the drug were not reported, the FDA said, and a majority of animals allegedly examined after death “had entered a state of advanced decomposition.” The manufacturer, Syntex Laboratories of Palo Alto, California, was given 30 days to request a hearing. The rat study, however, was done for Syntex by Industrial BioTest Laboratories of Northbrook, Illinois.
A task force on tobacco and cancer will seek a ban on all cigarette advertising, the American Cancer Society reported at its annual meeting in New York City. The ban is among the goals of a new five-year program designed to reduce cigarette smoking among adults by 25%, among teenagers by 50% and to cut by 50% the current levels of tar and nicotine in all cigarettes.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission conceded that environmental impacts of nuclear waste disposal and atomic fuel reprocessing will be greater than previously estimated but it said they still are not serious enough to stop the licensing of nuclear power plants. In a response to a federal court order temporarily blocking power plant licensing, the NRC suggested interim guidelines to reopen such licensing within three months. The environmental reevaluation said nuclear activities would result in the discharge of 541 times more radioactive iodine-129 and 34.6 times more radioactive iodine-131 than previously believed.
The Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to two American medical researchers, Baruch Blumberg of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and Carleton Gajdusek of the National Institute for Neurological Diseases, for their discoveries about the origin and spread of infectious diseases. The Swedish Royal Academy of Science announced that the Economics Prize would go to Milton Friedman of the University of Chicago.
When Elizabeth Ray starred in Washington’s recent sex comedy she brought down the House, or one member, at least. But her debut on the legitimate stage as the star of the sex comedy “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” wasn’t as successful, critics agreed. “She is an absolutely awful actress,” reported the Chicago Daily News. But then, she portrays a Hollywood sexpot actress who is supposed to be awful. And such typecasting led to a few laughs, although the first one was unintentional. Miss Ray, clutching her only garment, a towel, speaks the line, “Come in, the door’s open.” Ten seconds later, the doorbell rang. And of course a bigger laugh came as she sat down and tried to use a typewriter. The 436-seat Pheasant Run Playhouse 40 miles west of Chicago was about two-thirds filled. The star is getting $2,500 a week for the monthlong run. Miss Ray, 33, described by one sympathetic critic as a small, good-looking, buxom woman with a high little voice and not much talent, seemed to sum it all up in an interview several days ago when she said, incorrectly, “Without skills, it’s hard to make a living.”
President Ford saluted the arts at a formal White House dinner for 100 honoring his wife’s one-time dancing teacher. Martha Graham. The famed dancer-chorcographer, 82, received the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.
Actor George Hamilton, 37, was divorced in Los Angeles from actress-model Alana Collins, 31, who kept their home and a 1969 white Rolls Royce and was awarded $2,000 monthly alimony and $500 a month for their son, Ashley, 2. Hamilton kept his 1969 yellow Rolls Royce and his 1971 green Rolls Royce and rights to his films.
Major League Baseball, American League Championship series:
The Yankees win the deciding Game 5, by a score of 7–6, and advance to meet the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series. The deciding game was a fitting ending to a thrilling series, as both teams fought tooth and nail to bring home the AL flag. It culminated in a moment of sheer, unbridled joy for the winners and stunned disbelief for the losers. The Yankees started Ed Figueroa on three days rest, as the Royals did likewise, starting Dennis Leonard. The Royals jumped out on top in the first, as Brett doubled and scored on John Mayberry’s two-run homer. The Yankees quickly countered in their half, with Mickey Rivers tripling and scoring on Roy White’s infield single. White went to third after Thurman Munson singled. Herzog removed Leonard and brought in Game 2 winner Paul Splittorff, who limited the damage by allowing only Chambliss’ sacrifice fly.
The Royals countered with one in the second, but the Yanks jumped ahead in the third, as they tacked on two; one on a Munson single and the other on a Chambliss’ ground out. The Yanks added on in the sixth, scoring twice; once on a Munson single and a second time on a Brett throwing error. Figueroa held that lead going into the eighth. After Al Cowens led off with a single, Billy Martin brought in lefty Grant Jackson. He allowed a single to pinch hitter Jim Wohlford. Brett then stunned the sell-out crowd of 56,821 by planting Jackson’s second pitch just over the short right-field wall, tying the game at six. In the top of the ninth, Buck Martinez singled with two outs off Dick Tidrow. Al Cowens followed with a walk. Wohlford batted for a second time and hit a slow bouncer that Graig Nettles fielded and threw to second to force out Cowens, but ABC’s cameras and replays showed Cowens was clearly safe.
All this was a prelude to the bottom of the ninth inning, when, at 11:43 pm, Chris Chambliss turned on Kansas City reliever Mark Littell’s first pitch and sent it over the right center field wall. Thousands of fans vaulted over the dugouts and walls and celebrated the Yankees’ first pennant in 12 years. Chambliss reached second, then dodged hordes of spectators in trying to reach third. He then proceeded to make a beeline towards the safety of the clubhouse, as the area around home plate and much of the field was covered with celebrating fans. Some time later, Chambliss was escorted back out onto the field to touch home, but the plate had been stolen. He touched the area where the plate had been. He was later informed by the umpires that given the circumstances of the situation, they would have counted the run regardless.
Kansas City Royals 6, New York Yankees 7
Stock prices resumed their downward trend as the Dow Jones industrial average lost 12.38 points to close at 935.92. Interest rates on short-term government and federal agency securities declined to their lowest levels in four years.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 935.92 (-12.38, -1.31%)
Born:
Chang Chen, Taiwanese actor (“Red Cliff”; “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”), in Taipei, Taiwan.
Daniel Tjärnqvist, Swedish National Team and NHL defenseman (Olympics, gold medal, 2006; Atlanta Thrashers, Minnesota Wild, Edmonton Oilers, Colorado Avalanche), in Umea, Sweden.
Brian Jennings, NFL long snapper (San Francisco 49ers), in Mesa, Arizona.
Khari Samuel, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions), in New York, New York.
Henry Mateo, Dominican MLB pinch hitter, second baseman, and outfielder (Montreal Expos-Washington Natioanls), in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Jayjay Helterbrand, Filipino-American basketball player and Philippine Basketball Association MVP in 2009; in Quezon City.
Died:
Edith Evans, 88, English stage and film actress (“Tom Jones”, “Scrooge”, “Chalk Garden”).
Suleiman Nabulsi, 68, who briefly served as Prime Minister of Jordan during 1956 and 1957
