One could almost feel the air escaping from the balloon. The British Government’s opponents had hurried back from their vacations and party conferences determined to force changes in economic policy. Prime Minister James Callaghan scheduled an “emergency” debate in the House of Commons. The Government said the economy was going well. A vote was taken. The Government won. And the economy got worse. That, in brief, is what happened here last week. And what this sequence of non‐events did was to confirm in the minds of many observers two inescapable facts of present British political life. The first is that the existing Labor Government can probably survive foreseeable challenges to its slim majority in the House of Commons, the possible exception being the issue of Scottish independence. Therefore there will be no changes in economic strategy unless the Government itself decides to make them. No amount of screaming from the left or right is going to speed things up. The second is that the Government really does not want to impose harsher economic penalties on the British people, even though that is what the Conservatives, many economists and nearly all foreign bankers are recommending. Mr. Callaghan feels that to do more would offend his own sense of social justice and invite political suicide as well. The net result is that London, already in the grips of economic gloom, also has been swept by a sense of political paralysis. The Conservatives offer no immediate alternative. They can cajole and even threaten, but the mathematics of Parliament are such that they cannot bring the Government down without support from Labor’s left wing. And however much Labor’s left dislikes the present Labor Government, it detests the Tories more.
The West German mark’s value against the currencies of the six other countries of the European currency bloc was moved up by agreement with them, without specifically changing its value in dollar terms. The mark will continue to float freely against the dollar. The seven countries announced their determination to maintain their currency union and carry out necessary anti-inflationary policies.
Voting was held in East Germany for the 500 seats of the Communist nation’s parliament, the Volkskammer, from a list of 591 candidates. The representing the “National Front of the DDR”, pre-approved by the nation’s ruling Communist party, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands or SED, and ostensibly from nine political parties whose share of the allocated seats remained the same as the 1971 election. According to the East German news agency, 98.58 percent of East Germans participated in mandatory voting and, of those, 99.86% voted to approve the list of candidates. Western observers in East Berlin reported that the voters glanced briefly at the names on their ballots, folded them and threw them into ballot boxes without using the polling booths provided by law.
Police in Northern Ireland investigated an explosion that left a Belfast gas tank farm gutted by fire, and they were trying to identify two burned bodies, thought to be guerrillas, which were found in the debris. South of the border in the Irish Republic, an investigation was being made into the killing of a policeman and wounding of five others when a booby-trapped bomb exploded at an abandoned farmhouse.
John Ogilvie of Scotland, a Jesuit martyr who had been hanged on March 10, 1615, for continuing to preach the Roman Catholic faith and for refusing to pledge allegiance to King James VI, was canonized by Pope Paul VI as a Roman Catholic saint. He remains the only post-Reformation Scottish saint in the Catholic Church.
Four transportation employees have been arrested in connection with a cable car accident in the Italian Alps last March that killed 42 persons, officials said in Trento, Italy. The car filled with skiers plunged 200 feet to the frozen ground near Trento, killing 22 Germans, 12 Italians, 7 Austrians and a Frenchwoman.
The U.S. Defense Department was trying to establish today whether Gen. George S. Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who two years ago was reprimanded for critical comments about American Jews, had made a comment in a press interview that could be interpreted as critical of Israel. Such a comment by General Brown was reported to have been contained in an interview by Ranan R. Lurie, a contributing editor and cartoonist for Newsweek International, to be published next week by King Features Syndicate. Defense Department officials said was their understanding that General Brown had been asked whether he regarded the Israeli Army as a burden or an asset for the United States and that the general had replied that, put in those terms, he would have to say that he regarded the Israeli Army as more a burden than an asset.
After five hours of discussion, the Israeli Cabinet today deferred action on whether or not to rescind the controversial nomination of high‐ranking Israeli labor official for the post of Governor of the Bank of Israel. The nominee, Asher Yadlin, is under investigation by the police concerning allegations that he may have profited from property transactions he handled as head of Israel’s huge workers’ disability fund. The allegations emerged last month, a few days after Mr. Yadlin had been nominated for the bank post by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and other Government leaders. The investigation, so far inconclusive, has made headlines here and caused discomfort in Mr. Rabin’s Labor Party. Mr. Yadlin has denied the allegations and has refused to request that his nomination be withdrawn, although there are reports that he has been pressured at high levels to step aside.
An exception to the cease-fire imposed on Lebanon by Saudi Arabia was the occupation of the Muslim village of Hannine near the Israeli border by Lebanese Christian militiamen. Hundreds of villagers were forced to flee and witnesses said several were killed or wounded in the takeover following a night of shelling. Jet planes belonging either to the Syrian Air Force or to the Lebanese Air Force based in Syrian‐held territory made several low passes over Beirut at midday, causing panic in some streets. Palestinian antiaircraft guns opened fire. Meanwhile, Palestinians in Beirut said the limited talks of six Arab leaders in the Saudi capital were making satisfactory progress. Relations between President Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt and President Hafez al-Assad were going better than could have been hoped after two years of bitter public hostility, the Palestinian sources said. They did not elaborate. The meeting between the heads of state of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, is expected to last until tomorrow night. The extent of the Israeli involvement in the operation against Hannine was not immediately clear. The Palestinian high command charged that Israeli tanks had surrounded the small village in the evening and had shelled it ‘during the night to prepare for the assault by the Israeli‐equipped soldiers of the Phalangists, the principal right‐wing Christian militia force.
Dinkha Khanania, Metropolitan Bishop of Iran, was elected as the new Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, an office vacant since 1973, and took on the regnal name of Dinkha IV. From 1980, when he fled to the United States, until his death in 2015, he would administer the Assyrian Church primarily from Chicago.
Leading Indian opposition politicians and lawyers today inaugurated a broad‐based civil rights organization here headed by Jayaprakash Narayan, a major political enemy of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Members of the new organization, known as the People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights, are drawn from almost every opposition political party except the pro‐Moscow Communist Party of India. V.M. Tarkunde, a former Bombay High Court judge, told reporters that the new organization was conceived as a first step in forming a united Democratic opposition party. Moves to unite India’s diverse opposition groups have been spurred since the country was put under a state of internal emergency 16 months ago, but up to now there has been only limited success.
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson told Congress 27 years ago, a year before the Korean war, that the United States could not guarantee South Korean independence with military force and should not try to do so, according to testimony that was declassified and released over the weekend. But he strongly supported economic aid for South Korea during the June 23, 1949, appearance before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, saying, “For us just to quit and walk out without giving these fellows who have trusted in us any possible chance to survive is just not a decent American thing to do.”
The Peking garrison vowed its allegiance to Prime Minister Hua Kuo-feng as Chairman of the Central Committee of China’s Communist Party. The campaign continued against “the gang of four,” including Chiang Ching, widow of Chairman Mao Tse-tung, A Shanghai wall poster accused Miss Chiang of having hastened Mao’s death by nagging him in his last weeks. Wang Hung‐wen, a deputy chairman of the party, Deputy Prime Minister Chang Chun‐chiao and their fellow Politburo member, Yao Wen‐yuan, are the other leftists under attack. Jenmin Jih Pao declared that the Peking garrison would battle resolutely against “factionalists and plotters.” The text of the article was broadcast repeatedly on the Peking radio. The garrison is commanded by Deputy Prime Minister Chen Hsi‐lien, the most senior active army officer in the Communist Party and the state hierarchy. Mr. Chen, who was horn into a peasant family and is renowned for his courage in the civil war against the Nationalists, is widely believed to be in line to become Defense Minister. Like Mr. Hua, he viewed as a practical, middle‐of‐the‐road politician in the Chinese context.
China performs a nuclear test at Lop Nor, China. China exploded an underground nuclear device, the official Chinese news agency Hsinhua said. Hsinhua credited decisions by the Communist Party Central Committee, headed by Premier Hua Kuo-feng, for the successful blast. The agency did not give any details of the explosion, China’s 19th since October, 1964. China’s last nuclear test on Sept. 26 was conducted above ground and produced radioactive fallout that went around the world.
Voters in a referendum in the Philippines approved the extension of the 1972 declaration of martial law by a margin of 90% to 8 percent. Two amendments to the constitution were also approved to give President Ferdinand Marcos additional emergency powers.
A military vehicle carrying pool clerks and ballot boxes for the referendum on martial law rolled over a landmine and was attacked by insurgents in the southern Philippines, military sources said. Six pool clerks and two guards were reported killed in the incident near Indanan on Jolo Island, 600 miles south of Manila. Early returns heavily favored President Ferdinand E. Marcos’ proposals to strengthen his regime.
The worst floods in 100 years have devastated a New South Wales town and swamped parts of nearby Canberra, the Australian capital. More than 10,000 people have been evacuated from their homes following warnings that a partly built dam five in iles upstream from the flooded town of Queanbeyan could burst. The town has “a population of 22,000.
Seven hostages, including a jail matron and a receptionist, who were held at knife point by four prisoners at the Thunder Bay District Jail, were freed unharmed. Canadian police said. The hostages were freed after an assistant crown attorney talked to the prisoners and heard their grievances. However, police said no promises were made to the inmates. The four prisoners seized the hostages after a Saturday evening church service and herded them into the jail office, where they were handcuffed, the police said. A spokesman for the inmates, who talked with reporters by telephone, said earlier that they wanted a guarantee that there would be no reprisals for their actions and that they were demanding public inquiry into the prison system. They also asked for speedier court trials.
A fourth Rhodesian nationalist leader should be asked to the Geneva conference, in the opinion of four black African presidents. They urged Britain to invite Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole to join the talks. Both he and Robert Mugabe say they represent one of the main nationalist organizations, and the request seemed certain to intensify their rivalry for power.
A crowd of 700 angry blacks went on a rampage in the South African township of Soweto after the funeral of a 16-year-old black student who died in jail. They attacked a municipal bus depot, stoning and setting fire to at least 27 vehicles. A prison spokesman said the student, who was arrested after a protest march last month by young blacks in Johannesburg, died two days after his arrest. The spokesman said the youth became ill in jail but did not elaborate. The cause of death was not given.
The first Soviet splashdown was scored by the two Soviet astronauts whose mission was aborted and who came down, intentionally or not, in a lake in the Kazakh Republic. Heretofore all Soviet manned capsules have parachuted to hard ground. Tass said helicopters and water craft operating at night in snowfall picked up the astronauts and their craft.
Gifts to Jimmy Carter in the 1970 Georgia gubernatorial campaign were itemized in a list made public by the Democratic presidential candidate. About $57,000 out of a total of nearly $700,000 was from corporate and business contributors, including some who did business with the state. The Carter staff did not indicate whether the gifts exceeded the cost of the campaign and, if so, where the surplus went.
Three years ago today, the Arab states announced an oil embargo and production cutback. It was followed by a fivefold price increase, and thrust the United States into one of the most serious economic challenges in its history. Yet today, most experts agree, America is in worse condition with regard to energy than it was in 1973 when the Arabs first unsheathed their oil weapon. These experts say that if a comparable embargo and production cutback were put into effect now, Americans would suffer even more than they did between October 18, 1973 and March 18, 1974 — the period of the embargo and cutbacks. But some of them contend that the nation has finally begun a serious attempt to attack the energy problem.
Former Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger said President Ford’s decision to supply Israel with sophisticated weaponry was a “sudden, abrupt, pre-election reassessment which has not been coordinated with the Defense Department.” Schlesinger, who was fired from the Pentagon post by Ford, also took issue on ABC’s “Issues and Answers” with Ford’s refusal to consider supplying military equipment to the People’s Republic of China. He acknowledged, however, that sales to China might be hard for the American public to swallow and said, “There would have to be an adjustment in its attitude.”
Nearly all federal workers and even the employees of some private or public agencies receiving federal funds must stay on the sidelines in this year’s election campaigns, the U.S. Civil Service Commission said. Issuing an 11-page list of rules, the commission said federal employees were prohibited by law from candidacy or active support of candidates in a partisan election. It said nonfederal workers in certain categories might not be candidates. The restrictions are contained in the Hatch Act. a law that Congress recently refused to modify. The Supreme Court also has rejected claims that the act violates the constitutional rights of political assembly and free speech.
President Ford will press Congress to pass his $1.5 billion parks program if he is reelected, said Nathaniel P. Reed, assistant secretary of the interior for fish and wildlife and parks. “All comments of those who said. they would never see (the program) again are wrong,” Reed said. “The only criticism I’ve heard is about the timing, which I warned the President about. And he said it didn’t bother him.” Ford flew to Yellowstone National Park on August 29 to announce his parks program.
A health insurance cost study for the federal government says the labor-backed plan in the Kennedy-Corman bill providing cradle-to-grave coverage may not cost more than all other plans under consideration. This finding by actuarial consultants has political significance since the plan most resembles Mr. Carter’s concept and differs widely from President Ford’s.
As preparations were made to resume the influenza immunization program for high‐risk patients tomorrow in Pittsburgh, the Allegheny County health director expressed hope that the campaign would succeed without further incident under new guidelines. The guides are designed to reduce stress among the elderly and chronically ill, those considered to have a high risk of contracting the viral infection. Persons not in this category were receiving shots today. While voicing hopes for the success of the campaign, the director, Dr. Frank B. Clack, said in an interview that he expected more deaths to occur here and elsewhere among those who had just received flu shots. “I’m convinced there will be a number of these people with heart disease who will die whether they have the vaccine or not, and the fact that they are vaccinated has nothing to do with it,” Dr. Flack said.
The death last Friday of Carlo Gambino, the most powerful Mafia boss in the country, will bring about marked changes within organized crime in the New York City area, according to law enforcement officials and underworld informants.
There are two self‐service laundries in Kaufman, Texas, but the 1,100 black residents may uses only one and the owner of the other says he will close if he is forced to allow blacks to use it. Frank Radeke, owner of the City Coin, Laundry, was filmed earlier this month by a Dallas television news crew refusing six black women the use of his laundry. Last week he told a reporter he would not allow blacks to use it and refused to answer any questions. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, has since viewed the film and sources said an investigation had been begun into possible violation of civil rights laws. “The white folk in this town are real nice about things as long as our boys keep running touchdowns for their football team,” said Crissie Hughey, 21 years old. “But I don’t see why somebody doesn’t make him let us use that Laundromat.” Grace Taylor, a customer of Mr. Radeke’s, said he once refused to accept laundry from a community home for the elderly. “Once when I was working at the old folks home — they take blacks and whites — our laundry went out and he wouldn’t even let us wash those sheets over here,” she said.
At least 85 naturalized Americans and resident aliens are suspected by the Immigration and Naturalization Service of having concealed participation in World War II atrocities in order to enter the United States later. Almost all are from Eastern Europe, particularly the former republics of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Their neighbors often call them model citizens.
The U.S. Army has a higher percentage of blacks today than at any time in its 201-year history, the Pentagon said. Recent enlistments indicate the black ratio may go as high as 30%, even though policy makers had hoped for a representative Army in opting for an all-volunteer force to replace the draft. Compared to 11% in the total population, the Army was 21.3% black, a new high, on June 30, the end of fiscal 1976. Blacks accounted for 29% of July’s enlistments and 30% in August, according to the latest figures. Pentagon leaders say they have no intention of enforcing a racial balance. One important element in the percentages is that the jobless rate among young blacks is almost twice that for young whites.
On the anniversary of New York City’s closest brush with default, a state audit reported that the city had taken “positive steps” toward instituting new accounting procedures to restore fiscal credibility. But the report, issued by state Comptroller Arthur Levitt, cautioned that the city’s effort to erase an accumulated deficit of $5 billion “is not yet complete.” On October 17, 1975, the city came near defaulting on payment of $453 million in notes. Since then, the comptroller’s office has issued nine “accounting system directives” to be applied by the city to its books for easier auditing.
Controlled release of 164,000 gallons of sulfuric acid from a sunken barge in the Mississippi River near Chester, Illinois, has begun under close supervision by the federal and Illinois environmental protection agencies. The barge was one of 13 that broke loose and went aground last week. All the others were rounded up without sinking. Environmental officials at first opposed the plan to release the acid, but later changed their minds when they decided transferring the acid to another container would entail unacceptable risk to divers. Both environmental agencies said the controlled release would not affect the natural balance of the river.
A moderate earthquake jolted a wide area north of Los Angeles last night. There were no immediate reports of damage, but public agencies received many calls. A switchboard operator at a sheriff’s substation said, “There are a lot’ of scared people out there.” The earthquake laboratory at the California Institute of Technology reported that the quake registered 4.1 on the Richter scale and that its epicenter was within 35 miles of Pasadena, probably, to the north. The shock occurred at about 10:40 PM and was felt in the San Fernando, Antelope and Santa Clarita Valleys and as far south as the Los Angeles Civic Center.
A freighter has disappeared in the so-called Bermuda Triangle, and the Coast Guard fears it has sunk. The vessel, Sylvia L. Ossa, of Panamanian registry, was on the way from Brazil to Philadelphia. An overturned lifeboat and a life preserver with burn marks have been recovered.
Up to 4 inches of snow fell on parts of Michigan and Montana, light snow brushed the Chicago area and frost reached as far south as the Texas panhandle in the coldest snap of autumn. Rain was scattered through. New England and showers and thunderstorms stretched from the Appalachians and the Atlantic Coast through Georgia and Florida. Temperatures dipped into the 20s as far south as northern Arkansas. Frost reached across northern Oklahoma into Texas, setting record low temperatures over portions of the Plains and Mississippi Valley. In Arkansas, the thermometer fell to 28 in Fayetteville and to 20 at Gilbert.
Major League Baseball, World Series Game 2:
In the coldest World Series game (39°F; 3.89°C), the Reds beat the NY Yankees 4-3 in Game 2 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati. The Reds scored three runs in the second off Catfish Hunter. After a leadoff double by Dan Driessen, George Foster’s RBI single put the Reds up 1–0. Foster was caught stealing second, but after a double and walk, Dave Concepción’s RBI single made it 2–0 Reds. A walk loaded the bases before a sacrifice fly by Ken Griffey made it 3–0 Reds. The Yankees got on the board on an RBI single by Graig Nettles in the fourth. In the seventh, the Yankees tied things up on an RBI double by Fred Stanley off starter Fred Norman and an RBI groundout by Thurman Munson off Jack Billingham. Meanwhile, Hunter settled into a groove, pitching a complete game and shutting out the Reds until the ninth. With two outs, Ken Griffey reached second when Stanley threw wildly past first after fielding his slow bouncer. Joe Morgan was walked intentionally and Tony Pérez ended the game by driving in Griffey with a single. The Sunday night contest, the first weekend World Series game to begin after dark, was played under temperatures that started at 43 °F (6 °C) and dipped into the 30s as the game progressed.[7] Major League Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn responded to criticism of the scheduling, which was done to accommodate NBC television, by attending the game without wearing an overcoat in spite of the cold nighttime weather.
New York Yankees 3, Cincinnati Reds 4
NFL Football:
The Pittsburgh Steelers thumped the Cincinnati Bengals, 23–6. Jack Lambert’s second quarter interception and fumble recovery regrouped the Steelers’ defense while Franco Harris’ two touchdown, record-breaking rushing performance led Pittsburgh to its first win following three straight defeats. Harris’s 41 rushes set an NFL record and his 143 yards made him the all-time Steelers rushing leader.
The St. Louis Cardinals upset the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17. Jim Hart’s three-touchdown, 22 of 33 for 346 yard passing performance, knocked Dallas from the unbeaten list and gave the Cardinals a share of the NFC East lead with the Cowboys. Hart put St. Louis in the lead 14–10 in the second quarter with a four-yard TD pass to Terry Metcalf, then combined with Mel Gray in the third quarter for his second score, putting the game out of reach for Dallas.
The Los Angeles Rams beat the Chicago Bears, 20–12. Ron Jaworski, pressed into service after Pat Haden was knocked woozy in the second quarter, guided the Rams on an eight-play, 72-yard drive in the fourth quarter to overcome a 12-point Chicago surge. Los Angeles took a 10–0 first quarter lead on a Haden to Lawrence McCutcheon touchdown pass, but saw the lead wiped out by a field goal, safety, and 17-yard TD run by Walter Payton. McCutcheon was outgained 145 to 96 yards by Payton but the Rams’ running back scored more points, running 18 yards for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, his second of the game. Rams’ cornerback Monte Jackson had three interceptions.
The Washington Redskins topped the Detroit Lions, 20–7. Pat Fischer intercepted a Greg Landry pass, setting up Mark Moseley’s 42-yard third quarter field goal to break a scoreless tie and Joe Lavender picked off another Landry pass, two plays after a Joe Theismann to Frank Grant touchdown pass, setting up Mike Thomas’ three-yard TD run. Washington’s defense, forcing three Detroit turnovers and getting five sacks, shut out the Lions until 51 seconds left in the game when Joe Reed and Ray Jarvis combined for a 56-yard touchdown pass.
The Cleveland Browns edged the Atlanta Falcons, 20–17. Greg Pruitt rushed for 191 yards and two touchdowns as the Browns dealt Falcons’ coach Pat Peppler a defeat in his NFL debut. Pruitt scored Cleveland’s first TD on a one-yard run and his 64-yard dash in the second quarter set up Willie Miller’s touchdown for a 14–0 Browns lead. Kim McQuilken tied the game 14-–14 with 23 seconds left in the half on an 18-yard touchdown pass to John Gilliam and the Falcons went ahead 17–14 on a third quarter field goal. Pruitt scored the winning TD on the final play of the third quarter.
The Baltimore Colts downed the Buffalo Bills, 31–13. Bert Jones’ two fourth quarter touchdown passes broke open a 17–13 game, spoiling Jim Ringo’s NFL coaching debut and keeping the Colts in the lead in the AFC East. Buffalo’s only TD, a 33-yard pass from Joe Ferguson to O. J. Simpson, kept the Bills close through a scoreless third quarter before Jones put the game out of reach with a nine-yard scoring pass to Glenn Doughty.
The San Francisco 49ers rolled over the New Orleans Saints, 33–3. The 49ers’ defense allowed only 95 yards and zero yards net passing, while the offense scored 30 first-half points, including Gene Washington’s record-setting touchdown catch. Washington boosted his career reception yardage to 5,817 on a 55-yard touchdown pass play, breaking the old 49ers’ career reception of 5,802 yards.
The San Diego Chargers defeated the Houston Oilers, 30–27. Bo Matthews and Charlie Joiner combined for 21 second half points to lead San Diego past Houston despite a three-touchdown, 329-yard passing performance by Oiler quarterback Dan Pastorini. Matthews broke loose for a 42-yard touchdown in the third period but Pastorini matched that score on a 54-yard pass to Ken Burrough. Dan Fouts, 19 of 24 for 279 yards, teamed with Joiner on an 81-yard scoring play but Pastorini countered with another touchdown pass to Burrough and then put the Oilers ahead 27–24 with his third TD pass, a 32-yarder to Billy Johnson. Matthews scored again on a one-yard run through the middle of the Houston defense with 1:58 left in the game, giving the Chargers the win.
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Miami Dolphins, 20–17. Jan Stenerud’s 34-yard field goal with 12 seconds left in overtime gave the Chiefs their second straight win and first over Miami since 1969. Garo Yepremian tied the game with nine seconds left in regulation on a 27-yard field goal after Henry Marshall gave Kansas City a 17–14 lead on a 59-yard end-around TD run with 1:45 left. Tim Collier recovered a Norm Bulaich fumble in the end zone to stop a possible Dolphins’ scoring drive in the overtime.
In the Battle of the Basement, the Seattle Seahawks nipped the woeful Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 13–10. Jim Zorn’s 15-yard touchdown pass to Sam McCullum put the Seahawks ahead and John Leypoldt added two field goals before the half as Seattle picked up its first NFL regular season victory. Mike Curtis blocked a 35-yard field goal attempt with 42 seconds left in the game after the Buccaneers had pulled within three points on an option pass from running back Louis Carter to Morris Owens.
The Green Bay Packers downed the Philadelphia Eagles, 28–13. Lynn Dickey threw touchdown passes of 44 and 69 yards and Barty Smith scored twice on one-yard runs as the Packers won their third straight. Horst Muhlmann booted a 26-yard field goal to give the Eagles a 3–0 lead before Dickey put Green Bay ahead to stay with his 44-yard scoring pass to Ken Payne. Smith scored both of his touchdowns late in the second quarter, the first capping an 88-yard drive and the second with 1:23 left for a 21–6 Packers’ lead. Willard Harrell caught Dickey’s other touchdown pass.
The Oakland Raiders defeated the Denver Broncos, 17–10. Ken Stabler led the Raiders to touchdowns on their first two possessions of the second half to overcome a 10–3 Denver lead and maintain Oakland’s one-game lead in the AFC West. The Broncos took a 10–0 lead on an 11-yard Steve Ramsey to Haven Moses TD pass and Jim Turner’s 21-yard field goal. Stabler tied the game with a 46-yard scoring pass to Cliff Branch and Pete Banaszak clinched it on the next series with a one-yard touchdown run.
The Minnesota Vikings beat the New York Giants, 24–7. Fran Tarkenton set an NFL record with his 3,000th pass completion while passing for 288 yards and two touchdowns in handing the Giants their sixth straight defeat and boosting the Vikings’ NFC Central lead to 2 ½ games. Following an opening field goal, Nate Allen returned a blocked punt 28 yards for a touchdown. Tarkenton hit Chuck Foreman on a 41-yard TD pass before the first half ended and sealed the victory in the fourth quarter with a scoring pass to Brent McClanahan.
Cincinnati Bengals 6, Pittsburgh Steelers 23
Dallas Cowboys 17, St. Louis Cardinals 21
Chicago Bears 12, Los Angeles Rams 20
Detroit Lions 7, Washington Redskins 20
Cleveland Browns 20, Atlanta Falcons 17
Baltimore Colts 31, Buffalo Bills 13
New Orleans Saints 3, San Francisco 49ers 33
Houston Oilers 27, San Diego Chargers 30
Kansas City Chiefs 20, Miami Dolphins 17
Seattle Seahawks 13, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10
Philadelphia Eagles 13, Green Bay Packers 28
Oakland Raiders 17, Denver Broncos 10
New York Giants 7, Minnesota Vikings 24
Born:
Seth Etherton, MLB pitcher (Anaheim Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland A’s, Kansas City Royals), in Laguna Beach, California.
Jason Jones, MLB outfielder and first baseman (Texas Rangers), in Marietta, Georgia.
Died:
Radaslau Astrouski, 88, Russian-born collaborator with the Nazis and President of the Belarusian Central Council in the puppet state of Weissrutheie (now Belarus) set up as part of the German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II. Astrouski, who oversaw the deportation of the Jewish population of Belarus, escaped after the Russian counter-invasion and was living in the U.S. at the time of his death.
Franz Altheim, 78, German historian.
