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College Entry Test Scores Drop Sharply

Chris Evert wins US Open singles championship on Sept 6 by defeating Evonne Goolagong in Forest Hills, NY; Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg and Manuel Orantes defeats Guillermo Vilas; Conners will face Orantes in men's final (M)

Chris Evert Wins

earthquake, measuring 6.8 on Richter scale, kills at least 1,000 persons on Sept 6 in eastern Turkey; local officials expect higher death toll when rescue teams reach remote villages; is 1 of most devastating quakes since Dec '72, in which Managua, Nicaragua, was shattered and 10,000 persons died; rescue workers rept toppled bldgs and fires along Anatolian Fault; Lice post office destroyed, 65 bldgs in Palu collapse without loss of life, and communications out between province capitals and Elazig and Diyarbakir; Premier Suleyman Demirel to tour devastated areas; illus of rubble in Rice, Turkey; map (M)

Big Earthquake in Turkey Leaves at Least 1,000 Dead

A H Raskin speculates on effects of default by NYC on city, state and nation; notes that there is near unanimity among Fed, state and munic officials that such default probably will far exceed cumulative damage to natl econ from all defaults suffered over yrs by more than 6,000 other cities; drawing (M)

ANDERSON MEETS DAVID ROCKEFELLER ON U.S. AID TO CITY

Sr Fed law enforcement sources say attempted assassination of Pres Ford will reopen controversy over degree to which Fed agencies may intrude on personal privacy and civil liberties in effort to protect Pres and preserve order; controversy expected to focus on whether govt has right to maintain dossiers and keep track of persons with history of violence or those who make violent threats against Govt through not against Pres or other individuals (M)

Gun Episode Likely to Spur New Surveillance Dispute

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Shuttle Diplomacy: The Talks That Led to Accord in Mideast

A 20&#8208;year&#8208;old youth was arrested yesterday and charged with murdering and robbing three elderly women in the last few months in the Fordham section of the Bronx. The strangulation murders had produced fear among the elderly there and many phoned to thank the police for the arrest. Page 21.

Bronx Suspect Held

Boston, Mass, braces for 2d yr of busing with 1,600 policemen and heavy Fed presence ready to keep order in greatly expanded program; mood in city described as 1 of fear and resentment (S)

GUARD CABLED OUT IN LOUISVILLE RIOT

NYC Educ Bd and UFT negotiators nearing agreement on compromise to avert teacher strike on Sept 9; sources close to contract talks say compromise being considered would give bd some additional teacher productivity it has been seeking; union continues to prepare for strike, despite ongoing negotiations, while NYS mediators concede their efforts approaching 'crucial point'; UFT spokesman Ned Hopkins predicts if strike occurs it will be more effective than '67 and '68 walkouts; bd's position on class size and other issues revd (M)

Negotiators Nearing Agreement to Avert Strike by Teachers

article revs events of NYC's fiscal crisis and effects on pol stature of Mayor Beame (L)

Beane and Fiscal Crisis: A Mayor Loses Stature

US Atty Dwayne Keyes says 'lrs and correspondence' of Lynette Alice Fromme, who allegedly attempted to assassinate Pres Ford, and her 2 roommates are being revd by FBI agents; some lrs were from Charles M Manson, who was convicted of murdering actress Sharon Tate and 6 others and to whose clan Fromme belongs; for most of time since Manson entered prison in Apr '71 he has not been permitted to correspond with Fromme, and Good although they have campaigned steadily for this privilege and for visiting rights at prisons where Manson has been held; Sgt N L Shoemaker, in charge of San Quentin prison mail room, raises question that Manson might have been passing coded instructions to his followers; authorities say lrs passed from Fromme and Good to Manson 3 or 4 times a wk (L)

GUN INQUIRY FINDS NO PLOT EVIDENCE IN THREAT TO FORD

PATNA, India, Aug. 30&#8212;Monsoon floods are a seasonal hazard throughout much of Asia, destroying crops and intensifying the plight of millions of malnourished people. Floods drown hundreds, perpetuate endemic diseases and cause tremendous economic losses. For many, Asians floods are just another hardship in the struggle through life. For one American visitor a monsoon flood of the Ganges was a strange and frightening experience.

Life on Top Floor in an Indian Flash Flood

Philippine Govt repts on Sept 6 that it has ordered halt in mil operations against Moslem rebels in Sulu area to permit Abdul Hamid Lukman to seek surrender of other insurgent leaders (S)

Manila Seeks Negotiations With Rebels in Sulu Area

Pres Marcos says that US and Philippines have begun informal talks on greater Philippine control over US bases, Sept 6 int in Manila; says that negotiations have been limited to talks between self and Amb William H Sullivan; says that he is prepared to give facilities within bases to US; he faces dilemma in seeking to alter bases status; they are important for econ and pro-Amer feeling among Filipinos is strong; major bases are Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Navy Base; he has said that he would turn them into 'economically productive facilities' (L)

Marcos Outlines Campaign for More Control Over U. S. Bases

Pol tourists--comprising students from GB and Italy, profs from Germany, pol exiles from Bolivia, Chile and Brazil--have flocked to Portugal to witness its revolution (S)

Political Tourists Flock to See Portugal's Revolution

Portuguese Pres Francisco da Costa Gomes confers with reprs of 6 pol parties in accelerated effort to form new Cabinet; parties are expected to form bulk of new Cabinet under Jose Batista Pinheiro de Azevedo, who replaced Vasco dos Santos Goncalves; include Socialist, Popular Dem and Communist parties; Goncalves yielded to mil and pol pressures and declined his nomination as country's Armed Forces Chief of Staff; as result of Communist defeat within armed forces, Socialists and Popular Dems are expected to get most of ministerial posts; Communists are reptd willing to cooperate in new Govt; rather than be isolated with Goncalves, whom they supported; Goncalves is expected to continue to seek active role in pol; parties want guarantees that revolution will follow course responsive to majority will, rather than to will of a Communist minority that Goncalves was accused of fostering; Goncalves and Azevedo illus (L)

Portugal Speeds Search for a Cabinet; Non‐Communists Expected to Dominate

radio message from Revolutionary Front for Independence of East Timor recd by Australian Broadcasting Co says group has seized control of virtually all of Portuguese Timor and has proposed independence talks with Portuguese Govt officials in Canberra on Sept 20 (S)

Portuguese Receive a Message From Warring Group in Timor

Article on Moscow chap of Amnesty Internatl on its 1st anniv; Govt's attempts to suppress orgn, which works on behalf of 'prisoners of conscience,' discussed (M)

A Small Chapter of Amnesty International, Begun in a Moscow Apartment, Survives Its First Anxious Year

US officials disclose Adm is asking $600-million for arms-credit-sales program, excluding sales and credits to Middle East; last yr Cong approved $300-million including Middle East (S)

CONGRESS TO GET BID TO AID GREECE

Article on reaction of Greek populace to torture trials of former Greek mil leaders; testimony at trials has been providing vivid insights into Greek life and character and has raised issue as to who actually was responsible for such actions (M)

CREEKS STIRRED BY TORTURE TRIAL

Cambodian Prince Sihanouk confirms repts that he will return to Cambodia shortly, dinner in Peking marking planned departure; Chinese Deputy Premier Teng Hsiao-ping says he hopes to see Sihanouk continue to work with his people after his return to Cambodia; others attending dinner include Chiang Ching, wife of Mao Tse-tung, and Foreign Min Chiao Kuan-hua (S)

World News Briefs

Egypt has earned $27-million in transit tolls from Suez Canal since it was reopened for internatl navigation on June 5; 1,866 ships have moved through canal (S)

Egypt Earned $27‐Million In Tolls on Suez Canal

Heinrich Boll, W Ger writer and Nobel Prize winner, has just published new satire, Reports on the State of the Nation's Loyalty,' on what has been called witchhunt for 'radicals' in W Ger schools, cts and official agencies; Boll, who has been labeled 'the conscience of the nation,' has been accused of sympathizing with radical leftist terrorists like members of Baader-Meinhof gang because he has pointed out that until they are tried and convicted they have same right to presumed innocence as anyone else; por (M)

FEAR OF ‘RADICALS’ IS DERIDED BY BOLL

Museum for Amer War Crimes in Vietnam opens in 9-room Saigon residence, Sept 5; residence once housed US Embassy security officer; exhibits, including US weapons and French-made guillotine dating from '11 allegedly used in '61 when Ngo Dinh Diem was Pres, described (S)

SAIGON HAS EXHIBIT OF U.S. WAR CRIMES'

Norifumi "Norick" Abe , or Norick Abe (ノリック・アベ) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1994 to 2004. Abe died in a road traffic crash in October 2007.

Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2007)

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Harold Wallace McDonald is a Costa Rican former footballer who played as a right-back and central midfielder.

September 7, 1975

Headlines from September 7, 1975

College Entry Test Scores Drop Sharply

Chris Evert Wins

Big Earthquake in Turkey Leaves at Least 1,000 Dead

ANDERSON MEETS DAVID ROCKEFELLER ON U.S. AID TO CITY

Gun Episode Likely to Spur New Surveillance Dispute

Billboard 200

Red Octopus

Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

Between The Lines

One Of These Nights

The Heat Is On

Notable Births

Historical Context for September 7, 1975