News stories from Sunday September 5, 1976
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- The former chief lobbyist for the Gulf Oil Corporation has told a federal grand jury that he made an illegal corporate contribution in 1973 to Senator Robert Dole, now the Republican vice-presidential nominee, who was then preparing to run for re-election, according to sources familiar with the Investigation. The money amounted to $5,000 or $6,000, the lobbyist said. A spokesman for Mr. Dole said the Senator had reviewed his records and found no indication that the money had been received. An independent review of Mr. Dole's financial report for the 1973-1974 campaign also found no trace of a contribution from Gulf. A White House spokesman said that President Ford was aware of the allegations concerning possible illegal contributions from Gulf to Senator Dole before the latter was chosen as Mr. Ford's running mate. [New York Times]
- A banana cream pie was thrown into Daniel Patrick Moynihan's face as he was campaigning for Democratic Senator from New York on the lower East Side. It was thrown by a young man who called Mr. Moynihan a "fascist pig." The pie thrower, who ran away, was caught by Moynihan workers and the police and was identified as Aron Kay, who said he was associated with the Youth International Party, the so-called "Yippies." Mr. Moynihan refused to press charges. He said, however, that the incident "scared hell out of me." [New York Times]
- There are signs that hostility to busing for school integration is declining -- even in Boston -- making civil rights lawyers and leaders and proponents of integration more optimistic than they have been in years. This is a change from their mood of gloom only six months ago, when President Ford was actively searching for a way to halt court-ordered busing. [New York Times]
- A 22-year-old man who had come reluctantly to New York City -- he thought it was becoming very dangerous -- to help a friend move out of a fraternity house was stabbed to death at an entrance to Columbia University's Butler Library. Dozens of other students were moving their belongings into and out of dormitories on the block when the murder took place. The dead man, William Wright of North Tarrytown, N.Y., and his friend had interrupted a thief in their car, The attacker, described as a youth about 18 years old, escaped. [New York Times]
- Following 10 hours of discussions between Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Prime Minister John Vorster of South Africa in Zurich Saturday and today, both sides strove to give the impression that the discussions on South-West Africa and Rhodesia had been productive, providing Mr. Kissinger with something concrete to present to black African leaders when and if he goes to Africa. The talks are expected to be completed tomorrow. [New York Times]
- Peace rallies in Northern Ireland organized in the past month by two Belfast women have stirred more optimism and hope than anyone has seen in the province in years. After a new series of killings in the Belfast area in August, Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams organized and led a peace march of 10,000 women. A week later 20,000 marched and the following week people started thinking that there might be something to this "peace movement" after all. A total of 25,000 joined up. [New York Times]
- Three Palestinians who hijacked a Dutch airliner Saturday with 80 people aboard freed their hostages in return for a promise from the Greek Cypriot authorities of their own freedom. The hijackers had demanded that Israel release eight prisoners, in exchange for freedom for their hostages. The plane was flown from Nice to Tunis to Cyprus and toward Israel and then back to Cyprus where those aboard were released at the airport in Larnaca. Airport officials said it was understood that the hijackers would receive safe passage to a country of their choice. A Libyan official was in the police car that took the hijackers in the direction of Nicosia. [New York Times]