Power struggle rumor swirls over China leadership
Tokyo based AP report cites wall posters and a possible CCP Central Committee meeting to decide premier and possibly chairman. Hua Kuo-feng currently holds both posts while Teng Hsiao-ping seeks influence. Hong Kong analysts note factional clashes and potential Politburo changes amid fresh posters critiquing Mao's policies.
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Tokyo
Peking
China
Hua Kuo-feng
Teng Hsiao-ping
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Teng
Hua
Hong Kong
Ming Pao
Wu Teh
Chen Hsi-lien
Peking Military
Wang Tung-hsing
Mao Tse-tung
Japan
Kyodo
Posters in Pekings Tiananmen Square attack Mao era
Fresh posters in Tiananmen Square attack Mao Zedong and the Gang of Four, praising Teng and Chou En-lai, demanding rehabilitation for Tao Chu and Liu Shao-chi, and calling for revaluation of purged anti Maoists. Some posters urge smashing idol and emperor worship while Mao’s portrait remains. The Mao memorial hall and crystal body casket are noted.
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Tienanmen Square
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Gang of Four
Chiang Ching
Teng
China
Chou En-lai
Tao Chu
Party
Liu Shao-chi
Kyodo
Lin Piao
Tienanmen
Disco prize scammer Khan’s $2 million checks spark arrest
F Masoud Khan, linked to $2 million in bounced checks at a Dallas disco, was arrested in Atlanta after failing to pay a $174 hotel tab. He faced charges of theft of services and trespass while investigators weighed threats from a claimed airline miss connection.
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UPI
F. Masoud Khan
Dallas
Khan
Omni International
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Bert Lance
State
The
Omni
FBI
Ed Pistey
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Elan
Marjorie Hurlery
Union First National Bank
Washington
Prince of
Pakistan
First Union
Soviets oppose UN role in monitoring human rights
Soviet Ambassador Oleg Troyanovsky told the U.N. General Assembly that protecting human rights is an internal matter for each state and not the UN’s remit. He criticized Western campaigns and suggested socialist countries provide safeguards rather than international bodies. The dispute with Carter over rights began after his 1977 speech at the U.N. stressing state responsibility.
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United Nations
UPI
Soviet Union
Oleg Troyanovsky
U.N. General Assembly
Carter
Troyanovsky
U.N
Assembly
Ozark Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Des Moines
An Ozark Airlines Fairchild 227 en route from Waterloo to Kansas City made an emergency landing after its nose gear locked. Flight 715 carried 23 passengers and three crew. no injuries were reported as the plane landed safely with the wheel stuck.
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Des Moines
UPI
Ozark Airlines
Waterloo
Kansas City
Chuck Alert
St. Louis
Peace Corps chief resigns over policy differences
Dr. Carolyn Payton resigns as Peace Corps director amid unresolvable policy differences with Sam Brown, head of ACTION. President Carter honors her service while noting the dispute over the corps mandate and future direction persists, Brown stressing improvements in aid reach.
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Washington
UPI
Carter Friday
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Payton
Carter
White House
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Ms. Payton
Brown
Sam Brown
Dr. Payton
Action Administration
Censorship in Public Schools Rises Says National Council
At the 68th NCTE convention, Lee Burress reports 30 percent of 2,000 surveyed schools censored books or curricula, up from 20 percent in 1965. Dictionaries banned in Texas for words deemed inappropriate. titles removed include The Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Kansas City, Mo
Lee Burress
National Council of Teachers of English
Burress
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Texas
State School Book Commission
Hip measurements tied to grades at DePauw University
At DePauw University a computer student found a correlation between hip size and grade point average among sorority sisters. The student noted that bust and waist did not correlate with grades, while larger hips aligned with higher GPAs. Professor James George praised the finding but offered no comment on its significance.
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Ind
UPI
DePauw University
James George
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