One Fourth of Mankind and the Opium War Saga
A historical overview traces China’s clashes with Britain and France starting in 1839 over opium and sovereignty, detailing the Opium War, the 1858 treaties opening ports, foreign rights, and Russia’s gains, followed by the Taiping Rebellion and Western intervention that propped up the Qing while fueling conflict, ending with a note to next cover The Boxer Rebellion.
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Arma
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Canton
Clauss
Britain
Chine
Peking
Summer Palace
Russia
Manchuria
Vladivestok
Hung Heinechuan
Christ
Hung
Light side view on vandal tours and monuments
Washington writer suggests tour groups provoke vandalism as a shared ritual linking man and pigeons. He proposes two new monuments leased by Pillage Pilgrimages, Inc, offering guided disfigurement tours while Kennedy Center memorials are spared further outbreaks of heritage vandalism.
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Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Alaric
Rome
Genseric
Pillage Pilgrimages, Inc
Wis
Kennedy Center
Hruska urges bipartisan backing for Nixon program
Washington Senator Roman L. Hruska of Nebraska calls on congressional leaders to support President Nixon's State of the Union program in a constructive bipartisan spirit. He praises emphasis on strong defense, labor peace, health and employment fixes, and local school financing while urging Congress to avoid political attacks in an election year.
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Washington
UPI
Roman L. Wruska
R- Neb
Nixon
State of the Union
Nebraska
Hruska
Congress
Presiden
Nebraskan
Sehous Systems
Flu death toll rises with 18 so far this month
The Vital Statistics Bureau of the State Health Department reports 18 influenza deaths this month and 10 in December. The December total matches five times the figure from the same month last year, while January also shows four influenza deaths.
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UPI
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The
State Health Department
MEA TELEGRAM Subscriptions and delivery details
MEA TELEGRAM notes evening delivery except Sundays and holidays. Second class postage paid at Columbus Nebraska. Subscription rates list 13.00 per year by mail. Carrier delivery available in Columbia FW and Platte counties plus Booey Butter Colfax Nance Polk counties. Subscribers should notify Columbus Telegram of old and new addresses promptly.
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dAerricke Nance
Polk
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Ales Y Peuange
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Decat
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Cowmbus
Playwright Chayefsky forsakes theater and TV for film work
Hollywood correspondent Vernon Scott reports Paddy Chayefsky, famed for Marty and The Hospital, has abandoned theater and television. He says there is no audience communication in New York theater today and favors motion pictures where audiences still exist. He criticizes television as pap and notes he writes films for a real audience while avoiding TV movies and plays.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Supi
Paddy Chayetsky
Marty
Chayesky
New York
Manhattan
Chayelsky
the Hospital
George €. Scott
Thinkworks
Chayefsky
Emily
Neal Simon
Bomb blast shatters pub in rural Northern Ireland
A bomb blast shattered Carrier's Pub in Dungannon, about 45 miles west of Belfast, injuring one person and damaging nearby houses. Separately, bombs set off at a Newry income tax office, fashion boutique, and Town Hall wounded six, one seriously, as gunmen evacuated buildings.
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Belfast
UPI
Dungannion
Northern Ireland
Carrier's
Newry
Trish Republic
Uphill fight for women's rights amendments in Senate
The 1960s battle shifts to the Senate over two constitutional amendments on sex equality. Sen. Birch Bayh backs an equal rights proposal, while Sen. Sam Ervin promotes a more limited measure preserving protections for women as wives, mothers, widows, and workers. Supporters call discrimination a serious social problem. opponents warn of loopholes.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate
United States
Sam J. Ervin
D-N Fi
Ervin
House
Bayh
Bayly
Old time friends quarrel over wall sparks shooting incident
In London a helicopter over a garden brought Anthony Arata home for tea as neighbor Charles Bruder fired two shots from a gun wounding Amato Amato in the cheek and leg. Bruder received a six month jail sentence after testifying that a long friendship had soured over a wall and buzzing habits. In court they explained their quarrel stemmed from the boundary dispute and Amato’s buzzing near their homes.
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London
UPI
Anthony Arata
Charles Bruder
Bruder
Amatyam
Amato
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