China in Mao's Shadow Seen Through a Traveler's Eyes
An Irish writer and English professor describes his China visit to Peking and Shanghai, noting cheerful crowds under a dictatorship, birth planning limiting romance, and strong self reliance. He cites Maoist control shaping culture, gender roles, and art, while praising public health gains and local ingenuity. Despite progress, locals credit Mao for the changes.
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Mao
Political Department
Chinese Air Force
Chairman Mao
China
Sher
Shanghai
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
AES
Rail Line's Earnings Up In First Quarter
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad reported first quarter earnings of 5,201,000 dollars, up 17 percent from a year earlier. The earnings equalled 1.93 dollars per share for January through March, a 28 cent per share increase over 1985's first quarter. President W Thomas Rice announced the results in Richmond.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
ACY
W. Thomas Rice
Bloodied Viet family rescued after jungle skirmish near Song Be
An American 173rd Airborne operation near Duc Bon, South Vietnam, evacuated a wounded farmer and his family from a village under VC pressure. The father sustained multiple injuries while the mother and children bore wounds and fear as a Vietnamese interpreter relayed VC ties and last sightings.
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Duc Bon
South Viet Nam
173Rd Air
DulpPim
173Rd
Hernrs
Long Be
le van Minh
Fany
Viet Cong
Song Be
C Company
Tom Faley
Hartisburg
Known For Remarkable Energy arable Energy Lleras
Bogotá AP reports Senator Carlos Lleras Restrepo, 58, a energetic economist and Liberal leader, is regarded almost certain to win Colombia's presidential election. His career spans treasury minister posts, senate service, and Liberal leadership. He faces only Jose Jaramillo Giraldo and pledges to tackle unemployment, inflation, capital flight, and coffee price drop using his economic know how and trade conference experience.
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Dantel Harker
Bogota
Colombia
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Lleras
Cundinamarca
Lletas
iMents
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
National Front
Jose Jaramislo Giraldo
Rojas
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Poland
Brazil
Waseda University
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Ite
Peking
Orwell
Tien An Men Square
Great Wall
Hoy
Mao Tze-tung
Forbidden City
Chungshan Park
Canton
Chinal
Jack J. Valenti
Washington
Valenti
Motion Picture Association of America
Hy Tath
Nas Ay Ig
Zenith Solitaire
Zenith
Allen
Jewelers
Main St
el Tiempo
Treasury Ministry
Senate
Liberal Party
Lieras
Governme
Enbee Ee
Accutron
Galova
Main Street
West Main St
Ballou Park
J. C. Penney and
Colonial Store
Ballou Park Shopping Center
George McCormick
Phillip Meeks
Buddy Bray
Rev. W. Gattis Perry
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First State Bank
Union Streets
Arlington Baptist Church
Kemper Road
Eugene Wood
Leaksville
N.C
Cliff Hill
Third Avenue Christian Church
Third Avenue
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R. Eugene Tally
W. Gattis Perry
Holloway Street Baptist Church
Urcam
F.d.ic
Petunias
Sultana Begonia Colens
Rutgers
Big Boys
Wrea
Woogsworth’s
Nordan Center
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