China Has Changed In Many Ways
Robert M. White reflects on changes in China since 1972 during a visit to the People's Republic. He notes signs on a Peace Avenue building, leadership shifts to Hua Kuo-feng and Teng Hsiao-ping, and a growing public appetite for books and varied fashions. The piece contrasts past somber restraint with today's more relaxed, colorfully dressed urban life and increased English use.
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Peace Avenue
Peking Hotel
The
Chinese Communist Party
Chairman Mao
China
Taiwan
Hua Kuo-feng
Teng Hsiao-ping
Teng
Dung
Hua
W-ah
Mao
Chou En-lai
Central Committee
Shanghai
Fawcett-Majors
Lenin
Peking University
University of Chicago
Harvard
Yale
Cal Tech
Mexico Tree Program Wins 1977 Governor's Award
Mexico earns the Governor's Town Treescape Award in the 10000 to 40000 population category for its five year public property tree planting program. City forester William H. Thompson will receive the honor at a Community Betterment Conference banquet in Jefferson City on Oct. 25, where Gov. Joseph Teasdale will present the prize. The program has planted thousands of trees since 1973 at Fairgrounds Park Elmwood Cemetery Hardin Park Audrain County Historical Museum city hall and other sites. Next year will conclude the five year plan with a public drawing to distribute 100 trees to residents. the city will continue planting along W Boulevard and test hybrid poplars at the city landfill.
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Mexico
William H. Thompson
Division of Community Development
Jefferson City
Joseph Teasdale
Thompson
W. Boulevard Street
John Umstattd
Carter Sees End To Treaty Controversy
The Carter administration reports favorable Senate reaction to a new understanding with Panama's Omar Torrijos on the Panama Canal treaty. The unsigned statement says the U S can defend the canal and that U S warships may pass first in a crisis. Senators have not commented yet. The vote outlook remains uncertain with a Panamanian referendum set for October 23.
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Carter
Senate
Panama
Omar Torrijos
United States
U.S
Sol Linowitz
Robert Byrd
Howard Baker
Byrd
Linowitz
Baker
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Jody Powell
Senators Reject Plans To Boost Energy Taxes
The Senate Finance Committee rejected President Carter’s proposed energy taxes and backed tax breaks aimed at conservation. If approved by the full Senate and conference with the House, the final bill could mix Carter’s taxes with committee incentives, costing about 32 billion dollars through 1985.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Senate
Senate House
House
Senate Committee
James
Schlesinger
Finance Committee
Treasury
Conference Committee
U.S
Family Plans Tuesday Rites For Show Business Legend
MADRID AP Bing Crosby's son Harry arrived in Madrid to bring home the body of the entertainer who died at 73 from a heart attack after golf near Madrid. Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Los Angeles, with burial likely beside his parents and first wife. Autopsy confirmed heart attack. body to fly to Los Angeles Monday with Harry Crosby. Crosby, famed golfer and crooner known as Der Bingle, had toured Britain for charity when injured earlier.
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Madrid
Spain
Bing Crosby
Harry
Crosby
Harry Crosby
Los Angeles
Kathryn
U.S
la Moraleja Club
Red Cross Hospital
Kathryn Crosby
Hillsborough
Calif
Stanley Hanfling
San Mateo
der Bingle
Dad
Hob Hope
Heaven
Frank Sinatra
Bing
Entertainment World Mourns Bing Crosby Death
Los Angeles AP reports a wave of grief across show business after Bing Crosby’s death. Friends like Dorothy Lamour Bob Hope Frank Sinatra George Burns Milton Berle and John Wayne honor his career.
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Bing Crosby
Dorothy Lamour
Crosby
Bob Hope
Miss Lamour
Bing
Sinatra
George Burns
Hollywood
Milton Berie
Berie
Berle
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People’s Republic of China
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Sid Brokken
Opal
Peking
Tienan Men Square
RMW II
Carter-Torrijos
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
Henry Kissinger
Torrijos
Juan Tomas Gandarias
Gandarias
Entertainment World
John Wayne
Fred Astaire
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