Illusions About Mao Shifts in Chinese Leadership in 1960s
Mao Tse tung, at 73, remains a central yet contested figure in international communism. The article traces his rise to power, the purge against rivals with Lin Piao and Teng Hsiao Ping, and the anonymous personal life while Red Guards push party hardliners, amid rumors about his health and travels.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Communist
Vietnam
Mao
Peking
Liu Shao-chi
Liu
Teng Hsiao-Ping
Lin Piao
Lin
Teng
Chiang Ching
South
Three killed in McComb two car crash near Highway 98
McComb Mississippi saw three dead in a two car crash early today raising the state's Christmas toll to at least 11. Victims named include James Washington 16 of McComb Marshall Williams 30 of Tylertown and Bert Smith Jr 32 of Houston Texas. A fourth person Alice Williams 22 of Tylertown was injured ten miles east of McComb on Highway 98.
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Mccomb
Miss
Mississippi
The
Highway Patrol
James Washington
Marshall Williams
Tylertown
Herbert Smith Jr
Houston
Tex
Alice Williams
Horseplay Ends In Officer's Death in Louisiana
Morgan City police officer Roy Martin, 43, was fatally shot in a case described as friendly horse play. Harold Swafford, 24, faces accidental shooting charges and is hospitalized in shock as authorities investigate the incident in Franklin Louisiana.
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Franklin
Morgan City
Roy Martin
Harold Swafford
Parish
G. P. Musso
Swafford
Increasing Communist Activity Reported in Northeast Thailand
Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn said in Bangkok that Communist activity rose in Thailand's northeast over the past week. Security forces fought several clashes, killing five, capturing nine, and forcing the surrender of three terrorists, with a number of weapons also seized.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Thanom Kittikachorn
Group Protests Sentences Of 64 Condemned Men
About 100 people gathered for a quiet Christmas Day vigil outside San Quentin Prison to protest the death sentences of 64 condemned inmates. Jo an Baez joined the Ad Hoc committee for Christmas Clemency in urging Gov. Edmund G. Brown to extend executive clemency as he reviews cases for possible life imprisonment without parole.
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San Quentin
Calif
Joan Baez
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Miss Baez
Four Killed In Area During Christmas Holidays
Four area residents died over the Christmas weekend in Northeast Louisiana traffic accidents. West Monroe motorcyclist William C. Wilhite III, 16, died after colliding with two cars on Otis Street. Delhi residents Leon McDowell, 23, and Dorothy Sparrow, 23, were killed on U.S. Highway 80 near Holly Ridge, with passenger Lindie Welch, 44, seriously injured. A Texas man remained in critical condition after a Friday overpass plunge into a canal. Several others were seriously injured in related crashes on East Puckett Road and La. Highway 17 near Darnell. Funeral services and survivors noted for Wilhite.
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Louisiana
West Monroe
William C. Wilhite III
Otis
North Seventh Street
Delhi
Darnell
Texas
Texas Avenue
Monroe
George Zimmer
Hilbert St
Stevenson
Otis Street
Zimmer
Steve McGowan
Tulane
U. S. Hwy
Holly Ridge
Leon McDowell
Dorothy Sparrow
Lindie Welch
Confederate Memorial Hospital
Shreveport
Eleven Seamen Die In Fire On British Ship
Eleven crewmen are feared dead after a blaze aboard the British trawler St Finbarr, 600 miles off Newfoundland. Two companion trawlers picked up one body and 14 survivors. officials say two more crewmen may have been killed. The vessel, a 1139 ton freeze fish ship, is being towed to St John’s while searchers investigate the fire.
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ST. John’s
NFLD
St. Finbarr
Orisnoy
Fred Parkes
Hull
England
T.Y. Hamling & Co., Ltd
Officials Probe Vicksburg Fire At Riverfront Warehouse
A Sunday blaze at the Hill City Mills feed warehouse in Vicksburg Mississippi is under investigation by fire officials. The fire burned for over three hours threatening nearby buildings but damage estimates were not set by late Sunday.
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Vicksburg, Miss
Hill City Mills
Former Baseball Club Owner Lampo Dies
Jeanerette Louisiana AP Lawrence Citro Lampo Sr founder of J&L Engineering Co died Friday funeral services set today in Jeanerette Lampo also directed Evangeline Pepper and Food Product Co of St Martinville He managed the old Patterson baseball team introducing Mel Ott to baseball and owned a club in the Evangeline league He led the Jeanerette Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club as president.
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Jeanerette
Lawrence Citro Lampo Sr
J&l Engineering Co
Lampo
Evangeline Pepper and Food Product Co
St. Martinville
Ownership dispute over Rome twin churches sparks repair bill
In Rome the Santa Maria of the Miracles and Santa Maria in Monte Santo, twin domed churches facing Piazza del Popolo, face costly repairs after underground waterflow erosion. Authorities cannot prove ownership. the Vicariate says it holds them in trust but lacks documents, the state has no ownership record, and the city denies possession. The monument office may cover the costs until an owner is found.
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James M. Long
Rome
Santa Maria of the Miracles
Santa Maria In
Monte Santo
Bernini
Corso
Piazza del Popolo
Italy
British Toll Criticized Over Christmas Road Deaths
London reported a record toll of Christmas road casualties as Barbara Castle the minister of transport attacked drink fuelled motorists. During the first two days of the holiday weekend starting Friday 99 people were killed and 974 seriously injured on British roads.
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London
Barbara Castle
Britain
Drivers blamed for high accident rate says Mrs Castle
Mrs Castle cites drunken driving impatience and carelessness as the main cause of the appalling death and injury rate, urging stricter warning and enforcement.
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Egan
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Iris
K. Wayne Knighten
Rose
Smith
Knighten
J. D. Steed
Steed
Delhi Clinic
Sammy Steed
Johnny McMillan
Francis Tomblin
Tomblin
Sarah
Linda Steed
Martin Steed
William Stewart
Orange
Stewart
Joseph Ray
Karen Drive
Wilhite
McGuire Methodist
Mel Rouge
Lillie F. Wilhite
Elias Shoe Stores
DeSiard St
Grayson’s
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Vicksburg
Sampognar
St. Francis
Loafer
Desiard
Silverstein’s
Suede Coats
Hummingbird
Wilverstein
Monroe, LA
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