Portugal Prime Minister Dies in Campaign Plane Crash
Portugal's Prime Minister Francisco da Carneiro and six others died when his light campaign plane crashed after takeoff from Lisbon airport. The accident near an apartment building also damaged several nearby homes, with rumors of sabotage and witnesses noting a wing detached before impact. Deputy PM Freitas do Amaral assumed leadership as the country faced presidential elections and a fragile coalition.
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Portugal
Francisco da Carneiro
Communist Party
la Carneiro
Diego Freitas Do Amaral
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
Freitas Do Amaral
Eanes
Mao widow Jiang Qing approves small scale denunciations
Peking AP report says Jiang Qing formerly Mao’s widow and Gang of Four leader testified she approved small scale denouncements of Liu Shaoqi. The Xinhua account notes Kang Sheng urged the tactic and that Jiang Qing approved it. Court also produced reports approved by Jiang Qing for arresting and trying three people who were driven to death. Liu Shaoqi died in prison in 1969 amid Cultural Revolution turmoil.
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Jiang Qing
Mao Tse-tung
China
Gang of Four
Liu Shaoqi
Xinhua
Kang Sheng
Liu
Mao
Chen Boda
Lin Piao
Shanghai
Qiu Huizuo
Chu Teh
Navy
Li Zuopeng
Peking Radio
Hamman Finesse and Ten Tricks Highlight World Bridge Fame
World Bridge Federation rankings place Bob Hamman of Dallas as the top U.S. grand master, seventh overall, closing on Italian leaders. In Las Palmas 1970 three no trump was chosen over spades, with Hamman executing a daring ten trick line including diamonds and a grand finale overtrick through a spade mislead.
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Bob Hamman
Dallas
Las Palmas
Hamman
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East
Declarer
Right wing terrorists accused of killing Catholic nuns
El Salvador's ruling junta accused right wing terrorists of assassinating four Americans, three Catholic nuns and a lay missionary, and burying them in a dirt grave. The priests and nuns had worked aiding refugees amid a violent civil conflict. The bodies were exhumed as U.S. officials and journalists watched closely.
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el Salvador
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Oscar Romero
Dorothy Kazel
Cleveland
Ursuline Order
Ita Ford
Maura Clarke
Maryknoll
New York City
Jean Donovan
U.S
Robert White
Ossining
N.Y
Ford
Clarke
Managua
Nicaragua
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