On the Line from Peking An Eye on Mao Succession
A traveler describes Red Guards in China as irrational and zealous, likening them to past upheavals and noting their contracept on politics. The report cites a Chinese cancer surgeon forced to garbage duty after duties, and recalls Red guard echoes from 1927 and the Boxer era. It questions Mao Zedong’s health and hints at an impending power shift after his likely death.
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Peking
Red Guards
China
Red Army
Mao
Hsiao Hua
People’s Liberation Army
Whitcomb and Gallagher Sworn In As State Officials
Indiana shifts GOP with Edgar D. Whitcomb sworn as secretary of state and John P. Gallagher named state auditor. They succeed Democrats Bottorff and France. Other new GOP officers take office later including Kendal Mathews as clerk of the Supreme and Appellate Courts. Snyder to be sworn in as state treasurer February 10 and Wells as superintendent of public instruction March 15.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Seymour
John P. Gallagher
Munster
John D. Bottorff
Mark L. France
GOP
Kendal E. Mathews
Centerville
John K. Snyder
Washington
Honeymoon Delayed After Robbery Sentence
After a Wednesday wedding in Chicago, Harry Whitney, 31, is jailed in Cook County for 26 years after a September 7 armed robbery conviction. His bride, 31 and previously Mrs. Juanita Tuck, returns to Indianapolis with five children from a prior marriage.
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Chicago
Harry Whitney
Whitney
Cook County
Juanita Tuck
Indianapolis
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Secretary OF State
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Meis
Perma
AVRIL
Burgundy
Kodel
Plaza North
Terre Haute, Indiana
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