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...June Peking dispatched two ships from Canton to pick up "victimized Chinese nationals" at Vietnamese ports. The ships, which were never allowed to dock, are being recalled to China?empty. Despite all the invective, both countries have agreed to resume discussions of their differences in Hanoi next week. Foreign observers, however, doubt that the low-level talks will do much to resolve what appear to be the real reasons for the neighborly conflict: Hanoi's anger at Chinese support for Viet Nam's hostile neighbor, Cambodia, and Peking's fear of expanding Soviet influence in Viet...
...Esther Carmany Canton, Ohio...
...icemen travel to Canton, New York tonight to face surprisingly tough St. Lawrence University. St. Lawrence, a perennial doormat in the ECAC, already has a 4-3 Division One record which includes a victory over Cornell. Last season the icemen de-canonized the Saints with a 10-0 sandblasting at Watson Rink...
...however, the poster vanished, all traces of its message scraped off the wall. Some China watchers surmised that the poster had been an attempt by some of Teng's overzealous supporters to hasten his return to power. After all, they argued, posters that had appeared in Peking and Canton last spring announcing Teng's appointment as Premier had proved to be false alarms. The day after the disappearance of the first poster, however, several similar ones were sighted. Foreign residents heard the sound of cymbals and drums reverberating through the capital, suggesting that demonstrations were being rehearsed...
Same Dividend. Other bankers have estimated that the Chiasso affair -named for the town in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino where the scandal centered-could cost the firm some $400 million. Nonetheless. Aeppli assured stockholders that the rest of Crédit Suisse's affairs were in good order and indicated that this year's dividend would most likely be the same as that paid in 1976: $32 per bearer share...