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...dare attack Mao Tse-tung in China today, however fierce the battle raging around him, is in itself a dangerously fanatic act. At 73, Mao is still the Sun God (as he is so often depicted, his face radiating fire in all directions), father figure and charismatic czar of Chinese Communism. Under the aegis of Mao's Cultural Revolution, some 110 million youths above the age of nine have been excused from school since last June, either to serve in the Red Guards or simply cavort around the countryside while studying Mao's writings and singing his praises...
...Salt Lake City, who had made the mistake of talking about their black-market dealings in the presence of their Intourist guide. In addition, Wortham was accused of stealing a "national treasure" from his Leningrad hotel room - a 22-in. statue depicting a Russian bear that was shot by Czar Alexander...
...seven years, the Justice Department last week caught up with Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa. By a vote of 6 to 1, the Supreme Court upheld Hoffa's 1964 conviction and eight-year sentence for attempted jury fixing. Chances are, relatively few Americans felt much pity for the cynical czar of the nation's big gest union (1,700,000 members), who insists that every man has his price...
...medieval annex and Rorimer's former bailiwick. But before Hoving had the opportunity to effect great changes, he was tapped by New York's newly elected Mayor Lindsay, who appointed him Commissioner of Parks. Now, only one month after he was named New York's cultural czar and put in charge of all the city's recreational and cultural affairs, Hoving has been awarded the nation's top museum post (salary: about...
...Poor girl," clucked Movie Czar Jack Valenti after a champagne-party chat at the girl's $1,500,000 Appia Antica villa outside Rome. "She told me that for five years they've been having hardly anything to do with each other. It's a shame." Actress Gina Lollobrigida, 38, did her best to cover up her unhappiness by giving a blast for 80 movie types including Claudia Cardinale, in honor of Valenti, who is touring Europe for the first time as the new president of the Motion Picture Association of America. Gina and her husband...