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Should the 77-year-old strongman die or become incapacitated during his four-year term, it was agreed, Isabelita would also resign immediately and new elections would be called to preclude a monarchy-like succession en familia. If and when Isabella's own presidential candidacy becomes an issue, however, the Vice President's detractors may well find themselves facing an opponent too powerful to be dislodged...
...start of his week-long visit to China. More than 4,000 brightly dressed schoolgirls were at the airport last week to cheer and wave at the arriving 15-man French delegation. Seven of China's new 25-member Politburo were also on hand, including Premier Chou En-lai and the newly risen star Wang Hung-wen (TIME, Sept. 17). Pompidou himself matched the warmth of his welcome. Beginning his two-hour meeting with Mao Tse-tung−twice as long as Nixon's talk with the venerable Party Chairman−Pompidou declared: "It is a great honor...
...August 11 Radcliffe went to England, busing inland to Nottingham, where they trained for ten days. On August 20 they returned to London to join the United States team en route to the Europeans...
...appeals Judge John Sirica's demand for the presidential tapes, the case will move this week from the second floor of the U.S. Court House up to the fifth-floor chambers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. There it will be heard either en banc by the court's membership of nine judges or by a three-judge panel selected at random. Considering the importance of the case, the judges may decide that all should assemble...
...news agency's terse communiques about the unusually brief Congress indicated that Mao, now almost 80, remains the unchallenged leader of the party. His appearance at the Congress, according to the news agency, triggered "prolonged and hearty applause." Premier Chou En-lai continues as second to Mao. At the Congress, Chou presented the all-important political report; he was also elected one of the party's five vice chairmen and, significantly, was listed first. The Congress endorsed Chou's foreign policy, including improved relations with the U.S., but it also warned against the "hegemonism...