Word: hillings
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...strains of the Chinese national anthem sounded first last week on the south lawn of the White House, as summit protocol demands. Then the U.S. Army Band gave an equally rousing version of The Star-Spangled Banner. From a windswept podium on the crest of the low hill, the two leaders exchanged bland welcoming remarks, then mounted a balcony to acknowledge the applauding crowd of some 1,000 dignitaries. Suddenly, Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing departed from the traditional script. He impulsively grabbed Jimmy Carter's hand and held it high. They looked like a pair...
...view stated to TIME that the U.S. should not expect much from SALT. According to a White House aide, Teng told Carter that "SALT cannot supplant the need for decisive action in other ways." He did not spell out what other ways he had in mind. On Capitol Hill, Teng's warning about SALT may well have caused a couple of Senators to change their votes, lessening the Administration's chances of getting a treaty ratified...
Taiwan also dominated Teng's talks in another forum: Capitol Hill. He lunched with 85 Senators, drank tea with 80 Congressmen and chatted privately with Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd and House leaders. The Vice Premier repeatedly told his congressional hosts that Peking will not use force against Taiwan, unless it has to. "If they refuse to negotiate," he asked House Speaker Tip O'Neill, "what are we to do?" But Teng promised the Senators and Congressmen that after reunification, Taiwan can retain its capitalistic economy and even its armed forces...
DIED. Malcolm Muir, 93, founder of Business Week and longtime executive of Newsweek; in Manhattan. As president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Muir in 1929 helped create Business Week, and in 1937 joined News-Week as its president. He changed the four-year-old magazine's name to Newsweek, emphasized more interpretative stories, introduced signed columns and international editions. Muir was named honorary chairman of the board when the Washington Post Co. bought the magazine...
LINE CHANGES: Yunick has replaced freshman Alice Hill on the Norton and Firkins Reed line. Hill had been out with a back injury...