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...most striking fact about that accession was the downfall of Chiang Ch'ing, 61, onetime movie actress and for a decade the fanatical empress of China's art and culture. Arrested with her, by Mao's own bodyguard, Unit 8341 of the People's Liberation Army, were...
...added up to was one of the most climactic episodes in China's recent history. Almost overnight, Premier Hua Kuo-feng, only last year a relatively unknown official, succeeded Mao Tse-tung as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. Mao's widow, Chiang Ch'ing, leader of the party's radical faction, was arrested, along with three of her closest allies. With Hua in power and the radicals in disgrace, China's moderate faction, backed by the army, seemed to have scored an astonishing triumph, one that may set China's basic new course...
Crystal Tomb. Hua's elevation to Chairman of the party-if and when it becomes official-is no surprise. As Premier and First Vice Chairman, Hua has effectively headed China's government since a strident wall-poster campaign ousted First Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing last April. Chosen in an apparent compromise between China's bickering radicals and pragmatists, Hua dynamically directed the rescue and rebuilding efforts following July's disastrous earthquakes. He impressed both foreign observers and party cadres with his skillful handling of Mao's obsequies...
...Florida and Georgia, officials are not sure how soon executions might start. Both states have clemency-hear ing provisions that could keep the condemned alive at least until early next year. Georgia Governor George Busbee pledged last week to automatically grant a stay of execution to any clemency applicant until he can have his hearing. Moreover, Savannah Lawyer Bobby Hill, who has successfully fought the death penalty many times, announced that he would represent any condemned prisoner in Georgia who asks for help. Hill vowed to take each case back to the original convicting court and crank out every appeal...
...morning last week, a contingent of eleven American and South Korean officers and security guards were escort ing five Korean workers while they trimmed foliage from a large poplar that partially blocked the view northward from an Allied guardhouse. At 10:45 a.m., according to the U.N. Command's subsequent account, a small group of North Koreans appeared at the site and demanded that the work be stopped. The Americans refused. A few minutes later, a truckload of some 30 additional North Korean troops arrived at the scene. An officer shouted "Chukyo!" -the order to kill. The North Koreans...