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...army, and the ubiquitous "mass" (or "people's") organizations. There were only two major chinks in the armor of leadership solidarity from the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 to early 1966. The first of these was the purge in 1955 of Kao Kang, the former political boss of Manchuria who was also the regime's top economic planner. The second occurred in 1959 when the Defense Minister P'eng Te-huai was deposed. While it is true that a few followers of Kao and P'eng were ousted, these purges only temporarily jarred...
...oldest political parties. The revision is aimed at chopping out some of the deadwood and older party hacks and broadening Kuomintang membership to include more classes of people, particularly young new leaders with fresh ideas. "Our struggle with Red China is not just dialectic," insists Ku Cheng-kang, a member of the Kuomintang's 19-man Standing Committee. "Our political system and reforms have shown results, and we take pride in this as a viable alternative to Communism...
...fact, Mao's mobs seemed set on obliterating China's pre-Communist identity. Across the country, monuments to China's own rich history came tumbling down. In Hangchow, a stone column commemorating a visit to the city by the 17th century Manchu Emperor Kang Hsi was pulled down. Though he brought more territory under Chinese rule than anyone since Genghis Khan, Kang Hsi had also allowed Catholic priests into the country and had approved China's first treaty with Russia, thus forfeiting his right to a place of honor in Mao's new China...
...Kang is a raised, brick bed under which a fire is lighted to warm peasant homes; homey murals bedeck the surrounding walls...
...KTBC operation was first named the Texas Broadcasting Corp., renamed the LBJ Co., then changed back to Texas Broadcasting after Johnson became President. It has expanded considerably, now includes real estate holdings and shares in other broadcasting companies. In 1954, when Lyndon was Senate minority leader, the Johnsons bought KANG, a foundering UHF (ultrahigh frequency) television station in Waco. The FCC had just given a VHF license to a proposed Waco TV outlet, KWTX. CBS, which had been negotiating with KWTX, quickly decided to award its contract to KANG instead. Shortly thereafter, so did ABC. Then, with FCC approval...