Word: luise
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Luis Taruc, for eight years the head of the bloody Communist Huk revolt in the Philippine hills, strode into Manila's packed City Hall last week to be tried for rebellion and a string of other crimes including arson, murder, kidnaping and robbery. The defense asked the court to...
One of Mexico's greatest modern painters, old (70) Francisco Goitia, sat beside deathbeds to catch the last gasp of unwilling models. Diego Rivera sketched during all-night vigils in the Tarascan graves near Tzintzuntzan. And David Siqueiros was perhaps at his best when quartering and Duco-painting a...
"An Odd Point of View." Among many scientists Oppenheimer is held in high esteem, and even awe. Yet a number of his colleagues came before the security board, in answer to subpoenas, and testified against him. Among them was Dr. Luis Alvarez, professor of physics at the University of California...
On May 11, when the offensive was at its height, I got word that Luis Taruc wanted to see me again. I traveled in secrecy, since I did not want to break faith with the guerrilla by leading the soldiers to him. I waited, as arranged, in the church at...
This week the Philippines government formally charged Taruc with 24 counts of murder, sedition and rebellion. He will stand trial next month, and, if convicted, could be sentenced to death. The chances are, however, that President Magsaysay will grant clemency to Luis Taruc in the hope of encouraging his followers...