Word: nepal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ondrej Nepal of Czechoslovakia turned in a flawless free skating performance, taking 5.9's (6.0 is perfect) from all the judges and won the men's title. Patrick Pera of Lyons. Sergei-Chetverukhin of Russia, and Jan Hoffman of East Germany were also ahead of Petkevich...
...revolution," the Mao-quoting Naxalites pose a fifth-column threat in any new Sino-Indian conflict. They have already staked a violent claim to the allegiance of the docile peasants. In 1967 they masterminded a short-lived but bloody tribal revolt at the foot of the Himalayas near Nepal in the region of Naxalbari-from which the group takes its name. For six weeks bands of peasants armed with guns, spears and knives roamed the countryside, brutally killing "class enemies"-usually wealthy landlords and moneylenders...
Died. George V. Allen, 66, director general of the Foreign Service Institute and twice an Assistant Secretary of State; of a heart attack; in Bahama, N.C. A diplomat who rose to the rank of Career Ambassador, Allen served as envoy to Yugoslavia, India, Nepal, Iran and Greece, before becoming director of the U.S. Information Agency (1957-60). After retiring, he was appointed president of the Tobacco Institute, a position he held until being recalled to head the Foreign Service Institute in 1966. Often mistaken for George E. Allen, jolly friend and collector of Presidents (Roosevelt, Eisenhower), Ambassador Allen was once...
...Nepal as hereditary prime ministers for more than a century before Mahendra's father restored the monarchy inS 1950-51 coup...
Married. Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, 24, Crown Prince of Nepal (seeThe World...