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April 18--To protest the Vietnam war, 150 protestors ransack the Center for International Studies, causing $25,000 in damage...
...special team of prosecutors accused her of a multitude of crimes. Among other offenses, they charged, she had slandered Vice Chairman Deng, incited Red Guards to persecute her enemies in the Cultural Revolution and ordered bands of hired thugs to ransack the homes of former colleagues in the Shanghai film world, presumably to find and destroy materials about her life during the 1930s...
...intriguing glimpse into Jiang's character was provided by former General Jiang Tengjiao, one of five military officers on trial with the Gang, on separate charges of plotting to assassinate Mao The former general confessed that Jiang sent him to Shanghai to ransack the homes of her former friends. His mission according to the Chinese press, was to seek out and destroy letters, pictures and diaries that might contain embarrassing information about Madame Mao's early career as an actress in grade-B movies...
...armed rebellion to "usurp power" in 1976, when Mao was close to death. Instead, the charges against her focus on her systematic persecution of creative artists during the Cultural Revolution. Among other things, she is accused of hiring 40 people in Shanghai to disguise themselves as Red Guards and ransack the homes of writers and performers. The apparent purpose: to find and destroy letters, photos and other potentially damaging materials on Jiang Qing's early career in Shanghai, which she wanted to keep secret...
...pursuit of their quarry, British code breakers have trespassed in rose gardens, climbed the cliffs of Cornwall and tried to ransack public buildings in search of the treasure. All have failed. So far, the only one to receive a reward is Kit Williams. His royalties may reach $500,000 by year's end, and his paintings are ever more eagerly sought: at the most recent show all 21 of Williams' paintings were sold for over $8,000 each; the 16 illustrations for Masquerade went at about $9,000 each. Now at work on a new children...