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The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 2

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The News Tribunei
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A-2 Tocoim Tins Od mMlk Tlw Newt IriblliM Hua named Mao heir widow held TOKYO (AP) A Chinese government spokesman announced that Premier Hua Kuo-feng has been appointed to succeed the late Mao Tse-tung as chairman of the Chinese Communist party Kyodo news service reported today from Peking The announcement followed reports that Mao's widow and three other Politburo officials were under arrest Wall posters appeared in Peking last week reporting the succession of the 57-year-old Hua but there had been no official announcement The spokesman said it had been delayed to allow the entire Communist party organization to be informed in advance Kyodo said The Japanese agency said the spokesman made the announcement to reporters Just before a receptionn for the visiting prime minister of Papua New Guinea Michael Thomas Somare arrested accused of plotting a coup These reports suggested that serious infighting was going on and that positions still might not have solidified since Mao died on Sept 9 The official Hsinhua news agency had not reported Hua's appointment In a communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations with Papua New Guinea Hua signed as premier Hsinhua said However in a story Saturday Hsinhua referred to the party Central Committee by Comrade Hua Hua a big friendly man relatively unknown to the outside world first made his name in party circles as an agricultural specialist and local administrator during the 1950s At some point he came under the wing of Mao who named his public security minister in 1971 Lost April he was named premier and first party vice chairman second only to Mao after Teng Hsiao-ping was fired as vice premier and party vice chairman Teng who had been expected to succeed his mentor Chou En-lai as premier instead became the target of a massive campaign of criticism accused of trying to restore capitalism in China CHOlfS DEATH Jan 8 touched off a ver struggle between the moderates by Teng and party radicals led by Chiang Ching Foreign analysts saw Hua as a compromise candidate and it seems unlikely that his elevation will settle the intra party differences Chinese broadcasts continue to insist oil deepening the criticism campaign against Teng A Nationalist Chinese specialist on mainland affairs said Tuesday that the arrest of Mao's widow if the reports are true could be the result of an alliance between llua and military leaders Tsai Wci-ping director of the Institute of International- Relations ih Taipei said the arrest of Chiang Ching and the three others would protect both Hua and the military from radical pressures and attacks Tsai's institute is a private political research organization The Yugoslav news agency Tan jug reported from Peking that life continued normally there except for the larger than usual number of soldiers patrolling central Tien An Men Square and in front of the most important offices Residents in the Chinese capital contacted by telephone from Hong Kong said the reports of the arrests were first heard in the city Monday evening and were the topic of open conversation today THERE STILL was no confirmation of unofficial reports from Peking that Mao's widow Chians Ching and three other high ranking officials associated with the party's radical wing had been Anti-Carter rumorist to be fired if found kind of seamy things that is distasteful but it hasn't hurt us because there is no truth to any of then allegations" Carter uid he thought the affair was in a very good way by the news media" His press secretary Jody Powell uid two ur ihree reporters had mentioned the rumor to him and all told him it came from highly placed Republican The rumors apparently were initiated in the after math of Carter's highly publicized interview with Playboy magazine In the interview Carter said looked on a lot of women with lust I've committed adultpry in my heart many times This something that God recognizes I will do and I have done it and God forgives me for Anderson said that Ford aides passed the rumors on to him He Hid he checked them and found them groundless The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times also reported Monday that they had heard the rumors The New York Times Hid its reporters heard them from both Democratic and Republican sources The paper published nothing about them because it could nut find the source The Los Angeles Times Hid a Ford campaign aide passed the story to its Washington bureau which checked and could not substantiate it No one named specific individuals in Ford's campaign someone can step up and tell me who they are I will fire them on the Greener Hid WASHINGTON (AP) The chief spokesman for the President Ford Colhmittee says he will fire anyone who tried to spread a rumor that Jim- my Carter had an extramarital affair No one has produced any evidence to support the rumor which spokesman Hid came from Repuubli-can officials William Greener the Ford campaign committee spokesman said someone will have to name the person who spread the rumor before that person can be fired The existence of the Carter rumor and the allegation that it came from Ford's campaign staff surfaced Monday during columnist Jack Anderson's regular appearance on ABC television's "Good Morning FCC ruling on TV debates upheld AP photo Telly Savalas congratulates winner $60-arweek dropout an instant millionaire dent Ford and Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter urged the court to let the ruling stand In other cases the high court: Agreed to decide whether state and city officials must provide a hearing before a child may be removed from a foster home Agreed to rule whether a defendant's rights are violated if the government delays for 18 months in obtaining an indictment against him Ruled that a person may be convicted of a federal tax violation even if the jury does not find that he had any motive" other than to violate the law Agreed to rule on a test case of the power of states to tax rules conducted through the mail by out-of-state organizations Refused to hear charges of reverse discrimination by a Seattle City Engi Anderson in a telephone interview Hid three of his four sources worked directy for Greener But Greener said he had talked with members of his staff win deal with the press and all of them denied talking to Anderson Greener acknowledged that a Ford supporter from Georgia recently sent to Washington a memo containing rumors about Carter He Hid it was thrown away Greener uid campaign manager James Baker issued an order that don't want him (the memp-sender) around any more" Carter was asked about the rumors at Midway Airport heard about them Saturday after it apparently had been cooking for two or three weeks" he Hid He characterized the rumors as one of those neering Department employe who was passed over fur promotion to foreman in favor of a minority race employe who scored less well on a civil service test The equal-time principle says that if one candidate is given use of broadcast facilities other qualified candidates for the same office must be afforded equal opixirtunity The doctrine was approved by Congress in 1934 and was applied by the FCC to newscasts in 1959 Congress then exempted newscasts news inter views news documentaries and on-the-spot coverage of news events from the rule In two decisions in the 1960s the commission ruled that debates between political candidates were not fide news and consequently were subject to the rule These decisions were appealed by thq Columbia Broadcasting System and the Aspen Institute Program on Communications and Society and were overruled by the FCC in its ruling last September CBS filed its appeal after Ford announced he would seek re-election While awaiting the FCC decision networks skipped some of Ford's news conferences In asking the Supreme Court to review the FCC ruling the Democratic National Committee uid it a bias in favor of incumbents particularly in the area of incumbent press conferences" Miss Chisholm and the National Op ganization for Women said the decision was a for minority and female candidates who traditionally have had the most difficult time obtaining media djEEEPOQ NEW YORK (AP) A year and a half ago Robert Netto dropped out of high school to pump gas in Watertown NY Now the 19-year-old has become a millionaire as New York State's first $1 million instant lottery winner was content with him just as he was a gas station his 18-year-old wife Judy said Monday night as she helped him on stage to accept the first $1000 of his reward He can look forward to receiving that much every week for the rest of his life and lottery officials estimate that at his age Netto could live to collect $4 million from the $1 lottery ticket he bought at the station where he works NETTO SAID he's not going to quit that $60-a-week job at least not right away biggest dream has always been to win $1 000" he said like to own a gas station someday Now maybe I'll own a line of His wife of 4 months didn't think twice before announcing that she will quit her 1604-week job as a department store cashier was it this did she screamed from the stage still clutching a 4-inch tall plastic statue of the infant Jesus which she said she had been holding all day It was given to her WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today refused to review a Federal Communications Commission decision that political debates and news conferences by candidates are exempt from the equal-time doctrine The 5-2 ruling by the FCC was announced on Sept 25 1975 and was upheld last April by a 2-1 vote of the US Court of Appeals in Washington The decision was appealed to the high court by the Democratic National Committee Rep Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) the National Organization for Women and the Office of Communications of the United Church of Christ The Socialist Workers Party asked the court to expedite its consideration of the appeals That request was denied The television networks the FCC and the League of Women Voters sponsor of the debates between Presi Dedication of plaza delayed BUCKLEY The opening and dedication of this city's new downtown plaza has been postponed from Saturday to Oct 30 at 11 am Candidate-forgovemor Dr Dixy Lee Ray and Sen Henry Jackson are among the dignitaries who have been invited to the event The project costing $200000 was financed by merchants and a city local improvement district It includes pedestrian walks and plazas 40 new trees new lights and benches and off-street parking Mondale gets 1 advice from Humphrey NEW YORK (AP) -Sen Walter Mondale said he got some campaign advice when he visited Sen Hubert Humphrey in the New York City hospital where Humphrey is recovering from surgery for removal of his cancerous bladder Part of the advice was to hit President Ford hard on his remark that Eastern Europe is not un-dor Soviet domination Tribune nm Satoraay wmiM Tito Tm TrMwto aai an Iwtoy mm Tito Tacama Nm Trtowac vto turn pmt ft TrtowM PttattNW I SMB Tacama Watt mm wucbiptioh amt i a 1 517-8711 AM IIH gay tt PrMay MM Nai aa SaMriav flaaaMg gai gaaiaaa VOOKA a BLENDED 95 die as India jet crash-lands by her mother-in-law before the couple drove to Manhattan on Sunday for the final award program Netto said he will give his mother a house and will donate $5000 of his winnings to the Roman Catholic Church was sitting there praying and I said 'If I win I'll give $5000 to the Netto added Netto also plans to take a trip now that he is a millionaire He and his wife there before and I like THE WAY THE instant lottery is set up Netto will receive at least $1 million in installments of $1000 a week Should he fail to live long enough anything he hasn't received up to $1 million will go to his estate The money will come from an insurance company annuity purchased by the lottery commission Netto the only happy winner Monday night The state gave away $750000 in consolation prizes including four second place prizes of $25000 each Of the remaining 95 lottery winners eligible for the grand prize 60 walked away with $5000 and 35 persons got $10000 each A number of smaller prizes also were awarded think that I was to travel by that flight" Witnesses uid the pilot Capt Gupta tried to turn back after the fire broke out but the flames spread rapidly Officials uid Gupta managed to keep the plane away from the hangars and fuel tanks and it crashed into a grassy area mar the end of the runway Emergency crews put out the fire quickly but the plane was a charred wreck India's last major air disaster occurred May 31 1973 when an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 approaching the New Delhi airport on a flight from Madras crashed and burned killing 48 of the 65 persons aboard Business park approved by city planner The Tribune Publishing Company's plan to establish a business park mar The News Tribum publishing plant was approved yesterday by the City of Tacoma City Planning-Zoning Examiner Robert Backstein granted a zoning change and site plan that would allow development of the proposed park The propoul now must be approved ultimately by the City Council before it becomes final Company officials propose the business park ona 10-acre site Just south of The News Tribum building mar South 23rd and State streets The park would include office buildings warehouses light-assembly plants and research laboratories all constructed in a campus-like setting BOMBAY India (AP) All 95 persons aboard an Indian jetliner were killed early today when one of the plane's two engines caught fire and the pilot crash-landed it Bombay's Santa Cruz airport The Caravelle jet was taking off for a domestic flight from Bombay to Madras and an initial list indicated nearly all the 89 passengers were Indians A larger Boeing had been scheduled to make the flight but it developed engine trouble during a preflight check The smaller French plane replaced it and 20 passengers were bumped from the flight said one of them Murder charge filed against infantryman A charge of murder was filed day in Superior Court against a 19-year-old Ft Lewis infantryman Arraignment was scheduled today He is accused of the shooting death last week of Jacob Kim Brown 22 also an infantryman who was reported missing from his Olympia home Thursday night body was found Friday afternoon beside the Lake Loop Road two miles south of Roy An autopsy revealed he had been shot five times in the head with a small-caliber weapon Coroner Jack Davdaar Mid Detectives Hid Brown was reported missing after leaving his home to meet a man to try to collect a debt fc GIN: BO-PROOF 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITSSCOTCH: BO-PROOF SPECIALLY BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKIESCANAOIAN: BO-PROOF CANADIAN WHISKYRUM: BO-PROOF PRODUCT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDSTEOUILA BO-PROOF IMPORTED FROM MEXICO SELECTED IMPORTED BOTTLED BY MONARCH IMPORT CO HOOD RIVER OREGON 4.

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