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Unprecedented Charges. The Chinese claimed last week that Agent Li had "confessed" that he had dealings with the Russians and had "carried out espionage activities under [the Soviets'] direct command." Peking charged that Soviet espionage was designed to destroy the Chinese state. The charges were un precedented, even in the acrimonious climate of diplomatic dueling between the two Communist superpowers...
...lead truck-and was cut down by a hail of bullets. By the time government troops could counterattack, 60 to 70 "soldiers," all in army fatigues and full battle gear, had stormed into the officers' quarters. They held their position for seven hours, long enough to kill Base Commander Colonel Camilo Gay and his wife. Then they took Lieut. Colonel Jorge Roberto Ibarzabal, the second in command, as a hostage and shot their way out of the camp, vanishing into the pampas flatlands...
...first thing you notice about Chick Corea's piano playing is the extent of his source material. He has a vast command of his musical resources--styles, phrases and even methods of attack. And as his Sanders Theater performance developed some of those resources recurred. Much of Corea's music has a distinct Spanish influence. Nothing tangible, mind you, it's more a question of "feel." My notes on this show are full of references to "latin style" riffs or themes. A new tune, called "Sometime Ago" moved through several varied themes and each had a distinctly Spanish/Latin/South American tint...
...military equipment came from the 187th Infantry Brigade of the 94th Army Reserve Command, at Fort Devens in Ayer...
Officers at the Reserve Command said yesterday that Gen. Sumner Z. Kaplan had agreed to the Lampoon request for the escort strictly for publicity reasons. Kaplan could not be reached for comment...