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...Albay province, a pollwatcher reported from Luzon that voting in four towns abruptly stopped after one hour when unidentified men seized seven ballot boxes...
...past few years. An activist since his student days, Victus, 36, became disillusioned with the political system after losing an election for town councilor in 1980. Dressed in a yellow T shirt and sporting a mustache and small beard, he speaks earnestly about Philippine Communism. "In central Luzon, many Communists like me are not direct victims of Marcos," Victus acknowledges, "while in Mindanao, many join the party because they have been victims." Disciplined and ideologically committed, Victus is the sort of man the N.P.A. likes to put forward to train raw recruits and promote its movement...
DIED. Harold K. Johnson, 71, stoic, tenacious Army Chief of Staff (1964-68); of cancer; in Washington. A survivor of the infamous Bataan death march, in which 8,150 prisoners of war perished on the Japanese-held Philippine island of Luzon during World War II, and a much decorated infantry commander in the Korean...
Western analysts estimate that the New People's Army (N.P.A.), a loose association of radical nationalists inspired by Mao, now has 7,000 to 10,000 armed members, supported by a base of 100,000 sympathizers. The movement's greatest strength is concentrated in northern Luzon, Samar, and in eastern Mindanao, where N.P.A. bands, sometimes numbering as many as 200 guerrillas, have attacked military outposts and where the organization claims to control 200 villages. The government has dealt harshly with the Communist insurgents, publishing lists of the most wanted leaders and offering rewards for their capture, and jailing...
...their daughter Imee, 27, to a divorced man, the Marcoses compensated this time by laying on the pomp and splendor. Under Imelda's flamboyant direction, an estimated $1.3 million, some of it government funds, was spent on items such as speeding historic restoration work on the northern Luzon city of Sarrat, birthplace of the bride's father; building four "people's halls" in the Sarrat area to accommodate the 500 invited guests plus 100,000 local residents; diverting 24 government airline planes and 50 buses for the guests' use; and providing Irene with three wedding dresses...