Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, January 20, 1972

Issue date: Thursday, January 20, 1972
Pages available: 68
Previous edition: Wednesday, January 19, 1972

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 20, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ii Winnipeg fue Kess thursday january 20, 1972 quakes shake new Guinea port moresby a two earthquakes of medium strength Shook the Northwest part of australian new Guinea tuesday night and wednesday but no report of casualties was received Here authorities said. The geophysical Laboratory reported both quakes registered 6.5 on the open ended Richter scale. A spokesman said their epicentre was in an uninhabited area about.80 Miles West of the coastal town of Padang. They were the heaviest quakes to hit the Region since the 8.5 magnitude quake last fall that set off a tidal wave on new Britain Island. More beavers because of conservation there Are More beavers in can Ada now than when europeans first arrived Here. Peking a City of constant motion by Richard Reston peking special tons the sights and sounds of peking proclaim its importance As a modern capital steeped in centuries of ancient chinese history. It is a mixture of the old am the new. It is a City of constant motion with a new scene at every Corner a Surprise in every conversation an adventure in every new Outing for a Western visitor. For an Ameri can the City is like a Good novel that you cannot put Down. It is a City of Hoo beats and horns bicycle Bells and the muffled Foo beat of seven Mil lion people wrestling with both he problems and Joys of life. President Nixon in Short will ind a capital As foreign to the american As it is Distant from the United states. Peking wakes Long before Dawn and is still moving Long after Sunset. There is Energy in this Capi Al. It is not the Cool efficient Energy of America s Industrial might. It is not the Energy of cars and freeways of shiny buildings and Chrome super markets. The strength of peking and the outlying Countryside seemingly lies in the chinese people. They move and work with a de termination that seems almost alien to a Westerner. The streets of peking Are a tangle of More than a million bicycles most of them unlighted at night. Cars Are scarce Here and there is no such thing As a Pri vate Auto. Drivers spend most of their time dodging cycles with warning Horn blasts. What vehicle traffic there is consists mostly of trucks. Pub Lic transport of electric trolleys and diesel buses appears Plen Wiful and clean. The rest of the Raffic moves on foot or by cart pulled by horses and Don keys or driven by bicycle. The scenes Are always Dif Erent even if the dress of the people is not. In Blue or Gray attend Glazerman s 46th january fur Sale tonight a. If you Are a Rich woman who hates of spend we do not have weekly soles throughout the year but when we do kid one single event it is worthwhile. The savings Are genuine up to hundreds off both Tun and fancy furs to choose Chabott t a away payment puns Tom months Mout Niami Coats dyed Mink trim. Clearing. Mini Tanumi Coats Clearing. Rorro Coats dyed Clearing mans Moi Siam Coats Clearing. Muskrat Coats Clearing-------------.-------. Red Fox trim. Clearing. Hack Dow China Mink Coats Mut Fox trim. Clearing Mao jackets with baggy pants of the same color the entire City looks As if it walked out of the same tailor shop. The pad ded Khaki uniform of the peo ple s liberation army Gray for Navy and Khaki and Blue for air Force Are much in Evi Dence in peking and the sur rounding Countryside. In the Small shops the department stores and the markets of peking the faces Are sometimes impassive always curious. Conversations both arranged and at random bring Quick and courteous smiles and an enthusiastic explanation of what the revolutionary leadership o f chairman Mao tse Tung Means to the everyday life of the individual. The backing and Faith expressed in chairman Mao s leadership appears total. The president will find much of the old inner City Wall has been torn Down to make Way for new avenues. Also gone Are Many of peking s ancient Chin Ese Gates with their High sweep ing roofs of glazed tile. But if much is gone to make Way for the communist revolution of modern China much also still remains. The pres ident will visit the enormous Tien an men Square known in the West Gate of heavenly peace Square. It was Here that chairman Mao first raised the red Flag with its five Gold stars to proclaim the people s. China. The Square covers almost 98 acres China s War of resistance against Japan began with a huge rally in the Square in de Cember 1935. The upper gallery of the Gate of heavenly peace is today used by the chinese leadership to review May Day and National Day the Square also was the scene of uie mass rallies of up to a Mil lion people during the. Convulsions of the 1966-68 chinese Cul Tural revolution. The massive Gate of heavenly peace rises above the purple Wall which Marks the Southern Boundary of the Square. It is one of four entry ways into the old Imperial Palace or for Bidden City. With its three huge temples private apartments and More than rooms the forbidden City covers 250 acres. It is one of the pres ident s scheduled stops. It was closed during the turmoil of the cultural revolution and Only reopened to visitors last sum Mer. . West of the Square is the great Hall of the people. It is the place where or. Nixon will probably be entertained at some Point stay in China the building is Mam Moth and holds a banqueting Hall that can hold for Din Ner for a cocktail party the Large obelisk in the mid die of the Square honors the Peoples heroes those who died in the their country. The capital is Hung with the chairman s portrait graced by Lux statues and blanketed with his poems s sayings and quotations. What or Nixon May not experience in peking is the depth hoisted her car Basel Switzerland Reuter pretty blonde German tourist parked car on a building site before sightseeing in basel., returned she found it sitting on top of an eight Storey building. Laughing workmen told her they had hoisted it up by Crane to save her a parking Fine. Of belief in the teachings of chairman Mao. Mao slogans creep into every conversation a newcomer has in this country. It makes who the person is a University professor a worker in a Large peking textile Mill the manager of the Chao Nei vegetable Market a simple peasant in the Countryside the Leader of an Ideo logical refolding school. Everything in this country is done according to chairman Mao s teachings. president will not miss however is the spirit and Industry of peking. It is All there on the streets to see. There is the Man on his pedal cart who stops to pick up a few bits of manure1 dropped on the Street by the horse a few Yards ahead. Manure is treasure to the chinese a new Comer is told f there is the Young University coed who explains with Jubi Lance of her Stu Dies of maoism. Everyone Stu Dies Mao China. And there Are do Jens of conversations where a new american correspondent in. China is asked for his the work the chinese Are doing. It is All part of what is often referred to As chairman Mao s continuing revolution. The phrase that keeps cropping up Here is criticism Transfer the people of to be involved in All three stages. They believe they Are transforming this society and its people. The visitor hears the message simplest per son to the government official and indeed the leadership of China May be right. At least it seems written on the face of peking. Feet alike prior to 1820, boots and shoes were fashioned the same for either foot with no rights or none alike the Iron Pean made Fly the tribesmen of Africa have such a variety of design that no two Are alike. 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