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POWER STRUGGLE fol/owing the death of Mao Tse–
tung climaxed in the purge of tour top " radical " party
leaders, including
Mao 's
widow Chiang Ching, seen in
caricature (below) with her three col/eagues during a
demonstration in support of the new Chairman, Hua
Kuo-feng. EUROPE'S WORST DROUGHT in over 150 years
(right) dried fields and crops in Bri ta in, France, Belgium,
northern Ita/y, and West Germany. Drought also hit im–
portant U.
S .
Midwest and Western regions.
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Washington ... London ... Peking ... Beirut ... Tokyo ... Guatemala City ... Johannesburg ...
BICENTENNIAL BIRTHDA Y - De–
spite reports beforehand of possible
acts
ot terrorism, the United States
celebrated her 200th anniversary
(left) in relative ca/m and tranquility.
" SWINE FLU" scare /aunched the
biggest - and most controversia/ -
public vaccination program in U.S.
history (above). In LEBANON (right),
civil warfare near/y destroyed one of
the Mideast 's most prosperous na–
tions before massive Syrian military
intervention halted the fighting.