Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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News A year in review what happened around the world, nation, state, city and campus

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Students got so involved with school and other activities that at times they were unaware as to what was going on in the outside world lChatl Madrid, Spain-Generalisslmo Francisco Franco died in Madrid. He had an acute heart attack. Franco, who ended a longterm career as ruler of Spain, was replaced by Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon as chief of state. Moscow, Ftussia-The Soviet Union landed a space capsule on the surface of Venus. Moscow space center sources said they obtained a unique picture of the landing site, which was described as hot and cloudy. The capsule was softlanded on the planet by the unmanned space craft Venus 9. Tokyo, China-China's Com- munist leadership paid sorrow to Premier Chou-En Lai and fulfilling his last wishes scattered his ashes in the rivers and over the soil of the nation he served so tenaciously. The 78- year-old Chinese patrician-turned revolutionary who joined Mao Tse tung in establishing the People's Republic in 1949 died in Tokyo. Guatemala City, Guatema- la-Over 100,000 people were injured in an earthquake that hit persons in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Hon- duras. Helicopter relief teams took supplies to towns and villages that were completely isolated. Over 20,000 persons were reported dead. Beirut, Lebanon-Two American Embassy officers were kidnapped ata street barricade manned by fighters in Lebanon's religious and political war between Christians and Moslems, The men were identified as Charles Gallagher, Roanoke, Va., and William Dykes Jr., San Jose, Calif., the direc- tor and deputy director respectively of U.S. Information Agency printing facilities in Beirut.