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Show by Don Ockley (7. Barbarians and Buddhas) Half of China Becomes the Sporting Ground of Barbarians had been the soil of Rome in the former domainsof the cB { new religion, Christianity, was being adopted much as Buddhism was entering China, Another invasion was taking place in China Kenneth Scott Latourette during these centuries, Buddhism, introduced Following the vad of the 40-year reign of in thefirst century A.D., now began spread rapidly. Temples and monasteries multiplied the Han, rival kingdoms contested in vain for the Mandate of Heaven, Barbarians—Mongols, and scholars made the arduous pilgrimage to India to bring back sacred writin Among the major schools that arose was Ch’an Buddhism, later exported to Japan as Zen. Other new things appeared at this time as well, among them coal, tea, the waterwheel, wheelbarrow and sedan chair, sradually, the biological and cultural vitality Tibetans, Tartars—breached the Great Wall and poured in They eventually devastated and I ion of all of north China, setting series of revolving dynasties. Millions of Chinese fled to the frontier below the Yangtze River, which lik ike a zontal Miss FIRST AMERICAN CHRISTMAS TREE in over 19 years is viewed in the Valley Forge Army Fospital by Richard Fecteau, 44, Lynn, Mass., following his release by Red China several days ago after his capture while flying over Chinese territory in 1952. InRed China On Right Track? PrisonerTells Of Solitary Confinement WASHINGTON (UPI) —Amtrak, which has asked Congress for 170 million to continue running the nation’s passenger trains, By GERALD McCULLOUGH PHOENIXVILLE, Pa, (UPI) —A nervous Richard Fecteau said Wednesday that during his 19 years of confinement in Comrounist China prisons ‘I was in solitary for so much time I’m not used to conversation.” Fecteau, 44, of Lynn, Mass.. madethe aiaa at the first news conference held since he and Mary Ann Harbert, 26, of Palo Alto, Calif., were released by the Chinese’ Sunday. Both have been in the Valley Forge Army Hospital here when their aircraft was forced down in Chinese territory on a ight from Korea to Japan in 1952, during the Korean War. The United States has said only that the two were civilian employes of the U.S. Army at the time of their capture. Unofficial sources identified them as employes of the Central Intelligence Agency. Asked ai the news conference if he was a spy, Fecteau replied, “No comment.” pays its president $125,000 a year—twice what a cabinet member makes,according to Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin, D-Calif. “Tt seems passing strange that a company which loses so much money can be so generous with its key personnel,” Van Deerlin said in a statement Wednesday. He said seven other top Amtrak employes make more than the $36,000 top for key federal employes. and captivity. American Prisoners Identified Hesaid his normal prison day consisted of ‘reading and writing and walking outside my cell.” Fecteau, whois aboutsix feet tall and weighs about 175 pounds,identified three of the American prisoners as John T. Downey, 41, New Britain, Conn,; Air Force Capt. Philip Smith, 37, and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn, Fecteau said he did not know the other American prisoner, but was told later he had committed suicide, Downey, whois still in prison, was captured with Fecteau T I N Oe S.C) ez$603 — Canal, was undertaken to link the Yellow River and Yangtze River valleys. Just as the shortlived Ch'in dynasty had paved the way for the great Han dynasty, so the Sui dynasty, which was overthrown in 618, wasfollowed by another dynasty in which Chinese culture reached new heights. 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He said during the middle years of his imprisonment he had a Chinese cellmate but that at other times he was aione. ke Rome, which disappeared ler the Sui dy Scandal since stood before a brightly ij hted Christmas tree during the news conference which he opened by saying: “T came in here to give a short statement but I do not wish to answer questions at this time. I'm is good health.” But then he began to respond to questions relating to some of his experiences during his { the Chinese resulted in the absorption of the Race Track Answers Questions Fecteau, dressed in a blue robe land hori- ippi divides China in two. thus esday. Speaking in a barely audible voice and wringing his hands, Fecteau said during his entire period of captivity ‘I never gave up hope.” He admitted that “you get used to” solitary confinement, then added, “That’s my problem.” Miss Harbert, captured by the Chinese while on a pleasure cruise between Hong Kong and Japan in April, 1968, posed for 10 minutes for photographers a short time after Fecteau’s news conference but would answer no questions. A hospital spokesman said she would hold a news conference at 1 p.m. ‘Thursday. hospital took up a the Two Chinas Sn, political and cultural center south. an army of a million barbarians moved south in a bid to conquer the remainde of the Celestial Empire. They were routed at the Battle of the River Fei, as decisive in Asian history as the Battle of Marathon was in Eu ropeanhistory. the Roman Empire was Barbarians were establishing e atime of Trouble ¢ the passing through these cen ond John Lone Plymouth Fury Gran Coupe PAA °S ANDERSO 241 W. 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