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53. The wife and daughter of this country's late President were murdered here.
54. Heroic efforts here failed to rescue Kathy Fiscus from an abandoned well.
The Far East
55. During a week of swift disaster in China in late April, Communist armies along a 400-mile front overcame the last great obstacle in their southward drive, the:
1. Great Wall of China. 4. Tibetan Range.
2. Yellow Sea. 5. Yangtze River.
3. Sun Yat-sen Line.
56. In a serious clash between Communist and British forces the Reds:
1. Invaded the British compound at Peiping.
2. Attacked Hong Kong.
3. Knocked a British sloop out of action; killed 44 Britons.
4. Brought down a British observation plane over Nanking.
5. Attacked the British naval base at Tientsin.
57. By early June all but one of these had happened in the Chinese conflict:
1. Nanking fell to the Reds.
2. Chiang came out of retirement to visit Shanghai and proclaim his hope of final victory.
3. Communist forces captured Shanghai.
4. Many Nationalist officials fled to Formosa.
5. Acting President Li was replaced by Madame Chiang Kaishek.
58. The biggest and best news for Japan since the occupation came in May when the U.S. announced that it:
1 . Would withdraw all troops from Japan by Christmas.
2. Would send twice as many supplies during 1949 as last year.
3. Had renounced all further reparations claims on Japan.
4. Would withdraw General MacArthur but keep the troops there.
5. Had invited Hirohito to visit the U.S.
59. The formula finally worked out to keep India within the Commonwealth of Nations provided:
1 . Nothing beyond the independence she now has.
2. That a member of the British royal family will serve as governor.
3. That India would become an independent sovereign republic and accept the King only as a symbol of free association of independent member nations.
4. For a status comparable to the Philippines relationship to the U.S.
5. For a special office for Nehru in the British government.
60. Already plagued by attacks from both Trotskyite and Stalinist Communist forces, the Burmese government also was fighting off a strong revolt among the:
1. Tibetan minority. 4. Karens.
2. Bengalese. 5. Headhunters of Irrawaddy.
3. Siamese minority.
Western Hemisphere
61 . A notable provision in Argentina's new constitution was that it specifically:
1. Banned all "democratic movements."
2. Forbade diplomatic relations with Russia.
3. Authorized President Perón to succeed himself.
4. Nationalized over 40% of the country's big industries.
5. Denied citizenship to nonwhites.
62. On March 31 the Dominion of Canada was joined by:
1. Queensland. 4. Hudson Bay Territory.
2. Greenland. Territory. 5. Newfoundland.
3. New Brunswick.
63. A new $94 million budget, 46% of which was earmarked for health and education, pleased Luis Muñoz Marín, first popularly elected governor of:
1. Cuba. 4. Venezuela.
2. Guatemala. 5. Puerto Rico.
3. Colombia.
Other Events
Science and Medicine
64. Britain's bid for