Al2-Wednesday, May 14, 1980 - North Shore News

China clears the
name of Gengh

PEKING (UPI) - In a sur-
prise move Monday, China
officially endorsed the reign
of Genghis Khan, ruler of a
vast empire who was for
centuries villified as one of
the world's most evil tyrants.

Peking’s rehabilitation of
Khan came in the Com-
munist Party newspaper,
People’s Daily, which
praised the Mongolian as a
“leader of Chinese and
foreign peoples, an out-
Standing military strategist
and statesman.”

Genghis Khan ruled an
empire stretching from
China to eastern Europe
more than 750 years ago, but
historians have compared
him with Attila the Hun. His
mounted hordes terrorized
much of the then known
world.

In the past, Chinese
historians have either totally
ignored his role in
establishing the Yuan
Dynasty or played down his
contributions to Chinese
history. The Yuan dynasty
lasted for nearly a century.

The newspaper commen-
tary followed the 753rd
anniversary of Khan’s death

last weekend, when as many
as 10,000 persons flocked to
his tomb in China's Inner
Mongolia region.

The People’s Daily said
the conqueror “unified
Mongolian tribes, founded
the Mongol empire and a
progressive function in the
development of Mongolian
society.”

Other achievements in-
cluded establishment of a
300-year Mongolian
domination of Russia. Inner
Mongolia is situated across
the border from Soviet

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Outer Mongolia.

Khan’s rehabilitation was
apparently part of a current
Chinese campaign to woo
the country's more than 50
minority groups, which
among them have a
population of more than 55
million people.

The upheavals of Mao Tse
Tung’s Cultural Revolution
badly strained relations
between the minorities and
the central government that
is now striving to regain their
friendship.

Rosie Ruiz honored
by 26 meter race

MOLINE, Il. (UPI) - It’s a
race you Can run and win —
and not even be there.

A local radio station and
the American Cancer
Society are sponsoring the
First Annual Rosie Ruiz
26.2-meter run to benefit the
Cancer society, a spokesman
said Monday.

The race begins at 8:30
a.m. Saturday when a lone
runner from WQUA radio
begins a 6.2 mile run,
arriving downtown at 9:30
a.m.

As the. runner approaches
the finish line, the remainder
of the entrants are invited to
jump into the race 26.2
meters from the finish line.

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Boyfriend wouldn't leave her bed

VICTORIA (UPC) - Police
expected trouble when a
woman called for help
because she was unable to
get her boyfriend out of her
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The spokesman, said it
took two policeman about 20
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