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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1980

Page

11

Frustrated voters give Klansman primary nod

Ed Skagen, San Diego County Democratic chairman, lost a bid to defeat Ku Klux Klan leader Tom Metzger in the 43rd Congressional District primary. Metzger defeats Skagen and faces Rep. Clair Burgener in November.

San Diego UPI Riverside Imperial Ku Klux Klan Ed Skagen Democratic Party San Diego County Tom Metzger California White House Sacramento State House Metzger Skagen Fallbrook Riverside County Imperial County Clair Burgener Burgener Southington Conn America Higgins Richard O’neill Ronald Reagan O’neill Jody Powell Jimmy Carter

Czechoslovakia Tightens Ties With Soviet Bloc

Prague faces economic stagnation and rising dissent after three decades under communism. A March trade pact with the Soviet Union deepens Comecon integration amid shortages and reforms talks as authorities push cost cuts and production shifts to curb a faltering economy and maintain Soviet alignment.

Stephen H. Miller Prague Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Comecon Lubomir Strougal

Quiet dissident couple in Prague face mounting pressure

In Prague Zdena Tominova describes a harsh climate for her husband Julius Tomin and other dissidents. Police harassment, detentions up to 48 hours, and expulsions of foreign supporters followed their parallel university lectures. The family, with two sons, endured job losses and surveillance as authorities tightened control after the 1968 invasion.

Stephen H. Miller Prague Czechoslovakia Zdena Tominova Julius Tomin Tomin Oxford University Kathleen Wilkes Tomins London Hawaii Charles University Vaclav Havel

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