Thunder and Lightning Subside Yet Soviet China Clashes Persist
In Prague the Communist student world met to discuss peace and independence but amid a backdrop of Kremlin resistance and Chinese push. Romanian and Romanian aligned delegates backed anti Moscow lines, while Russians blocked pro Moscow changes, showing the backstage rift continues beyond public displays.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Europe
Charleston
Khrushchev
Junkets Remain Popular Pastime Among Congress Members
A roll call highlights multiple lawmakers on taxpayer funded junkets abroad. Mike Kirwan and Charles Jonas lead South Sea inspections while Jamie Whitten and others tour Latin America to review U S Information Agency and State Department programs. Otto Passman and John Rhodes join trips to Beirut India Bangkok Hong Kong and Tokyo. Whitten clashed with Russell over a peanut lab location, and George Mahon now bars foreign junkets for lame duck members.
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Washington
Mike Kirk_eewan
Youngstown
Ohio
South Sea Islands
Samoa
Mike
South Seas
District of Columbia
Charles R. Jonas
North Carolina Republican
Jonas
Kirwan
House Appropriations Committee
Latin America
U. S. Information Agency
State Department
Jamie J. Whitten
Mississippi
House Appropriations
Agriculture
Dick Russell
Georgia
Russell
Whitten
Southeastern Research
Otto Passman
D - la
John Rhodes
R-Ariz
Beirut
Lebanon
India
Bangkok
Thailand
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Passman
Johnson
Otto
Robert Michel, II
Elford Cederberg
Mich
Glenard Lipscomb
Calif
John Slack
West Virginia
Appropriations Committee
John J. Flynt Jr
D - Ga
Far East
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Manila
George Mahon
Texas
Soviet lawmakers accused of rigging sessions in Latvia paper
The Latvian Sovetskaya Latviya accuses local Soviet bodies of limiting debate and using prepared scripts to steer sessions. Pravda notes expanded local powers but keeps national Supreme Soviet control. The piece condemns rubber stamp proceedings and restricted speaking order.
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New York Times Co
Moscow
Soviet Union
Sovetskaya Latviya
Pravda
Communist Party
Ture
Supreme Soviet
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
International Union of Students
Romania
Sa Ece
Drew Pearson
Congress
Frankenberger’s
Santa
BuPont
Arrow Decton
WAIL
Blanic
Frankenberger's
W. Yo
Margaret Frank
Ude
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