Pie in the Sky for Soviet People
Thirty-nine to forty-one years after the Russian Revolution the pie remains out of reach for about 99 percent of Soviets. Anecdotes show private jets as a distant joke while housing and consumer goods improve but rents and shortages persist in Moscow. Even with new goods, most residents share rooms and wait months for basic items like shoes and coats.
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Pravda
Vladivostok
Stalin
Moscow
GUM
Moscow Youth and Markets under Soviet Rule
A vivid field report from Moscow contrasts crowded theaters and lines for goods with free medical care and low rents. It notes youth curiosity about the outside world, reliance on propaganda, and a mix of cynicism and conformity among citizens, ending with a teaser about tomorrow's piece on limited freedoms.
Four Thousand Rainbow Trout Planted in Sask Coalfield Pits
In Estevan Saskatchewan four thousand rainbow trout have been released into two spoil pits left by coal stripping east of town. The move aims to create favorable breeding grounds for the fish and boost local fishing prospects.
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Estevan, Sask
Elder Statesman's Bench Reserved for Baruch
Central Park formally dedicates the bench long used by Bernard M. Baruch as his informal headquarters with a Park Department plaque. Baruch, 88, says he will welcome others to his private bench as an elder statesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Park
Bernard M. Baruch
Park Department
Baruch
Wilderness Threatened by Cities Warns Olson
Sigurd F. Olson, president of the National Parks Assn, warns at the Soil Conservation Society convention in Asheville that urban expansion imperils wilderness. He fears future demand will erode both national forest and national park wilderness unless Congress passes the Wilderness bill and preserves the land’s recreational character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N.C
National Parks’Assn
Sigurd F. Olson
Ely
Minn
Olson
Soil Conservation Society of America
Bighorn Sheep Gather at Salt Lick Near Waterton Park
In Pass Creek valley Waterton Lakes National Park rare bighorn sheep, usually shy and alpine dwellers, were observed gathered at an old salt lick by a highway, signaling an unusual daytime gathering for the herd.
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Waterton Lakes
Alta
Pass Creek Valley
Waterton Lakes National Park
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By Roy Essoyan
Associated Press
Asia Minor
Mrs. Socrates
Warsaw
Mosmane A Ei ‘Sa
Ivan
Galina
Soviet Union
United States
Voice of America
Leningrad
Tiflis
Deanna Durbin
Glenn Miller
U.S
Soviet Sport
Merit Shoes
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C. DeWitt Holton
Hte
Atpankition
C. DeWitt Holton Furniture Co
S. Main Street
By Jimmy Hatlo
Winesap
Horatio
Sant SS
Goody
Roy
Home Center
Teg
Dorothy Gray
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