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Freedom and security lure Czech skater to the U S zone
Linz Austria reports 22 year old Miss Nachodska a Czech figure skating star fled Prague for asylum in Vienna during the 1955 world championships. She said she left after years of being watched and restricted freedom and security were her chief motives. She hoped to continue skating in the United States or Canada. Her final decision came minutes before departure as she fled to the U S embassy then to the Vienna escapee center. Her family remains in Prague with her father a former deputy director of the national social insurance program and sister Vera an actress.
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