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DIAL Alpine 6-3111WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL,Moscow Crowd Cheers Valery and ValentinaMOSCOW Valentina Tereshkova got a big bear hug anda kiss from Premier Nikita Khrushchev Saturday as thousands of Russians cheered their first woman of space and her male partner, Lt. Col. Valery Bykovsky.Khrushchev also used the occasion to challenge the United States to match Soviet feats in space — and to point out the military potential proved by such feats. :■ ' f JNBrief ApplauseValentina appeared happy as Khrushchev heaped praise upon her and Bykovsky in an appearance on top of Lenin’s tomb in Red Square.Thousands of Russians packed Into Red Square, eager to catch a first glimpse of the pair since their return to earth on Wednesday.The bear hug came as Valen-, . . . ,. _. 11 i . * *1 i . nauts were guests at a big hrom-tina walked out of the plane at|,Vnukova airport directly into! reception where they received Khrushchevs waiting arms The he 0rder ol Umn “d other kiss was bestowed atop the tomb. onors-The crowd applauded only brief- The da' coic^f with ’he ** ly the various comments in t h e ^n.versary of Hitler s attack onapeeches, even those of Valentina 'lct nl0n‘Manv HonorsKIIRUSH'S CRUSH —Soviet Premier NikitaKhrushchev greets Valentina Tereshkova with an enthusiastic bear hug at welcoming ceremonies at Moscow Saturday for the first womaninto space and her companion, Lt. Col. Valery Bykovsky. The cosmonaut salutes at the left as other members of the welcoming delegation applaud. -AP Wirtphoto‘Zone of Peace*demn these acts,” Bykovsky said,'war.”“and we Soviet cosmonauts join She got out of the plane at our voices to this.” Vnukova airport in a trim darkValentina called for world peace, suit. Bykovsky was in military saying “my father perished de- uniform.fending our country and my moth- The two were given a regal er brought up her three children, welcome with the airport banked | We know the bitterness of that by more flowers than have everIn his speech, Khrushchev said the Soviet Union “saved t h ewar,” she said. “We don't need been seen in the city at one time.)Most came to look at this prettygirl who finished 7i hours in the. „ . .air last Wednesday, making more ^ fr0m **? Fasclst P|afue’ than 48 orbits to an aggregate, atld appealed to the world to letas Khrushchev pointed out, great- *e.fll*h* f theJ'cosmonaut*«. than the combined total of all '‘bring fr‘endsh'P and andAmerican astronauts. happiness to all.He announced that both she and /’0uter ,Pace mdst ** a zone Bykovsky had been made heroes of I*3**’ 3 zone of ^national of the Soviet Union, the highest cwperaUon. We welcomed t h e award in the land, which had been sPace fhght of the American cos-given also to the four earber i H1011®uts- a an(*cosmonauts. worthy partnership in the com-e 4 j . i. petition for a peaceful conquestSaturday night, the two cosmo- JJ outer space_»4 All pepole, course, realizefull well that if the Soviet Union has rockets which make with amazing accuracy such flights around the Earth, it also has rockets for other purposes.”Call for PeaceBykovsky, after reporting briefly on his flight, condemned American nuclear tests and the beltof copper needles sent aloft forexperimental purposes.“The peoples of the world con-
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Madison Wisconsin State Journal
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Sun, Jun 23, 1963
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