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Poland's break with Russia was the spark. Hungarian students got permission to express sympathy with the Poles by gathering silently before Budapest's Polish embassy. Then the Communist Central Committee canceled the permit. Party Leader Erno Gero wanted no demonstrations. At noon there were angry student meetings in every college...
DIED. William Fellner, 78, influential conservative economist; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. A Budapest businessman, Fellner emigrated to America in 1939, then taught at Berkeley and Yale before President Nixon appointed him to the three-member Council of Economic Advisers (1973-75). Fellner was perhaps best known for his analytical studies of inflation, which helped lead to the indexation of federal income taxes, approved by Congress in 1981 and scheduled to become effective...
That was his second trip to Italy in two years. He has also seen France twice. In 1981, when a trip to the Soviet Union fell through because of difficulties with visas, he simply redirected his tour group to Copenhagen, Budapest, Istanbul, Athens and Madrid. Since 1981, the Congressman has taken nine tours to 18 countries, all at taxpayers' expense...
EASTERN EUROPE. The most popular cities this year are Budapest and Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia's Adriatic resort. The Hungarian capital is easy to reach by hydrofoil on the Danube from Vienna and has a reputation for being more hospitable to Americans than other Communist-bloc cities. A room at the Budapest Hyatt or Hilton starts at $50; an elegant meal at Gundel, the city's romantic garden restaurant, costs around $30 a person. Westerners get a kick out of tours of the Puszta region, where they feel at home on the range watching Hungarian cowboys rounding up cattle. With...
DIED. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, 81, strong-willed labor and manpower expert and adviser to Presidents, who from 1950 to 1953 was an Assistant Secretary of Defense, the highest Pentagon post ever held by a woman; of pneumonia; in New York City. Born in Budapest, reared in New York City, she blended toughness with soft-voiced charm and a dash of flamboyance in her many public posts. Hoffman dramatized her role as a mediator during a 1930s New York City electricians' strike by donning hip boots and descending into a subway tunnel. Awarded the Medal of Freedom...