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...Soviet Union died, the Czechs once again were relied upon by decent-minded Russians to make sure communism never returned. The victorious Russians, fresh from overthrowing their Soviet overlords in 1991, realized that the best way to make sure the communists never returned was to quickly privatize all government-owned businesses and housing. This way, common citizens would have private property and an incentive to defend it. How do you privatize a Stalinist economy quickly? Well, the Czechs had been doing it for two years with the "voucher" system, devised by Jan Svejnar, a Czech-American economist. Now, Russia...
...Jarosek, 71, belongs to the third generation of a Czech-American family to farm in the Taylor area, near Austin. In February he sold some of his small herd of cattle, which consisted of "45 mamas," as he puts it, for 65 [cents] a pound. A few weeks ago, he sold more for 29 [cents] a pound and then another few for 20'. He has 20 "mama cows" and little money left to buy feed. "This may be my last year," he says...
...Good Home. The Czech press headlined Vlasta's setback and for three days blasted away about the "kidnaping." Then the Czech government apparently decided to cool the publicity and generate some diplomatic heat instead, even though the State Department is powerless to intervene, or even comment, while the case is in a U.S. court. If the court ruled against Vlasta, a Czech Foreign Ministry official warned, "Czech-American relations will be disturbed for a long time to come." The Czechs also say that they are prepared to put pretty Vlasta, 31, on display at a press conference...
Divorced. Francis Lederer, 34, dark-eyed Czech-American actor; by Margo (real name: Maria Margharita Teresa Guadalupe Castilla Bolado), svelte Mexican-born dancer who turned cinemactress (Crime Without Passion, Winterset); after three years' marriage; in Las Vegas...