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Died. Herman Steiner, 50, Czech-born U.S. chess champion (1948-51), member of the ten-man U.S. chess team that played in Moscow last summer; of a heart attack following a game for the California State Championship; in Los Angeles...
...professor of international relations, he later proved his devotion to Big Brother by writing a book called The Wilson Legend in the History of the Czechoslovak Republic, a sleazy effort to debunk Czechoslovakia's esteem for Woodrow Wilson. For this and similar services, Hajek last May was made Czech ambassador to London...
...Nobody Knows." But was he not opening the way to the Russians with his arms purchases? "There are not now any Russian or Czech technicians in Egypt," replied Nasser. "A long time before this, we sent some of our best men to Czecho slovakia for training. Some have already finished their training and are back here now, instructing other officers and men. We will do our own maintenance and training. Really, I will tell you: my men have been able to assemble some airplanes using only the handbooks for instruction...
...Communist technicians were said to be already on hand, and more were on the way. Alexandria's airport was closed to civil traffic, reportedly because some 50 MIG-15 jet fighters were being uncrated there. There was talk of six Soviet-made submarines for Egypt, plus plenty of Czech-made tanks and small arms, all at bargain prices...
Lowell House will retaliate in the last week of April with a production of Smetana's "The Bartered Bride," a nineteenth century Czech gala spectacle. Musical director Howard M. Brown describes the opera as a "Bohemian Gilbert and Sullivan" executed in the old European grand manner. Producer John H. Poppy '57 is planning for a cast of 70, supported by 60 student musicians...