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...boys won't recognize me. I am fat as a pig now. In comparison to them, though, I look swell. I am not bald," jokes around 53-year-old toolmaker Oldrich Loukota, whose graying mane falls all the way down his back...
...VETERAN SINGLES: Entrants must at least 60 years old. The men are chasing the Oldrich Trophy, with the Wade Award going to the top senior veteran, The women are after the Witte Award. The men's record is 20:45, and the best women's mark...
Lemonade Joe (1964), another film from Czechoslovakia, made by Oldrich Lipsky, is a parody of an American western. Filmmakers of all countries seem to go through a period where they have to imitate old films. This one not only has a character named Lemonade Joe, but also offers Winifred Goodman, Horace Badman, and Tornado...
...imposing a fresh series of repressive measures on their people. For a short time Dubček, who was reportedly in a state of near hysteria, considered quitting his post. But after a couple of days of recuperation, he and the others regained much of their spirit. Premier Oldrich Cernik, who had been in Moscow, implored Czechoslovaks to refrain from wry, between-the-line digs at the Soviets, adding in colloquial Czech: "What about some expressions of friendship, boys?" Similarly, Dubček conceded on television what he called "deficiencies" in his policies and termed essential the elimination of points...
...Pact. After a press conference later that morning, Ulbricht took off for home. Once he was aloft, the crowd of Czechoslovaks that had dutifully gathered at the airport to wave the East German boss on his way erupted into a demonstration of joy-and relief. They mobbed Dubcek, Premier Oldrich Cernik and Presidium Member Josef Smrkovsky. The Czechoslovak leaders responded by signing autographs, slapping backs and bussing the pretty girls. At one point, Dubcek grabbed Smrkovsky and turned his face to the crowd so that the people could see the lipstick smears...