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...been on orbit 14 to 16 hours, long enough to make eight circuits around the earth. When they did start talking, they gave a good deal of information. Sputnik III carries no man, dog or other experimental organism, and it is not designed to return to earth. Writing in Pravda, Academician L. I. Sedov said that it could have carried a man, but "such an experiment would be premature." Professor Evgeny Fedorov, an official spokesman, said that Sputnik III had been launched with "customary chemical fuels," not with atomic energy, and the launching technique was about the same as with...
...said the Chinese with a hint that the Yugoslavs should get themselves new leaders, "harbor a wild attempt to induce surrender to capitalism [and] fit in exactly with what the imperialists and particularly the American imperialists need." A few days later, after a full Central Committee meeting in Moscow, Pravda warned that if Yugoslavia's rulers think the Soviet Union is taking advantage of its economic relations with their country, they can be "relieved of such 'exploitation.' " Soviet President Kliment Voroshilov canceled his scheduled state visit to Yugoslavia...
...ghosts of his old comrades in Stalinism apparently still haunt Nikita Khrushchev-although Malenkov presumably runs a power station, Shepilov teaches school, Molotov tends diplomacy in the outer wastes of Mongolia, and Zhukov has reportedly retired from active military duty. Three weeks ago, in terms Communists recognized as portentous, Pravda published two front-page editorials warning that the party "cannot forget" the opposition of "Malenkov, Kaganovich, Molotov and Shepilov." At a Lenin birthday celebration, in Khrushchev's presence, Party Secretary Petr Pospelov attacked the fallen "antiparty group" by name for their "fierce resistance." Finally, Khrushchev himself joined vigorously...
...Pravda's Straws. Since Khrushchev's socialism does not include freedom to choose, few Russians sat up listening for late returns on the balloting as 130 million eligible voters went to the polls this week. Students of the tides of power were more interested in Pravda's pre-election compilations of how many election districts nominated various Kremlin leaders as their candidates. In the past Stalin's name had led all the rest. 1958's score for Presidium members...
...Square. In Moscow, Soviet newspaper Pravda reported that a traffic cop named Pavlov stopped a funeral procession for a minor violation, forced the entire cortege to turn around and follow him to the nearest police station...