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According to an account given by Nikolai Vasilyev, minister of land reclamation and water resources, the mishap occurred in September, when a 45-ft. by 80-ft. breach opened in a large earthen dam at a fertilizer plant in Stebnik, four miles southeast of the city of Drogobych, near the Polish and Czechoslovak borders. The break allowed a 20-ft.-high torrent of concentrated salty wastes from the plant to cascade down hillsides, sweeping away railroad tracks, ripping up roads, ruining farmlands, and smashing homes and workshops until it reached the Dniester River 15 miles away...
This remarkable exercise in betteir communication between the two so cieties was topped off with a vodka-and-caviar reception in the hotel's ballroom overlooking the Moscow skyline. In a gesture that heartens admen the world over, Vneshtorgreklama President Anatoliy V. Vasilyev asked to see a rate card. And to Charlie Bear's diplomatic comment that "all things are accomplishable by time and effort," Vasilyev replied that "the time for TIME is propitious...
Boris Babochkin, who plays the title role, is one of the Russia's outstanding actors and holds the title, "Peoples Artist of the Republic." Especial credit goes to the two brothers who directed the film, Sergei and Georgi Vasilyev...