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Very Bright Flash. Last week in a second attempt to man the station, the Russians launched Soyuz 11. Equipped with improved docking mechanism, the 71-ton spaceship rendezvoused with Salyut after 24 hours. With Test Engineer Viktor Patsayer, 38, leading the way, the cosmonauts feigned surprise upon entering Salyut's large, living-room-size interior, complete with instrument panels, separate compartments, kitchen and housekeeping equipment and even a small library. "This place is tremendous," said Dobrovolsky. "There seems...
...elected to an enlarged Politburo were Viktor Grishin, 57, Moscow party chief; Dinmukhamed Kunayev, 59, Kazakhstan party chief; Vladimir Shcherbitsky, 53, chairman of the council of ministers of the Ukraine, and Fedor Kulakov, 53, a party secretary and specialist in agriculture. All are Brezhnev protégés. By packing the Politburo, just as Stalin did in 1952, Brezhnev henceforth will be able to dominate it more easily. The collective leadership, which last year had begun to show signs of strain, appeared to be yielding ground to Brezhnev's drive toward undisputed preeminence...
...Square to protest in case any pro-Stalin demonstration was held at the dictator's grave, which is now marked only by a simple marble slab. There was no demonstration, but Stalinism was commemorated in another fashion. One of the leading associates of the dissenting group. Economist Viktor Krasin, was arrested the night before as a "parasite" and sentenced to five years of exile without a formal trial. Afterward, one of the dissidents noted: "Today it is different from Stalin's time. Then nobody knew if he would be arrested. Today, you can keep your ideas to yourself...
Soyuz 7. carrying Anatoly Filipchenko, Vliadslav Volkov and Viktor Gorbatko, landed Friday morning just 15 miles from where Soyuz 6 was brought down Thursday. Official announcements have proclaimed the flights of Soyuz 6 and 7 as "complete successes" but the only new feat reported to the world so far was experimental welding inside Soyuz...
...Western newspapers. "Almost immediately, whistles were heard from all corners of the square, and plainclothes agents of the KGB [secret police] came running toward us. They shouted, 'These are all Jews!' and 'Beat the anti-Soviets!' They tore the banners from our hands and beat Viktor Feinberg in the face until the blood flowed, also breaking some of his teeth. Pavel Litvinov was beaten on the face with a heavy case. They shouted, 'Get out of here, you scum!' We remained seated...