News of the Day No 39

China, Beijing. Meeting of the VIII-th Congress of the Communist Party of China. Speakers: Mao Tse Tung, Liu Shao-chi, Deng Xiao-ping, Zhou En-lai. Among those present - A.I. Mikoyan. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Minister of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay in the USSR JA Lorency presents his credentials to IS Kodice in the Kremlin. Commissioning of the fourth turbine of the Kuibyshev hydroelectric power station; turbine hall, power plant control panel. Honoring in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory of composer D.D.Shostakovich in connection with the 50th anniversary of his birth. Composers Yu. A. Shaporin and A. I. Khachaturyan congratulate the hero of the day. Speech by D. D. Shostakovich with a return speech. Scientists-astronomers of the Crimean, Alma-Ata observatories at telescopes are observing the planet Mars. Harvesting grapes at the Chisinau state farm in Moldova. Baskets with grapes. Return home from Holland O. Mischuk with ten children and her Dutch husband R. Oling. Czechoslovak pilot-athlete F. Novak, who made a non-stop flight 4430 kilometers from Brno to the Altai village of Kulunda, gets off the Sokol sports plane after landing. Tallinn city. USSR personal-team championship in sailing. Yachts at sea. Competition winner K. Aleksandrov. Czechoslovakia. Training of Czechoslovak athletes in ski jumping. Poland. Harvest Festival at the Warsaw Stadium. Y. Tsirankevich and E. Ochab are present. Folk dance ensembles are performing.

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