News of the Day No 56

Moscow city. The ceremonial meeting at the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of IV Michurin. Speakers A. Nesmeyanov, T. D. Lysenko. Start-up of the first unit of the Kakhovska hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region. Connecting the station to the power line. Testing of a new tractor manufactured at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant. Collecting fruits in the state farms of Tajikistan, sending them by plane to the regions of the North, Yakutia. Completion of the construction of the first stage of the Leningrad Metro. Finishing work. Passengers on the escalator. The movement of electric trains. Vietnam. Railway station in Hanoi. Opening of a direct rail link Vietnam - China. Cut the ribbon before starting the train. The train departs from the platform. Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Archery competition in Quezon. Friendship visit of Soviet warships to England, to the port of Portsmouth. British visit to Soviet ships. British Admiral Creasy's visit to Admiral A.G. Golovko. The final concert at the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR of the participants of the decade of Turkmen literature and art in Moscow. The concert is attended by: N. A. Bulganin, K. E. Voroshilov, L. M. Kaganovich.

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text by N. Losev, editor V. Simonenko