May Day demonstrations in the cities of Novosibirsk, Prokopyevsk, Barnaul.
Personnel Chronicle on visits to the city of Siberia: JB Tito (Yugoslavia), Charles de Gaulle (France), Van Cliburn (USA), a scientist-mathematician B. Venglozha (Poland).
Personnel Chronicle on tour in Siberia opera singer Theatre "La Scala" N. Rossi (Italy).
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Political ties.
Public holidays.
Cultural ties.