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HUNGARY: Under the New Economic Mechanism, launched in 1968 by Party Chief János Kádár, Hungarians have encouraged personal initiative and allowed many prices to find their own levels in relatively free markets. The result is easily the most stimulating atmosphere of any East-bloc country. But even Hungary is demoralized by the housing shortage that plagues all of Eastern Europe; 47% of the Hungarian population is crammed into one-room dwellings. Still, executive suites in Hungary hum with excitement as managers pore over computer printouts, circling moneymaking products in green, average earners in yellow...
...Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore, Calif, since 1952. He is known for his hawkish views on weapons development, including the ABM. And he is known for his ability to put down questioners, other scientists, youth, doves-in short, anyone he disagrees with-in a booming, angry voice and thick Hungarian accent undimmed by 25 years of U. S. residency...
Died. Matyas Rakosi, 78, Hungarian Communist leader during the 1940s and '50s; in Gorky, U.S.S.R. A ruthless Stalinist, Rakosi was known and hated for his brutal skill in disposing of opponents. After Stalin's death, Rakosi slickly adjusted to the new line. He remained in power until 1956, was forced to resign, and just before the Hungarian uprising, fled to the Soviet Union...
...Bechet, a pair of American expatriate hound dawgs with IQs slightly lower than Corner Pyle's-and, most important, O'Malley, the alley cat. O'Malley's voice, as supplied by Phil Harris, could be poured on waffles. His inamorata, Duchess, is furnished with a Hungarian purr that could only have issued from the vocal cords of Eva Gabor. They and the rest of the players sing a number of numbers-all of them delightful, and one of them (Ev'rybody Wants To Be a Cat) absolutely true. The animals' exuberance is so infectious...
Shunning the Dark. The announcement was made by Hungarian-born Neurochemist Georges Ungar, 64, who has spent years experimenting with memory transfer. In his most notable experiment (TIME, April 19, 1968), he jolted rats and mice with an electrical shock whenever they strayed into a blacked-out box, eventually conditioning them to fear the dark. Then, after decapitating his fear-trained animals, he injected a broth made out of their brain tissue into the abdominal cavities of normal mice, which ordinarily prefer the dark. More often than not, he found, the injected rodents-contrary to their nature-also began...