The Pittsburgh Press 12.11.1978 | ||||
Soviets Protest American TrialMOSCOW (UPI) - A number of prominent Soviet artists, including prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, sent a telegram to President Carter on behalf of a singer arrested for trespassing during a civil protest in Minnesota, the Tass news agency reported. Dean Reed, an American-born singer popular in the Soviet Union and East Germany, went on trial Thursday in Buffalo, Minn., on charges of trespassing during a protest at a power line construction site. Reed, who was born in Denve, has become a cause celebre on Soviet television and in the press over the arrest. Reed lives in East Germany. |
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