the warjd estroyed Elbe Rivet : bridge. Th;s wins the celebvated bridg’f 'hat Marshall Vassily Sokolovsky j ‘hen military governor of East Get manv. used as the pretext for clos png the autobahn during the block * ode. The marshal ruled the tem I oorarv rbilitarv structure then in I use “too frail.” i After the blockade was lifted, the b-idce was found to be rugged enough for continued use, and used *t was until the new concrete and steel structure was completed a vear ago, In another direction. East Ger many's Communists have been in ordinately industrious along the autobahn. Not even Italy or the United States have more signs ad vertising East Germany's major product—Communism. Autobahn bridges are draped with banners exhorting' “Demand pro hibition of the Atom Bomb." or “Join the Fight for Peace.” Road ie signs advise: “We Autobahn Workers Stand Ready to Defend the Peace" Even on the autobahn there is a glimmering of the liberalization bo ng introduced into Communist life. The speed limit used to be 50 miles in hour. A few weeks ago it was rased to 60.

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