RUSSIA A SENIOR CITIZEN HARDLY ANY ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLD BOLSHEVIKS PASSES 
PRAVDA BY . BUT IT IS THE CUSTOM IN MOSCOW THESE 
DAYS TO SKIP THE IN-BETWEEN BIRTHDAYS AND MARK ONLY THE DECADES 
. SO IT WAS LAST WEEK THAT NIKITA SERGEEVICH KHRUSHCHEV'S 69TH 
BIRTHDAY WAS TOTALLY IGNORED BY THE COMMUNIST PARTY PRESS . EVERYONE 
WAS WAITING UNTIL NEXT YEAR, WHEN THEY COULD WANDER DOWN TO 
RED SQUARE AND CHEER FOR HIS BIBLICAL ALLOTMENT . 