World IN BRIEF : CZECHOSLOVAKIA : Separatist Slovaks Stage Mass Rally
From Times staff and Wire reports
Thousands of Slovaks demanding an independent state demonstrated at a rally in Ruzomeberok, Czechoslovakia. A Slovak separatist movement has strengthened since last November’s revolution against Communist rule. The Slovak National Party, one of three nationalist parties in the republic, won 15 seats in the National Parliament. But according to a recent poll, only 8% of Slovaks in the predominantly Catholic republic favored an independent state.
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