The World : Shoddy Goods Irk Soviets

Managers of Soviet shops or factories responsible for selling shoddy goods now risk labor-camp sentences, the Soviet Supreme Court said, directing lower courts to widen criminal responsibility for the production or sale of deficient, substandard or unfinished goods. The instructions follow the emphasis by Communist Party leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev on industrial efficiency. The high court also ordered judges not to release prisoners on parole unless it has been established beyond reasonable doubt that there is no possibility of their repeating the offense.