Czech Flies to West
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MUNICH, West Germany — A 39-year-old Czechoslovak escaped to West Germany on Monday by flying a motorized hang-glider over the border, police said.
After an hourlong journey, he landed safely near the town of Furth im Wald in the southern state of Bavaria, police said.
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