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title: 'Scînteia Tineretului, 7 March 1977: Ceaușescu''s visit to earthquake-hit areas'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/scinteia-tineretului-earthquake-front-page-1977/
description: 'Front page of the youth daily Scînteia Tineretului, Monday 7 March 1977, three days after the Vrancea earthquake: the Executive Political Committee…'
section: Collection
---

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# Scînteia Tineretului, 7 March 1977: Ceaușescu's visit to earthquake-hit areas

Front page of the youth daily Scînteia Tineretului, Monday 7 March 1977, three days after the Vrancea earthquake: the Executive Political Committee meeting on the left, and on the right the headline 'Comrade Nicolae Ceaușescu yesterday visited the Capital and other localities affected by the earthquake', with photographs of rubble and officials. The tell: virtue words ('the most profound humanism') carry the account of the leader's visit.

## Text on the object

Original (Romanian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă!
Scînteia tineretului
ORGAN CENTRAL AL UNIUNII TINERETULUI COMUNIST
ANUL XXXIII, SERIA II, Nr. 8 643 | 6 PAGINI — 30 BANI | LUNI 7 MARTIE 1977

Ședința Comitetului Politic Executiv al C.C. al P.C.R.

Îmbărbătînd și insuflînd puterea de a depăși această grea încercare prin care trecem,
TOVARĂȘUL NICOLAE CEAUȘESCU
A VIZITAT, IERI, CAPITALA ȘI ALTE LOCALITĂȚI DIN ȚARĂ AFECTATE DE CUTREMUR

ÎN CAPITALĂ. Tovarășul Nicolae Ceaușescu, la fața locului, în punctele greu lovite de cutremur

Sub semnul celui mai profund umanism, pe întreg parcursul vizitei, tovarășul Nicolae Ceaușescu indică măsuri concrete, operative, care să ducă la refacerea și înflorirea economică a patriei

În mijlocul muncitorilor de la Uzinele „23 August”
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Workers of all countries, unite!
Scînteia Tineretului
CENTRAL ORGAN OF THE UNION OF COMMUNIST YOUTH
YEAR XXXIII, SERIES II, No. 8,643 | 6 PAGES — 30 BANI | MONDAY 7 MARCH 1977

Meeting of the Executive Political Committee of the CC of the PCR

Encouraging and inspiring the strength to overcome this hard trial we are going through,
COMRADE NICOLAE CEAUȘESCU
VISITED, YESTERDAY, THE CAPITAL AND OTHER LOCALITIES OF THE COUNTRY AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE

IN THE CAPITAL. Comrade Nicolae Ceaușescu, on the spot, in the places badly hit by the earthquake

Under the sign of the most profound humanism, throughout the visit, comrade Nicolae Ceaușescu indicates concrete, operative measures that lead to the economic recovery and flourishing of the homeland

Among the workers of the "23 August" Works
```

Only the masthead, headlines, picture captions and the sidebar are transcribed; the dense body columns are not. The sidebar is partly set in a narrow column and read from the 875 px copy, so small errors are possible. Translation by machine, not verified by a fluent reader.

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