European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. October 27, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17york time Nho Locharles Cox capitalizes on pravda. English pravda made in Minnesota by Andrew h. Malcolm new York times s Ensing the Opportunity to profit from americans who Are curious about life in the soviet Union a retired Minnesota publish Erin St. Paul plans to begin printing a daily edition of pravda in English. Charles Cox a 64-year-old capitalist who had retired from publishing to work on his Golf swing says he Wilt soon begin publishing daily translations of pravda. The newspaper of the communist party of the soviet Union and sending them out for a year to any government Agency Library language or political science class or private person with $630 or a credit card. Cox expects to meet his required minimum of subscriptions and begin mailing the newspaper before Winter. There s a huge interest in things  said the publisher. The daily newspaper will be a precise translation of the six or eight Page communist publication from Moscow. The paper will have no advertising and will use the same format the same pictures of Happy workers and the same riveting headlines raising the Militancy of the Young communist league. Most important the English version will contain the same political messages that make pravda must Reading for students of the soviet Union and the communist party at Home and abroad. Until now however those students had to know russian. The publisher said he had riot sought permission irom the soviet authorities nor had he received any objections in several contacts by phone. We re going to open up a window into Russia that does t exist now for  he says. Cox. Who has never been to the soviet Union says the idea came from his general dissatisfaction with retirement from publishing television guides and religious periodicals and a casual suggestion by his son Christopher who while he has never been to the soviet Union either did study russian in California. Pal Baa. Pc or Oprah  Kom Mtoto Khuc it i m h Hobb ill a x Boeum tocts .,., komcomoj1a p y 6 e he h Porchm the English language version of pravda below will be a look alike for the original above of the men agreed that americans had much to learn about the soviet Union. And. They say what better Way to provide insights than with an English version of an official publication that does not so much cover the news As make it by How and what it chooses to say. Tor 36 years the current Dpi Irot the soviet press. With offices in Columbus Ohio has provided weekly translations of selected articles from  and other soviet publications for $505 a year. But Cox believes his will be the Only English translation of the entire paper in ils original format. Given the delay for his pin via to arrive from the soviet Union Cox says the English Frai Ilii will probably appear 10 Days or so after the original. The subscription to the real seven Days a week pravda ins name Means truth costs $34.50 a year and issues take three to four Days to arrive. However because of airline schedules some Days none arrive and other Days several do. Considerable study was necessary As to the potential for profits and losses something that the communists can ignore As they print and distribute 10.7 million copies of pravda daily. Cox s company. Associated publishers inc. At 2408 territorial Road. St. Paul Minn. 55114, recruited locally for skilled translators and Printer. They ran off Dummy daily issues in English that Are look alikes for the russian version. Cox has Seei soliciting subscriptions since july. He will not say How Many have signed up so far or what the minimum is before operations begin. But he says printing will begin by december. This is an All new project says Cox like publishing the first dictionary. You know it s a vital product but you Don t know what the Market  Cox. Who describes his own foreign language skills As menu French and  says his a Mary audience is scholars. But he reports a surprising number of individual subscriptions. Imagine the Impact of being Able to  one leaflet advertised. " and Here i quote from porn adj " subscribers will get a weekly , mail packet of seven issues. Microfilm copies and indexing will also to available1. And the company will make up special packets perhaps 30 copies of every wednesday s Issue Lor a specific school class to analyst once a week. The $630 annual cos will also include an occasional newsletter in a Mylish for the Anuci paid scholarly debates Over certain translations and grammatical interpretations from the original russian. Translations will be faithful Cox vowed. We Don t want to alter or improve the language or even the  he stated. The Printer said. Hey. We can use better paper than this but i said no. We want the real  future possibilities include translated packets of publications in other languages. But for now Cox is concentrating on Selling the daily newspaper of the Central committee of the communist party. If i was in my 30s i might be wore aggressive about Starling right away said a Busy Cox. But what Are a few extra Days or weeks this however translates into further damage to Cox s Golf game which he said is a shame in any language or ideology