News In Brief
September 13, 1984
Leningrad
Leningrad fanfare greets American 'peace baby'
Californians Gerald Krumland and Ana Costa, who say they had their first baby in the Soviet Union as a gesture toward world peace, presented the baby Tuesday for a well-publicized birth registration ceremony.
The ceremony is standard for newborns in the Soviet Union. It was held at the ornate Dvorets Malyutka - Palace of Infants - with piped-in Tchaikovsky music, a Soviet matron wearing a hammer-and-sickle banner, and an honorary Leningrad citizenship medal for the ''peace baby.''
Five-day-old Alexander slept blissfully throughout.