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In the 1960s, the power plant at Elektrenai, Lithuania, fueled industrialization in the region, but it ceased operations in the 1970s & 1980s. Now as part of European Union development, the plant, under its director since the 1960s, Pranas Noreika, is being redeveloped. It promises to provide some jobs to Lithuanian workers in the short term & the influx of capitalism might also help rejuvenate the town's tourist industry, per the more optimistic residents of the town. However, Elektrenai residents do not appear to live very much differently than they did in the Soviet era & prosperity is a long way off. 8 Photos. M. Pflum