Quiet Diplomacy At UN Reveals Behind The Scenes Peace Efforts
A profile of quiet diplomacy at the United Nations. Behind the scenes, lounge conversations and private talks shaped major peace actions from Berlin to Korea and the Congo. Key figures include Dag Hammarskjold Trygve Lie and U.S. officials who backed backroom settlements.
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Chamber of Council
Max Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Security Council
Berlin
Panmunjom
India
Pakistan
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
General Assembly
World Organization
East River
Richard N. Gardner
U.S
A. Thant
New York
Council
Arthur J. Goldberg
New Delhi
Rawalpindi
Goldberg
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Trygve Lie
USN
Thant
Hammarskjold
Lie
Israel
Folke Bernadotte
Ralph J. Bunche
Rhodes
Bunche
Philip C. Jessup
Dean Rusk
State Department
Lake Success
Jakov A. Malik
Prof
Jessup
Soviet Union
Malik
Stalin
Washington
Ioat
Foreign Office
Park Avenue
Korea
Moscow
38Th Parallel
Matthew B. Ridgway
Hammtarskjold
Peking
Egypt
Suez
Suez Canal
U Hammarskjold
United States
L Security Council
Flowers shifts from segregationist to moderate in Alabama politics
Alabama attorney general Richmond Flowers, once a segregationist ally of George Wallace, has gradually embraced moderation amid threats and a civil rights backlash. He cites duty and conscience, argues for lawful reform, and contemplates future runs for governor or U.S. Senate while acknowledging a politically risky climate and rising black support.
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Don McKee Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Richmond Flowers
Flowers
Richmond
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Gov. Wallace
University of Alabama
Montgomery
Harvard
Columbia
Yale
New York
Los Angeles
Florida
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Selma
Lowndes County
Liuzzo
Anniston
Hayneville
Auburn University
YMCA
U.S
Jim Folsom
Ku Klux Klan
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Charlotte to appoint new police chief after Hord retires
Charlotte AP reports Police Chief John S. Hord will retire June 30 after over 40 years in law enforcement. City Manager William Veeder had said candidates were being interviewed for the 360-man force as Hord’s successor. Hord became chief May 29, 1961, following Jessie R. James. Indictments from 1964 were voided. SBI probe findings led to demotions before Hord’s ascent. Mayor Brookshire said the search should continue for the best candidate.
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Charlotte
John S. Hord
Hord
William Veeder
Jessie R. James
Institute of Government
Chapel Hill
Anderson
Stan Brookshire
Veeder
Tiede In Viet Nam Some Guys Always Gripe
In An Khe Viet Nam NEA dispatch soldiers vent their misery and humor about war life night rain fatigue and poor meals. The piece captures a weary griping camaraderie with jokes politics and longing for home among the First Division soldiers in a combat tent.
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Tom Tiede
Boondocks
Saigon
Calvary
Viet Con
Research finds hospitals overestimate drug safety margins
Berkeley AP reports a study showing hospital drug administration errors run higher than feared. Kenneth Barker of the University of Arkansas Medical Center says early Arkansas tests cut overall error rates by over half with a centralized unit-dose system.
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Berkeley, Calif
Kenneth
Barker
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Little Rock
Florida
Arkansas
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Wilson Kimbrough
William Heller
Little ‘Rock Hospital
Pontiac
Mich
Boston
Michigan
Arkansas Medical Center
University of Florida
Odd North Carolina laws spark discussion by officials
In Raleigh AP reports Wade Bruton and assistants discuss unusual statutes. They note laws against undressing in front of a spouse, liquor near political speeches, nighttime selling of crops, sidewalk spills, chewing gum disposal, and limited medical advice. The roundup highlights old era rules tied to past dress and norms.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Wade Bruton
Harry McGalliard
James Bullock
McGalliard
Capitol Square
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Cuba
Nikita S. Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy
Richard Gardner
Yhant
Gardner
Viet Nam
China
Uthant
IL Horris
Act
AP Newsfeatures
Lallery
Medford
N. Y
David Wimpelberg
David
Tiede
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