Sweden to send men to UN peace force and broader role
Sweden pledges 3000 man Scandinavian emergency force for UN service as part of a potential permanent UN military arm. Tage Erlander backs a permanent UN police power with five brigades, signaling wider Nordic cooperation and continued aid, while UN funding issues loom at the May 14 General Assembly session. The plan follows Sweden Denmark and Norway agreeing on the joint force for UN missions in Congo and the Middle East.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United Nations
U Thant
Tage Erlander
U.N
Associated Press
Evlander
Congo
Middle East
Thant
Uppsala
U.N. General Assembly
Milander
Europe
77 Negroes Enrolled In Little Rock Schools
Floyd W Parsons says 77 Negroes were enrolled in Little Rock segregated schools at the start of the year but only 69 remain after transfers. He notes transfers to all Negro schools rose from 50 million to 178 million crowns in two years. Sweden shows broad support for aid rise to 1 percent of national income and for wider European economic cooperation amid Britain veto of joining the Common Market. Sweden had sought associate membership and planned to join after Britain.
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Little Rock
Floyd W. Parsons
Sweden
Britain
A DEAD ENDING Nd By Judson Philips 1968
Higby enters with cops dragging a man beaten bloody, Gottlieb, and reveals he killed Dennis Hooper and Canaday. Frances suspects she caused Canaday’s murder. Matt Higby sits with her, plans to join her. Dawn confronts him as police and Captain Nichols mediate. Matt announces Gottlieb’s confession and contemplates one final ride. To Be Continued.
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Newcoower Enterprise
Miv Higby
Cash
Corny
Hooper
Frances
Higby
Canaday
Matt
Dennis Hooper
George Gottlieb
Gottlieb
Mat
Dawn
Cat
Nichols
Matthew
Indonesia Reds in Camp of Peking
AP reports Jakarta’s Communist party PKI aligning with China as Sukarno shifts away from neutral policy. US officials note Kremlin ties and $2 billion aid influence, amid a conference denouncing the United States with PKI influence suggesting broader shifts in Indonesia’s foreign stance.
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Spencer Davis Washington
Indonesia
Communist Party
Peking
Soviet Union
China
Kremlin
Washington
PKI
Partei Kommunist Indonesia
Sukarno
JFK Taking Mild Role in Alabama
President Kennedy has chosen a mild indirect approach to the Birmingham civil rights crisis as protests grow. The White House awaits results of federal efforts in Birmingham while MLK calls for four demands including desegregation and bi racial forum.
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JFK
Alabama
Washington
Kennedy
Birmingham
NATO to Get Surface Ship Missiles Across Eight Nations
The United States led talks with allies to form a multilateral NATO nuclear force using Polaris missiles on surface ships, possibly ready for signing by Kennedy’s Europe visit. West Germany dropped objections, with up to 20 ships and about 200 missiles planned under NATO control, involving eight nations: United States Britain West Germany Italy Greece Turkey the Netherlands and Belgium.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
U.S
Kennedy
Europe
West Germany
United States
Livingston T. Merchant
NATO
Britain
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Netherlands
Belgium
Printer Howard Pierce Named Deputy Labor Commissioner
LITTLE ROCK AP Appointment of Howard Pierce a printer at the Arkansas Democrat as deputy commissioner of labor was announced by Gov. Orval B Faubus. He succeeds Bill Laney who became labor commissioner recently when Clarence Thornbrough resigned to join the governor's office staff.
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Little Rock
Howard Pierce
The
Arkansas Democrat
Orvaldb. Faubus
Bill Laney
Clarence Thornbrough
Peking Attacks US Propaganda At Afro-Asian Conference
Peking denounces American anti imperialist tactics as the conference repeats a Moshi Tanga style critique. The Soviet Union is excluded again for not being an Asian power. The United States reportedly seeks to pull Indonesia from the Communist camp despite limited success.
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Peking
Seek Bids on River Project
Army Engineers seek bids for a St. Francis River closure structure two miles southwest of Princedale Arkansas. Project includes 430000 cubic yards of embankment and an estimated cost of 190000 dollars. Closure supports flood control and drainage for the St. Francis River backwater area of 505000 acres.
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Army Engineers
St. Francis River
Princedale
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