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Britain Eyes Common Market Membership Prospects
Britain seeks entry to the European Economic Community as a path to prosperity and influence. The article outlines Market members, potential enlargements including Britain, Norway, Denmark and Ireland, and the geopolitical aims of a united West Europe. It contrasts American and Soviet influence with a future European political voice and defense identity. It notes six current members France Italy West Germany and the Benelux countries. It explains the three bodies behind the Market and why postwar Europe formed the bloc. It also asks why Britain stayed out and recounts Britain’s belief in a special relationship with the United States. The separate Milwaukee scholarship item notes Jay J. Szalanski winning the 1971 AFL-CIO college scholarship for union families and his ecologist career plans.