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The World TodayDrKingWinsNobPrizeOSLO, Norway Luther King Jr., American Ne gro civil rights leader, today won the Nobel Peace Prize for 1964Dr. Martinj of the late dynamite magnate, jAlfred Nobel.The award committe never an-reasons for its*nounces theawards.King was selected by the No- A short biography of King is-bel Committee of the Norwegian sued by the committee said:National Assembly from a field -One of King's characteristics is... ,..j„ no that he follows the principle ofreported to include such ng .. ': ftures as former President Dwightceding year had done most for the convening of peace conferences and the reduction of standing armies.”This concept, however, hasnon-violence.In his campaign for Negro civilD. Eisenhower, Drench Pres- rights King has been arrested ident Charles De Gaulle, Sir * more than a doezn times andsince the first peace prize was awarded in 1901. Theprize now is usually given tothe person or institution “which has done most for mankind andAnthony Eden and former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.humanity in the preceding year. The first American to win theprize was President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. The most relias been the target of three assassination attempts. cent was nuclear physicist andKing was tirst nominated for | anti-nueleai campaignei Linusthe award last January by eight Pauling, who won the 1962 prizeThe award carries a cash prize of $54 000. King is the third I members of parliament in neigh- I last year after it had been de-JH. a— A MNegro and the 12th American boring Sweden, to set the covted award. At theferred for a year. Other AmericanAt the time, the Norwegian government newspaper Arbeid-erbladet said his selection “would give a handshake to all the liberal forces in the American de-age of 35. the Atlanta minister also is one of the youngest persons ever to become a Nobel peace laureate.The Nobel Peace Prize winner is selected each year by a committee of the Norwegian parlia-I that the meat under terms of the will; to the person “who in the pre-winnersincludedPresidentmocraevOriginally, it was Nobel’s ideahould gopeace prize sWoodrow Wilson, Secretary of State Cordell Hull and U. N.Undersecretary {General RfelphBunche. first Negro to be awarded the prize.South African civil rights leader Chief Albert Luthuli wasContinued on page 4
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