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...real ambition is "the creation of a warm friendly atmosphere in which likenesses can be discovered and differences discussed." Not the least of this warmth and friendliness comes from the female members of the organization, exotic damsels from such spots on the Globe as Uruguay, India, Egypt, Australia, Cuba, Iceland, and the Virgin Islands, among the 64 countries which members claim as their homes...
...Coalition. From a command concerned chiefly with fighting a war and negotiating an elusive peace, 57-year-old General Ridgway will move halfway around the globe to a job concerned chiefly with building military strength to prevent a war. From Eisenhower he inherits an allied military command stretching from Iceland to the Bosporus and encompassing one of history's most fateful coalitions of land, sea & air forces...
Members. At Lisbon, Greece and Turkey will be voted into NATO, expanding the alliance to 14 countries and stretching its reach from Iceland to the Dardanelles...
Died. Sveinn Björnsson, 70, Iceland's president (twice reelected) since its Parliament broke its last bond with Nazi-dominated Denmark in 1944 and proclaimed the island an independent republic ; of a heart ailment; in Reykjavik...
...shares for all. Last week the Three Wise Men, as their NATO colleagues have dubbed them, made their recommendations to the Temporary Council Committee (the Twelve Apostles), on which all NATO members are represented. Gist of the Wise Men's report: ¶I The U.S., Britain, Portugal and Iceland (which has no army) have budgeted a "satisfactory" expenditure for defense. ¶ The other NATO allies can do better. Specifically, Belgium ought to spend 50% more and Denmark 40% more; these two countries have the highest standard of living in Europe, but are not contributing a proportionate share of their...