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Died. Scott Lucas, 76, longtime (1939-50) U.S. Senator from Illinois and Democratic majority leader under Harry Truman; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Rocky Mount, N.C. A confirmed New Dealer, Lucas backed an internationalist foreign policy, farm and social security legislation, proved so adept in cloakroom maneuvering that he was chosen majority leader in 1949, only to lose his seat to an even more adept Republican, Everett McKinley Dirksen...
...time President of Ecuador, Plaza himself served as his country's President from 1948 to 1952, becoming Ecuador's first chief of state in modern history to keep the army out of the palace. He also won a wide reputation as a shrewd internationalist while serving as a U.N. troubleshooter in Lebanon, the Congo and Cyprus and heading the hard-working United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America. What Latin America needs most, Plaza once said, is a "strong, dynamic, creative" OAS. Now he has the chance to see if he can create just that...
Died. Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr., 60, son of the Michigan Senator and Republican internationalist, who managed his father's campaigns and in 1952 headed the Citizens for Eisenhower Com mittee; of a heart attack; in Miami...
...Carmichael gave them the message, calmly, softly, as he worked out an internationalist justification for Black Power. He talked about the "young bloods" like himself who have moved beyond the civil rights movement...
Died. Alexander Wiley, 83, longtime (1938-1962) Republican Senator from Wisconsin; of a stroke; in Germantown, Pa. A staunch isolationist when he came to Washington, Wiley became the complete internationalist soon after the start of World War II. As a member and chairman (1953-54) of the Foreign Relations Committee, he vigorously supported a bipartisan foreign policy, backing the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the United Nations...