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...Kekkonen quits the presidency
There was only one item on the agenda last week as seven Finnish Cabinet members gathered in emergency session in Helsinki's Government House: acceptance of a resignation letter written in the shaky hand of President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, 81, a victim for the past few years of progressive hardening of the arteries. Although inevitable, Kekkonen's departure still shocked many of the 4.8 million Finns, who cannot remember any other presidential figure than the tall, bald, once athletic man who has guided Finland since...
...process of choosing Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin, the Nobel Committee scrutinized 50 nominees, including Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Finnish President Urho Kekkonen, and the beleaguered committee of Soviet dissidents who have monitored the 1975 Helsinki human rights accords. The selection committee, chosen - at Nobel's behest - by the Norwegian parliament, cloaks its deliberations in se crecy but draws on a wide range of sources for nominees. Among those consulted: representatives of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, officials of various governments, scholars and previous Peace Prize laureates. Sadat, says Nobel Institute Director Jacob Sverdrup, received "between ten and 20" nominations...
...nuclear physicist," the citation continued, "he has, with his special insight and responsibility, been able to speak out against the dangers inherent in the armaments race between states." The five-member Nobel committee, appointed by the Norwegian Parliament, reportedly rejected 50 other candidates under consideration, including Finnish President Urho Kekkonen, for whom Soviet officials have been campaigning...
...make it the capstone of his career, Brezhnev had been anxious for it to be completed well in advance of the Soviet Party Congress next February, at which time he will probably retire. The long-ailing party chief remained fairly active throughout the week, though he left President Kekkonen's formal dinner on the first night after less than an hour. "Why does he do such things?" asked a slightly amused British diplomat. "He must know what everyone will say." The Soviets claimed that Brezhnev had simply left early so he could work on his speech...