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...came salutes from the King's loyal subjects, starting with three-year-old Prince Deependra decked out in a miniature military uniform. For the afternoon parade-music was provided by regimental bands, including one of Nepalese bagpipers-the royal couple rode on the King's tusker elephant, Prem Prasad, while the other 22 elephants carried many of the distinguished guests through the city...
...intended to escape into the forests and mountains around Paphos that he had known as a young shepherd. But then, he recalled later, "I decided I could serve my people better if I went abroad to rally international support against the Greek junta." Through India's General Dewan Prem Chand, commander of the 2,188-man United Nations forces on Cyprus, Makarios arranged for an R.A.F. helicopter to take him out of Paphos to a British base on the island.' Before he left, however, he made a brief broadcast over the Paphos radio station, which had rechristened itself...
...SPUR - Osborne, 965A Madison Ave. at 75th. In 1957 four young Munich artists began exhibiting together, calling themselves the Gruppe Spur to describe their search for a new path. Lothar Fischer sculpts figures that resemble the inscrutable distortions of a first-grader's picture of teacher. Painter Heimrad Prem piles hills and houses in pell-mell landscapes, colors them pink. Hans-Peter Zimmer paints big green frogs that seem to have something to croak about. Helmut Sturm's Romeo and Juliet embrace in a tangled orgy of lines, their faces hidden by a bright red blush. Through...
...Canadian and British troops on Cyprus last week were issued U.N. shoulder patches and light blue berets and helmets. Thus the U.N. formally assumed responsibility for keeping the peace, and India's Lieut. General Prem Singh Gyani, a veteran of U.N. operations in the Gaza Strip and Yemen, took over the military command. En route to Cyprus to serve as the U.N. political mediator is Sakari Tuomioja, 52, a blond, heavy-set Finn with a cherubic face, who was nominated by Secretary-General U Thant and accepted by all the interested parties. Most recently...
...Thant formally requested troops from Canada, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Austria and Brazil, and the U.S. is expected to handle the logistics of getting the troops to Cyprus. He also named India's Lieut. General Prem Singh Gyani as commander of the U.N. peace-keeping force. Already in Cyprus as a U.N. observer, Gyani changed from civilian clothes to a resplendent uniform topped by a blue beret. His record as commander of the U.N. Emergency Force in the Middle East was faultless, and he has also served the U.N. in Yemen. As mediator, U Thant submitted the name of Guatemala...