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ROBERT MCLEAN.
international relations and cul-
tural affairs as Benjamin Cohen.
Assistant Secretary General Of
the United Nations; DR.. Alberto
Lleras, Secretary General of the
Organization of American
States; Fernando Berckemeyer,
Peruvian Ambassador to the
United States; j. B. de Beren-
guer Cesar, Consul General of
Brazil in New York; Manuel
Tello, Mexican Minister of For
eign Relations; CranSton Will
liamS. general manager of the
American Newspaper Publishers
Association, and Andrew Heis-
kell, chairman of the executive
committee of the Inter-Ameri-
can Press Association.
Mr.. Cohen described the de-
velopment as "transcendental,
as much from the technical
viewpoint as in the sense Of in
creasing and enriching the dis
semination of news in the Amer
icas."
In reviewing the associations
news coverage activities, the
board of directors took cog
nizance Of various awards and
prizes voted AP staff men during
1852. Among AP staffers so
honored were:
John M. Hightower, Washing
ton diplomatic editor and first
person to win the grand slam"
the Pulitzer Prize. Sigma Delta
Chi citation and Raymond Clap
per Award.
Frank Noel, AP photographer
now in a Communist war prison
cainp-Overseas Press Club
Plaque.
Alton L. Blakeslee, AP science
reporter-the George Westing-
house Award of the American
Association for the Advance
ment of. Science. for outStand-.
ing science reporting.
William N. Oats, AP foreign
correspondent now in a Commu-
mist prison in Czechoslovakia-
Overseas Press Club Plaque and
George Polk Memorial Award
from Long Island University.
Mr., Oatis also was honored
by being, made a member in
abseritia by Sigma Delta Chi.
professional journalism frater-
nifty. ID gs
The board took note of OUT
standing work by Don White
head, who was one of three re-
porters to accompany Gen. Eli
senhower on his heavily-guarded
trip to Korea. Mr.. Whitehead
wrote a 4,400-word, day-to-day
chronology that member news
papers and readers all over the
country applauded, typical COM
mentS being:
"A beautiful job of reporting
and writing :. 3. one of the
most gifted stories that have
ever been privileged to read
SO simply written, and there
fore so moving-without any
touch of overflowing language
or writing >. a real master
piece"
Work of Others Cited.
The board also was much i'm
pressed by the political report
ing Of Jack Bell. and Relman
NORM, John Randolph'S war
dispatches from Korea, Alton
Blakeslee's science writing, John
Hightower's clear and penetrat-
ing reports of diplomatic and
international developments. Will
liam L. Ryan'S Illuminating
analyses of developments be-
hind the Iron Curtain, the col
umns Of j. NJ. Roberts, jr., on
international affairs, James
Marlow'S daily column from
Washington, Hal Boyle's rowing
reporter column, Sam Dawson's
column on business and Ernest
Vaccaro's rapid, accurate, in
cisive reporting from the White
House
In summing up the activities
OF 1852 and reviewing plans for
further expansion in 1853, the
board of directors also took
cognizance Of the fact that the
association had entered its
104th year Of existence, having
been formed as the first CO.
operative news gathering asso-
citation in the world in 1848.
Viewing the magnitude of to-
days operations. the board
found that the association now
gathers and transmits 1000, 600
words Of news every "A hours,
employees staff of thousands
Of news and mechanical work
ers, maintains exchange ar
rangements with other such out
standing agencies as the Ca
madam Press, the Associated
Press Of Australia, Reuters
! (Britlsh) and Kyodo News Serv-