Department Offers 2 Long-Term Labor Courses in FY-'73

During FY-'73, two long-term labor training courses will be offered. The basic course, designed for officers in Classes VI and V who are not experienced in labor reporting, will include the following segments:

1. Department of Labor-general orientation, labor statistics, and program reviews. (12 weeks)

2. Harvard University Trade Union Program, Cambridge, Mass. (12 weeks)

3. Training at AFL/CIO and internship visits with American labor unions at the working level. (6 weeks)

4. Department of State-orientation with Regional Bureaus and Country Desk of onward assignment. Selected FSI short courses. (9 weeks)

Officers completing the basic course can expect onward overseas assignments as assistant labor attachés or as political/labor officers at posts not having attachés.

An Advanced Labor Training Program will be available in FY-73 to officers of Class III, IV and V who have served as labor officers and have demonstrated potential for advancement to senior ranks as labor specialists. The program will be conducted at universities with strong graduate departments of industrial labor relations. Officers completing the advanced program will be considered for Labor Attaché positions.

Both training programs will start in early September 1972 and end in June, 1973.

Applications should be submitted to PER/CA/TR, Room 2805 NS, no later than January 15, 1972.

U.S., Norway Sign Tax Treaty

On December 3, the American Ambassador at Oslo and the Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs signed a convention between the United States and Norway for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and property.

They also signed an exchange of notes confirming certain understandings in regard to the interpretation and application of the provisions of Article 6 relating to income derived from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic.

Dr. Frith holds commemorative plaque awarded to Dr. Obolensky, standing at right. FSI Director Howard W. Sollenberger is seated at Dr. Obolensky's left.

Obolensky Honored as He Retires from FSI

Dr. Serge Obolensky was honored by his colleagues at the Foreign Service Institute at a luncheon on the occasion of his retirement on November 30 after 14 years as Scientific Linguist at FSI.

He was presented a commemorative FSI plaque by Dr. James R. Frith, Dean of FSI's School of Language Studies.

Linguist for Persian, Amharic, Greek and Dari, Dr. Obolensky also worked at one time or another during his FSI career in Turkish, Russian and Czech.

He is co-author of FSI textbooks in Amharic (two volumes) and Greek (three volumes) published by the Government Printing Office, of an FSI Persian text published by the Center for Applied Linguistics and of two fascicles of a Basic Course in Dari in pre-publication form as well as of many other training materials used in FSI language programs.

At the time of his retirement, Dr.

Obolensky had been for four years Chairman of the Department of Near Eastern and African Languages.

NEW DELHI-Morris Weisz, former Counselor for Labor Affairs at the U.S. Embassy here, center, recently made a farewell call upon the President of India, V. V. Giri. Herbert E. Weiner, Mr. Weisz' successor is at right.

2. Harvard University Union Program, Cambridge, Mass. (12 weeks)

3. Training at AFL/CIO and internship visits with American labor unions at the working level. (6 weeks)

4. Department of State-orientation with Regional Bureaus and Country Desk of onward assignment. Selected FSI short courses. (9 weeks)

basic

Officers completing the course can expect onward overseas assignments as assistant labor attachés or as political/labor officers at posts not having attachés.

An Advanced Labor Training Program will be available in FY-73 to officers of Class III, IV and V who have served as labor officers and have demonstrated potential for advancement to senior ranks as labor specialists. The program will be conducted at universities with strong graduate departments of industrial labor relations. Officers completing the advanced program will be considered for Labor Attaché positions.

Both training programs will start in early September 1972 and end in June, 1973.

Applications should be submitted to PER/CA/TR, Room 2805 NS, no later than January 15, 1972.

U.S., Norway Sign Tax Treaty

On December 3, the American Ambassador at Oslo and the Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs signed a convention between the United States and Norway for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and property.

They also signed an exchange of notes confirming certain understandings in regard to the interpretation and application of the provisions of Article 6 relating to income derived from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic.

Dr. Frith holds commemorative plaque awarded to Dr. Obolensky, standing at right. FSI Director Howard W. Sollenberger is seated at Dr. Obolensky's left.

Obolensky Honored as He Retires from FSI

Dr. Serge Obolensky was honored by his colleagues at the Foreign Service Institute at a luncheon on the occasion of his retirement on November 30 after 14 years as Scientific Linguist at FSI.

He was presented a commemorative FSI plaque by Dr. James R. Frith, Dean of FSI's School of Language Studies.

Linguist for Persian, Amharic, Greek and Dari, Dr. Obolensky also worked at one time or another during his FSI career in Turkish, Russian and Czech.

He is co-author of FSI textbooks in Amharic (two volumes) and Greek (three volumes) published by the Government Printing Office, of an FSI Persian text published by the Center for Applied Linguistics and of two fascicles of a Basic Course in Dari in pre-publication form as well as of many other training materials used in FSI language programs.

At the time of his retirement, Dr. Obolensky had been for four years. Chairman of the Department of Near Eastern and African Languages.

NEW DELHI-Morris Weisz, former Counselor for Labor Affairs at the U.S. Embassy here, center, recently made a farewell call upon the President of India, V. V. Giri. Herbert E. Weiner, Mr. Weisz' successor is at right.

Many World Leaders Mourn Death of Dr. Ralph Bunche

The death of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche on December 9 evoked expressions of profound loss by many of the world's leaders. Among them were President Nixon, retiring

UN Secretary General U Thant and Secretary Rogers.

Dr. Bunche, retired Under Secretary of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Prize winner, died in New York at the age of 67.

Dr. Bunche

The former State State Department official, who resigned in 1947 to accept a post with the United Nations, had been identified with the latter organization since its creation.

President Nixon said:

"Present at the founding of the United Nations and engaged since its inception in his most delicate and demanding missions, Dr. Bunche never relented in his persistence to advance the cause of brotherhood and cooperation among men and nations.

"America is deeply proud of this distinguished son and profoundly saddened by his death. But we are also strengthened by the inexhaustible

measure of dedication and creative action that spans his splendid career.

"His calm and wise counsel will be sorely missed in the chambers of the United Nations."

Secretary Rogers said that Dr. Bunche's death was "a loss for all mankind" of "a man of greatness who will be sorely missed in the world's councils."

Ambassador George Bush, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said:

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the Philippines, on December 29.

Mr. Macainag joined the Diplomatic Pouch and Courier Operations Division in 1951. He transferred to RS in 1953 where he worked until his retirement in July 1968.

He leaves a son, two daughters, and a sister-all in the Philippines. Robert H. Rose

Robert H. Rose, 47, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Munitions Control, in the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, died at Fairfax Hospital on December 31.

Mr. Rose joined the Department in 1948 and served in Seoul, Vienna, Paris, Khartoum, Monrovia, Guatemala and in the Department. In June 1968 he was assigned to the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs as a Politico-Military Affairs Officer.

Mr. Rose is survived by his wife, Adeline, of the home address, 1032 Poplar Drive, Falls Church, Va.; three sons, Robert, Jeffry and Gregory; three sisters, Marcia Terry, of Duluth, Shirley Fowler and Karen Clear, both of Minneapolis, and two brothers, Larry, or Riverside, Calif., and James, of Minneapolis. Lawrence W. von Hellens

The Department on January 3 was notified of the death of Lawrence W. von Hellens, 68, a retired Foreign Service Officer. He died at Helsinki, Finland, on July 4, 1971.

Mr. von Hellens joined the Foreign grated in the Foreign Service Officer Service in May 1934 and was integrated in the Foreign Service Officer Corps in December 1955. During his career he served as Clerk and Vice Consul at Helsinki; Vice Consul and Consul at Johannesburg; Attaché, Consul and First Secretary at Belgrade; and First Secretary and Consul at Ottawa.

He also served in the Department as Administrative Inspector, Inspection Corps Headquarters; and Organization and Methods Examiner, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, Foreign Service Inspection Corps.

Mr. von Hellens is survived by his wife, Helmi, at Pormestarinrinne 2 B 15, Helsinki; two daughters, Sister Anita, of the Marymount Order, New York, and Mrs. Marita Dehler, of Ottawa; a son, Walter, of Ochawa, Canada, and a brother, Carl, of Chimney Rock, Colorado.

Jameson Parker Dies;
Held Public Affairs Posts

Jameson Parker, 62, Director of Gunston Hall in Lorton, Va., and a former Foreign Service Officer, was killed on January 6 when he was struck by an auto while crossing a street in Georgetown.

Mr. Parker joined the Department in October 1950 as an Information and Editorial Specialist. He later held assignments as Special Assistant to the Public Affairs Officer in Brussels; Special Assistant in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (Domestic Affairs); and First Secretary at the Embassy in Bonn, until 1965.

Mr. Parker and his wife lived in Lorton near the Gunston Hall estate built by George Mason, a Virginia statesman and contemporary of George Washington.

John W. Reed

John W. Reed, 29, Communications and Records Assistant at Singapore, died on December 29.

Mr. Reed joined the Foreign Service in April 1966 and served in Tokyo, Mogadiscio and Singapore.

He leaves his wife, Jacqueline, and two daughters, Kimberly and Terri Ann; his father, John H. Reed, of 103 Lowell Street, Elyria, Ohio; and his father-in-law, Robert C. Matthews, of 163 Williams Street, New London, Ohio.

Deborra Jane Palmer

Deborra Jane Palmer, 19, daughter of Louis A. Palmer, Chief of the Reeign Operations Division, Passport search and Regulations Branch, ForOffice, and of Anne H. Palmer, Secretarial Assistant in the Contracts and Procurement Division, Office of Administrative Services, AID, died in an automobile accident at Norman, Oklahoma, on December 4.

Miss Palmer was a sophomore art major at the University of Oklahoma.

In addition to her parents, Miss Palmer is survived by a brother, Cadet Peter B. Palmer, a senior at West Point Military Academy.

The family requested that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to the Deborra Jane Palmer Scholarship Fund, Alpha Phi Sorority, University of Oklahoma, 1401 South College Avenue, Norman, Oklahoma. Contributions may be made directly to the Fund in care of Miss Terry Perkins, Treasurer.

Paul W. Jones, Jr.

Paul W. Jones, Jr., 49, Executive Secretary of the Planning and Coordination Staff, died at Arlington Hospital on January 1.

Mr. Jones joined the Department in 1947 and served with the Bureau of International Organization Affairs until July 1971, when he was assigned to the Planning and Coordination Staff.

During his career he held assignments as International Organizations Officer; Foreign Affairs Officer; Intelligence Research Specialist; Officer-in-Charge of Security Affairs; and Deputy Director of the Office of International Administration. He won the Department's Commendable Service Award in 1963.

Mr. Jones leaves his wife, Doreen, of the home address, 208 Poplar Drive, Falls Church, Va.; two daughters, Patricia and Sheila; a brother, Walton H., of New York City, and a sister, Mrs. Ralph Mendelson, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Katherine O'Connell

Mrs. Katherine O'Connell, 47, wife of FSO John W. O'Connell, died at Sibley Memorial Hospital on January 7.

The former Katherine MacDonald, she attended Georgetown University and George Washington University.

In addition to her husband, she leaves a son, Sean, and daughter, Kelly; and three sisters, Mrs. James

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G. Michaux, of Bethesda, Md.; Sister Catherine John, of Baltimore; and Mrs. George Lux, of Rochester, N.Y. Mrs. O'Connell lived at 5900 Searl Terrace, Bethesda, Md.

Turner C. Cameron, Jr.

Turner C. Cameron, Jr., 57, a veteran Foreign Service Officer, died in Montgomery, Alabama, on December

24.

Louise P. Ackerman

Mrs. Louise P. Ackerman, 56, Communications and Records Assistant at Lima, Peru, died at the Gorgas Hospital in Panama on December 31.

Mrs. Ackerman joined the Foreign Service in March 1942 and served in Athens, Kabul, Tokyo, Paris, Santiago, Accra, Manila, Panama and Lima.

She is survived by a daughter, Kristie, and by two sisters, Mrs. George D. Allen, of 206 South Avon Drive, Claymont, Delaware 19703, and Mrs. Gertrude Shay, who is em

and South Asian Affairs.

Nancy T. Lockett

Mr. Cameron joined the Depart- ployed in the Bureau of Near Eastern ment as a Divisional Assistant in July 1942. He joined the Foreign Service two years later and held such assignments as Political Officer at Belgrade, Phnom Penh, Vientiane and Seoul; Principal Officer at Hanoi, Phnom Penh and Saigon; Deputy Director of the Office of Western European Affairs; Director of the Office of South Asian Affairs; and Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at Colombo and Stockholm.

Mr. Cameron recently served as Diplomat-in-Residence at the University of South Carolina. He won the Department's Superior Honor Award in 1969.

He leaves his wife, Dorothy, of the home address, 1737 Fairforest Drive, Montgomery, Alabama 36106. Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society.

Mrs. Nancy T. Lockett, 76, widow of Foreign Service Officer Thomas Hickman Lockett, died at her home, 2480 16th Street, N.W., on December 15.

Mrs. Lockett traveled with her husband when he was Commercial Attaché in Mexico City, Counselor of the Embassy in Bogota and Manila, and Consul General in Algiers. They moved to Washington when he retired in 1953. He died four years later.

Mrs. Lockett leaves a daughter, Mrs. Nan Bolling-Lockett, of San Francisco; a granddaughter and a greatgrandson.