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May 6, 1958

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Jakarta Says It Spurned Pro-Rebel Bid to End War; Indonesian Army Discloses Unsuccessful Conciliation Move -- Chief Said to Be Determined to 'Crush' Revolt JAKARTA SPURNED MOVE TO END WAR

By Bernard Kalbspecial To the New York Times

Lt Col Pirngadie repts Army rejected pro-rebel Col Warouw offer to negotiate war settlement; repts rejection based on Nasution decision to crush rebels; says Warouw has since joined Menado rebels; Army suspends him and Kawilarang; Djuanda summons Jones to weigh US attitude; rebels say their planes based in N Celebes will bomb key Indonesian cities; warn foreign vessels not to call at any Java or E Indonesian ports; central Govt repts rebels bombed one of its warships in Balikpapan Apr 28

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Newspaper in Little Rock Wins Two Pulitzer Prizes; Arkansas Daily Gets 2 Pulitzer Awards PAPER'S COURAGE IN CRISIS IS CITED Ashmore Editorials Praised -- 'Look Homeward, Angel' and Agee Novel Honored

By Harrison E. Salisbury

Prizes won by: J Agee for book A Death in the Family, K Frings for drama Look Homeward, Angel, Ark Gazette for pub service, NY Times for internatl reptg, Fargo (ND) Forum and G Beveridge (Washington Eve Star) for local reptg, R Morin (AP) and C Mollenhoff (Des Moines Register) for natl reptg, H S Ashmore (Ark Gazette) for ed writing, B M Shanks (Buffalo Eve News) for cartoon, W C Beall (Washington Daily News) for news photography, D S Freeman for biog of G Washington, B Hammond for book Banks and Politics in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War (history prize), R P Warren for poetry, S Barber for opera Vanessa; special citation to W Lippmann (NY Herald Tribune); Ark Gazette is 1st paper to win 2 prizes for work on some story; 1st time internatl reptg prize is given to a newspaper staff

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Historical Context for May 6, 1958

In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[โ€ ]