- Title: U.S.A.: SWEDEN'S UNOFFICIAL EMISSARY TO CHICAGO
- Date: 29th July 1966
- Summary: 1. GV PARTY RECEPTION BUILDING 0.03 2. SV SWEDISH GIRL KERSTIN KAGELIUS COMES FORWARD WITH FRIENDS 0.08 3. CU TAYLOR PARK 0.10 4. SV KERSTIN BEING GREETED 0.19 5. GV INT LAID OUT TABLES 0.22 6. GV CONCERT UNDER WAY 0.26 7. SV KERSTIN SURROUNDED BY NEGRO FRIENDS STANDS BY CAKE 0.29 8. CU GIRL CUTTING CAKE 0.34 9. SCU GIRLS SMILING AND TALKING 10. GV CONCERT 0.41 11. SV KERSTIN SEATED PAN. TO FRIENDS 0.46 12. SCU KERSTIN 13. GV CONCERT AUDIENCE 0.52 Initials HT/V/MGT/MM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved Details MISS KERSTIN KAGELIUS, THE 18 YEAR-OLD STUDENT DAUGHTER OF A STOCKHOLM BUSINESS MAN, HAS BECOME SWEDEN'S UNOFFICIAL EMISSARY TO CHICAGO'S ROBERT TAYLOR HOMES -- A HOUSING PROJECT FOR LIMITED INCOME GROUP FAMILIES ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. IT ALL BEGAN LAST JANUARY IN STOCKHOLM, WHEN KERSTIN ENTERTAINED 16-YEAR-OLD ROSETTA STONE AT HER HOME. ROSETTA WAS VISITING SWEDEN WITH A PARTY OF 52 OTHER NEGRO TEENAGERS FROM CHICAGO. ALL OF THEM CAME FROM THE ROBERT TAYLOR PROJECT. NEW KERSTIN IS VISITING CHICAGO, AND SHE MAY EVENTUALLY ATTEND COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES. SHE IS INTERESTED IN DOING SOCIAL WORK IN NEGRO AREAS. SINCE HER ARRIVAL IN CHICAGO, SHE HAS BEEN PRAISED FOR HER EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP.
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