Red Chinese Exhibit Opens at Leipzig Fair
At Leipzig industrial fair the Red Chinese return after three years with a display titled our own production. Mao portrait and banners tout self reliance with posters claiming 95 percent of rolled steel from own efforts. The food section features Great Wall canned corned beef and roast duck as visitors note China’s military posters imply advances in weaponry.
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Leipzig
East Germany
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
China
Wilson Seeks Trade Links With Europe
London AP report says Prime Minister Harold Wilson plans to visit Germany to explore a merged customs union between the Common Market and EFTA. He aims to cut tariffs and possibly admit the Common Market into EFTA, while addressing Rhine army funding, an Atlantic nuclear force, and German reuse reunification talks. He seeks bigger German purchases to cover foreign exchange costs and notes Lufthansa’s decision to buy Boeing jets over British options.
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London
Harold Wilson
Germany
Europe
Wilson
Ludwig Erhard
Common Market
European Free Trade Association
EFTA
Britain
Soviet Union
Lufthansa
United States
Montreal Gas Blast Kills 26
A three pronged inquiry pressed into the causes of a gas explosion that destroyed a suburban Ville La Salle apartment building. At least 26 people died, 15 children and 11 adults, with 37 survivors in hospitals and two missing. Officials suspect a natural gas leak.
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Montreal
UPI
Ville la Salle
Miss England Poodle Clipper Sans France Crowned
Jennifer Gurley, 20, brown eyed brunette, was crowned Miss England. She will represent Britain in Miss World. Gurley runs a dog beauty parlor in Manchester and hopes to win back her fiancé Bill Price, a 25 year old skating instructor, after a breakup a month ago.
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London
UPI
Jennifer Gurley
Britain
Jennifer
Manchester
Annn Sidney
Suffolk U Gets 250000 For Library Fund
Boston UPI Stephen P. Mugar Star Market Co. owner donated 250000 to Suffolk University for a new seven story library on Temple Street. The gift fuels a 3 million development drive and will ease overcrowding while enabling about a 20 percent enrollment increase from 2500.
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Boston
UPI
Suffolk University
Beacon Hill Institution
Stephen P. Mugar
Star Market Co
Boston University
Temple Street
Quebec UK's Water Links To New York
Senator George D. Aiken praised a Quebec Chamber of Commerce report urging a 14 to 15 foot barge canal with modern locks between Montreal and New York City. The chamber warned against overoptimistic traffic forecasts while stressing regional prosperity from connecting the St Lawrence. Switzerland rejects trade treaty with the European Common Market as unrealistic for now.
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Quebec
New York
Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Montreal
New York City
Aiken
Québec Chamber of Commerce
International Joint Commission
St. Lawrence
Bern, Switzerland
Federal Council
Switzerland
Statehouse settles Perry Law dispute over interim appointees
Gov Volpe asked Atty. Gen. Brooke for guidance on temporary state officers known as the Perry Law. The opinion says such appointees may be removed only for cause and applies to offices created while the original holder is under indictment. Caples remains public safety commissioner until Giles’ term ends.
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Bolton
Edward W. Brooke
John A. Volpe
Brooke
Volpe
Richard Caples
Endicott Peabody
Frank S&s. Giles
Giles
Caples
Nasser To Visit East Germany
President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic agreed to an East German visit after a joint communique from Walter Ulbricht’s government. The accord pledges closer economic ties including a new trade and payments deal and East Germany’s $100.8 million support for Nasser’s second five year plan.
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U.A.R
UPI
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
West Germany
Nasser
Egypt
East Berlin
False Testimony Charged to Paper In FCC Hearing
In Washington, the FCC hearing on Boston Herald Traveler Corp. for Television Channel 5 license faced a sensational moment as publisher George Akerson was accused of lying regarding documents about former Herald columnist George Frazier. Attorney Benito Gaguine argued contradictions in Frazier’s employment-related testimony.
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Herbert Sharfman
Sharfman
William Dempsey
Frazier
Akerson
the Herald
Francis X. Bellotti
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