Pearson challenges bid to oust him over security scandal
Ottawa Liberal Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson urged Conservatives to vote no confidence as he ordered a full scale judicial inquiry into the Gerda Munsinger case. The affair links former Diefenbaker cabinet members to a alleged Communist spy, with accusations triggering a volatile Commons session and denials from Pierre Sevigny.
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Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Britain
Lucien Cardin
John G. Diefenbaker
Gerda Munsinger
Cardin
Diefenbaker
Munsinger
House of Commons
Liberal Party
Toronto Star
Munich
Germany
Defense
Pierre Sevigny
Sevigny
Montreal
Real Caouette
Lester Pearson
Pennsylvania April draft quota set at 1091 men
Pennsylvania will supply 1,091 men for the April draft call, state Selective Service headquarters said Friday. The March quota was 1,100, the February call 1,029, and the January quota 2,237.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Selective Service
Allied Offense Slowed in Viet Nam Operations
In South Viet Nam and along Laos border, Allied ground and air offensives slowed by jungle cover and bad weather. Marines air troops and allied forces failed to rout Viet Cong from endured positions after two weeks of strikes. Navy and Air Force limited strikes on North Viet Nam due to overcast.
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Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
Samuel J. Moore
Phuoc Tuy
III Corps
U.S. Navy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Navy
North
Air
Air Force
da Nang
Indiana Colleen Leads Irish In Pittsburgh Parade
In Pittsburgh's annual St. Patrick's Day celebration Casey Duggan Maloney Rooney Mc Grady and O Riordan marched in a two hour parade honoring Irish heritage. More than 25 area bands and civic groups participated. Stella O Riordan 9 of Indiana served as Miss Smiling Irish Eyes for the event.
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Pittsburgh
Casey, Duggan
Maloney
Rooney McGrady
O’riordan
Stella O’riordan
Indiana
Governors Briefed at White House on Viet Nam War
Fifty governors were invited to an informal White House briefing with President Johnson and top aides. More than forty accepted as the war in Southeast Asia loomed over the discussion. State names and specific policy decisions were not disclosed.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Viet Nam
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Southeast Asia
House
Senate
Rusk
McNamara
John Connally
Texas
Appalachian States
Clymer Awards Sweeper Contract for Street Work
Clymer Borough Council awarded a 9630 dollar contract for a new street sweeper to A and H Equipment Co of Carnegie Pennsylvania by a four to two vote. The same meeting heard the Clymer TV Cable Co report about 50 percent completion and residents will pay 4.50 dollars monthly with no taping charge unless an FM stereo is involved.
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Clymer
A & H Equipment Co
Carnegie
Clymer TV Cable Co
Weather Outlook With Clouds and Showers
Mostly cloudy through Sunday with possible showers or thundershowers tonight and Sunday. Highs today in the 60s. Lows tonight 48 to 52. Dance tonight Rocky Glenn. 177.
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Rocky Glenn
British MP Lets Life Sanctity Shape Abortion Debate
Norman St John Stevas a London barrister and MP argued that life’s sacredness is rooted in history but questioned when life begins. He said Anglo American law protects unborn life yet abortion has not always been crime. He urged reconsideration of the bill and warned on capital punishment.
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Norman St. John-Stevas
St. John Stevas
St. John
Portland
Ore
Forty On Frisco Bus Riot Ends With Arrests
Police said forty youths, mostly teens, rioted on a parked San Francisco Municipal bus Friday night. Four officers and a 17 year old were lightly injured. no weapons were used. Leon Jackson, 21, was booked for assault and rioting. five juveniles were sent to the Youth Guidance Center.
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San Francisco
Mission Emergency Hospital
Leon Jackson
City
U.S. official meets Chinese Nationalist leaders in Taipei
William P. Bundy assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs conferred today in Taipei with Foreign Minister Shen Chang-huan and other Chinese Nationalist officials.
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Taipei
Formosa
William P. Bundy
U.S
Shen Chang-huan
Suharto Outlaws Indonesian Communist Party
Lt Gen Suharto dissolves and bans the Indonesian Communist party in the name of President Sukarno as Sukarno and Subandrio are reportedly held inside the Jakarta presidential palace. Informants in Singapore say Suharto now appears firmly in control while Sukarno is seen as a figurehead unable to leave the palace.
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Singapore
Suharto
Indonesia
Jakarta
Sukarno
Subandrio
Obituaries: Local Deaths Include Five Residents
Obituaries list Albert J. Domalik 49 of Heilwood Pine Street Dr Kenneth Jones 63 of Big Run H Lynn Knarr 53 of Diamondville William Lee Miller 75 of New Derry formerly Indiana Elmer Cass Painter 69 Star Route Saltsburg Elders Ridge Mellon Thomas 77 Shel oca R D 1 details.
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Miller
William Lee
New Derry
Indiana
Elmer Cass
Star Route
Saltsburg
Elders Ridge
Gemini 8 crew cleared for flight amid medical OKs
Gemini 8 astronauts Armstrong and Scott were declared physically ready for flight by doctors at Cape Kennedy. The team reviewed readiness for the Atlas Agena launch and the two day mission including a 244 hour space walk and docking maneuvers set to begin with orbital insertion Tuesday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Scott
Ellis
Space News
Sun
Tixmatic
Armstrong
Air Force
Fred Kelley
Atlas
Auto insurance rate hikes affirmed by Pennsylvania official
Harrisburg AP reports Insurance Commissioner Audrey R. Kelly reaffirmed 15 to 20 percent auto rate increases effective Oct 1 for Pennsylvania motorists and rejected Donald L. Johns challenge. Johnson had argued the increase should top $7 million, but Kelly dismissed his method as improper for rate making. No total dollar figure was disclosed for the boost granted to 241 auto insurers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Audrey R. Kelly
Kelly
Donald L. Johns
Pittsburgh
Edward C. Spotts
Johnson
Unemployment Claims Dip in Harrisburg Report
Harrisburg AP reports continued unemployment claims for the week ending March 4 fell to 92 457, down 4 483 from the prior week and 31 545 from the year earlier week. Initial claims rose by 1 156 to 15 124 as construction recall activity and full apparel scheduling drove the change.
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Harrisburg
Bureau of Employment Security
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