Doctors see Washkansky survival odds rise
CAPE TOWN CP Louis Washkansky's doctors grew more confident he would survive as he enters his second week with the transplanted heart. He began Sunday by eating his favorite steak and eggs, though physicians warned unforeseen complications could arise.
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Louis Washkansky
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town
South Africa
Christian N. Barnard
Barnard
Associated. Press
Washkansky
John Bosman
Housing meeting opens Ottawa talks on federal provincial cooperation
The three day conference aims to advance national housing and urbanization plans with open sessions and televised remarks led by Prime Minister Pearson. Eight premiers and delegation heads from Saskatchewan and British Columbia will attend, marking the first press open meeting since World War II. Manitoba Premier Weir may withdraw objections today. Other sections note Bernard and Washkansky heart surgery progress.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Walter Weir
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Thatcher
Bennett
Cosmos 194 lands in Russia after spaceflight
Cosmos 194, launched December 3, made a soft landing in Russia at 12 30 a m EST, reported by Bochum Observatory. The event comes amid a wider round of postflight assessment.
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Bochum
Reuters
Russia
Bochum Observatory
Gasbuggy test yields underground chamber for gas
In Farmington New Mexico scientists report the first U S industrial nuclear explosion Project Gasbuggy created a subterranean chamber about 160 feet in diameter 3 500 feet below ground zero and may double U S natural gas reserves if feasible Drs Thalgott Reynolds and AEC officials say no radioactivity escaped and drilling into the chamber begins. Windows rattled in Farmington as observers felt the blast five miles away.
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Farmington
N.M
U.S
Gasbuggy
Robert H. Thalgott
Atomic Energy Commission
Harry Reynolds
AEC
United States
Picture Cliffs
San Juan Basin
Government faces non confidence vote in Commons
Ottawa Liberal government to-night faces a non confidence vote over Finance Minister Sharp's budget. Conservative critic Monteith accuses mis management and higher taxes to fund extravagance while NDP may withhold support over proposed tax increases on individuals. Separate U S coverage notes Vietnam peace talks push by McCarthy and Humphy.
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Commons
Sharp
J. Waldo Monteith
David Lewis
NDP
York South
Monteith
New Democrats
Murder hearing delayed in Calgary murder case
Samuel Riddelbach 37 faces a non capital murder charge in Calgary after the hearing was adjourned to 5 pm this afternoon. Magistrate C B MacDonell granted the adjournment sought by James Kidd representing the Attorney General. Kidd will present with a psychiatrist once the doctor from Lethbridge reaches court. Riddelbach has been in custody since Monday for the death of Raymond Moser 25 who was shot on Sunday December 10. He has not entered a plea and is defended by Milt Harradance of Calgary.
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Samuel Riddelbach
C. B. MacDonell
James Kidd
Riddelbach
Milt. Harradance
Calgary
Stuber Mel Air plans scrapped over high costs in city
Stuber Manufacturing and Mel Air abandoned expansion plans in Medicine Hat after costs far exceeded estimates. Alderman Roy Wiedemann announced the move at an Economic Development Committee meeting. Stuber said monthly rent of 1600 would leave five percent budgeted for equipment, and a 10 to 15 year payoff was impractical for a 20 person staff.
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Stuber’s
Mel Air
Ald
Roy Wiedemann
Clayton Stuber
Stuber Manufacturing
Stuber
Industrial Development Bank
Ec! Air
Bob Jensen
Medicine Hat
Johnson’s daughter Lynda weds Capt Charles Robb in private Caribbean honeymoon
President Johnson’s daughter Lynda and her new husband Captain Charles S. Robb honeymoon in a private Caneel Bay Plantation resort on St. John after a White House wedding. They traveled via San Juan to St. Thomas then a boat ride to their exclusive Virgin Islands retreat. The couple’s plans beyond the island were unconfirmed and Robb has a temporary military leave until December 29. Mrs Johnson planned to join the president at his Texas ranch.
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Charlotte Amalie
Johnson
Lynda
Virgin Island
White House
Capt
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U.S. Marine Corps
San Juan
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
St. John
Caneer Bay
Hawaii
Robb
Laurence S. Rockefeller
Nine Mile-Long Island
Caribbean
Pearson proposes housing council to guide urban policy
Prime Minister Pearson announced a national Council on Housing and Urban Development with a federal provincial mandate to assess needs, publish plans, and coordinate long term urban design. The plan calls for expert staff and regional offices but no immediate increase in federal subsidies or loans. He urged joint action while keeping provincial and municipal jurisdiction intact.
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Pearson
National Council
Council On Housing and Urban Development
Canada
Central Mortgage and Housing Corp
Coast papers settle after strike at Pacific Press
Pacific Press Ltd and the Vancouver-New Westminster Newspaper Guild reach a 28 month contract after more than 600 guild members walked out. The deal boosts salaries in steps, with a nine percent increase on rates above 140 a week plus seven percent later in 1968, affecting reporters photographers and sales staff.
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Vancouver
Pacific Press Ltd
Vancouver-New Westminster
Pacific Press
Sun
Province
Trial postponed of intellectuals in Moscow case
Four young Russian intellectuals face postponement in Moscow on anti Soviet propaganda charges after a request for public access. Main defendants Alexander Ginsburg and Galanskov, aged 81 and 28, could face seven years hard labor, with others Vera Lashkova and Alexei Dobrovolsky linked to an underground Phoenix 66 publication. The case parallels a secret Leningrad trial of four alleged terrorists aiming to overthrow the state.
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Leningrad
Alexander Ginsburg
Galanskov
Andrei D. Sinyavsky
Yuri M. Daniel
Sinyavsky
Daniel
Vera Lashkova
Alexei Dobrovolsky
Phoenix 66
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