20 Dec 1965
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1965
Page
1
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell begin three days of medical tests at Cape Kennedy. They logged 10 lunar round trips during two weeks in space and reported confinement and vivid dreams as main flight complaints.
Berlin reports East Germany top planner Erich Apel died by his own hand the day he was to sign a 60 billion mark trade pact with the Soviet Union. Analysts question how his departure will affect reform ideas and the progress of East German economic links with Moscow.
Britain began an oil airlift to landlocked Zambia as Kenyan Ethiopian and Ugandan leaders urged a new African summit on action against Rhodesia. Zambia faces higher fuel costs and gasoline rationing after Rhodesia cut oil flow, while Britain funds road and rail links and a UN embargo debate unfolds.
Ottawa reports the cabinet will discuss Zambia request for transport planes to aid an airlift of oil to landlocked Zambia. Talks between Prime Ministers Wilson and Pearson centered on Viet Nam and Rhodesia sanctions. Canada has embargoed 90 percent of Rhodesia imports, with economic strains rising.
J W Grant MacEwan, 62, former Calgary mayor and Alberta Liberal leader, is appointed lieutenant-governor of Alberta to succeed J Percy Page. He will assume office in early 1966 after a career in municipal and provincial politics.
Paris AP reports Charles de Gaulle, 75, gains a seven year mandate to 1972 after winning 55 percent of the second ballot votes. François Mitterrand, 49, takes 45 percent as turnout reaches about 85 percent with over 24 million of 28.56 million eligible voters voting.
A London crime wave sees highly organized gangs racking up multimillion pound raids. Police note ties to the 1963 train robbery and plan mobile crime squads while burglaries rise 18 percent. Across other cities the trend mirrors London.
Viet Cong forces around Saigon range from youths to battalions and threaten military sites north of the city. The psychological campaign includes bombings such as the Metropole Hotel attack on Dec 4 and a dusk-to-dawn curfew for U.S. servicemen. Fears of coups and infiltrators complicate security as about 300 known operatives operate in four city commando units and top planners stay hidden.
Health Unit awaits lab confirmation on apparently contaminated plastic ball drink coolers and teething rings. Public urged not to use any item bearing package number 214 and manufactured in Hong Kong. Consumers with such articles from Canada should bring them for examination. Retailers told to withdraw stock and stop selling these items.
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