Blaiberg transplant money given to heart program
Dr. Philip Blaiberg remains in satisfactory condition two days after his heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital. Lawyers say TV contract income totaling 50 000 dollars will be donated to the hospital, Chris Barnard Fund, and related transplant groups. funds not for personal use.
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Cape Town
Philip Blaiberg
National Broadcasting Co. of New
York
Christian N. Barnard
Centre Front
Grooter Schuur Hospital
South Africa
Last of Braham quintuplets dies in Brisbane
Geoffrey Roger Braham, the last of the Braham quintuplets born to Patricia Braham, died after falling ill. Four babies survive, including Richard Gibson and three girls Annabel Dorothy Faith Elizabeth Caroline Jean. The family had four other children and a clause affected a $400 payout.
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Geoffrey Roger
Patricia Braham
Richard Gibson
Annabel Dorothy
Faith Elizabeth
Caroline Jean
Geoffrey
Faith
Annabel
Caroline
Roger Braham
Tenterfield
Brisbane
Braham
Johnson to Send Bowles for Talks With Sihanouk in Cambodia
President Johnson announced the dispatch of Chester Bowles, U.S. ambassador to India, to Phnom Penh for talks with Cambodian head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk on Cambodia as a sanctuary for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Sihanouk had invited a U.S. envoy after U.S. concerns over sanctuary use and possible ambivalence toward ICC operations. China meanwhile delivered military aid to Cambodia as Premier Son Sann warned of possible mobilization to resist U.S. intervention amid ongoing Vietnam War tensions.
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San Antonio
Tex
Reuters
Johnson
Chester Bowles
U.S
India
Phnom Penh
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Bowles
Cambodia
United States
South Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Washington
New Delhi
Offi
Cial
International Control Commission
Poland
ICC
Canada
China
Son Sann
Stanfield to address farmer rancher night in Medicine Hat
Opposition leader Robert Stanfield will speak in Medicine Hat on March 22 at the Chamber of Commerce Farmer-Rancher night dinner. Tickets are expected to sell out quickly and the program will include entertainment and dancing.
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Robert Stanfield
Medicine Hat
Conservative
Chamber of Commerce Farmer-Rancher
Stanfield
Lowell Murray
Chamber Agriculture
George Ross
Stan James
Pansef
Chamber
Finance
Mitchell Sharp
Sharp
Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce
Highway 3
Southern Alberta Economic Development Committee
Chuck Beny
SAEDC
Tabor
Gordon Taylor
Bow Island
Alberta
Canada bids farewell to former governor general Massey
Ottawa reports crowds braved snow and cold to pay last respects to Vincent Massey the elder statesman and first native-born governor-general. A state funeral is planned with ceremonies in Christ Church Cathedral and later burial in Port Hope after a gun carriage procession to the National War Memorial.
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Canada
Ottawa (Cp
Vincent Massey
Ada’s
London
Christ Church Anglican Cathedral
Mr. Massey
Armed Services
RCMP
E. S. Reed
Ottawa
F. R. Gartrell
Howard H. Clark
Anglican Church of Canada
Massey
National War Memorial
Confederation Square
Royal Canadian Navy
Halifax
Port Hope
Ont
Toronto
Failure to Launch Medicare Plan Sees Provinces Responsible
Ottawa reports that if the federal medical care insurance plan misses the July 1 start, provincial governments will bear responsibility. Health Minister MacEachen notes federal funds available to any province applying, while Saskatchewan may be the only province with a qualifying plan. Officials expect Saskatchewan to apply, though Premier Thatcher suggested postponement. Federal leaders say postponement would require provincial decisions not to seek federal money.
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Ottawa
MacEachen
Saskatchewan
Thatcher
Fed
Suez Clearance Work Begins To Free Blocked Canal
Cairo based Al Ahram reports Egypt has started moves to clear the Suez Canal, blocked since June’s conflict. Orders in the last three days instruct the Suez Canal authority to prepare equipment to remove four sunken UAR vessels at the canal’s Suez end.
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Cairo
Reuters
Egypt
Suez Canal
al Ahram
Suez Canal Authority
U.A.R
Suez
Liberal government weighs early end to Parliament session
Ottawa reports the Liberal party may shutter Parliament in late February or early March to allow an unfettered finish to the leadership race. If adopted, ministers would be freed from duties for about a month before the April Ottawa convention to choose a successor to Prime Minister Pearson. Opposition may object as campaigns intensify.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Barry Mather
NDP
New Dealster
Britons Rebel Over Work-for-Nothing Campaign
A voluntary drive to boost British competitiveness spawns clashes with unions as 200 workers at a Surbiton factory defy a no-work-for-pay rule by adding 30 minutes of unpaid time. Civil servants, a Ruskington plant, and others join, while union leaders call the move a gimmick and warn of violations of national agreements. Prime Minister Wilson welcomes public spirit.
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London
Britain
Harry Tyler
Wilson
Tunbridge Wells
England
Ruskington
Lincolnshire
Devizes
Wiltshire
Princes Risborough
Buckinghamshire
George Barratt
Retary
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
Jim Conway
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Near blizzard storm hits Alberta and Saskatchewan
A major snowstorm forecast for Alberta and Saskatchewan brings near blizzard conditions. Winds up to 50 mph sweep Peace River district as Arctic cold grips Lac La Ronge and Prince Albert with temperatures around fifty below. The storm is moving south across Alberta and into southern Saskatchewan tonight.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Dominion Public Weather Office
Peace River
Lac la Ronge
Prince Albert
Israeli Premier Eshkol Heads to Washington for Arms Request
Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol flies to the United States to seek arms from President Johnson amid concerns over Soviet arms supplies to regional countries. In Mexico twenty two people die from suspected adulterated alcohol in Guadalajara since New Year’s Eve. Canada’s Prime Minister Pearson resumes Florida vacation after Massey funeral.
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Tel Aviv
Levi Eshkol
United States
Johnson
Guadelajara
Mexico
Guadalajara
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