Wide open dispute erupts at Halifax Liberal gathering
Halifax briefing details a split among Liberal leadership candidates over Medicare. Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp urged unity while others, including Transport Minister Hellyer and Eric Kierans, urged reviewing the Medicare program as the party faced cabinet divisions and a looming leadership contest.
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Bruce Phillips
Southam
Halifax
Liberal Party
Mitchell Sharp
Winters
Meldicare
Nova Scotia Liberal Association
MacEachen
Lord Nelson Hotel
Liberals
Hellyer
Quebec
Eric Kierans
Sharp
Martin
Greene
Portage la Prairie
Lloyd Henderson
United
Seismic Toll Rises in Western Sicily Quake Grips towns
A series of powerful earthquakes struck western Sicily killing over 220 people and destroying towns including Montevago Salaparuta Poggioreale Salemi and Menfi. Hospitals across the region moved to emergency status as damages spreads through Palermo Trapani and Marsala.
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Ap-Reuters
Palermo
Sicily
Montevago
Mediterranean
Messina
Mafia
Trapani
Marsala
Salaparuta
Poggioreale
Partanna
Salemi
Santa Margherita di Belice
Menfi
Santa Ninfa
New Democrats Push Public Housing Plan in Manitoba
The Manitoba NDP proposes a government backed public housing system to address a growing housing shortage. The plan would treat housing as a basic need, remove it from free market laws, set yearly targets via a housing authority, and use public housing or co-operatives if private industry misses goals. A consumer affairs department would monitor the cost of living and price administration.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
New Democrats
NDP
Canada
Party
Sid Green
Consumer Affairs Department
Glasgow Hit By Destructive Hurricane Blitz
A hurricane with 134 mph winds devastated Scotland, killing at least 14 and injuring about 100. Glasgow suffered widespread damage from falling roofs and smoke stacks. four unidentified women were recovered from rubble. Edinburgh and Perth faced road closures and widespread disruption as emergency services pressed full alert. Janet Kua, a 27 year old Malaysian nurse, was among the victims.
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Ap-Reuters
Glasgow
Scotland
Edinburgh
Great Danfell
Britain
Glasgow Ambulance
Amennadinagaleid
Janet Kua
Perth
Mansfield urges halt to U S bombing of North Vietnam
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield calls for stopping U S bombing after North Vietnam signals a possible path to peace talks. He notes Hanoi offered a pledge to talk if attacks cease and cites statements by President Johnson and Secretary Rusk seeking a sign of willingness to negotiate.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
Montana Democrat
Nguyen Duy Trinh
United States
North
Mansfield
Dean Rusk
Britain weighs Asia pullout with Singapore fears rising
London sources say Britain will decide on Southeast Asia roles with east of Suez forces likely cut. Lee Kuan Yew warned a rapid withdrawal could create a power vacuum as allies including the United States and Australia voice concern. Forecasts place Singapore and Malaysia likely to lose forces by 1971 72 and 50 F 111 bombers valued at £425 million may be canceled.
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London
Reuters
Southeast Asia
Suez
Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee
Wilson
Asia
New Zealand
Today
Malaysia
U.S
Britain
National Health Service
Labor Party
Cautious optimism on Medicine Hat growth to 1970
Industrial committee chief Brian McNally presented a job opportunity survey to Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce showing 37 percent of existing firms plan renovations and 21 percent expansions by 1970. The study projects an 11 percent rise in full time employment and emphasizes demand for skilled workers and professionals.
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Hat
Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Committee
Brian McNally
McNally
Chamber
Mr. McNally
Alberta
Britain unveils me backing Britain T shirts for sale
In London Britain introduces Union Jack T shirts with the slogan Im Backing Britain selling for under 1 pound. In the North Sea the Sea Quest rig with 40 crew drifts after breaking moorings in hurricane winds. In the U S a wintry mix blankets Mississippi Georgia Great Lakes and New England.
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London
Britain
the Hague
Sea Quest
North Sea
New York
U.S
Mississippi
Georgia
Great Lakes
New England
Blaiberg Sits Up After Heart Transplant Recovery
In Cape Town Dr Philip Blaiberg rose from bed for a second time since his January 2 heart transplant. A hospital bulletin called his condition satisfactory. His wife said he sat in a chair to eat supper last night and lunch today, looking marvellous with an excellent appetite, thrilling nurses and doctors.
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Cape Town
Philip Blaiberg
Kasperak Undergoes Emergency Gallbladder Removal After Transplant
Stanford California AP reports Mike Kasperak remained in critical condition after an emergency operation to remove his enlarged gall bladder. The one hour surgery, led by Dr Norman E Shumway, followed the transplant of a new heart from a Santa Clara housewife who died of a brain hemorrhage.
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Stanford, Calif
Mike Kasperak
Stanford University Medical Centre
Norman E. Shumway
Santa Clara
Kasperak
Explosions Hit Brittany Government Buildings in France
Police search for suspects after two blasts rocked prefecture offices in St Brieuc and Quimper. Notes near St Brieuc hinted at the Brittany Liberation Front demanding action against French authorities. Former premier Renee Pleven, a Breton figure, denies a separatist movement in the region.
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ST. Brieuc
France
Brittany
Renee Pleven
Cotes-du-Nord
Quimper
FLB
le Front de Liberation de la Bretagne
Brittany Liberation Front
Montreal
de Gaulle
Pleven
Congress opens amid war inflation crime and racial unrest
The 90th Congress reopens in Washington facing war and inflation, crime, and renewed racial tensions. A civil rights bill looms toward possible filibuster while President Johnson prepares a State of the Union call for tax increases and measures to bolster the dollar, with Fowler and Mansfield signaling cautious consideration of travel taxes and tariffs.
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Washington
90Th
Congress
Good Fellowship
Senate
House of Representatives
John
Son
Canada
U.S
Johnson
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Italy
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U.K
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House of Lords
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Kasperak Operation
U.S. Congress
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
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