Pearson moves to boost university grants in 1966 67
Prime Minister Pearson mails premiers outlining an interim rise in per capita university grants from 2 to 5 dollars for 1966 67. The plan ties to Bladen Report aims and a $40 million scholarship program, with a federal provincial conference in Victoria to set long term aid details. The move follows economic council cautions and provincial pressure for university funding reform.
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Southam News Services
Ottawa
Pearson
Bladen
Victoria
B.C
Diefenbaker
Economic Council of Canada
Canada
Early Confidence Vote Seen Que. MLA Is Charged
Marcellin Laroche Liberal MLA for Portneuf in Quebec faces 16 counts alleging he accepted $15,260 in benefits from businessmen tied to provincial contracts. Partner Guy Renaud of Donnacona is charged with 14 counts of conspiring. Offences span 1961 to 1965.
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Quebec
Marcellin Laroche
Liberal
Quebec Legislative Assembly
Portneuf
Laroche
Guy Renaud
Donnacona
Leaders spar over pensions and policy in Commons
Opposition leaders denounce silence on pension raises to 100 dollars monthly and press for more aid to universities and fisheries. Diefenbaker vows to test the government soon as MPs prepare for question period and the throne speech address in the first session of Parliament.
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Diefenbaker
Senate
Vanier
Supreme Court
Jean-Pierre Goyer
Montreal Dollard
Robert Stanbury
York-Scarborough
Commons
Pearson
Espionage Chief Dismissed Over Ben Barka Affair
Paris reports the French government dismissed counter espionage head Gen Paul Jacquier after the Ben Barka kidnapping. Gen Eugene Guibaud was named to replace him as the service shifts to report directly to the defense minister. Antoine Lopez remains under arrest in the case.
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Paris
Reuters
Mehdi Ben Barka
de Gaulle
Ben Barka
Paul Jacquier
Eugene Guibaud
Saigon
Jacquier
Armed Forces
Counterespionage Service
Antoine Lopez
Menzies Announces Retirement Plan After 16 Years in Office
Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies told the federal cabinet he is retiring after 16 years as Australia’s leader. Informed sources say he will resign to Governor-General Lord Casey on Thursday. It was unclear if he will also quit Parliament.
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Canberra
Robert Menzies
Australia
British Commonwealth
Lord Casey
Menzies
Regina mayor backs plan for Prairie mayors meeting
Regina Mayor Henry Baker said he supports Moose Jaw Mayor L H Lowry’s proposal to convene eight Prairie cities along the CPR main line to discuss abandoning the Dominion passenger service. Baker noted Regina will send a delegation to the Moose Jaw meeting set for January 25.
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Henry Baker
L. H. Lowry
Moose Jaw
CPR
Dominion
Baker
Lowry
Prairie
Winnipeg
Brandon
Portage la Prairie
Swift Current
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Mrs Gandhi elected India’s third prime minister
Indira Gandhi daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru is chosen as India’s third prime minister and first woman to head a major nation. She won 355 votes to 169 against Morarji Desai in a secret ballot, signaling a leadership handover within Congress and the Nehru lineage.
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New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Congress Party
Gandhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
G. S. Pathak
Nehru
Mrs. Gandhi
Shastri
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Viet Cong attack refugee camp amid Lunar New Year truce
Viet Cong guerrillas struck a refugee camp near Tam Ky killing 33 and wounding 54 as they pressed a four day Lunar New Year truce. U.S. advisers reported casualties and arson, families executed, and nine men kidnapped. Allied forces warned attacks could continue during the ceasefire.
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Saigon
United States
Tam Ky
U.S
Viet Nam
South
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Quang Tin
Pakistan Gets Eight Million Dollar Development Loan
The United States grants Pakistan an 8.2 million dollar loan for economic development. A 40 year agreement to be signed in Karachi funds transmission lines linking Mangla Dam units to West Pakistan grid. Mangla Dam, construction by a U.S. firm, will be the world’s largest earth fill dam. Loan features a 10 year grace period and interest starting at 1 percent, rising to 2 percent for the remaining 30 years.
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Washington
United States
Pakistan
Karachi
Mangla Dam
West Pakistan
Mangla
U.S
Promise to allow a free vote on capital punishment
Ottawa reports that a government pledge first made in December 1964 for a free vote on capital punishment was reiterated in the throne speech on Tuesday. Similar promises had appeared in 1964 and again on April 5, 1965. The expected debate was delayed last year due to busy Commons, summer recess, and Parliament dissolution for the November 8 election.
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Ottawa
Nigeria factions rally to Ironsi as mutiny killings mount
In Lagos reports claim up to 50 officers were executed in a power struggle within the army, including a lieutenant colonel linked to an assassination attempt on Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi. Ministers Festus Okotie Eboh and others were found dead in a shallow grave outside Lagos. Tafawa Balewa’s fate remained unclear as NPC leader Dipcharima urged Nigerians to back the new regime.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Aguiyi Ironsi
Ironsi
Northern People’s Congress Party
Sir Abubakir Tafawa Balewa
Tafawa Balewa
Festus Okotie Eboh
Western Region
Samuel Akintola
NPC
Zanna Bukar Dipcharima
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