Liberal leader pick urged by university poll idea
Cleo Mowers publisher of the Lethbridge Herald urged the Liberal party to consider a straw poll among Canadian university students to select a new leader. Speaking to 50 Medicine Hat Liberals he warned the next prime minister must appeal to both French and English Canada and bridge regional divides. He named Eric Kierans and possibly Pierre Trudeau as potential fits and argued the leader should be a prophet more than an administrator with experience beyond 1968.
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Liberal Party
Cleo Mowers
Lethbridge
Mowers
Canada
Winnipeg
Grits
Eric Kierans
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
John Diefenbaker
Macdonald
Cartier
Lester Pearson
Blaiberg Gains Weight After Heart Transplant
CAPE TOWN AP Dr Marius Barnard said on Thursday that Philip Blaiberg is putting on muscle after losing weight post operation. He noted the sterilization of Blaiberg's Groote Schuur Hospital room is relaxing to a more normal atmosphere and that regular news conferences on his condition would be abandoned as little new information is available.
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Cape Town
Marius Barnard
Philip Blaiberg
Christiaan Barnard
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur
Weather Update From Alberta Brightens Then Freezes
Light snow remains in the southwest corner while most of Alberta enjoys sunny skies. Temperatures plunge to 25 to 30 below zero today with a chill expected to ease slightly Sunday as Yukon air moves south. Noon wind and precipitation traces noted. yesterday’s high 33, low -25, river levels near 8.84. Edmonton -20 to -5, Calgary -25 to -10, Lethbridge -20 to -10.
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Alberta
Yukon
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Pueblo Crisis Details: Secret Gear Destroyed on Ship
U S Navy sources say the intelligence vessel Pueblo blew up its coding machine and North Korea gained nothing of value. They cite messages from Cmdr Lloyd Bucher and describe how crew attempted to avoid a fight while maintaining defense readiness. Four crew were wounded, but motives and outcomes remain uncertain.
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Washington
Pueblo
U.S. Navy
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Navy
Pentagon
Bucher
Defence Department
Great Train Robber Wilson Captured Near Montreal
Charles Frederick Wilson, 37, linked to Britain's 1963 Great Train Robbery, was arrested near Montreal at dawn Thursday and held for a closed immigration hearing that could lead to deportation. He was living in Rigaud with his wife Barbara and three children for two years. Police limited details as RCMP Scotland Yard and immigration officers coordinated the arrest and photographers captured him being taken into a car.
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Montreal
Charles Frederick Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Barbara
Canada
Maurice Landry
Immigration Department
RCMP
Rigaud
Que
Here
Scotland Yard
Immigration
Learn to Ski Lessons Cancelled This Weekend
Ian C. MacDonald publisher of The NEWS announces all Learn-to-Ski lessons are cancelled due to poor snow conditions and sub-zero temperatures. Sponsors Cypress Skiers hope snow returns next week.
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Ian C. MacDonald
the News
MacDonald
Learn-to-Ski
Cypress
North Korea vows punishment for Pueblo crew in flare up
North Korea pledged that the Pueblo crew must be punished by law and warned of massive retaliation for any U S attack. Fighting along the border continued as soldiers killed and wounded, while North Korea demanded U S punishment for all linked to the Pueblo mission at a mixed armistice commission meeting.
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Seoul
North Korea
U.S
United States
Demilitarized Zone
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Rodong Shinmoon
Communist Party
Mixed Armistice Commission
Choong-kook Pak
Pueblo
Korea
City to borrow 300000 for indoor pool project
City aldermen set first reading of a bylaw to borrow 300000 for an indoor pool, with a public vote by ratepayers if the bylaw passes Local Authorities Board approval. Total project cost 537000, with 250000 from Centennial Reserve and 287000 to be financed.
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Edmonton
Bill Keith
Local Authorities Board
Mel Air fights for life as license faces suspension
Mel Air of Medicine Hat fights to save its Class Two license amid an ongoing appeal by Smith Airways of Swift Current. The Air Transport Board has not ruled. If Mel Air loses its license the firm would be forced to sell assets and halt operations, potentially delaying a new decision by at least six months.
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Medicine Hat
Mel Air
Smith Airways
Swift Current
Governing
Air Transport Board
Yvonne Quick
Bud Olson
Paul Hellyer
Saskatoon
Smith
Burns Food workers to return after Calgary blaze
Calgary workers at Burns Food Ltd packing plant are being recalled after a four alarm fire gutted the five storey brick building on Thursday. Protestants in Glasgow protested a Christian unity service at the Glasgow Presbyterian Cathedral. Western Sicily faced worsened misery from bad weather and tremors. An explosion at the Mathilde ore mine near Lengede killed at least 12 miners.
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Calgary
Burns Food Ltd
Glasgow
Reuters
Glasgow Presbyterian
Lengede
Germany
Mathilde
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