East Germ Holds Up Envoy Amid Berlin Crisis
East Germany ignored a new bid for talks and delayed a U.S. Army convoy on the main autobahn through Soviet territory. Western embassies issued identical statements in Moscow while West Berlin officials pressed for talks to prevent a West German presidential election clash. Brandt flew in to seek a settlement and possible changes to election plans if mobility could be eased.
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Fire destroys Alberta Labor Office and Johnston Terminals
A Saturday night blaze caused about 1 million dollars in damage to a two story brick building housing Alberta Labor Department offices and Johnston Terminals Ltd storage. The three alarm fire burned for over six hours with about 50 firefighters and 15 units on site. Loss in Johnston Terminals items including TV sets tape recorders and paper goods was about 400 thousand dollars and cause remained undetermined with insurance covering the loss.
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Laotian Outpost Falls to Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese
More than 1,000 Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese troops overran Na Khang outpost near Sam Neua in a major Laotian government loss. At least 30 defenders were killed as shells and mortars hit the hilltop post. a U.S. jet reportedly was shot down amid air strikes.
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Michener Ends 21 Day Caribbean State Visit
Governor General Roland Michener and wife wrap a 21 day state tour of Jamaica Guyana Barbados and Trinidad to boost Canada Caribbean goodwill. They fly to Bequia off St Vincent for a private week before returning to Canada March 11.
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Apollo 9 Reaches 119 Mile Orbit For Lunar Module Tests
Apollo 9 astronauts launched aboard the Saturn V and rode into a 118 to 119 mile high Earth orbit. The crew began tests of the lunar module later named Spider as flight director Kranz praised their performance and readiness for planned maneuvers and a first space walk.
Siege at Soviet Embassy as China and USSR clash on Manchurian border
Tens of thousands of anti-Soviet demonstrators and Red Guards besieged the Soviet Embassy in Peking amid clashes on the Ussuri River island of Damansky Chenpao. Both sides reported many killed and wounded and delivered protest notes.
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Israel appeals to UN on Iraq hangings risk
Israel urged the United Nations Human Rights Commission to act to prevent seven new hangings in Iraq after reports they were planned. In separate dispatches, Central Java’s commander denied mass killings of 860 suspected Communists but said some died resisting arrest. Kingston police raided the Satan’s Choice clubhouse and arrested 28 after a disturbance at a downtown hotel.
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Apollo 9 mission facts and figures summarized
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP reports on Apollo 9 details. Crewmembers are Col James McDivitt 39 David Scott 36 and Russel Schweickart 33. Mission aims include orbiting Earth testing all hardware and docking lunar module with the command module and performing a two hour space walk. Flight lasts nine days two hours forty seven minutes. The Saturn V booster stands 363 feet tall with first stage thrust of 7.7 million pounds. Costs total 340 million dollars including Saturn V 185 million craft 55 million lunar module 41 million and launch ops 59 million.
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Weekend accident toll 35
A Canadian Press survey shows 31 traffic accidents over the weekend across Canada with at least 35 deaths. Ontario recorded 15 traffic fatalities and one drowning, Quebec 13 deaths, British Columbia four, New Brunswick one, Nova Scotia one from exposure, while Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan PEI and Newfoundland reported no accidental deaths.
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Olson blasts unity threats at Liberal convention
Agriculture Minister Bud Olson accused elements inside Canada of deliberately stirring trouble to fracture unity. He cited the Sir George Williams riot in Montreal and praised 1500 students who helped repair damage, saying deterrence before damage occurs is the only complete solution.
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