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...force which, it seemed, was still only in the discussion stage. Two weeks ago, the Security Council had authorized such a force but, despite backstage urging by Britain and the U.S., it had not yet been assembled. "Events move very rapidly these days," said Canada's Prime Minister Lester Pearson, inferring that they move far faster than governments. Canada was willing to supply 1,000 soldiers but did not intend to be the only partner of Britain in a peacekeeping operation...
Hopefully, Awori and Ohiri will finish one-two in the broad jump. Navy's Dave Lester, who has posted a leap of 23 feet-plus, seems to be the most probable thorn in the Crimson side, if any outsider is capable of rising to the occasion...
...weapons. It was the third such raid in less than a month, and Diefenbaker asked what was being done to "protect our armed forces." Another Opposition speaker sarcastically demanded assurances that the RCAF's new Bomarc missiles would not be stolen as well. Embarrassed officials of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson's government could only reply that security measures were being tightened at armories all over Quebec. In their zeal, soldiers even paid a midnight call on a fashionable prep school and took away the cadets' World War I drill rifles...
...broad jump, Dave Lester, who recorded a 23 ft., 2 1/2 in. leap against Army last week, may be good for second place. If so, he will be sandwiched by Ohiri and Awori...
...economy soars past a $600 billion G.N.P. and more Americans live better than ever before, official Washington seems far more intrigued by the fact that it has rediscovered poverty. The plight of the poor provides lively chitchat for capital couples as they twist to Lester Lanin or uncork a bottle of Mouton-Rothschild. Party pros argue the election-year merits of the poverty issue as they slide their steak knives into a Chateaubriand. With some bitterness, Writer-Social Critic Michael Harrington observes: "I guess poverty has become fashionable...