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...Toes. With the resignation of President Edward Ochab, who is 61 and nearly blind, Gomulka had sufficient strength in the Polish Sejm (Parliament) to have the post filled by a trusted lieutenant, Defense Minister Marian Spychalski, 62. The political fortunes of Spychalski, an architect by training, have waned and gained for 25 years with those of Gomulka. An underground Communist leader during World War II, he was arrested, imprisoned and tortured by Stalinists after Gomulka was purged in 1948. Never brought to trial, Spychalski left prison a cripple without toes, was made Defense Minister after Gomulka gained power...
...anxious to see them replaced with his own men. Gierek, who was the first national figure to condemn the "Zionists," is fond of the youth argument since, at 55, he is the youngest member of the twelve-man ruling Politburo-to which Moczar does not belong. If the Polish Parliament, which convenes this week, should decide to make a change in the top-echelon leadership, including that of ailing President Edward Ochab, both men would be more than willing to offer their services...
...bachelor, and his fondness for pretty women is no secret. Considering these attributes, the last thing one would expect him to be is a politician, especially in Canada. Yet that is Pierre Elliott Trudeau's most recent profession. At 46, after only three years in Parliament and one year as Minister of Justice, Trudeau is about to become Canada's new Prime Minister...
Trudeau could technically delay elections until the parliamentary term expires in 1970, but he is eager to challenge the opposition Tories, who also have a new leader in Nova Scotia's dour Robert Stanfield, 53. Thus, Trudeau is expected to dissolve Parliament by September and go to the country in an effort to win his own majority and a full five-year term for himself...
...gave the U.K. a hefty $1.4 billion stand-by credit to help it get back on its feet. As one condition, IMF aides scrutinized and gave tacit approval to the draconian British budget introduced last week (see THE WORLD) before the Labor Government dared present it to Parliament. Had the IMF considered the British economic cutback too meager, it could have canceled the loan and so forced Britain at least to the brink of a second devaluation. The price Britain is paying for its profligacy is a partial loss of economic sovereignty to one of the most effective international organizations...