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...before. Could this be what Cardin was referring to? Nonsense, said Diefenbaker, flying away for a fishing trip. But the Munsinger case it was, and last week it exploded through Canada with such fury that it threatened to topple Cardin and the whole Liberal government of Prime Minister Lester Pearson...
...demand that Cardin prove his "statements, insinuations and allegations" or resign. "Let him go home to his wife and family and endure what we have to endure," chimed in another Tory, and only some fast political footwork headed off a no-confidence motion that might well have brought down Pearson's minority government on the spot...
Sadism & Social News. A tabloid that almost always runs a picture of some battered, bruised or bloodied Puerto Rican on its front page, as well as several sex-and-sadism stories inside, El Diario also carries social news from New York and San Juan. It runs Drew Pearson and Victor Riesel, translated into Spanish, and U.P.I, and A.P. copy on Latin America, along with several columns of chitchat entitled "Chispa-zos" (Sparks), "Machetazos" (Machete Blows) and "Consultorio Sentimental" (Advice to the Lovelorn). Its uncompromising editorials, written in both English and Spanish, champion causes dear to its readers: a civilian review...
Ever since the November elections, when his Liberal Party again failed to win an absolute majority of the Canadian House of Commons, Prime Minister Lester Pearson has been acting like a man preparing his exit. Rather than try to undertake any new economic and social reform measures, Pearson has set up what amounts to a caretaker government to continue present policies...
Chief motive for Pearson's decision to step down before another election is his belief that the Canadian electorate has grown tired of the running battle between himself and crotchety former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, leader of the Conservative opposition. He has set himself no deadline, but his job-hunting aides believe he may call a Liberal Party conference to choose his successor as Prime Minister some time this year. Among leading candidates are three middle-roaders: Minister of Trade and Commerce Robert Winters, 55, an old Pearson crony; Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp, 54, who engineered Canada...