Portrait of the week
Off Wonsan North Koreans boarded the US intelligence-gathering ship 'Pueblo' and forced her into port: the nuclear aircraft carrier 'Enterprise' and other us warships steamed off belatedly to the rescue. Meanwhile, the us announced plans to build a barrier across the Ho Chi Minh trail through neutral Laos—an 'inconspicuous' barrier, re- ported the Washington Post, as Laos does not wish to be seen to take sides. A USAF B 52 bomber Crashed off North-West Greenland and there were some signs of radiation from its spilt H-bombs, which sank deep below the ice. America and Greece resumed diplomatic relations. Israel and the UAR swapped their remaining pows, British troops flew to Mauritius to quell race riots and Mr Kasperak died in California, leaving Dr Blaiberg as the only survivor of the world's first five heart transplants.
No question who was this week's unhappiest politician: Mr John Silkin, government Chief Whip, in trouble everywhere over his attempts to discipline his party's rebels. Meantime Mr Wilson flew away to Moscow, where he wore a fur hat, talked about Vietnam and attended a performance of Carmen. Under the shadow of the Cabinet's forthcoming proposals for reform of the Lords, peers on both sides of the House put up a lively performance in the debate on Thursday's etas. Mr Jo Grimond, no less contentious, revealed to Glaswegians his personal pipe-dream of founding
ritilical alliance, 'a new form of political move- ment."After all,' he pointed out. 'the party system . . . is not going to survive for ever.' Mr Healey's . remarks on Panorama were taken by many to. mean that the Prime Minister wasn't going to survive for ever.
The Archbishop of Canterbury celebrated Church Unity week by sharing a kiss with Cardinal Heenan and preaching a sermon in Westminster Cathedral. Howard Winstone became feather- weight boxing champion of the world, and the Guardian put its price up by one penny. The Bir- mingham law courts, rather late in the day, decided to ban minkkirts. on secretaries.
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