06 Aug 1969
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1969
Page
1
Preliminary hearing for Ray mond Maxwell Bradley on robbery with violence set for August 14. Bradley appeared before Magistrate E W N Macdonald, no plea entered, two earlier charges withdrawn and a new charge laid.
Pasadena AP reports Mariner VII entered solar orbit after beaming first closeup images of Mars south pole. The icy cap shows deep dunes and large craters, with scientists suggesting frozen carbon dioxide and possible wind driven snow patterns.
A 60 man CNR crew repaired two washouts on the main line near Mitte Alto allowing two westbound passenger trains to resume service. Passengers on the Supercontinental and Panorama were diverted by bus to Jasper after overnight sidings. Weather caused heavy precipitation, hail and damaging winds across Alberta with crop losses reported.
Boston Attorney announces inquest into Senator Edward M Kennedy July 18 Chappaquiddick Island crash that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. Dinis says all witnesses will be called. Kennedy may testify if possible. Judge Boyle declines to act, cites unclear request and lack of power to assign a presiding judge.
Two Russian trawlers the German Titov and the Kouzachin were seized 9.7 miles off Vancouver Island for illegal fishing in Canadian waters. Captains Edward Morozov and Boris Rolenko appeared in British Columbia provincial court. The ships carried no fish and face up to a 5000 dollar fine and vessel seizure under the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act.
Forty nine people died in a bus crash on a mountainous twisting road in southern Lesotho late Tuesday. The accident highlights dangerous mountain driving conditions in the region.
Saskatchewan Premier Ross Thatcher urged support for Ottawa's Indian policy while Quebec Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand announced next year's meetings would be in Manitoba. Thatcher argued delaying agreement would worsen conditions for Indians, despite other premiers calling for more time.
Belfast reported only minor incidents after British troops were placed on alert. An isolated bombing occurred on Falls Road and a gasoline bomb hit an auto engineering firm. In Feeny shots were fired over a Protestant parade. no injuries. Calm followed three nights of clashes between Catholics and Protestants with police, the worst in 34 years.
In Bucharest at the Romanian party congress opening Ceausescu urged formal denunciation of former leader Gheorghe Dej for postwar purges that caused deaths and imprisonment. He praised Dej as an underground fighter but cited direct involvement. The speech included sweeping statistics and a pledge to socialist legality.
The commander of U S Special Forces in Vietnam Lt Col Robert B Rheault was relieved of his post and charged with premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the June 20 shooting near Nha Trang. Seven other Green Beret members face the same charges.
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