16 Aug 1969
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1969
Page
1
Edmonton faced a two day transit strike as 625 bus drivers and maintenance staff walked off at 5 a.m. MST. About 100000 daily riders sought alternatives while negotiations stalled over contract length. City officials planned daily talks. union kept initiative with talks to resume.
Prime Minister Trudeau faced three protesters at a Liberal picnic in Toronto but kept smiling as police restrained the attackers. Three men Jeffrey Conway 19 Rod Wilczak 24 and Jonathan Pierce 20 all of Toronto were charged with disturbing the crowd. The incident echoed a Vancouver protest a week earlier. A youth, Richard Jesmer 17 of Niagara Falls Ontario, faced an information for common assault in that case.
Lt Gen Frederick R Sharp chosen by cabinet to succeed Gen Jean V Allard as chief of defence staff. The 53 year old Air Force veteran rose through ranks, most recently deputy commander in North American Air Defense Command, amid a shift to North American defence priorities under the Trudeau government.
A plane load of thirty doctors were flown from New York to help the injured and ill at a rock festival in White Lake New York. Eight first aid sites and special quarters were set up as over 200000 fans gathered in wet conditions. The Sullivan County Red Cross and civil defense supplied drugs and medical supplies while several hundred had already been treated since Thursday.
The Agriculture Department announced a major cut in government use of DDT dieldrin and heptachlor and will favor less persistent chemicals like chlordane in national and state insect control. Programs were suspended 30 days for study amid public concern. Dr Donald Chant of Toronto warned the shift could hurt tobacco farmers economically.
Hurricane Camille, packing winds over 100 mph, threatens the Florida Panhandle coast from Panama City to Fort Walton Beach. Forecasters expect a northward turn across the Gulf, with hurricane warnings and watches in effect from Biloxi to St. Marks as tides rise and squalls approach the coast.
Occasional sniper fire lingered in the Falls Road area while public transport operated and shoppers resumed activity. British troops arrived to strengthen a 1 600 strength as towers and barricades kept gangs apart amid gunfire, arson, and sporadic deaths across Belfast.
Montreal police report four incendiary devices found in Eaton's downtown department store during a Friday night search. A security guard suffered minor burns after a device ignited. An explosive device exploded at CNTU headquarters on St Denis Street with no injuries and minor exterior damage.
Federal Agricultural Minister Bud Olson said Alberta Premier Stroms letter protesting the industrial incentive area shows political gamesmanship. He noted direct consultations between federal and provincial governments produced substantial modifications to the plan and defended Ottawa’s designated zone. Strom criticized lack of mutual agreement and liaison between ministers.
Across South Vietnam the pace of ground fighting slowed sharply during the night while Viet Cong rocket and mortar attacks continued. Military spokesmen said 38 bases and towns were struck in ongoing raids. RCMP arrested two men and a woman in their early 20s at Montreal International Airport and seized two suitcases containing 120 wounds of hashish.
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