19 Aug 1968
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1968
Page
1
Radio Hanoi said 30 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed by American troops near Loc Ninh on July 24 after a battle with the Viet Cong. The insurgent force reportedly refused U.S. helicopter evacuation for their dead, sparking the clash.
After 11 hours of bargaining, talks recessed with hope for settlement. Pilots had voted 916 to 115 in favor of striking. regional results showed Toronto 380 37 Montreal 366 49 Vancouver 199 4 Winnipeg 70 25. The union seeks 21 percent pay rise. Air Canada offers 17 percent over 28 months.
Rescue crews say 72 missing after two buses are swept into the Hida River by a landslide following a heavy 14 inch rainfall in Gifu prefecture. At least 32 bodies recovered. six deaths in other slides, four missing. Prime Minister Sato orders investigation.
Biafra appeals to Britain for a ceasefire as fighting intensifies in the 14th month of the conflict. A Biafra radio broadcast urges Britain to stop arming Nigerian forces, who attack toward Aba and face accusations of civilian casualties.
World Bank President Robert McNamara appointed former Canadian prime minister Lester B. Pearson to lead a 109 nation panel to devise a 10 20 and 30 year strategy for aid and development. The commission will review past external assistance impact and propose actions for sustained growth in less developed countries.
In Jerusalem a series of bomb blasts injured at least nine as mobs attacked Arabs and smashed cars. Police closed all seven Old City gates while riot police dispersed young Israelis seeking reprisals. About 30 Arabs and 200 Israelis were arrested amid the disturbances.
Doctors at Walter Reed report former president Dwight D. Eisenhower remains in extremely critical condition. An implanted electrical pacemaker failed to stop recurrent ventricular irregularities, and was removed after days of ineffective support. The general, 77, stays alert and receives family visits amid ongoing serious heart issues.
A Montreal report claiming Prime Minister Trudeau traveled to Spain to marry Carroll Guerin was dismissed as unfounded by Ottawa. Carroll Guerin’s relatives offered conflicting statements while Trudeau reportedly vacationing near Malaga with aides.
A weekend tally across Canada reports 81 deaths, 65 from traffic incidents. In other notes, a U.S. Air Force statement says an Atlas booster launch to place 12 satellites into multiple earth orbits appears to have failed. Rhodesian guerrilla fighting in Rhodesia claimed by two nationalist groups reports fourteen soldiers killed.
Five-year-old Maria Giannaris awoke hours after a heart transplant at Texas Children’s Hospital becoming the world’s second child to receive a donor heart. The donor was an 11-year-old boy who died from brain hemorrhage. twelve adults and children survived among recipients.
Pravda accuses Prague reformists of failing to meet the necessary rebuff as Vasili Juravski and Viktor Mayevsky cite a letter from 99 Prague car factory workers supporting Soviet troops. The denunciation follows a Pravda piece charging liberal anti socialist forces with increasing activity in breach of the Bratislava declaration.
Maria Giannaris, a five month old girl with congenital heart disease, received a heart transplant at Houston’s Texas Children’s Hospital after weeks of hospital care in Texas. Dr Denton A Cooley led a 105 minute operation. the donor heart started without electrical stimulation. The child later died several hours after surgery.
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