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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1967
Page
1
United States Nazi head George Lincoln Rockwell was killed by a sniper in a parking lot near his Arlington Virginia headquarters. Police described a gunman on a roof who fled, wearing a trench coat, as Rockwell, 47, was struck in the chest.
John Diefenbaker and several contenders push for the party leadership as the Sept. 59 convention in Toronto approaches. Fulton claims victory is near while McCutcheon Fleming Hamilton and Hees outline reform, foreign policy shifts, and new party structure amid a Quebec push.
Police pursue three armed men who fled in a light aircraft after robbing the Bryson Bank of Montreal branch of about $45,000 on Thursday. Other briefs note Israeli-Jordanian clashes near Jerusalem, English Channel swimmer Rosemary George's historic two way swim, Cyprus flare up at Limassol, and a South Vietnamese general staff shakeup.
Ottawa report says The Company of Young Canadians rejects claims of Communist infiltration while noting radicals contributed to the federally funded program. Executive Director Alan Clarke asserts there are no Communists in the CYC and that selection processes prevent totalitarian views. He cites interviews and a lack of police screening, while defending volunteers like David Depee amid a Yorkville disturbance.
Paris reports a French foreign ministry spokesman dismissed the Soviet US nonproliferation draft as a mere consolidation of nuclear monopoly. Reactions abroad were cautious with concerns over lack of international verification and Geneva conference limits. French leaders boycott Geneva, while Japan cautiously welcomes but critics reject gaps. Britain notes absence of nuclear inspection clause.
Chinese troops and British forces clashed at Lowu frontier with machine gun fire and two bombs. No Hong Kong casualties were reported though a bomb reportedly bounced back into Chinese territory. British troops used tear gas and a smoke grenade to scatter stone throwers as farmers crossed to work their fields. Lam Bun, anti-Communist radio comedian, died after Communist attackers set him alight.
Drumheller Alberta hosts Canada's newest penitentiary a $9 million medium security campus with 20 buildings on 64 acres. It will house 450 by full operation and offers Grade 12 education plus vocational training. Warden Pierre Jutras says a relaxed atmosphere aims to build self reliance while prisoners face selective screening and staff training.
Washington AP The House after a 15 hour session voted 202 to 194 to cut Johnson's foreign aid to 2.8 billion dollars, about 200 million more than the Senate. Major reductions include 150 million from development loans 72 million from Alliance for Progress 25 million from the contingency fund and 60 million for NATO dropped as money was already authorized.
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