26 Aug 1968
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1968
Page
1
Mayor Chuck Meagher, a 37 year old pharmacist at Medicine Hat General Hospital, will seek re election in the October 16 civic vote. He aims to complete projects started in the past two years and expects a broad issues campaign despite concerns about the mill rate rise.
Moscow dispatched reports say a withdrawal of Warsaw Pact troops from Czechoslovakia could occur within two months after talks between Czechoslovak and Soviet leaders. A communique and press controls were discussed, with Svoboda and Dubcek leading the delegation. No confirmation from Soviet authorities was available.
Demonstrations ignite after a 15 minute strike in Prague with Klaxons. A 14 year old boy killed by Russians spurs a funeral march in Wenceslas Square as Soviet leaflets fly and tanks move through the night. Civilians boo and mock soldiers while a crowd chants Moscow and defies occupation.
Chicago prepares for the 1968 Democratic National Convention amid unprecedented security. Police clash with demonstrators in Lincoln Park as federal troops bolster the city. Mayor Daley commands tens of thousands of officers to quell unrest while Hubert Humphrey leads on-venue campaigning with a pledged first ballot win of about 1,312 votes needed from 2,622.
India abstained from a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, triggering strong criticism within the Congress party. Parliament erupted in uproar as Indira Gandhi faced opposition walkouts and insults amid reports her leadership may be at risk.
The Democratic platform committee wrestles with a strong peace plank as divisions over Vietnam grow. Vice President Humphrey urges action toward talks with North Vietnam, while the bombing halt remains a key point. Delays push platform drafting past Sunday and threaten a split floor fight at the four day convention opening tonight.
A rockslide near Victor Lake, 250 miles east of Vancouver, derailed six cars of a CPR eastbound passenger train carrying 320 people. No fatalities were reported and crews worked to clear the line as officials hoped to restore service by tonight. Names were not released.
In South Vietnam the United States reports more than 6,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed in eight days of intensified combat. Marines near Con Thien cordoned over 300 enemy troops, while battles across the central highlands and northern coastal lowlands add to the toll.
Doctors at Walter Reed report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower holding his own amid a new wave of rapid heart action that struck Saturday and continued into Sunday. A Sunday bulletin said his condition remained essentially unchanged since earlier reports and no new episodes occurred in the afternoon update.
Radio Biafra claimed a Soviet Ilyushin bomber attacked a Red Cross mercy flight airstrip during H A Jagge's Addis Ababa visit. Lagos denied any agreement on corridors while Nigeria rejected neutral strips until mercy flights are inspected. Biafra radio said three bombs fell on the airstrip.
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