Dubcek Faces Ouster Amid Czechoslovak Power Shifts
Prague reports Premier Oldrich Cernik accuses Alexander Dubcek of withholding key information as liberal and conservative factions clash after the Soviet invasion anniversary. Observers foresee a central committee move to strip Dubcek of the Communist party presidency and possibly federal speaker, with Smrkovsky’s post at risk amid turbulence.
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Callaghan Arrives in Belfast to Restore Normality in NI
British Home Secretary James Callaghan arrives in Belfast to work with Northern Ireland leaders, expects British troops to stay beyond a three day visit, and aims to foster conditions for peace while addressing fears of injustice and discrimination among Catholics. He vows not to dictate but to aid a lasting settlement with emphasis on fair play, policing reform, and reconciliation.
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Mexico floods leave 50,000 homeless and 13 dead
Prolonged rains in southern Mexico slacken after days of downpour. Widespread flooding leaves about 50,000 people homeless and at least 13 dead. In Moscow an airliner crashkills around 15 with many injured at Vnukovo Airport. In Buenos Aires thousands join a 24 hour general strike defying the military government.
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Last of U S troops to be withdrawn start moving out
Reuters reports the last 25 000 U S troops to withdraw began leaving Vietnam as 9th Infantry Division units and a Marine squadron depart. The redeployment marked a month since Nixon Thieu announced the pullout, with overall U S strength estimated at about 515 000 in two weeks amid continued fighting near Da Nang and along the central highlands.
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No News Monday Labor Day Observance Notice
The Medicine Hat News will not publish on Monday September 1 in observance of Labor Day. Advertisers must note deadlines shift with Friday August 29 for Tuesday September 2 and Saturday August 30 at noon for Wednesday September 3.
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Arab states plan Islamic summit and Arab defence talks
Arab ministers in Cairo agreed to convene a Muslim nations summit led by Saudi Arabia and Morocco and to hold a defense council meeting in Cairo in early November. They aim to mobilize Arab military potential against Israeli actions and to unify on Palestinian questions while the UN Security Council condemned Israel.
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British Columbia vote shapes fate of 17 year Social Credit rule
Premier W A C Bennett fights to win a 55 seat legislature with a likely five seat majority as 1,151,806 voters cast ballots from 8am to 8pm PDT. Weather predicts rain on the coast, sun in the interior, amid 177 candidates including three major parties and John de Wolf leading the Progressive Conservatives.
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Social Credit
British Columbia
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Bennett
Vancouver South
NDP
Norman Levi
Robert Bonner
Cariboo
B.C
John de Wolf
Bombed Canadian embassy in Vienna reopens on limited basis
Police described a Hungarian-born Canadian as a maniac who threw gasoline bombs that killed two Austrian employees and injured 23 people at the Canadian embassy. A suspect, Colman Losonczy, born in Eger, Hungary, admitted he threw the bombs and may have an accomplice. witnesses saw him at the scene.
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Wheat price cuts hit export wheat at Lakehead and ports
The Canadian Wheat Board cut export prices again, applying only to lower grades at Lakehead Churchill and eastern ports. No. 3 Northern down two cents, No. 4 Northern six cents. Nos. 4 5 6 7 feed grades also lowered. Vancouver prices unchanged. U.S. also reduced some export prices by up to ten cents.
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Train crash probes begin after Alberta derailment
Five CN Rail officials arrived to probe a derailment near Mirror Alberta that sent 30 people to Bashaw Hospital. The one car passenger train went through an open switch, striking stationary grain loaded boxcars on a siding. Eleven were trapped for over two hours. seven Alberta residents among the injured. Engineman Bruce R. Wilson of Camrose was among the four hospitalized with cuts and shock.
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