20 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1969
Page
1
President Milton Obote was shot in the head at a Uganda Peoples Congress congress and is recovering from non serious wounds. An armed man was arrested and a state of emergency declared with bans on major opposition parties.
Police stepped up the hunt for an anarchist linked mass bombing wave after charging five upper‑class students in Rome and Milan with mass slaughter. Four blasts killed 14 and injured 107. investigators seek the alleged mastermind and possible wider group.
North Vietnamese supply trucks moving south in Laos rose from about 250 weekly in October to 1,000 in November and over 2,000 weekly in the last two weeks, as monsoon conditions eased and roads improved. U.S. officials predict possible enemy offensive early next year amid intensified air strikes.
Ottawa CP reports Canada's 1000 member Canadian Air Traffic Control Association voted to approve a new government contract ending a looming strike. The 27 month deal grants 13 percent pay rise, a 36 hour work week, and four weeks vacation after 12 years. Final tallies awaited due to remote airports.
One Medicine Hat resident is among 209 Canadians drawn in the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes. The unnamed man holds a Drumskill ticket among 47 horses entered for the Leopardstown race on December 27. Eligible ticket holders win about $1,000. first place pays about $130,000, second about $52,000, and third about $26,000.
Arab kings and presidents from 11 states plus representatives from three others and Palestinian groups convened in Rabat to unify strategy against Israel. Arafat seeks to push for force, while moderates push for negotiated settlement despite possible public secrecy.
A Chilean student with far left views hijacked a LAN Chile Boeing 727 as it neared Santiago en route to Asuncion. The jet landed in Havana with 88 passengers and 11 crew after the hijacker, Patricio Alarcon, seized control at gunpoint. Fifteen women and children were allowed to disembark during a fueling stop at Arica.
Parliament ends for holidays as the government moves to tighten control over the Company of Young Canadians and place it under financial trusteeship. Royal assent given to a bill to audit all company expenses by a comptroller while debates on taxation continue.
The Medicine Hat NEWS will skip Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Holiday deadlines are: display ads due 5 p.m. Dec 23 and 12 noon Dec 24. for Dec 29 display ads due noon Dec 24 and for classified ads due noon Dec 27.
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