30 Jan 1968
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1968
Page
1
Art Millington was released from Lethbridge jail on Monday after paying about 1,400 of roughly 2,000 in fines for 11 convictions of distributing milk without a licence. He had chosen a 90 day term in January but served only 24 days before changing his mind and leaving jail.
Mr. Millington defended continuing milking while awaiting a producer’s licence, saying rules were unclear and the jail term could be avoided. He described time behind bars as “one of those things” and noted milking would continue under government direction.
In Toulon France the French Navy mounts a time sensitive effort to reach the sea bottom and identify an object possibly the submarine Minerve. Jacques Cousteau's SP-300 diving saucer leads the operation with the first descent planned within 72 hours of last radio contact. The submarine carried 100 hours of oxygen.
US officials said Monday that bombing for talks in Vietnam has been privately conveyed to North Vietnam in response to its peace offensive. In South Vietnam, Saigon cancelled the 36 hour lunar new year truce as North Vietnam and Viet Cong attacked eight cities and hit Da Nang and Khe Sanh bases. The policy aims to halt bombing if Hanoi limits activity and starts talks within one to two days, with Clinton Clifford and state department backing.
The Pentagon announced new alerts of ships planes and men for possible Korean duty as the Pueblo crisis neared its second week. White House and State Department kept quiet on belligerent North Korean statements while Red Cross sought to contact North Korea over Pueblo casualties.
United States willing to invite North Korea to UN Security Council debate on the Pueblo seizure so as not to delay freeing the ship and crew of 83. Russia and Hungary favor unconditional invitation, with India and Algeria backing them. South Korea says North Koreans attempted to infiltrate DMZ for eighth day with no U.S. casualties. Park’s aides study swap idea for Pueblo crew, ministry calls it outrageous.
Dalton Camp says the Quebec Liberal wing’s rejection harms Confederation as Manpower Minister Jean Marchand and Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau appear to back abolition by silence. He blasts Trudeau for minimizing the monarchy issue and notes Trudeau has not met Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson ahead of the federal provincial talks.
Medicine Hat mayor Chuck Meagher said 1968 will bring little tax relief for property owners as provincial cabinet meetings indicate the tax ceiling may not be reached and funding sources like the Education Foundation Plan and Home Owner grant remain uncertain. The city submitted a 129 page brief with seven recommendations to ease the urban financial crisis.
Medicine Hat council approved the first reading of a bylaw to borrow 300000 toward an estimated 537000 pool cost. If Edmonton approves, a March vote will bind council with a majority needed. the pool would be an indoor roofed tank with a open toddler wading area, part of the B-1 renewal on the Flats and the Centennial Sports Complex.
Israeli forces fired on four Egyptian launches near Ismailia during a canal obstruction search that halted 15 stranded foreign ships. Egypt reported one launch damaged while Israel claimed two Egyptian tanks were knocked out and five Israeli soldiers were wounded after a 90 minute duel.
In London Charles Wilson, jailed after recapture in Canada, renews direct contact with fellow 1963 Great Train Robbery participants while Scotland Yard widens the probe. In Edmonton a 21 year old salesman seeks Liberal leadership. In Boston Dr. Spock with four others pleads not guilty to advising draft avoidance.
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