05 Jul 1971
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 05, 1971
Page
1
Ottawa reports a possible one in ten chance of a full election. Trudeau keeps dates private while Liberals, Tories and others prepare, with Hees and Stanfield offering vague readouts. Officials warn a winter downturn could spark voting, and a formal decision rests with the Prime Minister.
Argentine officials say they will try the Braniff jet hijacker Robert Lee Jackson for kidnapping and theft despite U.S. extradition requests. Jackson and a Guatemalan companion surrendered at Buenos Aires airport after police blocked the plane. The FBI accuses Jackson of air piracy and assault with a deadly weapon.
Fifty-two aircraft began the London Victoria air race with 1 049 mile Ottawa to Winnipeg leg ahead. J H Blumschein of Meinerzhagen West Germany led in a Swearingen Merlin III, scoring 100 points on the Ottawa to Quebec City leg, while T D Philips of Wicklow Ireland moved to second and J Wright of Edmonton rose to third. Race ends in Victoria Saturday with top prize of £170000.
The New York Times reports on the Pentagon study finding United States agents conducted sabotage in Hanoi after Geneva 1954. Led by Col Edward Lansdale the team aimed at delaying transport by contaminating oil supplies and sabotaging buses and rail while Geneva adherence limited actions against water facilities and a power plant.
United States diplomats quietly weigh Hanoi’s latest peace offer as Kissinger meets Thieu in Saigon on a three point mission. Assessments focus on whether parts are negotiable despite unacceptable elements including full Viet Cong veto power and a rushed South Vietnamese withdrawal before the 1971 election.
In Tokyo a major cabinet reshuffle replaces Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi with Finance Minister Takeo Fukuda, signaling Fukuda as a leading contender for the premiership. Shigeru Hori becomes LDP secretary-general while other posts shift power among party rivals including Kakuji Tanaka and Yasuhiro Nakasone.
Egypt says it will allow reopening of the Suez canal only if Israel withdraws from territory occupied in 1967. A joint Egyptian Soviet communique links canal reopening to a full Israeli troop withdrawal to pre June 1967 lines. The note follows Mahmoud Riad and Moscow talks and hints at broader settlement must precede opening.
Salisbury Reuters reports fresh round of talks between British and Rhodesian negotiators led by Lord Goodman amid efforts to move toward a top level meeting with Ian Smith and Alec Douglas-Home or to abandon the attempt. The talks follow a contentious caneing incident involving Harare African students opposing unequal salaries.
U S Vice President Spiro Agnew says Hanoi may launch a pinpoint attack to trigger a public relations victory by exploiting U S media coverage. He cautions such strikes would not win militarily but could be used to embarrass the Vietnamization effort during his round of talks with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
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