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Medicine Hat News

Location

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Date

Jul 09, 1968

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Blaiberg Still Improving After Heart Transplant

CAPE TOWN AP Blaiberg the 59 year old retired dentist and world’s longest surviving heart transplant recipient showed further improvement after a good night’s sleep. He remained on anti lymphocyte serum flown from Europe for pneumonia while recovering from a hepatitis and doctors previously considered a second transplant but he began to recover. Dr Christiaan Barnard said Blaiberg has regained his will to live and the heart is functioning better.

Cape Town Philip Blaiberg Europe Blaiberg Christiaan Barnard

Nixon confident of victory in Republican race

Associated Press reports former vice president Richard Nixon asserts his primary wins should secure the GOP nomination even if polls favor rival Nelson Rockefeller. Ronald Reagan rejects Rockefeller ticket talk. Hum­phrey pledges to push education housing and food for youth. In Alabama, 69 college students seek signatures to place George C. Wallace on Massachusetts ballot.

Associated Press Richard M. Nixon Nelson A. Rockefeller New York Nixon California Ronald Reagan Rockefeller Reagan Hubert Humphrey Alabama George C. Wallace Massachusetts

Pryable ministers sackable Trudeau in Ottawa briefing

Prime Minister Trudeau challenges reporters to pry information from ministers and warned that any proable minister would be fired. Cabinet arrivals at the east block show tension as journalists press for answers amid a chaotic press area and tour crowd.

Ottawa Trudeau Parliament Hill

Artillery exchange kills 31 civilians near Suez

In a six mile front across the Suez Canal Israeli artillery and tanks killed 31 civilians and wounded 58 in Monday fighting. A military communique said several houses in Elarbeen district Suez were destroyed during two hour barrages. An Egyptian soldier was wounded. Israel said Egyptians attacked north of Port Taufiq triggering the clash. Ceasefire followed. Nasser was in Moscow meeting Soviet officials.

Cairo Suez Canal Elarbeen Suez Israel Port Taufiq Jordan Nasser Moscow

Couve de Murville Replaces Pompidou as French Premier

Paris Reuters reports President de Gaulle will replace Georges Pompidou with Maurice Couve de Murville to drive economic recovery and radical social reform. Pompidou, 57, resigns after leading Gaulists to a historic victory amid May and June unrest over workers participation in management.

Paris Reuters de Gaulle Georges Pompidou Maurice Couve de Murville Pompidou Couve de Murville Finance Ministry

Two men dam river to protest pollution near border

Centreville activists attempt to dam the Presque Isle River using bulldozers in a protest against cross border water pollution that left thousands of dead fish along the Maine New Brunswick border. RCMP monitored but did not intervene as eight bulldozers were pledged to continue the action.

Woodstock N.B Presque Isle Centreville Maine New Brunswick RCMP Robert Caines Florenceville Caines Here St. John River United States

Johnson to meet Thieu in Hawaii amid Vietnam talks

President Johnson will meet South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu in Honolulu around July 20 for two days to discuss the Vietnam war and Paris talks. Thieu postponed a planned two week U S visit citing Viet Cong threats and possible coup risks.

President Johnson Thieu Hawaii Saigon Johnson Nguyen van Thieu South Vietnam Honolulu Paris United States Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky Harold E. Holt U.S Viet Cong National Liberation Front

CIA Agents in Quebec Monitor Separatist Movement

Ottawa report says CIA agents operate in Quebec focusing on separatist activity, mainly at the University of Montreal, paying students to write about the movement. The arrangement may influence U.S. policy if Quebec secedes, while RCMP ties to CIA are unclear. Separatist scrutiny aligns with planned military studies professorships at five Canadian universities funded up to 250000 dollars annually.

Ottawa USS Central Intelligence Agency Quebec CIA University of Montreal U.S Canada RCMP Federal Bureau of Investigation Mounties Carleton University Acadia Wolfville N.S Laval Quebec City Queen’s Kingston University of Victoria Defence Department

Ex-convict surrenders after eight day siege in Sydney

Wallace Mellish, 23, who kept police at bay by threatening to kill his wife and baby, surrendered with their 13 week old son. He said he wanted to join the Australian Army and fight in Vietnam. Police promised no jail if he cooperated and allowed a marriage at gunpoint.

Sydney Australia Reuters Wallace Mellish Vietnam Beryl Mellish Norman Allan Allan Clyde Paton Long Bay

Ray Appeals Extradition Case Set For July 29 in London

James Earl Ray will appeal extradition to the United States in the British High Court on July 29. The hearing is expected to last at least two days. Ray appeared for one minute at Bow Street Magistrate's Court on charges from June 8 involving forged Canadian passports and an unlicensed gun. He was remanded to Wandsworth Prison for seven more days by Chief Magistrate Frank Milton.

London James Earl Ray United States Ray Martin Luther King Jr Bow Street Frank Milton Wandsworth

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