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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1968
Page
1
Paris reports say the cabinet accused ongoing strikes of trying to topple the Fifth Republic and install a totalitarian government. De Gaulle pledged to resist the move as 10 million workers faced wage talks and hours cutbacks.
Roman streets burned and glass lay scattered after student occupy actions at the University of Rome spurred by the Italian Communist party and pro Communist Socialists. About 5 000 youths joined the rally at the French Embassy where clashes with helmeted police left many injured and some detained.
The U.S. Navy flew two deep sea submersibles to the Azores to probe the ocean floor near the last Scorpion position. An observer, Dr. Joseph B. MacInnis of Port Credit Ontario, joins the Deep Diver with a 1,350 foot depth capability as crews sweep a 15 mile wide track and three plane patterns along the Scorpion’s 2,400 mile route from Norfolk to the Azores, with expected Azores arrival June 7.
In New York UN headquarters Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to bilateral talks on the Middle East situation. A London palace report said a Royal Navy frigate fired two shells at a British atomic research station by accident but both shots missed. In Montreal, four youths were hospitalized after a clash between rival motorcycle gangs drew more than 100 fighters. In Washington the Poor People's Campaign announced new leaders and vowed to intensify protests in Congress and government buildings.
Albert Murphy Canada’s first heart transplant patient remains in critical condition about 30 hours after receiving a heart from a Montreal donor. Despite a period of satisfactory blood pressure without the mechanical heart, coagulation problems persist and doctors say his fate hangs in the balance.
Agriculture Minister Greene campaigned for Edmonton West candidate Tevie Miller and urged stronger Liberal presence in Western Canada. He criticized Conservative Stanfield and vowed a new federal agricultural policy within a fiscally responsible Trudeau framework, stressing honesty and focus beyond wheat.
Viet Cong held out in Saigon's Chinese district as South Vietnamese forces and U.S. troops exchanged heavy fire. Government claims tallied 133 guerrillas killed with 18 troops dead. U.S. crews reported 58 Viet Cong killed and 7 Americans killed across three Saigon-area battles. North Vietnamese attacked Khe Sanh, sustaining 15 American deaths and 94 enemy deaths.
Stanfield pressed for unity and gentleness in Canadian life while Trudeau framed policy as a path to regional equality. Trudeau encountered travel delays due to fog in Atlantic Canada as NDP leader Douglas denounced Liberal drug price bills.
The Liberals prepared a comprehensive policy packet for candidates covering regional development, public services, and social programs. Pierre Trudeau highlighted a three‑team framework under a regional affairs department to advance industrial growth and better education health housing and transport.
Paris AP report notes Le Duc Tho, a top North Vietnamese official, may travel to Paris for talks with Xuan Thuy as U S and Viet Nam negotiators resume discussions. U S envoy Harriman and Thuy paused, with no de escalation progress. Cyrus Vance returns from Washington to report to Johnson.
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