10 May 1965
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 10, 1965
Page
1
A fragmented summary notes plans for a centennial commemoration at the Centennial facility, while City departments discuss funding and potential cost cuts. Officials consider tax or rate adjustments to cover expenses and review public works allocations for infrastructure and celebratory events.
In Santo Domingo the rebel leader Col Francisco Caamano Deno rejects a surrender offer from the five man military civilian junta led by Gen Antonio Imbert Barrera. Barrera warns of a possible attack while seeking to avert bloodshed. Reports say junta forces may exceed 25 000 troops with 30 tanks and air support.
The Star reports Lucien Rivard, linked to a bribery inquiry and a jail escape, seen in Fort Lauderdale near the Bahia Mar marina. A waitress says Rivard was a regular visitor to the yacht dock, appearing about a month ago and stopping for coffee twice weekly.
U S and South Vietnamese aircraft pounded targets in North Viet Nam from midnight Sunday through Sunday night. Bridges roads and railway facilities were reported damaged along with vehicles and emplacements. A navy jet pilot was killed during a strafing dive. Two U S soldiers died and eight were wounded in a six hour engagement with Viet Cong near Saigon.
British Prime Minister Wilson held talks with Economics Minister George Brown as sources deny Brown resignation over steel nationalization. The dispute surged after Brown hinted at possible concessions before a Commons vote, prompting left wing turmoil and unity pleas from Ray Gunter. Brown floated listening to plans allowing a takeover under 1 percent while right wing MPs urged 51 percent government control.
In San Francisco Inez Blackman entered hospital to donate a kidney to her daughter Jessie Canty. Surgeons removed both kidneys from Canty in a prior operation and plan a transplant Tuesday to give Canty a healthy kidney from Blackman. The daughter praises her mother as the doctors prepare for the transfer and routine ovation is expected.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will spend two days in the Selma area counting gains and losses in the civil rights campaign. He is set to speak Tuesday night as Rev. Andrew Young says the SCLC will hold writing clinics to help Negroes qualify as voters.
In London two financially strapped Britons with top ministry roles admitted spying for pay. Frank Bossard, 52, an aviation ministry engineer, drew 2 years for passing Soviet missile secrets. Percy Allen, 35, defence ministry clerk, received 10 years for selling documents to the United Arab Republic and Iraq. Both cases were prosecuted by Sir Frederick Elwyn Jones.
In a tense move two Soset diplomats are expelled and Canada seeks clarity on the incident. Prime Minister Pearson and cabinet officials promise a thorough inquiry as Ottawa coordinates with allied nations and monitors reactions across Western Canada.
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