10 May 1968
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 10, 1968
Page
1
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The Quebec legislature passed a bill to ensure Montreal can appeal to the Supreme Court if Mayor Jean Drapeau s voluntary tax program is ruled an illegal lottery. Justice Minister Jean Jacques Bertrand introduced the measure to deem the Quebec Appeal Court opinion as a court judgment. Also noted are sittings in Newfoundland Manitoba and Ontario with related tax and divorce reforms discussed.
London reports say electoral and financial woes threaten Prime Minister Wilson as Labour suffers sweeping defeats in municipal elections across Britain. The pound hit a near gold-crisis low while Conservative gains surged in England and Wales, including decisive victories in London boroughs and steel city Sheffield.
Washington area troops go on alert for the Poor Peoples Campaign weekend. The Pentagon cites prudent actions with no details, while nearby National Guard units drill and stand ready for riot duties. The plan involves three stages starting with 18,000 DC guard members backing city police.
In London the pound fell sharply after Cecil King attacked Prime Minister Wilson in a newspaper editorial. King then resigned as a Bank of England director, shares dropped across the London Stock Exchange, and the currency slid to about 2.39 dollars. The market reaction followed King's critique of the Wilson government and overshadowed local election results.
The first procedural session in Paris opened with Cyrus Vance and Ha Van Lau meeting near the Arc de Triomphe. Xuan Thuy and Harriman stayed in background as Hanoi pressed for a halt to bombing. Thuy labeled U.S. withdrawal and unification as core aims of peace.
Western observers discount talk of an imminent Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Diplomatic sources say Moscow’s posture shows strain from Prague’s liberalization but no signs of a Hungarian style crackdown. Reports of troops near Andrychow 18 miles from the frontier remain unconfirmed rumors amid Warsaw Pact maneuver plans.
U S bombs and artillery hit Viet Cong holdouts along Saigon as peace talks in Paris loom. A 95th Infantry Division battalion commander ordered airstrikes and a rolling barrage on the last major Viet Cong force, halting a six day offensive. Intelligence says combined forces crushed waves near Saigon and nearly 3,000 Viet Cong killed around the capital since Sunday.
Gordon Pollard reports that Elmer Hancock will not seek the Conservative nomination in Medicine Hat for the June 25 federal election. Hancock, a card-carrying member of both Socred and Progressive Conservative groups, says unity between the Socreds and Conservatives is unlikely to happen there before the vote and will attend the Conservative nominating convention instead.
Twenty six soldiers leapt from three aircraft near Petawawa base at night. Twenty two hit the Ottawa River in 42 degree water. fifteen reached shore with help. Seven were missing as divers recovered bodies of Cpl Clements and WO Ridell while others remained unaccounted for. A board of inquiry led by Col Wenz investigates why only four survived.
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