11 May 1968
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 11, 1968
Page
1
Fifteen coal miners emerged on a conveyor belt to freedom in Hominy Falls West Virginia after five days trapped by a flooded tunnel. Ten miners remained missing believed swept to their deaths when a wall breach released millions of gallons of water.
Riot police in gas masks crushed the latest Paris student uprising after hours of tear gas and clashes. Officials reported 367 injured and 468 arrested as thousands blocked Blvd St Michel. Labor unions called a Monday general strike to support students demanding university reform.
Prime Minister Trudeau told the British Columbia Council of Forest Industries he would consider recognizing the Communist regime on suitable terms to strengthen Sino Canadian contracts and stabilize international order. He urged understanding China through normal contacts and said B C will play a key role as a communication funnel. A jet from Ottawa delivered him to Vancouver where supporters welcomed him, but a bomb threat prompted a police search with no device found.
Saigon battles ease as U S forces report heavy toll on North Vietnamese troops. In the northern DMZ zone reinforcements support Marines around Dong Ha after sharp clashes with Viet Cong, while Hue and Saigon come under air and ground pressure to curb Viet Cong remnants.
In Paris American and North Vietnamese envoys agreed on procedural rules for Monday opening talks aimed at ending the Vietnam War. The session produced a calm mood with languages set as English and Vietnamese, French for documents.
The Poor People's Campaign faced a stabbing incident and housing problems as it travels toward Washington. In Georgia the Southern segment stayed in Macon with beds promised in Savannah, while organizers seek a Resurrection City in a park near the monuments with a 3,000-person permit lasting five weeks.
Higher farm operating costs and lower subsidies reduced net income for Canadian farmers in 1967 versus 1966, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Ralph Cowan, 66, loses Liberal nomination bid in Toronto High Park for the June 25 federal election. Up to eight dead in a two car head on collision near Scanterbury, Manitoba, near Winnipeg late Friday.
Fifth paratrooper body recovered from the Ottawa River near Wagner Point at dawn. Cpl. P. J. Misener, 24, Brantford, was the only single man lost, possibly unburdened of gear. Seven men total were lost in the misdirected training jump, with two others found earlier. An investigation into why 19 of 26 paratroopers landed in the water is underway.
A four month effort to boost the British economy by unpaid extra work loses steam as May arrivals show unpaid overtime shrinking. Five London stenographers sparked the drive with 200 colleagues backing it, backed by Prime Minister Wilson and Prince Philip, though unions opposed the idea as it risks eroding labor agreements. The core group of volunteers remains, about 20, while the broader movement has slowed, with advocates stressing a shift in productivity attitude rather than lasting unpaid labor.
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