19 May 1973
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 19, 1973
Page
1
A Senate Watergate hearing source says investigators believe former presidential counsellor John Ehrlichman authorized repeated clemency offers to James. The claim links Ehrlichman to possible executive clemency attempts amid the Watergate disclosures.
The National Energy Board approved an 8.6 percent average rate increase for Trans-Canada PipeLines with 2.4 percent in the West and 10.2 percent in southern Ontario and Quebec. Consumers’ impact depends on provincial action on distributor costs. increases take effect the filing month. In a prior decision the board allowed a nine percent return on 1970 rate base.
Rhodesia calls Zambia's account of two Canadian visitors killed at Victoria Falls "deliberate murder" and accuses soldiers of firing for hours. The two 19 year old tourists Christine Sinclair and Marian Drijber died while swimming toward a Zambian power station. John Crothers was wounded. his wife Carol's statement conflicted with the Zambian explanation.
A Venezuelan turboprop hijacked by four young leftists departed Merida International Airport for Mexico City after over four hours on the tarmac. The hijackers demanded the release of 35 political prisoners and navigational charts to Cuba, while authorities offered no clear resolution on passengers or crew.
Montreal police and Quebec authorities intensified the search for Jean-Paul Mercier and Gilles Gingras after three other escapees were captured in Laval. Raids expanded to Ste Marguerite and Masson Lake, with 12 holdup squad members and five anti-terrorist officers involved led by Sgt. Albert Lisacek. Lisacek attempted to kick down a basement door in Longueuil but failed.
Astronauts in bulky suits rehearse emergency repair for the Skylab 1 space station. Mission control evacuates heat by depressuring the cabin to purge toxic gases while evaluating two sunshade methods. Conrad Kerwin and Weitz prepare for a possible Friday launch with the Johnson Space Centre practicing repair steps.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt signed a 10 year accord on economic industrial and technical cooperation in Bonn amid large protests in Bonn and the Ruhr. The pact focuses on private West German trade to energize the agreement with barter plans and gas and steel deals under consideration. Brezhnev was to visit a Soviet cultural exhibit in Dortmund on Monday.
The White House said President Nixon would not resign amid the Watergate scandal. Press secretary Ronald Ziegler rejected resignations and said Nixon intends to complete his second term. McCord testified about clemency offers and Nixon's involvement was denied.
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