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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1968
Page
1
Ottawa reels after Premier Johnson dies leaving a leadership void on Canada’s future federation issues. The crisis centers on the constitution and relations with France, with Trudeau and provincial premiers in the crossfire. Ottawa had hoped Johnson would steer negotiations calmly with Ottawa and Paris.
Premier Daniel Johnson of Quebec, 53, died in bed at Manicouagan while on a visit to the hydro project. He suffered a heart attack after returning from recuperation and had appeared in public days earlier, discussing health and October plans. His body was flown to Quebec City for lying in state. funeral arrangements were to be announced. The death follows a prior heart attack last July and a recent public appearance.
In Mexico City sporadic violence continued as students burned buses and fired at shopkeepers who refused to support their demands for a larger voice in government. Police intervened in the southeast, with unconfirmed reports of one death and two wounded amid ongoing clashes following higher casualties on Monday and Tuesday.
An all candidates forum for civic election candidates will be held at the Junior College Friday Oct 11 at 8 p m. Mayoralty candidate Harry Weiner will address the Jaycees Oct 1 at the Park Lane Hotel. Mayor Chuck Meagher will speak to the public at Crestwood school Sept 27 Elm Street school Sept 30 and McCoy school Oct 3.
In Quebec City Premier Daniel Johnson said he would cut relations with France if they endangered Canadian unity. Speaking at his first news conference since a heart attack, he dismissed Ottawa's opposition as overblown and reaffirmed Quebec’s aim to maintain relations with France.
In Ottawa the government refused to identify the person at the center of a security case despite opposition questions. Prime Minister Trudeau said releasing the name could breach civil liberties while former PM Diefenbaker criticized the remarks. The public servant, reportedly in the defence department's intelligence branch, resigned after being caught trying to sell classified information to undercover RCMP posing as Russian agents.
Prague officials delayed talks with Moscow on normalizing relations and Warsaw Pact troop withdrawal. They ousted two radio and television chiefs to blunt Russian criticism, but Tass accused Czechoslovak media of aiding counter revolutionary forces and failing to tell the truth about anti socialist activities.
Ottawa reports a revised 1968-69 budget outlook with spending up by 410 million to 10.6709 billion. The deficit, near 500 million, could shrink if revenue holds, though a gap remains despite surtaxes and announced plans.
Canada was elected to one of the 17 vice presidencies of the 23rd General Assembly steering committee, a return to such a post since the 15th Assembly in 1960 61. The committee, overseeing agenda items and committee study priorities, recommended December 20 as a target session date and gave top priority to the Middle East. the body also noted the United States stance on debate over Communist China, with past votes showing mixed support and abstentions including Canada.
Ottawa reports spring budget measures reduce more than 2 million dollars in Medical Research Council and National Research Council grants. Cairo says Middle East danger level unchanged since last year’s war. Montreal to airlift aid to Gabon for 600 Biafran children rescued from the conflict.
Edmonton CP Premier E C Manning says the death of Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson is a shock to all Canadians. He notes Johnson was active in public affairs and had much to contribute, describing him as a young man with a bright future.
The report notes Premier Maurice Duplessis died in September 1959 after a cerebral hemorrhage at the Schefferville iron ore centre. On his way to a CBC Quebec press conference, Premier Johnson was escorted past Quebec Liquor Board strikers who have shut up shop since June 25, witnesses say he was pressured but not harmed.
LISBON AP Dictator Antonio Salazar's replacement by Marcello Caetano is expected to bring little change immediately to Portugal's authoritarian system but may lead to cautious liberal reforms later. President Americo Thomaz designated Caetano to form a new government as Portugal has lacked a functioning government since Salazar's near death stroke.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey outlined a "new strategy for peace" stressing that the United States must not march alone in foreign policy. He called for careful assessment of national interests, regional and multilateral responsibility, and selective American assistance, citing Southeast Asia as a guide. The San Francisco speech aimed to win disaffected Democrats as he campaigns against Nixon.
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