Trudeau Leads Liberals to Clear Victory in Canada Vote
Pierre Elliott Trudeau dominated the 1968 Canadian election guiding the Liberal Party to a majority government for the first time since 1962. The 48 year old leader, named Liberal head in April, secured strong returns from Quebec and Ontario ensuring a solid mandate beyond Lester B. Pearson.
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Toronto
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberal Party
Liberals
Lester B. Pearson
Trudeau
Quebec
Quebec Conservatives suffer heavy losses in provinces
The report notes that Conservative popularity faded in Ontario with most cabinet ministers losing their posts while in Quebec the Conservatives were nearly wiped out. Marcel Faribault, allied with Robert Stanfield, was defeated by Liberal Arthur Portelance as provincial seats shifted toward the Liberals amid National Union support.
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Ing
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Ontario
Lincoln Alexander
Hamilton
Trudeau Leads Liberals as Canadian Vote Counts Roll In
The Canadian election on election eve sees Liberals leading with 128 seats to 49 for Conservatives and 14 for Creditistes after 264 seats. Stanfield concedes from Atlantic strong showing and Ontario gains, while Trudeau and Stanfield win their home districts. Pearson retires from candidacy.
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House of Commons
Liberals
Conservatives
New Democratic Party
Creditistes
Stanfield
Trudeau
Montreal
Halifax
Real Caouette
Creditste
Quebec
Pearson
B52 raids hit river points near Cambodia in Saigon push
American forces report first large B52 strikes against river targets 15 to 20 miles from the Cambodian border in Tay Ninh Province as part of a broader drive to disrupt Viet Cong supply routes around Saigon. Casualties include 19 Americans and 16 Thai troops after five helicopter crashes.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Tay Ninh
Vinh
U.S. Command
Lynn Roberts elected governor at Girls State convention
Lynn Roberts of Great Falls won the Montana gubernatorial race at the Girls State convention held at Montana State University. She defeated opponent Vickie Christie of Butte.
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Bozeman
Lynn Roberts
Great Falls
Montana State University
Vickie Christie
Butte
Nixon leads GOP delegate race toward Miami convention
Nixon holds 445 of the 667 first ballot votes needed for the Republican nomination with Rockefeller at 180. A large pool of 373 delegates backs favorites, 219 are uncommitted, and 87 remain to be chosen as the convention opens August 5 in Miami Beach. In the Democratic race Humphrey leads McCarthy 4862 to 3504 with 1,312 votes to win in Chicago.
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Richard Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Montana
Tim Babcock
Eugene McCarthy
Dminn
Miami Beach
Open pit silver mine starts near Helena
Cal Mont Associates led by Dr A L Solgaard begins open pit silver mining northeast of Helena. Secretary Frank Murray says sampling indicates a large high quality deposit and ore will be processed at the East Helena Unit of American Refining.
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Helena
Cal-Mont Associates
A. L. Solgaard
Merced County
Calif
Frank Murray
Murray
East Helena
Americans & Refining For Processi
Mayor Heads East to Save Butte Bus System
Mayor Thomas F Powers and attorney James Robischon depart for Washington DC to argue for continued IRS excise tax exemptions for Butte Bus Lines. They will meet IRS general counsel, with Robischon representing Butte Bus Lines and Powers aiding local business, labor, and education interests.
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Thomas F. Powers
James Robischon
Butte
Washington, D.C
Internal Revenue Service
Robischon
Butte Bus Lines, Inc
Art Kalerchik
Jim Boldt
Powers
IRS
City Transit Commission
Dust settles around land buying hassle
Montana's highway commission backed an out of court settlement to acquire two small parcels near Columbus but said negotiations should be led by state attorneys, not Chief Engineer Lewis M. Chittim. The move appeared to avert immediate resignations of two highway department attorneys.
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Jerry Holloron
Standard State Bureau
Helena
Montana
S Highway Commission
Columbus
Con
Lewis M. Chittim
Highway Department
Robert Fradet
Gerald
State Supreme Court
Alley
Sullivan
Chittim
Shantytown Demolition and Capitol Mule Train Rally
In Washington a Poor People's Campaign mule train reached the Capitol area while Rev. Ralph Abernathy, jailed for 20 days on unlawful assembly charges, remained free. Demolition crews tore down Resurrection City as authorities considered curfew measures amid heat and tension.
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Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
Walter E. Washington
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Resurrection City
Poor People
Anaconda hospital to change hands after 79 years
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth announce they will stop operating St. Ann Hospital in Anaconda after 79 years. No new operator named yet. Sister Mary Francine cites staff shortages and fewer sisters as factors and says state health officials have been notified. A study planning group with labor business churches and city offices will meet to discuss a change in administration.
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Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
St. Ann Hospital
Anaconda
Mary Francine
Francine
State Board of Health
Hospital Association
Postmasters convene as austerity pledge voiced
Montana Association of Postmasters begins its 34th annual convention with election of officers and an address by Congressman Arnold Olsen. Olsen will speak at the banquet in the Silver Bow Ballroom at the Finlen Hotel, as the gathering runs Tuesday to Thursday with reports, memorials, and the 1969 convention site selection.
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Montana Association of Postmasters
Arnold Olsen
Olsen
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
James J. Symbol
Earl J. Ingebright
Harold M. Bryam
Post Office Department
Seattle
Rosaline D. Neary
Northomne
Richard Pursifull
Slayter
Pursifull
Columbia Gardens
Symbol
Fair to partly cloudy warmth in Butte Anaconda today
Weather table notes fair to partly cloudy conditions for Butte Anaconda with no precipitation today and a 10 percent chance tonight. High around 80 and low near 46 with figures from the current day, compared to 76 and 40 a year ago.
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Butte-Anaconda
Rockefeller to speak at Helena Press Club breakfast
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, a Republican presidential hopeful, accepted an invitation to address Helena Montana locals at a Last Chance Press Club breakfast next Tuesday. The event is open to the public and follows visits by Nixon and McCarthy as Montana delegates remain uncommitted.
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Helena
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Last Chance Press Club
Rockefeller
Mike Voeller
Press Club
Richard M. Nixon
Icy tide kills thousands of fish along Florida coast
Marine biologists report an icy underwater upwelling driven by Hurricane Brenda chilled 70 miles of Florida coast and killed thousands of tropical fish. Divers faced 60 foot depths as surface 65 F dropped to 43 F. hundreds of pounds of reef fish were found.
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Frank Murray
West Palm Beach
Fila
Atlantic Ocean
Brenda
Florida
Gulf Stream
da Board of Conservation
Purdom
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Miami
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