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Barrie Examiner, 6 Nov 1968, p. 1

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examines rstsraouss formulae MAW ml an otheremu gm lath Your No 258 Bepublicdas gainSlx new Gavernorships WASHINGTON AP nepun licans ousted Democratic gover nors in six states Tuesday and increased to minimum of 29 their majority of the state houses in the United Slates Democrats snntcd Rbodc is land and liontana from the He pubiicans but lost control in New Hampshire Delaware in diapa lows Vermont and West Virginia Of the at governorship con lasts Republicans were assured of 11 Democrats of eight and two racesArkansas and lili nolsremaincd in doubt Before election day Republicans held 164024 edge Governors winning reelection included Republicans lad Wil liams of Arizona David Cargo of New Mexico Daniel Evans of Washington and War ren Knowles of Wisconsin and Democrats Robert Docking of Kansas Warren Hearnes of Missouri William Guy at North Dakota and Calvin Hampton of Utah In Rhudc lsiand Demotiat Rank friclit iorrner state judge and legislator defeated Republican Governor John Chaiec who was trying for fourth twauear term as gover Anderson frustrated cam in several provinces that the federal government is press nor in Montana Democratic Attorneyflenurai Forrest recondth bid of Governor Tim prcook aRepublican Delawares Charles LTerry Democrat who at 68 was pantry oidest governor was defeat in his reelcdicn Democrat to Why Republican Russell Peterson Tsny suffered heart attack 0cm his second Vermonta iovernorship re verted to Wilcanlor the first time in six yearn with the victory of Deane Davis who defeated Heatenantcwernm John Daley 45 Governor Pldiip Hoff Democratr6 tired In Kansas Robert Docking became only the second Dfillo crat in the states history to win second twoyear term defeat ing Rick liarman Dockings lia thcr George was the iirst repeat as gover nor lieutenantGovernor Preston Smith Democrat wasvsuc cessiul in maintaining the par tys hold of the Texas gover nors mansion vacated after three twoyear term by John Connaliy Cong Blow Up Vietnam Bridge SAIde as Vietcong guerrillas today blew out the two central spans of the 1000 foot Phu Cuonglirldge the big gm permanent span built by he United States engineers in South Vietnam anarchy spokesmanpaid frogmen evidently floatcd mamivc charge beneath the heavilygnarded bridge just be fore dawn er Medicdre UilAWA CF Provincial hcalth ministers went home bristling Tuesday leaving iedtr aiHealtbniinister John Munro to explain why they are angry Explainhe did at an hourlong new conference after the two dAy federalprovincial health conference behind closed doors He distributed 1500word communique that announced sweeping federal withdrawals from number of sharedcost health programsand reported inaeveral instances provincial disapproval of the moves The conference was called to among other thingstlarify par ticipation in and soaring costs of the national medical care in suranceprogram However the programs future was left more uncertain than ever Left unclear were these points Will the federal govern ment opt out ot direct participa tion in the insurance scheme within five years as allowed by the operative legislation Which provinces will participate in the scheme WILL GO AEEAD Mr Munro said there is con ing them to participate while withdrawing itself Were hing ahead he said Asked later to square this withPrime Minister lrudeaus statement Monday in the Com mg majority in both branches of iiiretain their grip on lre Senate andHousecf ohmesentatives offices and committee chairmanships that pic major roles in shaping and dllnglégialatioh monsthathls government would exercise its optionfito get outwhile giving the provinces additional tart compensation3 Mr Munro said That is not my understanding Donovan Ross Alberta health minister told reporters that if the federal government is so concerned about national insurance program theyd heir ter take overthe whale damn thingrand runit themselves Gunmenliob CNR Train MONTREALcm llhree armed and masked men rdbbed Canadian Natlonalltallways train of two mailbagsTuesday night only minutes after Brinks Express Co guards delivered them to the train it was not knownhow much the mailbag contentswere worth The trainrwas standing in Central Station when the rob bery occurred The robbers dressed as rail way employees and carrying re yolvers approached postal em ployees at 329pm VaCNR spokeman said The train boundfor Halifax was due to depart at 530 pm sMocaars HOLD House of Representatives were filled Latest returns gave the Dem ocrals 58 Senate seats com pared WithGa in the sons Con gre TheRapubiicaos wera give 4o com ared with 31 Noseats eredubtf the House returns tabu ialedso far gave the Democrats Jud seats and the Republicans 181 with six seatsrdnnbtlui This comparedwitn 246 Democrats Congress nevertheless will have mewhat more conservative cast with the ublican ga Itaped the return of other The Democrats margins at redirced in both chambers lhirtyfour oithe loo Senate seats and all 535 seats in the and his Republican with three vacancies in the previous con grass VETERANS hose Veteran enatorr fromloklaho and Pensylvanla woralop votes iirhchraibdllegé Vote 5Décisiteiln chse Race ayancnMnKsNZIe srnNGmN cryLnepuhhcan Richard Nixon capped political resurrectiontoday by gaining the American presidency he was denied by handful of votes eight years ago The former vicepresident 55 in the closest most dramatic election finish of recent times iinaily smashed the impasse createdinTuesdays balloting De ocrat Hubert Humphrey 57 President John sons eprcsident and wouldbench in afinal cam paign stampedealmost equalled Nixons popular vote bu foundered in thefvital harvest of Electoral College George Wanace4o the whit uprémacisi third party force from Alabama played spoiler role that threatened for hours after pollsclosed to frustrate dental victory by any of the three candidates That could have deferred the issue to the new 9ist Congress next year Nikon bloke through do tory by capturing 73 electoral votes more than he needed nundocrwos bare malorlty in the aidrum PRESIDENTELECT RlCHARIDNlXON AND HIS WIFE PAT search liar Crowd litter Ship Burns new YORK the Cand dian and American aimrait and United States Coast Guard cut ters searched the North Atlantic today for 25 crew members who abandoned Norwegianflag tanker after anexnlosion and fire Three men were found Mon day aboard the tanker Etnetjell ailerflhursdays fire and blast 350 miles southeast of Cape Farewell Greenland The Examiner TODAY Ann Loaderst City News2 gt Classified1319 Comics24 Deaths1a Districtms EditorialL Sporthlz13 Theatre1 TV ListingZ weatherz WomenH1 Republican Barry Goldwater of Arizonavhose crushing 1964 presidential defeat helped main tain the Democrats powerful congressional control returned easiiyio the Senate Goldwaters victoryaod the defeat Democratic Senators Joseph Miké Monroney of highlighted aliepub at res Republicans also took away seats in Florida and Maryland Republican Max Ratierty lost to Democrat AlanVCraoston in as close battle iorthe seat heldiby nled as Republicpnawhiltled wnbut faUed tosovercom thaDamoerats substantial lairy orrawa or Finance MinistervEdgar Benson has sent his provincial counterparts away empty htuded but with plenty toponder about future taxsharingudeals in the six Norirhfviéham on Us Tailed To Enlarge 0n Talirs PAWS Reuterslv North Vietnam accused the United States today of breaki its promisénf an enlarged Vietnam peace conference statement issued by the Hanoi delegation spokesman said the US ministration must bear full re sponsibility for the failure to hold an enlarged meeting today as scheduled The statement saidithe US had told the Hanoi delegation in communication Tuesday that in view of the absence of tho representativeser the Saigon government todays scheduled capture 14 seatsfrom the Dem vocrats tn clincheontrol oi the Mat last Brewster Senate butno sweep of tbat sire developed Monroney threeterm yet and longtime champion congressional reform was it lasted byrHenry Belimon10kl homas first Republican gove nor Thalcampaign was marked by disputes over the Vietnam war and federal spending Ciariran outspoken ioe of this vietnamwar seeking hiathlrd Senate term lost to Republican epresentative itiehard chwellre despite Hubert apture of Pennsy sidcntiai electoral and the Saigon ad first matting or the Toursided conference would not be hei Thus the United States side did not implement itsagree ments and pledges with the rep resentative oi the government of the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam the stolen said The sonword statement is sued in English and French said that in order show good willand to move towards peace after consultations with the National Liberation Front the North Vietnamese govern ment had agreed with the Welidrestqnd they meet again The twoday federalpr nIlt cial finance conference agreed as expecle to leave personal income tax collection in federal hands with distribution of the provincial shares as at present The conference disagreed on the revenue from Mr Bensons new twopercent income tax being reserved for the federal treasuryniostead of being shared The sters suspended judg ment on iederalplanto turn over some sharedcost welfare programs completely to the provinces along with bigger piece ofrtax revenue rial ministers left Tucs night unhappy about federal ng and welfare policies with general willingness to con sider seriously the federal plan to withdraw from welfare and hand more revenue to the prov inces on the pattern at present OttnwaJQuebec arrangements Quebecand Ontario in pa rc uiar are angry because Mr by Republ an Cha lcs th supported the administrations Vietnam war policies Mathias called for bnmbing halt before President Johnson orderedit st weeir But the Vietnam war had impact Fulbright oi rkansas ohaib manof thesenatc foreign rela tlons committee and an ken dove male on as did other cr eaotlhe war uch or Democratic JSenators Frank Church of ldalio Gaylord Nelson Wisconsinand George McGovernot south Benson bluntly rehised to apply the same compensationforropt ingout formula to medical care View saying Mr Bennett tried to convince me he was better wru srnnr NEEDS As start towardstrying to clear up some pressing differ ences he ministersdecidedflo reactivate their L966 tax struc tureconrmittee toasscss needs in paration for meetings on tax baring Dec in andnert The fed and provincial ministers also will exchange ideastbyrcorrespondcnca haw what MrBensun called th spiral mats ol posts ndary ucntiqn field it which hefedcral treas ury helps with capital exp se REUNiTED ranrv ber Electoral College Results iii were hwaried from Alashar Maryland liisl nouri and Washington neapolis Minn Humlt phrey apparantly or victoryto Nixon when he placed at phone call to hisfiepubll delayed usury at lo tly turbu lentand somati tragic cam paign reamedespite frustrations lied his narrow loss in two to John If Kennedy That defeat coupled with fail ure to win the California gover norship in 1962 relegated Nixon to the political scrap heap many concluded Butilhe man who had made his reputation as hardnosed anticommunist in 19505 was party loyalist in the Republican dcbacle of 1964 when Johnson trounced Barr Goldwater of Arizona When last rolledvronnd morezthan any other senior Re publican had helped glue the party back together and his pre enlial nomination in Miami payment from the party profesJ sinnais Hegcamoaignedos the obvious frontrun but hardfighting Humphrey gtmanaged to rally enough members of the dissent ridden Democrats to moire it ploseat the end 30 am EST the popular ill 92 per cent of the baiv counted showed Nixon leadingl with 28991339 against raccoon for Humphrey and for Wallace 23 electoral an enough to push ver the top Final re the state were delayed by 21 rnissing precinct results in Cook nty tb preserve of Mayor in ard Daley of Chicago as wel wha territory ore clined than thech enough to push his for vlc ftvyou take It on sired thy foremo each ln=Angust was re es other 514 dowpL Vote total ther27il California and Ohio were safe lyin Nixons column as he built winning lead nvcrDemocrat Hubert Humphrey in the slo ziingrace io become the 37th president of the United States InNew York Nixon stopped short of claiming victory Ha apparantly was awaiting statement ot ncession from Humphrey Nixon was reversing his re varthin loss to John Kennedy in 1960 by blips Hum Phrey moves nacho in popular votes Nixon and Humphrey were in virtual tie Botasthe morning wore on Nixons electoral vote count surged comfortably nhead of Lyndon Johnsona vicepresi dent Nixons late surge eliminated the prospect seemingly slrongrpossibilily earlier that no presidential winnerwould be decided lnthat event choice could have been deferred to the new also Congress meeting Jan George Wallaces American independent party had heipcd snarl the outcome by its south crnvhased impact Humphrey lagged with 172 EiectoralOnllegc votes The closeness of the popular vote mirrored the tight struggle arising from Tuesdays ballot ing andthedivisions within the country glam Plans PartyShahe llpf roaonro be tian no gieson newlyelected president se rva ti Associ on sat Tuesday he is cut to shake up the organization but added he did not plan to publicly er cize salary said campaigning for the presidency he heard re ated complaints that local headquarters until decisions had been made Mr Eagleson

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