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The Ottawa Citizen 127th Year, Number 10. 44 pages OUawa, Friday, July 11, 1969 Home delivered 60c -weekly. 10c per copy SAIGON fAP) South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieu has proposed internationally supervised elections with Communist participation as a means of ending the Vietnam war. Thieu suggested that an "electoral commission" be set up including the National Liberation Front "to make sure the election would be conducted in all fairness." 'Perfidious trickery reaction by Viet Cong it. m- SU1 'X fZ tic manner to carry out truly free elections would be the formation of a provisional coalition government.

U.S. President Nixon said the proposals "should open the way at last for a rapid settlement" oft he Vietnam war if the Communists would begin serious negotiations. In a lengthy statement hailing Thieu's suggestions, Nixon said: "If the other side genuinely wants peace, it now has a comprehensive set of offers which permit a fair and reasonable settlement. If it approaches us in this spirit, it will find us reasonable. Hanoi has nothing to gain by waiting." In saying he and Thieu have declared themselves ready to accept any outcome arrived at through free elections, Nixon underlined the word Ronald L.

Ziegler, White House press secretary, said there has been general consultation between Saigon and Washington during the preparation of Thieu's speech. The White House had a full text of Thieu's remarks before they were delivered. The presidential spokesman also noted that a review of further withdrawals of U.S. combat troops, promised for late August might be accelerated should the current lull in ground fighting continue. No date was set for the proposed election and Thieu said he was prepared to discuss this and other arrangements for the vote.

He put a condition on participation in the election by the NLF that they must renounce violence "and pledge themselves to accept the results of the elections." Thieu said the South Vietnamese government "will abide by the results of the elections, whatever these results may be," and added: "We challenge the other side to declare the same." Thieu, who maintained he was making his offer from a position of strength, said the electoral commission would be established while his government remained in power. Observers said this alone probably would preclude NLF acceptance. If the offer were accepted it is believed it would be the first time Saigon and the Viet Cong had got together outside the Paris talks. City home tumbles into 15-foot hole ruins later. A city investigating team moved' into the rubble today after residents complained work on the site shook their homes.

(See page 17) This two-storey brick house sheared in half and slid into a 15 feet deep excavation next door to it on Cooper Street, yesterday afternoon. Owners Mr. and Mrs. Nicholai Zoldners were out and their dog was rescued from the City checking excavations The Viet Cong denounced today as a farce and "perfidious trickery" President Thieu's offer, in a statement issued in Paiis by the Viet Cong backed provisional revolutionary government of South Vietnam. The Viet Cong said the most realis- Q'WAY CRASH KILLS 3 Three persons, including a mother of 15, were killed and three others injured in a two-car collision on the Queensway shortly after noon Thursday.

Mrs. Angelina Dagenais, 48, of 2691 St. Joseph Orleans, a passenger in an eastbound vehicle driven by her husband Roland, 47, died in hospital of multiple injuries. Her husband is in satisfactory condition at the Ottawa General Hospital. Rachel Marie Gigandet, 21, of 2580 Frontenac Montreal, a passenger in a westbound vehicle driven by her fiance Andre Jeker of the same address was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.

Mr. Jeker died later of multiple Injuries. From Switzerland The couple had recently arrived in Canada from Switzerland. Francoise Jeker, his sister is in satisfactory condition at the General with multiple injuries. The third passenger in the Jeker vehicle, Jean Jacques Grogeon, 23, of Montreal, is also in satisfactory condition at the General.

The accident occurred about one-half mile east of the Blair Road overpass when the Dagenais vehicle crossed the median striking the westbound car. Rescuers were forced to use torches to free the victims trapped in both cars. (See picture page 2) in uproar from PM tour next week than listen to their "stupid filibuster" of Government business. David Lewis, deputy leader of the New Democratic Party, asked if the prime minister had the decency and humility to stand up and withdraw his remarks. When Mr.

Trudeau declined, Mr. Lewis accused him of inducing Liberal MPs to "make a shambles of Parliament as is his intention to do so." Catcalls, jeers Catcalls and jeers emanated from all sides of the House as the Opposition and government supporters showed clearly the ill feeling developing over the government proposal to restrict debate in the House. Speaker Lamoureux cautioned the PM against imputing motives to other MPs by using the word hypocrisy. Mr. Trudeau said only that he wanted to obey the Speaker but he did not actually withdraw either of his comments.

In fact, the Speaker rejected Opposition views that "stupid" was unparliamentary. He had heard the word frequently in past debates. Veteran parliamentarian Stanley Knowles was aghast at Mr. Trudeau's comment on the "stupid He said the prime minister had to set an example in showing respect for Parliament. HE'S a Brownie WYTHALL, England (Reuters) Broad-minded Brownies in this small town have bent the rules a bit to sign up a new recruit He is a boy six-year-old Paul Summers whose father is janitor at the school where the Brownies meet.

He is believed to be the world's only boy Brownie. DR. SPOCK DECISION REVERSED BOSTON (AP) The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed today the conviction of Dr. Benjamin Spock on a charge of conspiring to counsel young men to avoid the draft.

A federal jury had convicted the widely read pediatrician and three others in June, 1968. The appeals court also reversed the conviction of the three others. Rev. William Sloane Coffin chaplain at Yale University; Michael Ferber, a Harvard graduate student; and Mitchell Goodman, an author. The three-man court's opinion freed Spock and Ferber from further prosecution, but declared Goodman and Coffin would have to be retried.

The four were among five tried before a U.S. District Court jury here. Spock, Coffin, Goodman and Ferber were given two-year prison sentences. Spock, Coffin and Goodman also were fined $5,000 apiece, and Ferber $1,000. The appeals court held that the conviction of Spock and the three others was not consistent with the 1st Amendment to the U.S.

Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech. U.S. likes U.K. jet WASHINGTON (AP) Military planners want nearly $250,000,000 worth of British Harrier fighter planes for the U.S. Marine Corps designed to take off straight up from small clearings close behind battle lines and provide immediate support for infantry.

np staff photo by Gary Bartlett Zev Vered, professional engineer and owner of Ron Engineering, denied there was any negligence. He saw it as the combination of unusual soil conditions and heavy traffic on Cooper Street along with the heavy machines being used to construct his 17-floor apartment building next door. Questions rapped Commons after jibe By Greg Connolley Citizen staff writer Prime Minister Trudeau Infuriated the Commons Opposition by declaring that 80 per cent of their questions in the House were sheer hypocrisy. In one of the angriest Parliamentary scenes of recent times Mr. Trudeau lashed out at rival parties by declaring he would rather make his western CHUCKLE Minister's prayer: May the members of my congregation be as free with money as they are with advice, and their minds as open as their mouths.

i. Haile Selassie (who will tour the Kennedy Space Centre today) to politicians, leaders of business, industry, labor, medicine, law and the professions to the entire 115-mission Washington diplomatic corps. Some of the VIPs will be provided free transportation, courtesy of the air force. Some will even be given free room and board while they're at the cape. But the ordinary, run-of-the-mill MP will have to shift for himself when it comes to accommodations, which will undoubtedly be in short supply, since tens of thousands of ordinary taxpayers are planning to make the pilgrimage.

An estimated 2,000 newsmen have been accredited for the launch. (See also page 17) Taylor said he had a professional engineer and three safety inspectors making the investigation. He said the site had been inspected by one of his men a few days ago. A second city investigation was also being conducted into the bridge scaffolding collapse. Mr.

Taylor termed this "art unusual accident" and not the result of negligence. "It didn't go the way they expected it to go," he said. Con. Fogarty said it was his understanding that the Cooper Street hole had been deeper but that the underground garage being built was partially completed. Nonetheless, he did express concern over other houses situated along another lip of the hole.

These buildings were only four or five feet from the edge. Similar concern was also expressed by a nearby resident Cedric Sumner, 35, of 4 Somerset St. West. "The developers go right to the property line and the ordinary citizen doesn't know what to do to protect himself," he said. "It's going to happen again because of the developers' pressure on us to sell, our homes," Mr.

Sumner said. Aid. Lorry Greenberg, ward alderman for the area, said he also wanted to see the accident report. He commented that the general contractor at the site, Ron Engineering and Construction was a very reputable builder. ft than a waste of money and the 500-or-so congressional visitors would merely be cluttering up the site.

"I don't know a single thing a member of Congress can contribute to the successful launching or safe recovery by taking a trip to Florida," he snorted. He said he intended to watch the event from the Capitol on television. Though Gross won't be there, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is assembling one of the greatest collections of VIPs in the history of public relations for the launching. Name a big shot and he's been invited. Invitations have gone out to more than 5,000, from Ethiopia's Emperor Con.

Kenneth Fogarty said today "appropriate meaning the laying of charges, would be taken if it is found the law had been broken in connection with a house that toppled into an excavation on Cooper Street Thursday. The cave-in, along with a bridge scaffolding collapse Thursday which killed one man, occurred as the Ottawa area July construction safety campaign moved into full swing. Last Tuesday, a safety crusade attended by about 450 construction workers was held at the Civic Centre by the Construction Safety Association. Con. Fogarty, active mayor in the absence of holidaying mayor Reid, said he has ordered a double checking of all city excavation sites.

'If there's no shoring or underpinning as required by our bylaws then the work will be stopped immediately," he said. Full report due It was impossible to be certain at this point' about the lack of shoring at the Cooper Street site, he said because the collapsed building covered the face of the wall which should have been shored. Removal of the debris would be a slow process because it was necessary to recover personal belongings. Nevertheless a full report of the incident was expected later. Chief Building Inspector Maxwell t' Is it 8 that might crop up during the countdown could be made up during the lengthy holds.

Liftoff is scheduled for 9.32 a.m. on July 16 and the moon landing is planned for Sunday afternoon, July 20. A minor technical hitch developed a few hours before the countdown commenced, in last tank of the rocket's first stage. But two trouble-shooting technicians quickly located a loose nut, tightened it, and climbed out again. The other matter arose in Congress when maverick H.

Gross, Iowa Republican, a noted spoilsport and all-round grump, blasted the plan to fly congressmen and their wives to Cape Kennedy to witness the Apollo 11 launch next week. Gross said this was nothing more On the inside res i Where one died See page 17 Behind Israel's ance: tension self-assur- 7 Lone sailor vanishes in Atlantic Oean 14 Lecturer to fight McGill decision 15 The sting, indignity of the lash 43 Ask Andy 37 Births, Deaths 30 Bridge 34 Comics 22 Crossword 33 Editorials 6 Entertainment 12 Frank Penn 23 Financial 9, 11 Jumble 31 Movies 13 Radio 38 TV 22 Sports 18-21 Win Mills 23 Want Ads 30-43 Women's Pages 25-29 Weather Sunny today, few isolated thundershowers Saturday. Low tonight, high Saturday I5 60 and SO. Details page 3. i 1 2 mm 1 11 loose By George Brimmell Southam News Services WASHINGTON Five days to blastoff and the clock is running.

The countdown for the epic flight to put a man on the moon has begun, and the flight takes off next Wednesday morning. On the eve of the countdown commencement, the flight was troubled briefly by loose nuts. One nut in the Apollo 11 rockets the other in Congress. The countdown 93 hours of final work on the Saturn rocket and other components of the space vehicle began at Cape Kennedy on schedule Thursday night. The countdown has built-in "holds" totalling 40 hours and 32 minutes of rest periods.

Any time lost through problems.