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i THE NATION 'Be-In' Group on Way VANCOUVER (CT-A group of 16 sons, including Vancouver town fool Joachim Foikisare hitcfciking to Ottawa to attend what is be described in youth circles here as Canada's first national Two others, who "set 4ut from the west coast last week, were reported returning to Vah- couver because they were experiencing difficulty obtaining 4 V. 0 The group heading for Ottawa includes Michel Lalain, 25, who said last month the purpose of the be-in is "to impress upon the r.miHnn liwrnla and eovemment the needs; of youth in today's highly computerized ami alienated: society." At that time, Mr. Lalain said about youths were expected to attend the be- in in Ottawa July 12-14. Youth sources -here said they understood the main activity in Ottawa was planned for.July 14, Bastille Tr Day. -'--V Bagpipes 'Nuisance' WOODSTOCK (CP) ft I seems, are out with the mayor' of city.

Alex Robertson found that out when he was served with an injunction and damage V. suit from his neighbor, Mayor James F. Hutchinson. The suit claims "damages for a. The injunctioa prohibits Mr.

Robertson and his guests, from "permitting noise, to escape" from his premises "by the operation of bagpipes, tbums or other Mr. Robertson and his friends were in the habit of gathering' on warm Sunday afternoons to practise their bagpipe and drums routines at Mr. Robertson's house. Protests Reprieve HALIFAX (CP) The Police Association of Nova Scotia ha aJded' its -voiop to pro- tests'against the commutation of the death sentence of Laonard of the Mimbr" inf Hnnl Prairie. ftCMP Joe Ross, executive director of the Nova Scotia association, said Thursday: The pub- lie may possibly receive less protection services from the police if the'pobce themselves are receiving less protection from the laws.

"A police officer is a person dedicated to his work and if the jociety and govern- ment of today dont see fit to protect him, then he has to protect himself by possibly avoiding problems in his Proposal 'Interesting' TORONTO (CP Provincial Secretary Robert Welch is unlikely to go along with the recommendation Wednesday of the Ontario Alcohol and Drug Research Founds- tion that beer, wine and liquor prices be doubled to reduce alcoholism. Mr. Welch, in charge of the sale of alcoholic beveiages in Ontario, said Thursday the foundation's proposal-was "very, interesting but it remains to be seen what influence they have." v. Studies conducted ny the "foundation show that a gradual doubling of prices would cut general consumption of alcoholic bever- ages by 57 per cent and excessive consump-. tion by 60 per cent V.

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The above photo is self-explanatory. Page Britain's entry price to Common to Paga 7. COLLAPSE-A young father of four collapsd at the new Wellington Paga 2. 1 aos Tdl Mm Why a 11 It TV 41 n-B 1 The Ottawa Journal Capital Final 84th Year-179 Idt. SUNMYr' WARM; 60 to 80 Friday, July 11, 1969 PhoiM 236-7511 i-10 Delivery, 60c Weekly 42 page QanadaOHers Inspectors Pgr Biafra ReliefFlights 'J (By The CP) Canada has taken another initiative aimed at expediting the flow of food beleaguered Biafra.

i a 1 Affairs Minister. Mitchell Sharp announced in the Commons that the government has offered to supply neutral inspector for relief iugnu nm me, ncsiimiisi iv gfcn of Nigarial He -sld i both sides i le Nigerian civil war are willing to 'accept neutral inspectors' as a Tourists By BERNARD WEINRAuB (c) New Yark Times Service COCOA BEACH. Fla. This coastal" city spawned in the space age waits for the July; IS moon flight -with 'jittery this is rr: --V'- tms is exclaimed Charles R. the manager of the convention and visitors bureau for the Cape Kennedy Chamber of "After 14 years' here, it's al-" most as if I were a kid again looking forward to are rrperted to pack tMs ceo-ba Florida cawimnnHy far Wedneaday'i ApoOa 11 awm baach aa fafhrx that is ex- pactoi to jpfsvUe $1 to SS saB-' VBaa to fmandalty war lad Brevard Tan to Page TOURISTS' -'V ft HVv -r Astronauts Get Final Checkup By HOWARD BENEDICT CAPE KENNEDY, Fla, (AP).

With countdown for their moon t'" under the' Apollo 11 astronauts today receive tbejr final major proJaucch physical examina-tion. "Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins planned several hours with doctors. The examination jdeterminesJf'they are healthy -for their demanding eight-day flight and also provides baseline heart respiration and other data for inflight and post-flight For the last month, doctors have been drawing complete medical profiles; of the three spacemen, who are to start their voyage to the moon at 1:32 a-m. EDT next Wednesday. Pre- major physicals completed June II and July 1.

The lengthy countdown for the launching of the mammoth rocket started on schedule at p.m. Thursday after two technicians climbed into a first stage fuel tank to find and stop a leak in the helium iiation system. They corrected the problem by tightening a nut at the base of a helium storage bottle. Tap helium is used to pressurize the fuel, tank and operate, Flocking Cap SAIGON PEACE BID Israelis Of By The iaarlind Press Egypt launched a raid across the Sues canal Thursday night and said it was its biggest success since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. 'Israel, reported four of its soldiers killed, wounded and one apparently captured.

Tel Aviv' buzzed today With; talk of reprisal. A Cairo military communique aid the raidviesultod in toe' wounding or kflling of at least 40 persons' and that the Egyptian force destroyed five tanks in the SS-minuta battle near Port Tanfiq. at the southern end of the canaL Tara la Page 2 ISRAELIS id Debate: On Indians Speaker Locien Lamoureux ruled today in favor of an NDP request for an emergency Commons debate on Indian affairs: The special debate was to start at 3 pjn.fEDT today. Frank Howard (NDP Skee-na) sought the debate on Indian affairs by saying that) the current talks by Jean Chretien, Indian affairs minister, with wflwinrlat I authoritJe and In- a jnds is leading to Indian "turbulence and fury." The government recently an-. nounced a proposed new Indian policy under which responsibility for Indian affairs would be transferred to the provinces xenship like aH other Cana-and Indians be given full citi-dians.

1 vLower Voting Age BERLIN (AP) The voting age in West Berlin municipal elections was lowered to 18 20 in a city, parliament vote Thursday. pervised elections to decide the future of South Vietnam. But it appeared unlikely the guerrilla organization would be Interested in meeting his conditions. thieu 'said, the Viet Cong would have to renounce violence and pledge in advance to accept the outcome before its members would be permitted to sit on an electoral commission to arrange the But the National Liberation Front, political arm of the Viet Cong, has insisted on numerous occasions that there can be no genuine elections before what it calls the "puppet1 regime'' in Saigon Is dissolved. Reprisal Cong Offered Role WASHINGTON United States President Nixon said to- aan -sbouid open the way at last lor a rapid setOement" of the Vietnam war If the ContHianlsta win begat aerions aegotlaUoiis, ta Paris, thrVIet Cong today ileoouuced as a fare and "peTfhnons trickery" the offer by TUaa of free elections to South Vtetaaai wtta the Cora-tnaniits toking part.

4-' 4 SAIGON (Reuters) President Nguyen Van Thieu today offered to allow the Viet Cong to participate in Internationally su- precondition tor. resumption of niercy flights into Biafra. Su night, tavepractically ceased since the shooting down Cmssvaathj ibitfei. -j Nigerians late last month. Sharp said "all interested parties' now are looking to daylight flights as the best way of getting food to those who need it in Biafra.

relief Oightr went into Biafra exclusively by night However, the Lagos government Stopped granting the food planes safe conduct because planes carrying weapons to the rebel Biafrans were slipping into the reUef funnd. was, understood that Can- ada conveyed its offer of neutral inspectors to Lagos three days ago. No reply had been re- -ceived by Ottawa as of day. J'-k The inspectors job would be to certify that relief planes do not carry weapons to Biafra. As far as could be deter- mined, no approach had yet been made to Biafra.

with" which Canada recognizing the territorial integrity of one Nigeriadoes not have official relations. Af ir? tftlring his announoB-ment in the Commons, Mr. Sharp received an all-party delegation of MPs in his The delegation called for Canada to take the initiative in cot-1 vening an international conference to. find a formula for daylight flights into Biafra, Torn to Page CANADA kw -wisii 'i t. -r -v vi i' rr yJl iv i A 'RUMBLE THEN CXUJLAPSE This Is the sight wmeh greeted Mrs.

Llgita Zoldners Thursday 'afternoon when' she returned from shopping to what was. left of ber home at S4 Cooper Street More than half the house, including the roof, one side wan, and the end walls had collapsed into an excavation for an apartment underground parking lot being constructed adjacent to the home. (See also Page 214 (Journal Photo br Oominbn Wkk) House Gollaoses Info Excavation By MURRAY STEPHENS Mrs. Ligita Zoldners returned from a brief shopping trip Thursday afternoon to find most of her home in rubble at the bottom of a 20-foot excavation. Her house, at 54 Cooper Street near the Driveway, split apart, and tumbled into the hole about Ut pan.

"Oh. no!" was the first stunned reaction of Mrs. Zoldners when she letuiued after 45 1 waaat I aa tocky," she amarvaOed. Shaking her bead in disbelief, she kept repeating. "Isn't that a No one was in the building when there was a in Vote Thieu, who maintained he was making his offer from a position of strength, said the electoral commission arranging the balloting would be established while his government remained in powers Observers" said this alone' probably would preclude NLF acceptance.

Thieu's offer was far from un-. expected. It was hinted at by President Nixon last month. The offer, made by the 4t-yearold South Vietnamese ruler in a speech televised from the presidential palace, represents 4 major change in South Vietnamese policy. Tara to Page 2 THIEU A -I DmounaeoJ Lnlyse wov imp 71 -T v-r I about 3.M and most of the home slid sideways into the bole, an excavation for an un-' derground parking tot to an adjacent high-rise building.

President of 10 Driveway Ltd, owners and builder of the Conviction Of Spock Reversed "BOSTON (UPn A federal appeals -court today reversed the anti-draft conspiracy convictions of famed baby doctor' Benjamin Spock and. three saying they had the -right to tritkiie the Vietnam war ana the orart -even though Its effect is to interfere with the war effort" The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of appeals decision ordered Spock and Harvard graduate 1 student Michael Ferber, 24, of Buffalo, NY, freed permanently' but ordered new trials for Yale chaplain Rev. William Sfoane Coffin and author Mitchell I Goodman, 45, of Maine. The four were convicted in June, 1968, of conspiring to counsel young men ta evade the draft The decision said Spock and Ferber were pro tected under -free speech pro-.

visions of the U.S. constitution. Spock, '65, and- the others were sentenced to two years In prison and fined $5,000 each, except for Ferber who received two yeara in prison and a $1100 17-storey building, Zeev Vered, said "all precautions? had been taken to prevent the accident He said, however, soO coo-, dittos at the site are "poor" and suggested "vibrations of heavy tracks coold have weakened the bouse." Mr. Vered, also president of Ron Engineering and Construe tion Ltd, managing contractors on the job, added the house was and other measures, including the use of "solid concrete" had been taken to ensure safety. Tara to Pago 2-HOUSE iourned To Monday TORONTO 4CP) Negotiations aimed as settling the work stoppage' at International Nickel Co.

of Canada Ltd. -mines, nulls and smelters Sudbury and Colborne, -Ont, have been adjourned until Monday morning. W. G. Dickie, director of concfliatJon for she Ontario department of labor, said today weekend rejournment w31 give both parties an opportunity to review their positions.

Negotiations had been expected to' continue through' the week-end. 1 By RICHARD JACKSON Prune Minister Trudeau to- day was reprimanded in the House of Commons by Speaker Lucien Lamoureux for break-, ing parliamentary rules by "im-; puting motives." In the most, tumultuous scene, the House has witnessed for. years, Mr. Speaker per- suaded the prime minister to explain to the Commons that he hadn't intended this offence. However, Mr.

Trudeau didn't withdraw his remarks. Tempers were short when the House opened this morning, and New Democratic Whip Stanley -Knowles, who yesterday am-. bushed the government by forc-. ing a surprise adjournment of the rules debate, was roundly applauded 'by the opposition and hooted at by the Liberals. The balloon went Bp when the flnia referred to the rules debate which now has the House working in its ninth day of holiday "ovcitime" as stupid fOOnster.

There was an explosion of anger in the opposition with' a half-dozen members up shouting for attention on points of order. CHARGES HYPOCRISY The prime minister then com-' pounded his difficulties by telling the furious opposition that 80 per cent of their inquiries to the cabinet in the daily cjuestion. period, were sheer The uproar began when Con aervative MP Robert Thompson, of Red Deer, asked the -prime minister whether he go West on his. Prairie' tour next week or remain in the Commons to lead the gov ernment in the rules debate. The prime minister replied: "I consider the West more Important than this stnpid filibuster." Mr.

Knowles was up snouting that the prune minister was showing contempt and utter disrespect for Parliament He demanded that Mr. Trudeau withdraw the slur. The prime minister counter: ed with the remark: "Any impartial observer listening to the daily question period in this House would agree that 80 per cent of the -questions asked are sheer hypocrisy." INSULT TO INJURY With this remark, stormed Mr. Knowles, the prune minister had managed only, to add the insult of "hypocrisy" to the injury of "stupidity" in his ref-erences to Parliament -Turn to Page TRUDEAU Saturday's JOURNAL fond Weekend Too LOOK OUT MOON HERE WE COME! Three special full-page features preview the history-making -vent that gets underway rext Wednesday: landing a man on the moon. Glorious Uth Once, upon a time in Ontario, everyone who-was -anyonewas- an 'Orangeman.

But tunes have changed and now even good Protestants are 1 taking French lessons. Read God, There Ain't Many of Us Left," in Weekend Magazine. ....) V': 'Child Artists abound at the Municipal Art Centra. Full-page photofeature in the Saturday Section. -Senators should be above suspicion but they're not says Robert McKeown.

See "Counter Attack In Weekend Magazine. Doug Sanders is one of the most colorful touring golf pros and be has a special deep-rooted affectiott for Canada. "But he'd be poor on $38,000 a year," writes Andy O'Brien. Weekend Magazine. it I i J- J------k----- fca4t '44ii4-rfi4A iilni.

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